Today's Spring Card Camp Class was about layering Cover Plate Die Cuts with Dimension. When I watched the video, I initially thought I would take a pass … just too futzy for me. May assured watchers that it wasn't futzy … so I tried. But indeed it was super-futzy. Glad I tried … highly unlikely I'll be trying it again.
I started by creating an orange and yellow ombre watercolor paper for my popped-up pieces, so it would have time to dry (turned out that you really didn't get to see much of the gorgeous painted piece, which made me sad).
Next I die-cut the Taylored Expressions Mandala Cutting Plate from Black Cardstock. May did white-on-white, but I thought black-on-white would be more dramatic (I didn't really think through that combining the black and orange would have a bit of a Halloween effect, but I stuck with it).
I also die cut the plate from Foam for added dimension behind the pieces (I only had a felt foam, so that added to the futziness of getting it all to stick together … note to self … buy some more plain foam sheets).
After attaching two rounds of pieces to my mandala using tiny pieces of foam tape, I decided I was done and added some gems to fill in some more of the space. I matted it on an orange card base and added a sentiment from Taylored Expressions Motivational Monday Planner Stamp Set.