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Thursday, May 11, 2023

Daydreams ACK - Part 2

Today's cards come from an old HOTP Artful Card Kit (ACK) called Daydreams.  Five years ago I made a card from this kit which I posted here. Today I have 6 more cards from the kit - with plenty of materials left over for a "Part 3".

Card #1

This first card is a slimline card.  I matted the background paper with black, added a die cut border piece from the kit and layered a sticky-backed bead border on top.  I added some HOTP stickers to the tag and glued it to the dream catcher focal (both from the kit).  A silver sequin appears to attach it in place.  I added an arrow die cut in the lower right corner, then a sprinkling of black beads to finish the card front.

Inside:

Don't ask me why I didn't mat the piece of patterned paper on the inside - it just slipped my mind as I was too focused on creating the border from scraps of black paper & the rest of the border die cut - no beads on the inside!  The stamped sentiment is from Crafter's Companion Compendium (CCC) - the page called Thinking of You.

Card #2:

Once again I matted the background with black.  After adding the rest of the die cuts I had put with this paper, I added a couple of alphabet stickers to form the word "HI", and then some Jewel Border Dazzles to create a bit of a frame.

Inside:

The border is scraps of black & patterned paper - with 3 diamond die cuts punched out from the border on the inside of the previous card.  Then I just added a stamped greeting (another from CCC's Thinking of You).

Card #3:

A floral print and a plain black paper form the backdrop for this focal - a die cut label topped with a cut out and die cut flowers - all but the black paper is from the kit.

Inside:

Scraps form the foundation of the border for the inside - a scrap of black layered with a scrap of the floral pattern, layered with a cut out - all from the kit.  I stamped the cutout with a CCC stamp from the Birthday-Female page.

Card #4:

One corner of this patterned paper makes a great background & focal image combined when I mat it with black paper from my stash.  I added a stamped greeting (CCC - Birthday-Male) and a couple of die cuts to completed the card.

Inside:

Once again I used a scrap of patterned paper for a border on the inside - this time adding a cutout from the kit.

Card #5:

This time I used the opposite corner of the paper to form the background - once again matted with black from my stash.  I used a strip cut from patterned paper & matted with black to form an upper border.  A cutout from the kit forms the focal - embellished with a couple of die cut flowers (also from the kit).  A small cut out greeting in the upper left corner completes the card front.

Inside:

Inside I used the remaining scrap of this patterned paper, matted with black, to form a border that the die cut tag sits on.  I added Dazzles to it to create the message and a flower Dazzle sticker to "attach" the tag to the border.

Card #6:

This final card is a slimline card - as you can see.  I combined scraps from two papers for the background, and added a black ribbon border before matting it with black.  A cutout sentiment and die cut flowers - both from the kit - complete the card front.

Inside:

On the inside I have more of the floral paper with black from my stash to create a border.  To this I've added a cut out and a die cut flower.  Voila'!  6 more cards from this kit.

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