Fussy cutting anyone?

Anyone who has seen my cards will know that I don't really do fussy cutting - I tend to leave that look to dies or ready-cut embellishments. ;)

But this week on the DCM blog the lovely Jo Kill has set us the challenge to feature fussy cutting in our cards, either as a background element or an embellishment.

Well, in my mass clear-out last year I did away with quite a bit of paper that would require fussy cutting and I didn't really fancy stamping and cutting - still haven't recovered from that pirate boy I cut out!

So I raided the old Basic Grey stash zone and found my Lily Kate collection kit ready to be used.

It's amazing how difficult it is to feel inspired by old papers when they all belong so strongly to a specific collection. But it was mind over matter, and out came the craft knife and glass mat!

This is the rather simplistic card I came up with:

Paper: Basic Grey
Stamp: Waltzing Mouse Stamps
Dies: PTI
Other: Stickles, foam pads, white pen

And there we have it - a rather spring-ish card to add to my card basket. :)

Comments

[Lythan Nevard]

its not simplistic - its simply stunning. Ah those lovely old Basic Grey almost plain but not quite backgrounds - they are still so good. And the white pen and stickles set the card off so perfectly

[Miri]

This card looks great! What an amazing effect with some "old" paper =)

[northernangel]

It's lovely Nat, can't beat a bit of BG

[sharon]

Gorgeous work Nat, I love the colour combo x

[Jo]

Love your card, Nat - the centre image is beautiful a fab choice of papers too :)