This week I had the chance to play with the Ciao Bella collection called Morning in Provence for an upcoming Webisode. If you love soft lavender colors and gentle floral images, these designs are for you!
There are two coordinating packs: The Morning in Provence Creative Pad, with large cut out focal images and patterned papers; and Morning in Provence 8×8 Papers, which contains patterned background papers. I mixed and matched between both packs for these two cards.
This Maison Clement cutaway card was simple to make using a combination of papers plus one large focal image.
- I first cut away about 2″ from the front panel of the blank card, then covered the remaining portion of the card front with the lavender sprigs paper.
- Then I lined the inside back of the card with the tone-on-tone tan floral paper. I inked the edges of the card with Midas Gold ink.
- Then, I cut out the large focal and inked thee edges gold—then matted it onto brown cardstock, which I then glued to the front panel. (Make sure you apply adhesive only to the left side of the focal!)
- For the rest of the card I can keep things simple with a bit of jute twine wrapped around the front and tied in a bow.
This window card technique is one of my favorites. I’m using the 12 Circle & Scallop Cutting Dies set, but you could also use rectangles, squares or ovals to make a simple window shape.
The trick is the scalloped edge around the outside of the window—for that, you’ll want a die that has a slightly larger scalloped nested shape.
Here’s how to make the window card—
- First, cover your card front with the patterned paper, then position the circle die on top. Secure with low-tack tape.
2. Then open the card and run it through your die-cutting machine.
3. Remove the die and you have a window!
4. For the scalloped edge, simply nest the same circle die with the larger scallop circle and die-cut from a different piece of paper.
You’ll have a perfect scalloped frame!
This can be glued to the card front.
Whatever you put inside the card will show through the window, making it a fun way to create dimension and spotlight a certain message or motif.
I like to add elements along the window, like these butterfly die-cuts. These are made with cream cardstock and more of the patterned paper.
I hope you enjoyed today’s cards! A Morning in Provence Webisode will be coming on June 22 over at Paper Wishes—more cards and techniques to see there!
