Turtle Dove Ornament Card ODBDSLC134

I took two photos of this card because I couldn't get a good photo straight on because of the reflection. The sideways one shows a little of the dimension and how the card looks without the reflection.

I hadn't used my ODBD Turtle Dove Ornament stamp yet, so I decided to use it to make a card for this week's Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge ODBDSLC134 Noel word challenge- Use the letters in Noel to create a card.

In My card I used N=Nestabilities (for the ornament and sentiment, O=Ornament and Oval, E=Embossing, L=Layers.

The die I used is a Lea'bilities Die. I cut and embossed it a bunch of times from gold mirror card and layered the die cuts, cutting some of them and using them to fill in until I had a kaleidoscope shape on Core'dinations Pearl CS. Then I cut around the kaleidoscope with scissors and mounted it dimensionally onto another piece of pearl card. Next, I added more pieces from the die cuts and mounted them onto the bottom piece pf pearl CS, pushing the ends under the top layer. That gave the design more dimension.

Next, I stamped the ornament and a sentiment onto pearl CS using VersaMark, embossed them in gold, and cut them out with some Spellbinders dies. I outlined the ornament with a gold pen, then mounted the sentiment dimensionally onto the ornament.

Next, the ornament was mounted dimensionally onto the kaleidoscope, and everything was mounted onto a gold mirror card mat, and the card itself.

I filled in some of the empty spaces by punching tiny gold mirror card flowers and accenting them and the other shapes with Liquid Pearls.

Red and White Lea'bilities Holly Card

I didn't get a chance to make a card today, so I am posting one I made a while back and never put on my blog.

This is similar to one I made about a month ago which was in two shades of green.

This card was made with a holly die set by Leane Creatief BV. The flowers in the corners were made with small punches, and the poinsettia is made with dies from Marianne Creatables.

I accented the card with silver Stickles, but the silver glitter didn't photograph very well, which is why I didn't put this on my blog when I first made it.

I cut the Lea'bility die using wax paper since it is a very fine die. I would expect it would be difficult to remove it without tearing it otherwise.

Lea'bilities Holly Card

For a few months I have been wanting some NOOR! Design dies. Finally, this week, I sent for a few. One of the places which were listed as carrying them was Kamya. I went to their site, but found only one that I wanted, and it's only a tiny corner die, so I'm waiting to use it. While there, I decided to order a couple of the Star Collection stencils by Marianne Designs that I have been wanting, a Cheery Lynn die, and an interesting holly die by Leane Creatief BV. Now that I have tried this die, I know I need the Holly Border one that matches it!

More of the NOOR! dies I wanted should be here sometime soon. I ordered those and a new Marianne Creatables die from Ecstacy on the same day.

Anyway, since this is a very fine die, I used wax paper when I cut it, and I had no problems removing it. Without wax paper, I expect it would tear.

The die set consists of the two holly borders, plus three small fancy squares. I altered the direction of each die, using every other one as a diamond shape, rather than using them all as squares when I put them on the paper. This gave me a few larger spaces in each corner to add an embellishment.

I used a mossy pearl paper and a lighter green linen textured paper from my stash for this card.

The four little flowers in each corner were made from small punches. They were shaped and the layers were alternated. The center flower is made from two sizes of the Marianne Creatables small poinsettias. Those were also shaped.

To finish, I added gold Liquid Pearls to the centers of the flowers and at various points on the design.

It was supposed to be a Christmas card, but with these colors, and since the flowers don't look like poinsettias, it could be used for any occasion.

Now I need the holly border that goes with it. I think the holly leaves can be cut from the border and used in the corners of this die to change the look.

I'm really happy with this die set!

I'm also making another card like this in red with white, which is almost finished, and want to do one in blue with white. Now that I think of it, pink with white would be pretty, and so would a lot of other combinations. It seems to be a very versatile set!