Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Feeling a little "Krafty"

These are the CottageCutz dies I used for today's post. The Lovebirds, Whimsical, Stylized Tree and the mini Simple Tree.

It's been a long time since I made a card and didn't have at least 2 layers of cardstock and patterned paper behind my design. I just loved the look of these diecuts against the raw Kraft cardstock.
For the trees I inked the edges in a mixture of Walnut ink and Peeled Paint Distress ink.
I cut the leaves out of a patterned paper that matched my cardstock.

For the Whimsical birds I inked them with Walnut Stain also and added some white paint dots to the eyes and a few on the wings.
I thought this would make a cute, but simple Anniversary or Congratulations card for a newly engaged couple or even a baby card with the mini nest die inside the card.


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10 comments:

Nikki Foraker said...

They are both super CUTE!!! Love em!

Hugs!
Nikki

Janice W. said...

Great cards! The small tree tucked behind the larger one looks great!

Ruth Ellen said...

OMGosh Kay this is so out of the box for you!! You go girl!! They are both darling and I love the idea of using the love birds and the nest together for a new baby card!

Kathleen said...

Those are super cute!!!

MsJay said...

These are nice, I love the colors.

Shar said...

So cute, Kay! The colors pop on the kraft paper. Love these!

Shar

Dragonlady said...

Wow so simple but so effective, kraft is really versatile - note to self -must use it more. Thanks for the inspiration.

Hugs Ali x

Beckie Williams said...

Very cute!!

Lorie said...

The kraft card stock was a brilliant way to showcase those adorable dies! Beautiful job, Kay! They are both as cute as can be!

Joanne said...

Kay these cards are adorable! I love the colors...great job Kay.