I spent most of yesterday on paperwork and unpacking and organizing cardstock. Before we left for Wisconsin, I emptied a large carton that I had hauled to the basement while my craft room was renovated. It had been sitting there for over a year. Almost everything in it was 12X12 paper I had accumulated while I was scrapbooking. I went through it piece by piece, pulled out the papers I thought I could use for card making, and took the rest to the crafting charity shop. I had a lovely pile of papers, many of which I had totally forgotten about, so while we were at Sarah's I cut them all down to 8 1/2 X 11 and sorted them into three categories. They're filed in three plastic boxes on the bookshelf behind my desk where I'm very likely to find them when I need them.
Last night when I finished the sorting and organizing, I found the pieces to a card I never finished before we left. It's just perfect for another entry to the Double D Challenge: Birthday or Anniversary. Since lots of die cuts were involved, I'll be adding it to A Cut Above where Anything Goes.
It's another CAS card--but brighter with more contrast than most of my cards. I love the hot pink against the black. The frame were cut at a friend's house several years ago. They're by Papertrey Ink, but I couldn't find them in the shop so they may be retired. I stacked three of them together for some dimension as well as the stamped and die cut sentiment before adding them to the black panel which was embossed with Altenew's 3D Checkered Squares embossing folder. It all went on a Raspberry Fizz (PTI) card base.
The sentiment is also from an older Papertrey Ink set, Penned Elegance, and die cut with the accompanying die. The set is so old that it's a solid die, and it took me awhile to remember how to get a good cut. The newer open dies are so much easier. It's a reminder of how much the industry has changed since I started stamping over 3o years ago when all the stamps were wooden (or unmounted!) and embossing was the revelation that got many of us going. The final touch was a few bright pink pearls.
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