New Home

Once again it was time to make a New Home card and this was a also a chance to use one of my new Christmas dies.

I started by cutting out a full set of the shapes from some corrugated card.

As you can see, it was recycled card!

 Then I used one of my new Perfect Pearls mists (copper), carefully tucked inside a box to avoid mess all over the study, to colour the shapes to look like metal.

 

 The card was less absorbent than I hoped / expected, so I had to add a number of layers and the lock split into the two layers of card. But as so often in crafting, this gave another option and meant the key and lock are different thickness, adding instant dimension and difference to the card.

Next I cut an ATC and edged a little with copper ink, to define the edges.

 

Finally I combined the ATC and keys etc onto a card, using some craft pads to introduce dimensions, and stamped the words "New Home".

I am entering this into the  One Stop Craft and Creative Craft Challenges 2 challenges as this is a New Beginning, in a special place, for our friends.