Hugs & Kisses

Hello there my crafty friends!  I created this background using the Bargello technique.  I started by cutting strips of card of four different shades of purples.  I attached a sticky adhesive sheet to a piece of copy paper (I don't use card for this step as it makes it very thick to die cut later).  Once I filled the entire sheet with the four colours of strips butted up next to each other, I used the paper cutter to cut them across the strips so they were then little boxes of colour on each strip.  I went back to another piece of copy paper and added a sticky adhesive sheet and began offsetting them to create the checkerboard effect.  I used the Noble Decorative  Hearts to cut an aperture in the centre (and saved it for another card).  I made a frame using the Decorative Heart die out of white card and added it to the aperture with mounting foam.  I added a backing piece with a sticky adhesive sheet on it, then added a smaller heart to the centre.  I cut the Hugs & Kisses sentiment out of Iris and black card, shadowed it then glued it to the smaller heart.  I used the Heart Leaf Flowers cut from a piece of white card covered with a sticky adhesive sheet.  I used Frosted Sparkle Glitterbitz on the flowers, then  seated them diagonally across the card.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/2"  x 8 3/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x

 

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