CFC 10 ... Shaped Card

 

So challenge #10 at Cas-ual Fridays (see sidebar for link)  is to make a Clean And Simple SHAPED Card.   I had to put my thinking cap on for this one, although now that I have looked through the amazing submissions I could have been more inspired had I done that earlier!  If you have a chance to swing by and see all the great shaped cards - do so. It's worth it!

I went with a Christmas card ... sized to fit into a #10 business envelope. The shaped card is Cricut cut from "A Child's Year" cartridge. I used the 'hide contour' feature with my Gypsy to hide the heart that would have cut out of the front as I wanted to add my own.  

The holly punch is by Emagination, and the heart is a Tim Holtz Sizzix die. Both are stamped with a background image (Stamps by Judith), edges are inked and doodling added with a brown pen. The heart was popped up with foam tape. I cut another bone shape slightly smaller, inked and doodled on the edges of that, then attached it inside with a red Merry Christmas greeting (DeNami Design).  The red envelope is stamped with a bone tree (Magenta) in hunter green, then the little bones were coloured with pencils. Totally a cute card to give a groomer, vet or dog care provider from your furry kid.  :-)

Originally I thought I'd add a smaller bone shaped panel to the front of the card, but when I decided not to I had a large bone die cut to add to my 'Odds and Sods' pile. Plus, I cut both heart shapes -- so I had an extra heart too. I'm trying to USE UP that pile, not add to it ... so I immediately put together this card to have on hand. Hope I don't have to use it for a very, VERY long time.

I was also able to use up a leftover piece of that digital cloud paper! (Digital Design Essentials)  The wings (Stampendous) were stamped with brown and coloured with Copic markers before cutting them out. I attached them to the back of the die cut heart after inking and stamping and doodling on it, then popped the whole thing up with foam tape. I loved the little tear drop gem (iRock) - it seemed fitting somehow. The words are by Technique Tuesday (Ali Edwards).

Thanks for stopping by today!