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I've got a couple of card to share today featuring my new Joyful die from the All the Joy release.
This is a great CAS sentiment that I think is the perfect size. It's large enough to command the full card, but small enough that it doesn't cover up too much of a focal point background.
For my first card, I used the berry bunches from the Winter Wishes set to stamp along the bottom of my card, creating almost a frame for my sentiment. I used Cherry for the berries and Mocha for the branches.
The sentiment was cut from red cardstock and the shadow piece was cut from white. These were adhered together and then popped up with foam tape over my background. The secondary sentiment is from the Christmas Wishes Sentiment Strips.
Next I thought it would be fun to make a shaker. Because none of the letters in the sentiment is connected to the other, they all create little windows when die cut from the center of a panel.
I started by gold embossing the Not Quite a Dot background on white cardstock, and then inking the panel with Distress Inks. I used Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, and Rustic Wilderness.
I then die cut the sentiment from the center of the panel.
I wanted to really play up the gold, so I used a piece of Matte Gold cardstock for the shaker base. This was adhered directly to my card base.
Foam tape was then used to create the 'well' for the shaker as well as around the edges to adhere the front panel to the card base and mat. I also added a piece of clear acetate behind the die cut sentiment, adhering the center of the 'o' directly to that acetate.
I filled my shaker well with a variety of sequins and then adhered the font panel over top.
I really love how that Matte Gold in the background give this a very glowy look.
I'm marching along with my Christmas card creating! This release has done a lot to help me get back on track!
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