ACK Golden Touch - KCC13 Set 3

I first started using this Artful Card Kit (ACK from HOTP) back in 2018.  You can see what I made previously in these two posts - Hunkydory Twist & Pop, and Golden Touch Thank Yous.  The total cards showcased in those posts was only 3, but they had a lot to them and used a fair amount of paper and supplies.  But, I still had a LOT left.  I decided to see how well the current Kendra's Card Challenge (#13) might work to help me use up this ACK.

I chose six papers to cut to a six by six size, and cut as per the cutting directions.  It was REALLY nice to use an ACK for this challenge, because I had so much extra paper, die cuts, and cut outs to use with it!  I had wanted to get a picture of the set - but forgot.  Here's one I found on-line.  It's not great, but gives the idea at least.

Here are the 15 KCC13 cards that I made:

As you can probably tell, I deviated a bit and made the last 3 cards in a 5 x 7 size because I wanted to use die cuts from the set as focals that were too big for an A2 card.  It required that I re-cut a few pieces to fit the larger size.

Here's a closer look at each of the 15 cards.  Unless otherwise indicated, all extra paper, die cuts, and cut outs (except white and gold!) are from the kit.

Card #1:

This one was pretty straight forward.  Note that I double matted the sentiment - once on teal and then on white,  I added the sentiment with foam tape - also added foam tape to the butterfly's wings but glued body down.

Card #2:

I added paper for the center strip and matted it and the focal mat with gold before again matting the focal mat with white.  I cut a white oval to mat the focal - but it was too wide, so I slashed out one scallop's worth and taped it back together before matting my focal on it and adding the whole with foam tape.  I had planned to emboss the card front before adding everything, but forgot.  So, not wanting the edges to look too plain, I added some Dazzles Thin Line stickers (from HOTP) to create borders on either side.

Card #3:

Again, pulling an extra piece of paper for the center & for mats for the edges, I then matted everything (including the little flag piece) in gold.  I wanted the flag to be seen, so offset the focal - then added a die cut button (from kit) with gold ribbon from my stash placed through the holes.  

Card #4:

I again found another paper in the kit to use for a backing paper.  After matting the pieces in gold, I added the focal flower & sentiment, adding the sentiment with foam tape.  The last step was adding the little Jewel Dazzles (from HOTP) at the bottom - after coloring them with a Sharpie to get the color I wanted.

Card #5:

This time I found some cream colored paper in my stash (since the kit's focal had cream in it and there weren't any papers that color in the kit).  After adding all the pieces and the focal, I found a Hunkydory tag that complimented the whole and glued it in place with a ribbon bow from my stash.  The last step was adding some small gold Jewel Dazzles (HOTP) at the corners.

Card #6:

For this one, I cut a piece of white card stock to serve as a mat for the whole layout - then inked the card front itself to blend with the colors in the patterned paper.  The decorative bits were from the kit - except for the die cut white mat (Spellbinders' Splendid Circles die).  The focal flowers were added with foam tape.

Card #7:

This is one of the rare layouts where All pieces (except for decorating of course - and matting if you wish) are KCC cut pieces.  In this case, I added border strips from the kit in place of matting the center piece.  I DID die cut a mat for my sentiment (sentiment from Hunkydory LB of Essential Sentiments, mat cut with Spellbinders Labels Sixteen die).  After gluing the sentiment to the mat, I added it to the card with foam tape.  Then I added my focal - again with foam tape.  Finally, I added 3 gold Jewel Dazzles (from HOTP) to the upper left - after I colored the centers with black Sharpie.

Card #8:

I turned this sketch on its side since my focal was a decorative horizontal sentiment. The additional paper was from my stash - a teal mat and a pink background for my focal.  I added some corner stickers (Scrapbooking Dazzles) to dress up the corners of the main panel.  I added the focal on foam tape.  The butterfly is a die cut from the kit with another sticker from those Scrapbooking Dazzles on top.  Again, I added the butterfly with body glued directly to the panel & wings on foam tape.

Card #9:

This time I didn't find sketch #9 to be quite as difficult.  Though it's certainly not the prettiest of the bunch, it's not the sketch's fault!  I turned this one on its side as well.  The black piece is one I cut from extra paper in the ACK.  I added a gold metallic piece, between it and the pink strip.  Taking a strip of the cream paper I used before (from my stash), I started gluing in the little diagonal pieces.  I apparently placed them closer together than in the past (hadn't laid them out first!) so I ended up needing more - but I easily cut a few more from the leftovers.  Oh yes, instead of the colored card stock strips, I just added more of the black.  After trimming all the little strips to fit the larger cream one, I glued the whole thing in place on top of the gold.  The sentiment/focal was from the kit, but the smaller one in the upper left corner was from Hunkydory.  I again added gold Jewel Dazzles to the lower right - after coloring the centers again with a black Sharpie.

Card #10:

This one took some work - both in terms of finding things to work with it, and in terms of making my papers stretch!  The darker blue background/matting paper is from my stash.  The rest is from the kit except for the 3 little gold Jewel Dazzles on the left side - and the white paper I used for a 2nd mat behind the focal.  I punched a small bit of the blue for the center of each and glued in place. The quarter circle was supposed to be from a 4" circle.  I used a 4" circle die (Lifestyle dies) - but had to guess at what 1/4 was because I didn't have nearly enough paper to cut the entire circle!

Card #11:

This one looks so simple, but it took me awhile to figure it out too.  After I figured out what decorations & sentiment to use (all from the kit), it was pretty straight forward.  I cut narrow white strips to border each side of the center panel, added my decorations/sentiment (sentiment & butterfly wings on foam tape) and it was done!

Card #12:

By the time I got to this card, it seemed like things were getting harder - either because I had fewer materials and papers to choose from, or because I was tired - not sure which.  At any rate, I was stuck on this one until I found this light aqua glitzy paper in my stash.  It was the perfect compliment and the card came together quickly after that. As you can see, I cut a white panel so there would be just a narrow mat around the main papers in this sketch.  I used one of Spellbinders' Teardrop Circles dies to cut the aqua to back the small focal - and backed that with a small circle of white.  I matted my greeting on the glitzy aqua and then on white.  Then I added both to the card front with foam tape. 

Card #14:

I took a break, and when I came back I had decided the issue was fewer materials to work with - in part because several of the die cut focals were too big for an A2 sized card. So, I decided to make these last three cards in a 5 x 7 size - which sometimes meant cutting new pieces that were a bit larger.  This card, for example, needed much larger panels, so I cut new ones from remaining papers in the kit.  As you can see, I used a die cut focal for the partial circle and added a double section of border die cuts.  I cut the sentiment with a bit of the blue border still showing - then matted on gold.  At the bottom of the card, I added one of the small rose die cuts, along with two gold Jewel Dazzles - to which I added two tiny pink gems.

Card #14:

Here again, I cut larger strips than what I had for the A2 size.  I embossed the card front using a Cuttlebug embossing folder called Kitchen Weave.  To this I added the pink strips - then a border strip from the kit down the center. The focal fits nicely on top of that.

Card #15:

Once I had decided to enlarge the cards, these last three went together fairly quickly.  Once again, I turned the sketch on its side.  This time I notched the corners of the card itself match the die cut.  After notching the corners of the background paper in the same way, I took a gold pen & drew a border all the way around it.  It probably would have looked good to do that for the diagonal strips, but I didn't think of it.  I matted the focal die cut on white, then added it with foam tape.  Finally, I added a couple of Hunkydory sentiments - with foam tape where they did not sit on the focal.

Well, there are the 15 cards from KCC13.  But I still had some supplies left from the ACK, so I decided to make a couple more cards without KCC to try to use it up.

Card #16:

This one is another A2 sized card.  I mostly had a border strip left from this paper - a little wider than 2 inches.  So, I cut it into two pieces and taped them together facing each other to get this background.  I cut out the sentiment & focal & glued them to cardboard for stability before adding them with foam tape.

Card #17:

This time I made a slimline card, as you can see. I pretty much used up the rest of the green paper as a background in the center, but cut out the center behind the focal to give me strips on either end (and a little for the inside of the card).  After inking the edges of the papers, I glued them down - then added the matted focal.  Finally, I added a couple of rose die cuts with foam tape.

At this point I just had a little bit of paper and a couple of cut outs left over, so figured I could just add them to my stash - UNTIL I discovered there was another entire sheet of paper and more cut outs that I had somehow missed!!!  I'm sure they'll make some pretty cards, but that will have to wait for another time!