Halloween Card Series 2017 - Spooky Rosette - Sentiment Background

Hey there!

Today I'm sharing this last Halloween card on Craftin Desert Divas blog. You might think there're too much things on this card but I definitely cannot help myself: my cards need to be overloaded LOL

I first started by editing my sentiment background in Photoshop and printed it on a violet paper. My printer didn't want to work with cardstock so I used thin paper (like regular copy paper). Please note that you need to use a laser printer so the foil can adhere at the next step (I tried with my jet ink printer but it didn't work)

Once printed, I covered my piece of violet paper with a silver foil sheet (with the silver side facing up), put everything into a folded copy paper, and put it through my laminator. Then I removed the silver foil sheet to bring a beautiful shiny background out. See the result in the video, it's really cool!

And finally to thicken that panel, I attached it to a black card base using black cardstock.

To build the rosette, I cut three large strips of plaid pattern paper, each one measuring 15x5cm (or 6x2"). On each strip, I scored a line every one centimeter, folded all the lines up and down and attached the three pieces together at their ends.

I formed the rosette, secured it with hot glue and finally attached it to my foiled background using my hot glue gun again.

I die cut a scalloped circle from black glitter cardstock that I glued on a piece of vellum to add a little frame behind my spooky scene, and attached it on the paper rosette using a large glue dot. The haunted house and pumpkins were already colored from a previous project, so I just colored the little ghost using my alcohol markers.

I cut a thin sentiment banner from a pattern paper, attached it to black glitter banner and finally glued the whole piece at the bottom of my black glitter circle. I glued my images in place using little glue dots, and to finish the card, I die cut and glued some stars and circles from black glitter cardstock.

VIDEO
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CRAFTIN DESERT DIVAS SUPPLIES

- Frightfully Sweet stamp set

- Ghostly Greetings digi stamps

- Happy Haunting digi stamps

- Pumpkin Harvest digi stamps

- Inside Scalloped Circle die set

- Flag Banner die set

- Pocket Pieces Hello die set

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir alcohol markers

- Pattern papers from my stash

- Black glitter cardstock from Rayher

- Black cardstock from Simon Says Stamp

- Vellum from my stash

Holiday Card Series 2017 - Christmas Rosette

Hello there,

This past summer, I made a card using a homemade paper rosette. I liked creating it so much I've decided to make rosette cards for every season and holiday! For this one, I used traditional colors and a new Craftin Desert Divas stamp set called "Oh What Fun".

I first started by creating the rosette. It's very easy. I took three 15x5 cm rectangles, scored a line every 1 centimeters, folded them and attached each ends using double sided tape. I punched a circle from random paper, formed the rosette and attached the circle at the back using my hot glue gun to make it stay well formed.

Then I die cut three inside scalloped circles: one from gold glitter paper, and two from white cardstock that I glued together. I attached the gold glitter circle to a piece of vellum, fussy cut around it to get rid of the excess and glued it on top of the two white circles.

I colored my images using my alcohol markers and the same traditional color combo, and fussy cut them. Added touches of gold on each image too.

On a square pattern paper, I attached the paper rosette, and the vellum circle on top of it using my hot glue gun. I added my sentiment banner at the bottom of the gold vellum circle, and attached my images above that banner using glue dots. And finally I attached the whole panel to a white card base.

VIDEO

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CRAFTIN DESERT DIVAS SUPPLIES

- Oh what fun stamp set

- Inside scalloped circle die set

- Flag banner die set

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir alcohol markers

- Pattern papers from Echo Park

- Gold glitter paper from American Crafts

- Vellum from Stampin Up!

Summer Card Series - Summer Rosette

Hello there,

It's starting to feel like autumn where I live so I thought sharing this card would definitely be perfect to kind of brighten my day, and maybe yours!

So I first started by creating the rosette. It's super easy to make and there is a bunch of tutorials on YouTube to learn how to build one. Then I die cut three circle frames that I glued together and a piece of vellum that I glued at the back.

I colored my printed images using my alcohol markers and fussy cut them. On a white card base, I attached a piece of polka dot paper using double sided tape, and glued the rosette and the white scallop frame on top of it using my hot glue gun. I die cut a banner, stamped my sentiment on it and attached it at the bottom of the white scallop frame. And finally I attached my images using glue dots.

 VIDEO

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CRAFTIN DESERT DIVAS SUPPLIES

- Buzzing by for ice cream digital stamp

- Summer days digital stamps

- Simply said stamp set

- Flag banner dies

- Inside scalloped circle dies

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Cloud paper from Echo Park

- Polka dot paper from my stash

- Solar white cardstock from Neenah

- Vellum from Canson

- Spectrum Noir alcohol markers