Hello Friends!
Welcome back to our final week of getting slim! I know, I’m sad too! I enjoyed slimming down this month! It was almost effortless!
We’re only 2 months away from October and when I think of October I “think pink” for breast cancer awareness. I have many friends who have been touched in some way by breast cancer so October is an important month for me to help share their stories as well as awareness to this disease.
So this week I’m sharing a card I made with exactly this idea in mind! And here’s what I came up with using this beautiful kit called “ Hope {Fashionista} ”
And here’s how I made this card:
- I started off with a black cardstock base cut at 8 1/2x 3 ½.
- I then cut a piece of designer paper cut ¼ inch smaller than my mat
- The brackets and letters H, P, E were all die cut in both pink and black using Alphabet dies.
- The support ribbon was also cut using a ribbon die in both pink and black
- To give the ribbon some texture, I ran the pink die cut of the ribbon through my Big Shot using a flowered embossing folder
- Fashionista gal was inked using archival ink and then colored using Arteza brushes.
- The sentiment (not from the kit, it was a random stamp that came with an order I received) was stamped onto black cardstock with Versamark and embossed using white embossing powder.
- The pink brackets, ribbon and letters were adhered ever so slightly off center on top of the matching black counterparts with small foam adhesives.
- I then strategically placed each of the letters onto my card base, as shown, also using foam adhesives.
- Fashionista gal was then adhered onto the base with foam adhesives and cut to size.
- The sentiment was glued as shown and then I added flowered sequins to accents.
This card was a bit more time consuming but not really all that difficult. I know that whomever I send this card to will certainly appreciate it as much as I enjoyed making it.
Well, friends, this month sure has been fun! You have until next Thursday to reach your goal of making some slimline cards- so let’s end the month off with lots of beauties to show off!
Be sure to add your projects to the “Let’s Get Slim!” album over at the Unity Show & Tell Facebook page!
I hope you enjoyed playing along this month and I can’t wait to meet you back here next Thursday for a whole NEW Challenge!
See you soon and have an ‘ink’redible week!
April Sarandrea xo
