The small cross that you see on this card was a sticker that I found in my stash. I wasn't sure what to do with it, especially since it is so small.
I pulled out my set of arched rectangle dies to see if one would create a nice-sized cut-out for it. Sure enough, one did. Since the cross was gray, I selected some gray DSP and cut it to size befire cutting the aperture. Then I took a scrap of white and used a pierced sunburst background die to create the pattern you see.
After gluing the pierced design directly to the card front, I used some foam tape to pop up the DSP panel. The photo at left shows some of the shadow and dimension.
The cross had some nice dimension, too with the flowers and aqua beads that were adhered to its front.
"Happy Easter" was stamped, die-cut and then glued directly to the DSP. I decided not to pop it up, because I didn't want the sender to have trouble mailing it without extra postage.
I stamped a white panel with an Easter sentiment for the inside.
I found this polka-dotted card base in my stash, and because it was a nice Spring color, I decided to use it for an Easter card.
The fancy cross was made with a two-die set: one die cuts the cross shape and one die cuts the fancy design. That way I could cut a perfectly-sized plain shape to put behind the fancy one.
I also cut two fern-like branches out of green vellum to anchor the cross.
The sentiment was heat embossed, die-cut and popped up with foam tape.
Finally, I added two aqua gems to finish the front.
The sentiment in the photo at right was printed with my computer, matted and adhered to the inside.
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It has been cold and snowy here the last couple of days. I never know what jacket to put on before going outside. We did have a couple of hours of sunshine yesterday before the clouds, along with rain and snow, set in. It makes me just want to head down to my craft area in the basement and stay there until the temperatures reach the 70s at least!
Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.
Cheryl