HD - Perfect Days - By The Harbourside

 

Today I have 7 cards I made using materials from Hunkydory's Perfect Days - By The Harbourside Deco-large card kit and some papers & inserts that coordinated with it.  Here's a picture of the kit without the coordinating papers:

The card kit is designed to make a single card with multiple layers - and perhaps a 2nd card from the accompanying printed cardstock.  As you'll see below, I made 7 cards - though some included some coordinating paper and some sentiments from my stash. It's been a long time since I worked with one of these kits, since I'm mostly working with Stampin' Up! products and posting them on my other blog - here.  

 

Below I've posted a close up of each card and a little bit about how I made it.

Card #1:

For this first one, I cut the bottom corners of the focal on an angle rather than leaving them the reverse rounded corners you'll see on the focal on the next card.  Then I cut my background printed cardstock to match the angle - on all 4 corners instead of just two - and inked the edges before gluing it in place.  The border was a thin strip cut from one of the coordinating papers, and the sentiment (from the kit) was added with foam tape for dimension.

 

Card #2: 

 

This card makes use of both coordinating paper & insert for the background and mat on this card front.  As you can see, I inked the edges - as well as the bottom edges of the focal piece.  I added the sentiment - again from the kit - with foam tape.

Card #3: 

You can't really tell in the pictures, but while the other six cards are made as 5" x 7" cards, this one is A2 size.  I cut a piece of the insert paper to form a background for my focal image and matched the reverse rounded corners. I inked the outside edges of both before adding to my card.  Again, the border is a narrow strip cut from the paper.  The sentiment is one I found in my Mom's stash & thought it would look good on this card.  I added it with foam tape for dimension.

 

Card #4: 

I made this card as a simple easel card - just gluing the focal image to the bottom part of the card front and adding a border strip from the kit to the inside of the card with foam tape to form the stopper.  The sentiment came from a Hunkydory Little book of Sentiments.  I made sure the glue only attached to the topper - then added a narrow ribbon bow.

Card #5: 

 

This card was made with images from one of the coordinating papers.  I also cut the border from one of them.  The sentiment was one I grabbed from my Mom's stash & then I fussy cut a narrow mat for it from maroon paper.

Card #6: 

 

This focal with background for this card was cut from the cardstock in the kit. The border was also from the kit.  I added a sentiment from a Hunkydory Little Book of Sentiments and then added a couple of sticker pieces from my stash to make it look like it was a sign hanging from the border.

Card #7: 

 

This final card was made using one of the insert papers.  I cut the border separately and taped the two pieces together on the back before inking around the edges.  Then I inked around the edges of the sentiment - another from Mom's stash.  I threaded a piece of ribbon through the sentiment and taped it to the back of the taped papers before gluing the whole in place - quick & easy.