I made this card for the letter E Alphabet Challenge because this is an eclipse card. Can you see the letters Hello in the card and how there is a shadow around each letter like the eclipse of the moon? Fun, right? I saw this technique on a youtube video made with the StampinUp Large letter dies. Well, I do not have those dies so I stayed up all night trying to work out in my head how I could get these letters cut out. I knew I had a cricut cartridge that should work, but I did not know how to center letters, until now. You have to find the center point on your panel and mark it with a pencil, then you move the blade of your cricut to that mark and hit center point, and the cricut cuts those letters out perfectly. I do not have a gypsie nor design space because I have an old cricut so I was a tad disappointed in the size of these letters. However, I had so much fun making this card that in the end, I really do like it. This Altenew stamp set is new to me so I spent quite a bit of time playing with it to find colors I wanted to use on this card. I do love to stamp for the heck of it and the color combinations I end up liking I restamp into an art journal and I write the colors down because who am I kidding, there is no way I will remember this. LOL. I sent this card to a very dear alphabet sister who has been incredibly kind and thoughtful in ways that I can never repay her. She has seen this card so now I can post it. Here is a link to the Eclipse Card Tecnhinque in case you are interested: . Thank you for looking! ~Karen.
Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 GMT Views: 1905
Favorited:10
Stamps: Altenew Beautiful Day (sentiment) and Watercolor Wonders
Paper: StampinUp Chocolate Chip, Gable Green and Whisper White
Paper Size: A2 Card Base
Ink: StampinUp chololate Chip; Pretty In Pink, Positively Pink, Hero Arts Pink Ink Cube from August 2016 Fairy Kit, Watermelon Wonder, Barely Banana, Gable Green and Wild Wasabi
Registered: October 12, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 70209
Mon, Sep 18, 2017 @ 2:49 PM
Excellent!! The technique turned out fabulous. Love the die-cut letters. They look the perfect size to me. Beautiful stamping. The arch of flowers is perfect for the eclipse of the letters. Wonderful card! Into my favs. TFS
Gorgeous and perfection!! I own a cricut and would never be able to figure the middle point either. In fact my cricut is so dinosaur that it doesn’t have that feature. Lol but I did get me a smaller set of alpha Dies since have you seen the cost of the SU ones? *whistles lol
Registered: May 12, 2016 Location: NW Wisconsin Posts: 8485
Sun, Jan 21, 2018 @ 6:33 PM
Karen, congratulations on being this weeks featured Stamper! Well deserved and your gallery is amazing!!
I chose this beauty to case in your honor!
Enjoy your week!
------------------------------ ~Jeannie~Be the reason someone smiles today!