When I saw the CAS357 challenge (color of life wheel) and the TLC566 challenge (partial die cutting) I knew I needed to make a card like this. I sponged distress inks with my color wheel of life colors (orange, with secondary colors of reddish orange and goldish orange), then spritzed with shimmer mist. I used partial die cutting on my circular opening to cut the "happy" letters. Unfortunately, I was not satisfied with the roughness of the edges that I had to cut with my exacto knife between the letters (after the partial die cutting - as per Laura Bassen's partial die cutting videos), so I ended up also die cutting the letters in gold foil an adhering them to the partial die cuts. Added gold foil die cut confetti pieces and mounted the panel on dimensional tape for a shadow box look. It actually looks awesome IRL, even though my partial die cuts needed a little help!!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132001
Wed, Dec 30, 2015 @ 12:55 PM
What a wonderful celebration card! The gold and rich warm colours are fabulous together, and the gold foil on the letters, even if it was to "help out" really makes it. I think that if the letters were still white, it would give a more crisp and less warm feel to the card; still beautiful, I'm sure.
Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79770
Wed, Dec 30, 2015 @ 2:01 PM
Love the gold and the festiveness of this card.
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Registered: January 20, 2011 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Posts: 7619
Wed, Dec 30, 2015 @ 6:05 PM
Beautiful card Maura. I have had the same results trying Laura's technique ... I have actually given up doing it anymore. Nice save with adding the gold foil on top. I will have to try that. If I can get it anywhere near as nice as yours, I'll be happy! xx
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Registered: January 27, 2010 Location: Southern Ontario, Canada Posts: 52018
Thu, Dec 31, 2015 @ 5:23 AM
I am in total awe of this beauty Maura - stunning with your life colours. Those colours are some of my faves, they are a beauty when put together that is stunning. Thanks so much for playing along with the CAS challenge.
Registered: April 13, 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 227
Thu, Dec 31, 2015 @ 6:41 AM
Maura - I love everything about this card - the opening is perfectly colored for a festive and fun (yet sooo beautiful) card. Thank you so much for playing along with this Global Design Project CASE the Designer Challenge.