It's been a scary week for me. As I shakily set out on my breast cancer journey, I think this card is a timely reminder to look for the beauty in the negative.
As some of you may know, I tend to hang on to bits and pieces "because they might be useful later"! So long ago now that I can't even remember it (although my son would tell you that doesn't really narrow things down too far!) I cut a black sprig from a scrap piece of cardstock. Then I looked at the negative piece and thought it might be useful later!
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| A beautiful negative: Frosted Bouquet Die |
So here it is - later has arrived! I trimmed the scrap into a neat rectangle with one of the Stitched Rectangle dies and then layered it onto some Champagne Foil Sheet.
Then there's another black layer that I ran though the Big Shot with the Subtle embossing folder and a little edge of Champagne Foil (I always cut out the middle to use for other projects).
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| Discarded pieces from die-cutting can be turned into pretty cards |
I added a wrapping of black ribbon before adhering it all to the Basic Black card front.
The greeting is from Itty Bitty Greetings and is cut out with the Classic Label Punch. I used
this method to shorten it.
I used Stazon ink to stamp just a small butterfly from the Butterfly Gala stamp set and then used the coordinating Butterfly Bouquet punch to punch it out and also a second, unstamped butterfly. I adhered these to the card, using bits of Stampin' Dimensional to pop up the wings of the stamped butterfly.
Then I went crazy with gold Metallic Pearls!
I rather liked the result, so I made a variant that includes some butterfly themed paper that I had left from Saleabration. Now I've got a little black sprig die cut that might be useful later .....!
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| Using the negative space to create a pretty card when die-cutting |
Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie
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