Over the last few months I have acquired some die sets that I hadn’t gotten to use. The Thing-A-Day February 2024 Craftalong gave to the “excuse” I needed to make something just-because; we’re nowhere near any birthday at our house.
There are soooo many little die-cut pieces in this! I do love the depth that all the layers give.
It’s built on the body of a flatware box from the “good box” stash. The sides are covered with embossed glitter paper. The back is the inside of the box and left open, so it can be hung. It also sits nicely on a horizontal surface.
Man, I lusted after that grommet drawer, and eventually had one if my own. Turns out I don’t actually use a lot of grommets (or any), and recently gave them all away. Ya live and learn.
This is so super cool!! I love all those elements together. And I so enjoyed seeing bits and pieces in the thing a day thread. Those vellum clouds are perfect! So many cute little details. I keep going back for more peeks!
@Abbeeroad I think that having that thread made it easier to tackle this - marking little bits of progress made me feel better about only doing little bits when that’s all I had time for.
@endymion The candles are kind of what kicked off the whole theme! I tell you, though, as someone living in the woods in forest fire country, I really went back and forth about that one flying through the air until the last minute. Trying to figure out a visually satisfying way to make it clear that it wasn’t going to start a wildfire. On a cartoony, paper decoration
What a fun card!
The candles and the balloons give it a real sense of motion, my mind just animates it like a cartoon with the car chugging along the road.
