I tried out an Eclipse card - see my results

This is a new style of card (well, to be fair it's new to me, it might not be new to everyone). It's easy, but it packs a really big wow!

See what I mean - it's a really simple premis, but effective. This is a standard New Zealand card size, so it fits the standard Stampin' Up! envelope. The four letters don't look crowded, and you can fit three just as easily. There are so many word options to make so many different cards - Joy, Love, Hope, Baby, Fun, Babe, Bae (if you're a fan of social media you'll know what this is!)...the list goes on.

I started with a Whisper White Thick cardstock, cut a mat piece out of Old Olive cardstock, then a card front in Whisper White (regular). I then decorated the regular piece of Whisper White. I used the new Blends (Old Olive light and dark, Daffodil Yellow dark and Smokey Slate light) to colour the leaves (tried some different colour blending) and then stamped the branch in Chocolate Chip and the flowers in Berry Burst. All of these stamps are from the Colourful Seasons stamp set. You can just see it - I then coloured the 'stamens' of the flowers with the dark Daffodil Delight Blend.

Once I had my picture the way I wanted it, I cut out the letters I wanted (using the Large Letters Framelits Dies). I had to take care with this to make sure they were evenly spaced horizontally, but also that they were even vertically (I'm ever so slightly pedantic).

Once they were cut out, I used Foam Adhesive Strips on the back of the letters - this is a great product as it's flexible, allowing you to follow a shape such as an 'O' and it makes things stand out a little more than the Dimensionals do. Attach the layers to the card front (use plenty of adhesive around the cut out letters - you don't want them popping up).

Once all the letters were in place, I adhered the centre of the 'O' back - I didn't use the Foam Adhesive Strips on this, as it needed to look like a part of the card that wasn't popped out.

There you have it - it is easy but it does pack a 'Wow!'.

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