This was the card I submitted for a local card swap earlier this summer. The theme was “Southwest” and living here in Arizona, the first things that always come to mind when I think of our beautiful desert life, are: saguaro cactus, rolling hills and mountains, clear blue skies, abundant sunshine, and American Indian art. So, I started designing in KNK Studio and created the card above.
Everything was cut from Bazzill cardstock with the exception of the rolling hills. I do have them in my design, but then decided to hand tear the tan cardstock instead of cutting those shapes. I inked along the torn edges and then also applied ink to the cactus and a little bit to the sun. The Indian border was all cut as one piece and applied as the top layer.
The background card is 4″ x 6″ and I used a sky blue Bazzill cardstock so that I wouldn’t need to apply a background sky.
If you would like the free cutting file, I’ve uploaded in three different formats:
Very cool, love the way you highlighted the edges. Looks a good format for my upcoming trip to Arizona! Hmmmm, card layout, scrapbook page layout, cover for my itinerary……what to do, what to do…
Very cool! I will be making this! thanks for sharing!!!
Nice card! I like the effect you used for the sand!
Love this card, especially the Indian border. Thank you for the files.
Great card, Sandy. Since I live here in Arizona too, this is definitely a card that I will be using. Thanks for the files.
Nice card. I like the layers of sand. Thanks for sharing.
Love this card Sandy, very nice how you made the sand. And the frame that you used is terrific, I love it!!! Thanks for the files.
Sandy, you did a great job of capturing your intended themes!
This would be a great card for a taco night invite!
This is so cool! Good job Sandy!!
Great card, love it. Thank you for the file.
I love this card! Lived in Phoenix for a very short year. Loved the landscape and really miss it. Thank you for sharing!
You’re welcome! I love living in the desert…although here in Tempe, we sort of forget we live in the desert since a lot of home owners do have grass and trees, including us.
Love this Sandy thank you!
You’re welcome! Thanks for commenting!
Great project! Thanks for sharing the file.
You’re welcome!