Hiya everyone,
I had a spare few minutes so I thought I'd share another of the cards that I entered into the Card Designer of the Year competition. I decided I wanted to make a chocolate themed card and this was what I came up with!
It is a twisted easel card with a built up base. The base is about 1.5cm thick and is basically the kind of box I make to put a 3D card in but I made the easel card around it. I made some dividers for the bottom and cut a square aperture in the top. I then cut 3 small circles, 3 scalloped circles and 3 squares which I rounded the corners on. I then decorated these shapes to look like chocolates. The ones I liked best I placed inside the box where there would be visible when it was open. Some nice chocolate ribbon and bow keeps the easel upright as I didn't want to cover up the chocolates too much. It took a while to get it to look right as I was making it up as I went along.
I used a gorgeous Bo Bunny 6x6 paperstack called crazy love and apart from the Martha Stewart heart border punch, I didn't really use a lot else. I even used the heart border punch to make some pretty corners. The sentiment I printed out myself and I went over it with sakura clear glaze pen although you can't tell this from the piccie. This looks a lot better in the flesh and was really pleased with the way it turned out considering I didn't really have a clue what I was doing!
The above piccie shows the matching box and tag for the card to go in. I was in such a rush to send my cards off that I'm afraid to say that these were the best piccies I took which is a shame.
I will share the 3rd card with you too at some point!
Thanks for looking!
I like color and words!) So cute ^^
ReplyDeleteAww, that's so clever Paula, both the design and the sentiment! Beautifully done in the chocolate brown and pink, one of my favourite combos! Hugs, Wends x
ReplyDeleteFabulous Paula! I lurve choccies, but this will last a lot longer than the real stuff!! Christine x
ReplyDeleteWow this is amazing. Love the design - fab.
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant idea. xxxx
ReplyDeletePiękna praca, wspaniała kolorystyka:))
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Paula. I love the design and colours.
ReplyDeleteLorraine x
Beautiful crafting Paula x
ReplyDeleteWow, this is amazing, very clever.
ReplyDeleteStunning card ,I love it^_^
ReplyDeleteToo sweet sentiment and lovely papers^_^
Have a beautiful day,
Sonia
Fabulous card Paula. A worthy winner!
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A fab creation. If only it were true. I think I love chocolate more than anyone (except perhaps my cat). Hugs, Lesley
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