Hello! Diana here sharing a page a made for a hug book. If you're curious as to what a hug book is, here is a link to the post. And here is the link to the hug book in the store.
I love clean and simple cards so I thought it would be pretty easy to make a flat example... and it's pretty flat except for the jewel embellishments. I just could not resist using some new toys! I had just picked up the Spellbinders Contemporary Circles die as well as some jeweled embellishments from the Scrapbook Convention last Saturday. Unfortunately, in my eager state, I went and organized all my embellishments and tossed the packaging so I have no idea who made them. :( But I knew they would go perfectly with the new stamp Friendship Isn't a Big Thing. Friendship is worth more than any jewels and jewels are pretty precious even when though they come in little sizes.
To make my hug book page, I started with a sheet of black card stock sized 4 x 6. The Contemporary Circle die is only 5 1/4 long but I got around that by cutting it and hiding the "missing" portion with a piece of wide, striped ribbon. There is a quarter inch spacing on the left of the page so that I could stick it in the hug book and not lose any portion of my card. The colorful background peaking out behind the die is a watercolor wash of some of my favorite shades. I added the rhinestones to match.
The friendship quote was stamped with Versafine black pigment ink and then clear embossed. I matted it with a slighter larger black oval to tie in the ribbon and black page.
I hope you like it and try out making a hug book of your own!
3 comments:
Wonderful design, Diana! The black & the bright colors set each other off beautifully.
very nice. good tip for extending a die. Have a great day.
This is very pretty :) Thanks for sharing. I may just try layering with some die cuts I have here, using bright paper as the underlay. :) Thanks for the inspiration.
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