Shona here with you again today to share a different kind of card for me, i.e. no glitter or flocking!
The die I used today is a fraction of it's original price. So grab it now if you can! I hadn't realized that when making this card. It is much bigger than I had thought it was too.
First, I stamped the plaid background from Concord & 9th in Versafine Clair Charming Pink. I used my Stamp Platform to do this to get good coverage.
Re-inking and stamping three times, gave a nice even result.
Once it was dry, I die cut the Die-Versions Happy Birthday Solo Sentiments die from the middle of it, being careful that I didn't lose any of the little negative pieces. Then I ran black cardstock through with the same die.
A piece of Super Adhesive Tape was stuck to the back of the plaid negative piece and the black Happy Birthday outline was placed in the sticky space. The little plaid pieces were inserted into their respective spots. I neglected to take a photo of that ... my bad!
The plaid piece was then popped up with little mounting foam strips, but I moved it all slightly intentionally to the left.
Another "Happy Birthday" was die cut from another piece of black cardstock that would be used as the layer on top of the card base. This was then taped again slightly to the left so that it achieved more dimension.
The black piece was then layered to a white card base and then the focal panel was taped on top. A piece of black and white cord was tied around the top of the card to finish it off.
Here are the products that I used in my project today:
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Hi Everyone, Kristina here - Thanks for stopping by, I hope you're having a great day.
Grab your sunglasses for this one! So-Much-Glitter! My original plan for this card was glitter peeking through the fun geometric background from Pinkfresh Studios - The rest fell into place from there.
The Process
Start by glittering a 4.25 x 5.5 piece of white card stock. I did this by running the cardstock through my Xyron sticker maker to cover one side with adhesive and added two tones of glitter for an ombre effect. You could also use glitter card stock.
Die cut your background die 2 times and adhere them down to your glitter background, one of top of the other.
Die cut and add your sentiment. The background is so busy you'll need a chunky word like this. I love that this die comes with the word, the shadow, AND a frame. The shadow piece was cut once from white card stock, followed by the word in glitter card stock, and lastly the frame was cut 3x from black card card stock and glue on one one top of the other.
Use the negative space pieces from the black card stock to fill in the font's holes. I only used a single layer here.
Cut out the hearts from the 'Hugs' die set. Adhere down to the card panel and coat with a dimensional adhesive such as Nuvo Crystal Glaze.
Lastly, add a sentiment strip and adhere the whole thing down to an a2 sized card base.
Notes
The glitter I used was Elizabeth Craft Silk Microfine glitter. I had tried another glitter on my first go and didn't like the way it looked. You definitely want a full coverage opaque glitter, or just use a glitter card stock.
If all you have is translucent glitter, you could also ink blend an ombre background then cover it with your glitterable (yes its a word) adhesive and cover the panel with your translucent glitter.
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Hi Everyone, Kristina here today with more Valentines! I love this Hugs die from Concord and 9th because its perfect for friend/family Valentines Day cards, and all occasions cards year round.
I knew I wanted to make a set of cards so I kept the design fairly simple.
Here what I did:
First I cut several white panels to 4x5.25 and ran them through my die cut machine with a simple heart die to create a window
I repeated this process with pieces of fun foam cut slightly smaller than my panel, and adhered the two together, for dimension
Using a strong adhesive, I adhered glitter paper to the fun foam, to show through my heart window
Onto the front of the card, I die cut the Hugs die in a color of card stock that coordinated with my glitter paper, and used Vellum to cut the shadow. I adhere this across the window, hiding my glue behind the card stock
Lastly, I glued the whole completed panel down to the same coordinating card stock used for the Hugs die.
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Hiya! Kristina H. here today to share a set a fall cards I made. Yep, I'm still holding on to fall. I mean, it is only the beginning of November. Lots of time left before I have to start thinking about the white stuff falling from the sky!
I have lots of information to share with you guys. I do have to say that I had a ton of fun making these. I really wanted to use the Bo Bunny Dreams of Autumn paper pad for all six of the cards I created. It was hard to narrow it down to just six pieces of paper!
The very first thing I did was to rummage through my stash of dies. I pulled lots of different ones that I thought would make great fallish cards. Along with several different sentiments. You can see my pile of goodies below.
And here is the cardstock colors I pulled to use.
I pulled out the six pieces of Bo Bunny paper I wanted to use and cut a square out of each one. I used the largest die from Tutti Designs Scalloped Stitched nesting squares. Now I had six empty squares staring at me. I dug through the colored cardstock and found colors that matched nicely. I then cut a 3 3/4" square out of each of the colored cardstock I selected. I glued the patterned paper on top and went back to thinking.
To be honest, I didn't have any real plan so I just started grabbing dies and laying them out on the different patterned paper squares. I moved them around until I was happy with the designs on each card. I will talk you through each of the cards as I made them.
The fox card. I pulled a solidish piece of orange paper out of the Bo Bunny pad. I used the Frantic Stamper "Just Because" die to cut out the sentiment from the orange paper. I also cut it out two more times with a cream colored cardstock. I glued the three layers together. On the orange layer, I went over it with a Wink of Stella marker to give it shimmer. For added shine, I also went over the top with glossy accents. As soon as it was dry I glued it onto the fox paper. I used an offwhite cardstock to create a 4"x 4" card base. Sponged a little rust ink along the edges and glued the pattern piece on top. Done! Note: All finished cards are 4"x 4" and the colored layers are 3 3/4" x 3 3/4".
The striped leaf card. I cut the leaf out with a die from Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves set. I then sponged it with brown and green inks along all of the outer edges and a little bit in the center. I splattered gold paint onto the striped paper and the leaf. While they were drying, I used the Lawn Fawn Thank You Border die to cut the sentiment out of a darker green cardstock. I sponged a little bit of white ink at the bottom to give it a little more dimension. Then I glued both die pieces onto the striped base, the light green layer and the pale yellow card base. I did sponge the edges of the card base and the colored layer. Finished!
The brown friend card. I cut three leaves out of pale yelow cardstock using a die from the Concord & 9th Layering Leaves die set. I cut off all of the stems. I clustered them together and glued them once I was happy with the arrangement. I used the Friends die from Lawn Fawn and cut one out in brown and one in light green. I used a bit of a rub on gold paint all over the brown die cut to give it lots of shimmer. I glued it onto the green die cut just a little bit off center so it appears as if the green one is a shadow. I then glued the friend die cut right on top of the yellow leaves. You guessed it. A little sponging on all the layers, glued to a yellow layer and then the brown card base. Voila!
The green squirrel card. This one was super fast to put together. I cut out the squirrels using an Impression Obsession die from brown paper. I cut the Happy Birthday using a die from Frantic Stamper from ivory paper. I sponged a bit of dark green ink on the bottom portion of the Happy Birthday. I just like the effect it gives! On the top portion of the Happy Birthday I went over it with my latest addiction. The Midas Touch shimmer marker from Nuvo. It is like their original Glitter Gloss marker but instead of a cool silver shimmer it is gold! Love it! I layered the squirrels and the sentiment so it looks like the squirrels are interacting with it. More sponging on all the layers. Glued the green patterned paper onto a green layer and then on to an ivory base. Bam!
The hedgehog card. This one was also quick and easy to put together. I'm totally gaga over the little hedgehog die! First I cut out the sentiment using the Lawn Fawn Thanks Line Border die out of gold glitter cardstock. I glued it closer to the bottom of the patterned paper. Next I cut out the hedgehog using Yvonne Creations Autumn Colors Forest Animals dies. The die itself has little holes in it for embossing but I found you can also use it for coloring! I left the die in place and dabbed some brown ink through the holes with a sponge. Instant texture! I sponged around the edges with brown ink and added a nose and the eye with a black glaze gelly roll pen. I glued him right on the line of the sentiment so it looks like he's standing on it. I just love this guy! For some more interest I added a couple of drops of Honey Gold Nuvo glitter drops. I also added little touches of the Midas Touch glitter marker to some of the pinecones and the acorns on the patterned paper. Sponging on all the layers again. Glued the pinecone paper to a brown layer and then onto the ivory card base. Only one card to go!
The pumpkin card. Is it possible for my cards to get even easier? I used the Lacey Pumpkin die from Cheapo dies to cut a pumpkin out of a thick, white cardstock. I sponged over the main pumpkin area with orange ink, the stem with brown ink and the leaf with green ink. I went over several of the areas with the Midas Touch Nuvo marker. Then (because I must be crazy) I cut lots of little, itty-bitty pieces of foam tape to put behind the pumpkin. I just felt it showed up better being popped up. Sponged my layers one more time! Glued the dotted piece onto an orange layer and onto a green card base. That's it!
Whew! Are you guys still with me? If you are, I've got a video showing you the products I used and I talk through each card.
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Hello everyone! I'm Kristina Hein and I'm here with my very first post as a Dies R Us Design Team member. I am oh so EXCITED to be here! I'm going to jump right on in.
I absolutely love fall. The colors, the smells, the weather...just about everything! The funny thing is, I rarely make a fall themed card. Now I have the perfect reason.
I knew I wanted to use leaves and fall colors (of course) so I went through my Distress Oxide inks to find just the right colors. I ended up using Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick, Forest Moss, Gathered Twigs and Dusty Concord. I started with a piece of Bristol smooth cardstock and traced outlines of the dies I wanted to use. These particular dies are Layering Leaves by Concord & 9th. I carefully sponged on the colors to the paper randomly and then ran them through my Big Shot.
I also wanted to give them a little something extra so I added metallic gold paint splatters. Here they are laid out to dry.
While they were drying, I began to work on the card base. I cut out another piece of Bristol cardstock with a rectangle die from Lawn Fawn. I then used three of the Distress Oxide colors and the gold metallic to add splatters all over it.
I cut a white strip of paper, a little bigger than 1" x 4 1/4", and cut it with the same rectangle dies. I wanted the vertical edges of the strip to have the same stitch detail as the card base. From there I just started playing around with the layout of the leaves, cutting, moving and so on until I got them just right. I glued them in place with a Zig 2-Way Glue pen.
Trying to show off that gold!!
For my sentiment, I used another Lawn Fawn die. It is the Happy Fall Line Border die. I wanted it to be in gold. I smooshed Versamark ink all over another strip of paper, added gold embossing powder and heated it until all melted. I carefully adhered it with a Zig 2-Way Glue pen. I then glued the white strip over the leaves. Then the whole white piece was glued onto an A2 sized card base.
For my finishing touch I added a few dots of Nuvo drops using Bottle Green, Ripened Pumpkin and Plum Pudding.
I hope you liked today's card! See you again soon.
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