Tuesday 16 October 2012

Merry & bright

Die: Quilt Cuts 2 (WPlus9)
Other: glossy photo paper; snowflake punch
Just 'cos I haven't been postin', doesn't mean I haven't been lookin' (& investin'...).  Yes I have taken a break from the tyranny of the paintbrush to use my lovely new dies that came in the post last week from WPlus9.  They are fab; lovely geometric quilt cut designs, just right for an obsessive such as myself!
 
This card was inspired by the Runway Challenge this week, & also CAS(E) This Sketch:
 
 
 
I didn't have any red stripey paper, so I drew some lines in Silhouette Studio & printed them out on glossy photo paper.  I also did the sentiment, using CAC Pinafore, Book Antiqua & Century Gothic fonts.
I placed the die on the paper to ensure that the stripes would run in the direction I wanted, then arranged them as shown on the kraft strip.  The red & white bands are also on glossy paper.
The kraft was embossed using the scoreboard at 0.5 inch intervals.
Having put it all together, it looked a little bottom heavy (don't we all?), so I added the snowflakes to balance things out.
 
Linking to:
Runway Inspired Challenge: ric#22 ~ Tommy Hilfiger
CAS(E) this Sketch: Challenge # 1
 


10 comments:

  1. so so clever! Love the embossed bg! Great take on the sketch and inspiration!
    Thanks so much for joining us in our first challenge at CAS(E) this Sketch!

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  2. Love this geometric Christmas card! Perfect combination of the two challenges!

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  3. LOVE how you combined the 2 challenges! They worked wonderfully together, the pattern and color is FANTASTIC!!! So glad you played along in our very first challenge at CAS(E) this Sketch!

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  4. Wow! This was perfect for both challenges! I love how geometric this is but it. It's awesome. So happy to have you at CAS(E) this Sketch!

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  5. Love the geometry! You have such a great artistic eye! I want to try something similar... thanks for the inspiration. :)

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  6. I love your geometric take on the sketch! And the itty bitty snowflakes are a perfect touch! So glad to see you at CAS(E) this Sketch!

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  7. This is geometric fun at its MAX! Love how you turned those circles into straight lines, love the pattern this created :) Thanks for playing this week at CAS(E) this Sketch!

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  8. I love the graphic take on the sketch! So pretty! Thanks for playing along with CAS(E) this sketch!

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  9. Such a clever use of the triangles, and I loved the scored lines! So glad you could join us on the Runway!

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