Somewhere around here, I have some cork. I have not seen it since I bought it...probably 5 yrs ago. When I'm not looking for it, I will find it. That's the way it works. It must be a law or something. So I hope my use of a paint chip I die cut into rectangles & the use of aluminum foil for the other die cuts will be good enough.
With all the shiny silver foil, I had a terrible time trying to photograph this. It reflected everything in front of it! I had to hold a white blanket over myself to keep it from reflecting my blue sweater & in the end it still picked up some of the color from the maple cabinetry behind me, so thatÂ’s the slight goldish color you see on the top section.
I started by using a glue stick to apply heavy duty aluminum foil to piece of card stock. I die cut some of using the Heart Scroll and Love dies..a long narrow piece using the poppy die, & the rest I embossed with a folder for the background on the right. I used a rectangle die to cut the small rectangles on the left out of each of the shades of grey/black from a large paint chip. They were attached to a strip of white then to the larger black background. The 3 small hearts were all negative pieces from the Love die. I actually cut two of the Love diesÂ…one out of the foil covered card stock and one out of black and I attached them on top of each other, slightly offset.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Thursday, May 1, 2014 GMT Views: 1971
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Registered: August 18, 2011 Location: Los Gatos, California Posts: 1207
Thu, May 01, 2014 @ 9:15 AM
I can just imagine you covered in your blankie , taking the picture of your gorgeous card and you see it came out perfect, no shadows, just the most different and a WOW of a card. Love it!
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Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50473
Thu, May 01, 2014 @ 9:45 AM
A paint chip die...what won't they think of next! This is so cool..amazing use of non paper materials..love it! I got a chuckle reading about your picture taking dilemma.
Registered: February 13, 2005 Location: Southern Ontario Posts: 26256
Thu, May 01, 2014 @ 12:09 PM
Gremlins...the answer is Gremlins...they hide all things you are looking for! That's my story and I'm sticking to it! LOL But they didn't seem to hinder your creativity in any way. This is absolutely and totally gorgeous!
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 46781
Thu, May 01, 2014 @ 12:17 PM
I love your use of aluminum foil and every time I see you use it I think " you dummy, why don't you remember to use your foil!!!!" I love your card and the paint chips are GREAT too! So pretty!
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