Wish...a Card with a Castle

Hi everyone!  Today, as promised, I am exploring the variety of way that the castle die from Frantic Stamper can be used. 

First, the card!

I made my castle using Frantic Stampers Precision Die   Princess Castle Die FRA-Die-09185.  I used dark brown linen cardstock.  The castle itself is three layers.  Continue reading below for how I did it!

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I hand made the banner.  I cut two triangles from gold glossy cardstock.  I cut the inside out of one using an xacto blade leaving about 1/8 inch border.  I attached this to the other triangle with mounting tape.  The valence is actually made from some of the sires of the castle, only done in gold glitter card.

 



Here is another look. The gold glitter is very sparkly. This photo doesn't do it justice.

Here is a closer view of my castle.  There are actually three layers here.  I used the same die cut and did some trimming. Read on for how I did it!

Step 1:  I used two die cuts of the castle. 

The castle on the left has the left tower cut off.
The RIGHT castle has the tall thin spire cut off.

I added mounting tape as seen below. The castle on the RIGHT: you are looking at the back side of the TOP piece.  the piece on he left is the bottom piece, front side.  Notice that one piece I placed on the TOP castle. I did this because I was able to hide it better - it was easy to position.

 Put together with mounting tape.

Side view

 

 

 Without mounting tape - now you see why I chose to use mounting tape..

 

This is the third layer.  The modified die cut is on the right.  It will be adhered to the back of the castle with mounting tape.

 

Result:

Side view:(cool shadow - I just couldn't cut it out!)

 

And on my card~!

I hope that you had as much fun reading about this card as I had making it!

Take care and come back soon!
LIS