Thursday 26 January 2012

Star Male.

Here I go again,removing bits from my cards lol, it's quite addictive! I find myself planning entries for the LIM challenge when I'm desperately trying to sleep. This card however happened when I got cross that the planned card wasn't going right,spat the dummy and started throwing bits away and piling up my offcuts,  it's surprising what a black strip of card and a green star can spark off. 

So I layered up my card, used an long forgotten Anita's stamp and Bamboo Momento, a large sentiment which I stamped in black. I cut a green star using my Xcut nesting and removed the centre with a smaller star in the set then removed a star from the black strip which happened to be a tiny bit smaller than the Xcut die (still with me?) this gave the nice black frame to my green star. I then just remove a small circle from my card front making it easier to place the star in the correct place. You can see that I placed a green star on the inside of my card to mask the circular cut. I thought it would be in keeping to add a star to write on.


I'm using this card for the following challenges:-
TTT26,Text Me,
Truly Scrumptious 72,Something forgotten,
TSB24, Die cuts,
LIM 51 Theme.
Off top pop this card in the post, why do I always leave making cards to the last minute.
Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

15 comments:

Darlene said...

This is AWESOME! Love it ... inside & out! Thanks so much for joining our "TEXT" challenge at Shelly's Images! Please come back and join us again real soon!!

Darlene
Shelly's Images DT
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

Lisa Jane said...

oh i love this.. i really like the band of text down the side
Lisa x

Chrissie said...

This is simply terrific!
Love the colour combos and the stamping down the side it great.
Super design.
Thanks so much
Chrissie
"Less is More"

Sasha said...

Super card! And such a brilliant idea for your aperture:)

Claire said...

Lovely simple card and very effective. Hugs, Claire x

pinky said...

Its amazing Julie, don't know how you do it. I struggle with these types of cards.

Adrian said...

Great job! Thanks for playing with CTO!

Karen Letchworth said...

This card is so sweet and simple, VERY cute. Thanks for playing along in our TEXT ME Challenge this week at Shelly's Images.
Blessings,
Karen -DT Member

Esther said...

Cute card!
Thanks for joining us at CTO!

Mandi said...

Simply FAB Julie
Love that green
Thank you very much
mandi
"Less is More"

coops said...

stunning male card julie.fab design and i love the green and black combo :D

xx coops xx

Mary J said...

Really super Julie - great way to do the sentiment like that!

Nancy in Iowa said...

Very nice combination of simple elements. I really like the block text...isn't it fun to 'rediscover' a an old fav?

Lucianna Dilsaver said...

Love your CAS card, great colors and embellishments inside and out! Thanks for joining us this week @ CTO for our Masculine Birthday Challenge :)

Elizabeth said...

Great card - thank you for joining us at The Stamping Boutique!