I’ve been making a lot of cards lately and just keep going back to my Nesties to add that little bit of extra interest to the design. I used them on three of the four cards in this set to make the frames and scalloped mat and just loved how easy it was to use them. Before Nestabilities came along you would have had to do a lot of measuring and cutting with a craft knife to make a frame that looked like this which is why I generally avoided them. Not any more! Now I find myself adding frames and scalloped accents to all kinds of projects. I used my Big Shot to cut and emboss with the Nestabilities but you can also used them in your Cuttlebug.
These cards are very quick and easy to make. I used the double-sided papers from the Crate Paper 5th Avenue collection, raven and french vanilla cardstock from Bazzill, flowers, pearls, brads, gems & a little ribbon. The scroll corner accents were cut from raven cardstock with the Sizzlits Architectural Accents set and I used a Quickie glue pen to attach them. I’ve found that this little pen is the best thing for adding just enough glue to adhere and the pen tip lets you put it on just where you want it. The Nestabilities sets that I used are the Classic Rectangles – Small S4-130 and the Classic Scalloped Rectangles – Small S4-131.
Here’s some pics of the individual cards to show you more detail. Hope they give you some ideas for your own set of cards.
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Absolutely gorgeous cards Kate. Very inspiring in design and colour. I like your instructions – easy to follow. I’ll be getting out my own Nestabilities and creating some cool cards like yours in my spare time this weekend.
These are lovely cards. I’ve got a big shot and also use nestabilities for matting & layering. I’ve tried to use them to cut aperatures but without success as I get impressions on the cards from the cutting plates. I’ve tried putting bits of paper or card between but that doesnt seem to make any difference – do you have any ideas?