Friday, December 14, 2012

Fussy Cutting Cards.

The Ways to use it challenge on SCS yesterday was to do "fussy" cutting WT405. I love cutting so I made two cards. The first one is a little crazy because I cut out around the ivy. (Very little cuts that took a long, time to do.) The ivy is from a new Mark's Finest Papers set that will be released during the hop this month. It is called "IVY & BLOSSOMS".
Here is a close up view of the crazy ivy cutting.
My second card was made using My Daydream Designs. I used the cardinal from Deck the Halls Digi set. I used the already colored version so all I had to do was print and cut. After I cut it out I shaped the branches so that they were dimensional. I punched some leaves to put on the branches. I'm not so crazy as to want to cut out all the pine needles.
Close up view of my cardinal cut out and shaped.


I am entering my cardinal card in the Kaboodle Doodle challenge to use red.
as well as the Created with love challenge to make a birthday card  with wings.

15 comments:

  1. OMG these are beautiful. I would say it took time to cut that. But it was well worth it. You did a wonderful job of coloring it as well.
    Thanks for playing along with us at Created With Love Challenges.
    Linda K.

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  2. Love the red that stands out!
    Thank you for sharing at Kaboodle Doodles!
    ~Michelle

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  3. Great cards MariLynn - and awesome cutting on that ivy!! The red of the Cardinal is a great contrast against the white of the card.
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  4. Just beautiful! Thanks for playing along with us at Kaboodle Doodles this week.

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  5. Hello Marilynn. What a beautiful card. I love the Red ~Cardinal, so elegant.
    Thanks for sharing at Created with Love.
    Sandra xx

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  6. Great card. Thanks for joining us at Kaboodle Doodles.

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  7. WOW! Both cards are gorgeous! You must have a ton of patience to fussy cut all that ivy. Glad you joined us at Created With Love Challenges.

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  8. Both cards are gorgeous, MariLynn! Just amazing, detailed artwork. Glad you didn't go for the pine needles! Good call on punching! Love your work!

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  9. Two lovely cards - how you cut all that ivy I cannot imagine.

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  10. Standout pretty! You have so much patience! sigh! :)

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  11. Hi Marilynn... WOW, lovely cards!! Great way to use that branch punch on your cardinal card, and love everything about your first one. So pretty!! :)

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  12. Woo Hoo!! Congratulations on your win, MariLynn! Beautiful cards, and great idea using the punches for pine needles! I love cardinals, I've only see them while visiting a friend in Texas,

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  13. I really like the way you did this card! I have made a couple of cardinal cards, but none as nice as yours!

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