Laurel Punch Around the Page Card #4

This is a super simple card with just a bit of a twist.  I used the Laurel Punch Around the Page set to make the white mat, starting with a 3 1/4 x 5 inch piece of white cardstock.  The pink layer in the center is Core'dinations Gemstone cardstock cut at 2 x 3 7/8 inches with the corners rounded.

 

The required size for the correct punching of the Punch Around the Page sets does not fit an A2 card top with even borders.

Tilting the rectangle to fill the space makes the sizing look like a design choice instead of a limitation.

 

The "love" jewels are from  Mary Engelbreit  and the gems are connected on a clear adhesive that makes it easy to quickly finish the card.  I was lucky to find some of these in a clearance bin at Michael"s!

If you would like to win a Martha Stewart Laurel Punch Around the Page set for your crafting please go to THIS POST and read all of the details on how you can win this set.  Comments must be left on the original post for the giveaway but please leave comments about this card here.

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Indie Art Diamond Frame

A few people took a guess at the cartridge I used for this design - most thought George, with Stretch Your Imagination, Accent Essentials and Dreams Come True thrown in for good measure. One person did get it right - "abusyfamilyof6" said Indie Art with maybe a bit of George. The design was actually done with just one element from Indie Art.

I am often surprised by the ways some of the cuts on the various cartridges can be put to use to make very different looking new designs. I didn't think the Indie Art cartridge would have a lot of items I would use but I was wrong! Here is a picture of another frame I did using Indie Art - and a LINK to the original post from last July (the file is available in that post). This one looks like a perfect frame for the evil queen in "Snow White!"



For the Diamond Frame, I started with the item highlighted in this screen shot of the keypad.



Below you can see the original faceted diamond cut and the frame it forms when rotated at 90 degree intervals and moved carefully into position.



I cut the frame in three colors - I am planning to do a few more when I get back home. Here is the basic frame in dark gray.



I then took the various bits that are cut from the outlines and used them to fill in the holes - below you can see the darker gray outline and some lighter gray pieces added in to fit.



Below is the photo from yesterday's post, which shows the frame on a blue background with two colors added in to fill some of the areas - leaving the background to show through in other areas. There are many permutations possible which will lead to all sorts of interesting and different patterns.



You could use this as a frame around a special photo, using colors to suit the occasion (perhaps a wedding or an anniversary). This was sized to place in the center of a 12 x 12 page but you could easily make a smaller version for a card.

So thanks to those who participated for playing along in the guessing game - I hope you can use this design for one of your projects. As always, I'd love to see what you do with it!

Diamond Frame

Gemstones done in George

Jannita, who reads my blog from the Netherlands contacted me because she really liked the glitter cardstock gemstone experiment I posted a few days ago but, unfortunately, she does not have the Happily Ever After cartridge to try it out for herself. (I only recently got it when there was a good sale - I thought I would not use it much since my boys are grown but there are many things in addition to the Disney characters on the cartridge - which makes it worthwhile for me - plus the Disney characters are fun to do!)

So, I asked her which Cricut and cartridges she had, I thought for a bit and then decided that I could come up with something similar using just George and the baby bug.

The result is actually more geometrical than the HEA version. I have it set up in the center of the mat and you can use just a piece of 4 inch b 4 inch cardstock placed between 4 and 8 at the top of the mat to cut this. It helps if you have two mats or more mats so you can cut it in multiple colors and then play with putting them together in various combinations.

Here is the cut on the mat so you can see the placement



After you carefully remove the frame it will look like this.





Once again it is a good idea to flip the frame and mark the top so you get the orientation straight for the addition of the triangle pieces.



Dot glue (I use Creative Memories Precision Point Adhesive) on the frame and wait until it turns clear - then adhere it to your card front



Next, dot glue in the larger triangle openings as shown here



Wait for the glue to turn clear and then, paying attention to the orientation of the pieces, add in the large "star point" triangles - it helps to work directly from the mat to keep everything in order.



Here is what the card front looks like with just those points added



I decided to cut a third color to add more variations so I chose a lighter shade of orange and tried adding the large hexagon to the center of the gem.



I glued the dark orange frame to a brighter yellow card and dotted glue in the background triangles like this



Then I added in the lighter orange background triangles, once again working from the mat to keep things in order.



Here are two versions of the card side by side



With a light orange center it looks like this



This is the second version with a green center added



Here I put in the light orange center and four of the eight star points were filled with green



Here everything is filled with green





Above the center is also filled with the light orange and below the center is left open so the yellow card shows through



It is always fun to add some skittles (nickname for the little flat sided plastic drops that are sold under the name "Decorative Accents" in floral display areas of craft stores).



Gemstone in George