Paris at night

Hello there. I’m back with another of my demo’s from last Saturday’s TV shows, this time using the Paris skyscape aperture die from ClarityCrafts, which works beautifully for the layout at Atlantic Hearts (I swapped the heart for a circle die and rotated the sketch to put the sentiment at the top).

Starting with an offcut of black card, I cut the die into it, then trimmed it off at the sides and snipped the word out. I took a 5×5 card blank, masked the edges off with low tack tape and brushed ‘picked raspberry’, ‘blueprint sketch’ & ‘chipped sapphire’ Distress Oxides into the centre.

I cut a piece of stencil card slightly smaller than the card blank and used a nested circle die to cut the centre out. I then glued the die cut to the back of the topper and then attached it to the card front. The final touch was to glue the die cut word across the front.

I do love Paris! My sons & I had a fabulous trip there a couple of years ago for my big birthday and I even managed to climb the stairs to the second stage! Not bad considering how terrible I am with heights – the boys were acting as my ‘carers’ and we even managed to grab a photo once up there (although you can’t see how tightly I am hanging on to them!!) The best bit, though, was the Tower’s light show at night – just fabulous!

17 thoughts on “Paris at night”

  1. what a fantastic card, I LOVE the silhouette of the city scape and your blending is beautiful !!! wow!!! and what a great place to visit!!! Thank you for joining us at AHSC ~ Denise DT

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  2. Great card and I love the addition of personal photos in the post. Lovely to see you with your family. I remember the tower from my first visit at age 13. Exciting stuff.

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  8. Absolutely beautiful, I love this card, the colours, everything!

    Thanks for playing along with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (AHSC). 

    Brandi R.

    DT member AHSC

    crzy4scrapbooking.blogspot.ca

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  10. beautiful card. I love the technique you used. great memories too! thank you for sharing with us at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and good luck!

    Alicia

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