March 2025 Card Chain Reveal

Hey there - I'm sharing the card I sent for the March 2025 Card Chain; twenty-four people played & you can see the full reveal HERE!

Supplies: Paper - Recollections grey A2 card;

Neenah white; BoBunny patterns;

Recollections black glitter

Die - Divinity Designs Stitched Sunburst;

Trinity Stamps - Simply Sentimental Friend;

Hero Arts Window on Love Confetti

Other - Tim Holtz Ideology Sentiment Label Stickers

We had the following possibilities when creating our cards:

Color Palette Option

Sketch Option

Theme Options: Stripes / Africa / Friendship

Product / Technique Options:  Felt / Layers

I used the color palette - black, white & grey. Grey is a neutral but it was a prominent part of the papers I was combining so went with it. I used a quilt die that reproduced the sketch pretty nicely. And, of course, I used the theme of friendship.

First I die cut the sunray quilt four times, glued the glittery black frame to a white cardstock panel just a bit bigger & inlaid the patterned pieces. Adhered to an A2 grey card. Note: If you wanted a less fussy sunray quilt pattern, check out the one Frantic Stamper carries HERE. It has only 8 ray sections & doesn't include the tiny bits on the edges (lower left and right of the sun section). I often lose those bits if I don't inlay them right away!

The delicate "friend" die cut I used for the sentiment actually says "friendship" but I trimmed away the "ship" from the word & outline. I die cut the outline from a deconstructed envelope from the grey card/envelope set. I prefer to use white envelopes for mailing so I often repurpose any colored envelopes in this way. The "hello" is a TH label sticker. To finish the card, I added a little heart die cut from the stash. The Hero Arts coverplate cuts a bunch of them which comes in handy for a quick embellishment. 

I received this fabulous card from the very talented Julia (Create with Me) in MA. Such a beauty with the string wreath, pretty flowers & striped paper behind!! And coincidentally, she also used a TH sentiment sticker - love that! She also sent me some overlays from Kawaii Pen Store - fabulous; thanks, Julia!!

Want to play along? You only need to make and mail one card! Go HERE for details and to sign up by April 6th for the April exchange.

Thanks for stopping and have a crafty day!!