Thursday 10 March 2016

Peacock



So I was browsing blogland late last night and I saw Liz's post using a peacock die that she had got with a craft magazine. It reminded me that I had the die too and as her card was so great it inspired me to have a play.
Amazingly, this afternoon I actually managed to find the die! I cut it out of greenish card three times and then snipped and glued to layer his tail up to make it fuller as in my head, peacocks have bigger tails. I die cut the largest spellbinders floral oval in gold and some mats with spellbinders ovals. I thought the white looked a bit stark against the green and so I added summer skies colour cloud to the smallest oval. I found a bit of die cut branch in my "bung in everything left over on the table and vaguely useful looking" box and added that. I added some glamour dust to the peacock and some gems to his tail. I would have liked slightly smaller gems but I didn't have enough in the right size. A small black gem highlighted his eye. I used the tonic pin dot dies on a 6x6 card base to finish it off. Thanks Liz for the inspiration!

10 comments:

  1. Wow just a stunning design Cara, the gold frame with the fabulous peacock is prefect.

    Hugs Diane

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  2. Gorgeous, Cara! So glad you found the die to make this beautiful card. I love the addition of the gems in the tail feathers. xx

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  3. What a fabulously elegant card! Yes, that peacock does have a glorious tail so cutting and layering was a brilliant idea.
    Hahahaha. I have one of those boxes too but hardly anything ever comes out of it!
    Sharon xx

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  4. This is a lovely card - I have that magazine and I turned him into a stamp using fun foam. Works remarkably well :) xx

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  5. Your card looks very dramatic with the beautiful peacock and the gold frame. Glad you found your die. The card is gorgeous. Barbxx

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  6. Oh the is just absolutely stunning! And you're so right about the tail - what a brilliant idea to layer it up! Looks perfect!
    Lucy x

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  7. Your peacock really pops out with the lovely gold frame. His tail is lovely with all the bling added. I always have a selection of bling but you can never find exactly what you want!
    Hugs Erika. x

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  8. Stunning card Cara....Love the peacock die....and the gems....Joolsx

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  9. Stunning card Cara....Love the peacock die....and the gems....Joolsx

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  10. Wow, that peacock is stunning, love his blingy tail too!

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