This may be a sustainable handmade card! Almost 50% of the materials used is recycled cardstock from gift bags and boxes.
I love to save the cardstock from pretty gift wrapping boxes and bags. 'Cause this is better off being recycled on a card than being trown out. Okay, here at our home we do actually make sure to to hand everything possible into recycling - glass, plastic, paper and card boxes. It's the little things that can make a huge difference for our environment.
I love to save the cardstock from pretty gift wrapping boxes and bags. 'Cause this is better off being recycled on a card than being trown out. Okay, here at our home we do actually make sure to to hand everything possible into recycling - glass, plastic, paper and card boxes. It's the little things that can make a huge difference for our environment.
Enough said about that - let's get back to the card in question :)
This card is a DT project for the Danish craft webshop Hobbyboden.dk. We had a theme about "White in White" but we were allowed to add a bit of one colour. Here I have choosen to add some gold.
The Congratulations sentiment is heat embossed with WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle and this has such a gorgeous shimmer to it. Love it! Some glitter embossing powders has so much glitter in it that it sheds glitter afterwards. This doesn't, YAY.
The Love diecut from Concord & 9th is cut in recycled cardstock. And so is the card matte.
Sometimes I use craft foam instead of 3D foam. This time I decided to use a scallop nested rectangle die for the craft foam. This way the foam peeks out underneath the card matte with a pretty scallop edge.
I could have diecut the scallop die in cardstock and then added the craft foam underneath for dimension. But this way I skipped a step and avoided using extra cardstock. Now, that's cool if you ask me :)
Sometimes I use craft foam instead of 3D foam. This time I decided to use a scallop nested rectangle die for the craft foam. This way the foam peeks out underneath the card matte with a pretty scallop edge.
I could have diecut the scallop die in cardstock and then added the craft foam underneath for dimension. But this way I skipped a step and avoided using extra cardstock. Now, that's cool if you ask me :)
I have scattered a few little glitter hearts on the cardfront. To adhere these I've used my new Jewel Picker Tool. Oh My Gosh, this is a fantastic tool. It works soooo good.
May you have a sparkling day,
Pia
Puppy pic of the day:
If you are interested in the supplies I've used - they're listed below.
Click on the letters below the thumblink images to find where to shop: Hobbyboden.dk (HB), Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Original brand/manufacturer (OB) or other etc. This is a kind service to you as I do not earn anything by doing this. These are not affiliated links.
 4CC White A4 Cardstock 250 gm2, 200 sheets Shop at: MISC |
 Marianne Design GLITTER PAPER GOLD A5 size Shop at: HB |
 Vellum A4 112 gm2 Shop at: HB |
 Concord & 9th HEART AND LOVE Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Create A Smile DOUBLE STITCHED RECTANGLES A6 Dies Shop at: HB | OB |
 Create A Smile SCALLOPED RECTANGLES Cool Cuts Dies Shop at: OB |
 Gitte's Eget Design IN ENGLISH, PLEASE clear stamp Shop at: HB |
 EK Success POWDER TOOL Shop at: HB | SSS |
 VersaMark Watermark/Embossing ink pad Shop at: HB | SSS |
 WOW Embossing Glitter METALLIC GOLD SPARKLE Shop at: HB | SSS | OB |
 Heat Gun Shop at: HB |
 Craft Foam WHITE 2mm (Mos Gummi) Shop at: SSS |
 Therm O Web PURPLE TAPE Easy Release Removable Shop at: SSS |
 Gina K Designs CONNECT GLUE Adhesive Shop at: HB | SSS | OB |
 Sizzix Big Shot Shop at: HB | SSS |
 Sizzix Magnetic Platform for Big Shot Shop at: HB | SSS |
 Marvy Uchida JEWEL PICKER Tool Shop at: HB | SSS |
 Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE COMFORT PAPER TRIMMER Shop at: HB | SSS |
 Martha Stewart Bone Folder Shop at: MISC |
