Die-Cut Encouragement Card

Hello! Today, I’m sharing a CAS encouragement card on which I combined a Memory Box die and Essentials by Ellen supplies.

I cut the Memory Box Country Landscape from Canson XL Watercolor Paper, which I had colored with Distress Inks. For the green, I combined the Distress Oxide Peeled Paint with Mowed Lawn and Evergreen Bough. I also colored a small strip of the Canson XL Watercolor Paper with Fired Brick. I cut a house and small heart from the red paper with dies in the Home & Hearth set. I used the same set to cut a tree from green paper. I assembled the house and added it to the landscape.

For the background, I smooshed Distress Oxide Broken China on to the Canson XL Watercolor Paper. Once dry, I stamped the sentiment from Up the Happy with VersaFine Ink.

I used a Lil’ Inker  square die to cut the panels; however, the card is not square. I found that I needed more room vertically, so the card is 4 1/4″ wide by 4 1/2″ tall.

Supplies: Memory Box Country Landscape

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Home & Hearth by Julie Ebersole

Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pad, Fired Brick

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Mowed Lawn

Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pad, Peeled Paint

Canson XL Watercolor Paper Pad 9×12

Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pad, Broken China

VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Up the Happy by Julie Ebersole

Taylored Expressions Cardstock, Potato Chip, 5 pk

Ranger Multi Medium, Matte Mini, 1/2 oz.

Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3-D Foam Squares, Mix White

Be Creative Tape, 3mm (1/8″)

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Evergreen Bough