How to Use Hexagon Shapes to create an Interesting Card Background

Take your card backgrounds to the next level with this awesome shape piecing tutorial, and make a one of a kind background that really wows!

Today’s awesome card creation is from one of our newest designers, Christine Heye! We are so excited to have her on our team this year and love seeing how each designer brings fresh creations to the table. Today Christine said, “I wanted to challenge myself to create a card using only shape dies and an alphabet set as the focal points or main images. Simply adding a floral to this age related funny card tied it all together. The Snarky Birthday sentiments can easily be used all year and on nearly every type of card.” We love this idea so much, and love how she used several different types of pattered paper to bring this card to life; a great way to have a “no waste” project is by using those scraps to recreate something beautiful. Follow along as Christine shows us how to use hexagon shapes to create an interesting card background.

Supplies Used:

Steps to Recreate this card:

Cut hexagons from Patterned Paper and sand edges (added ink to only blue/Wht. pattern
Adhere them to piece of copy paper in a pattern, cut w/A7 rectangle die – sand outside edges again
Mount onto white cardstock and white onto a dark gray
Using same white create a hexagon frame w/largest & 3rd largest hexagon dies
Cut 2 additional frames from 100# white for stability, adhere together
Cut Alphabet letters 3X and adhere together for dimension and durability.
Cut same letters out of same white to create word frame to inlay letters. Adhere letters in frame.
Adhere “friend” frame onto lightest paper for Java Good Time pad- sand edges.
Glue this to white hexagon frame and add twine.
Die cut florals from same white, leaves & stem from same gray and base of bloom from same rust (Java pad) Use matte black for Stamen. Add Hickory Smoke ink to white flower bottoms, lightly fading out towards top of bloom. Sand the rust flower part-adhere floral blooms together- set aside
Assemble stem w/leaves- attach under frame. Add foam to bottom side of frame & leaves only. Few dots of glue to stem- adhere to card front. Using foam attach florals to stems.
Stamp sentiment onto thick vellum using Black Staz-on (best ink for vellum). Gently dry with low heat. Fussy cut out. Create a sticker of the vellum sentiment and attach under hexagon frame.