My first Slimline cards | Cut Cardstock DT

Hello crafty people!! How are you this morning?? I hope your day is going well and I hope your up for checking out some new cards I made, My 1st Slimline cards actually.... and I'm pretty happy with them, if I do say so myself.

I started with one card. I had never done one of these and of course I would choose one that has soooo may things you have to pop out and then layer back in. But it was totally worth it!! I started with Cougar White Smooth cardstock for the base of my card and then I thought I would also use it for the front portion of this card. I ran it through my sizzix, popped everything out and then moved on to cutting the next few layering parts out too. I wanted to go with a coral color and a pretty teal/blue color. So I chose Pearl canvas texture Aquarium, Wild Salmon and Beetle Black. I used these colors for both cards with a little different look in the end.

I started with black as the farthest back on this card. I then cut the salmon color and then the blue. Once I layered them, I found some little gems in my stash and added them on the end. Pulled two distress oxides out of my stash, one to match the blue and the coral colors I used, so that I could add them to the background on the base of my card. For the white card I used Saltwater taffy on the edges, glued everything down, placed the little black pieces in the latticing. Finished it off with my sentiment and moved on to the next card.

With this one, I started with a black base and black for the base of the front of my card too. I did all the same exact steps on this card, but with a different color order and salvaged patina distress oxide. Along with a different sentiment and colored jewels. I hope you enjoyed these two cards, I have to say I really enjoyed making them and was so happy with the way they turned out, especially being my first Slimline cards I have made!

Treasures layout | Mercy Tiara Kit club DT

Ok, so these kits are big! There is so much in them!! I can’t believe after 7 layouts I still have so much left! I decided I was going to go a little different route with this layout. I started with the pictures and one of the foam sticker titles and that’s it. I liked the color if the title so I thought I would go with pinky/ coral colors and yellows. So, I went through the kit and started to pull things in those colors. When I was done with that, I had quite a bit!

I added a little glue to the backs of my photos when I got them the way I liked and then started to play with layering behind them. Before I started sticking any of that down I decided that I wanted to add a little mixed media to the background. My saltwater taffy was a little too pink so I added a little crackling campfire to it and it worked just fine.

While that was drying, I started to glue the layers together behind my photos. I added 3d foam to the back of my photos before adding some of the paper layers and ruffing up the edges. I got a couple layers in and decided to add more 3d foam for some more dimension. This way I could tuck a little more in there and there too.

I played with the different pieces I had pulled. I loved the little moths! I added a little foam to them too and popped them on here and there. I tucked a label in towards the top, little word stickers that made me think of my little miss and then I moved on to the title and my journaling.

To finish the layout off, I had already added some mixed media to the bottom right side too, so that I could add another cluster of pretties. So, I went to layering some of the labels, tucking a happy days chipboard piece, adding some dimension and tucking a glower in, popping up a moth and then adding a few enamel dots around the layout and I was done!

Make sure to head to the Mercy Tiara kit shop and check out what’s there and keep a look out for the new kit!!