Category: die cuts

TE Share Joy Challenge #33

Today I’m sharing a card I created for Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #33.SJC33Apr28

I used the sketch to create an encouragement or congratulations card showcasing the Sky High – Airplane set. This is a perfect boy card!

TE Share Joy Challenge #33

I cut a variety of cardstock colors with the Sky High – Airplane set and assembled the pieces with liquid adhesive. I heat-embossed a sentiment from the Sky High Sentiments set and cut it with a die in the Stitched Banner Stacklets set. I used the Cloudy Days embossing folder for the panel behind the airplane and the Houndstooth embossing folder for the lower portion of the card. I rarely use two embossing folders on one card, but the patterned paper I tried on the lower half just didn’t work. The patterned paper strip (Carta Bella) was also cut with one of the dies in the Stitched Banner Stacklets set. (I cut once and then turned it around to cut a rectangle rather than a banner.)

TE Share Joy Challenge #33

Be sure to head over to the Share Joy Challenge Blog to see more inspiration and to link up your entry!

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Penny Black Woodland Friends

Today, I’m sharing a CAS spring-themed card combining an image from Penny Black’s #30-278 Woodland Friends stamp set with a die-cut fox, created with #51-193 Woodland Friends II.

Penny Black Simplicity Woodland Creatures

I positioned the Woodland Friends stamp on my MISTI and masked off the fox. I colored the stamped image with watercolor pencils. (On my first try I colored the background blue, but I decided I preferred a more CAS look.) I separately cut the fox with the Woodland Friends II set from cardstock, which I had colored with Distress Inks. I added enamel dots for the nose and eye. I attached the fox to the scene with foam adhesive.

I masked a sentiment from #30-160 Friendship and cut it with one of the word balloons in the #51-003 Chat Bubbles set. To finish off the card, I added a dry-embossed strip along the bottom.

Paper Smooches Floral Thank You

Today, I’m sharing a spring-themed “thank you” card created with Paper Smooches dies and stamps.

Paper Smooches Floral Thanks

I cut the Dainty Flowers outlines twice from white cardstock and adhered the layers with liquid adhesive. I then adhered the outlines to the card panel and inserted the leaves and petals, (I added a little glue inside the outline areas beforehand), which I’d cut from colored cardstock. I used several other floral die sets to cut additional scattered flowers. I heat-embossed the sentiment from Lovely Thoughts and cut the sentiment out with a circle die. I adhered the sentiment circle to cardstock dry-embossed with the Taylored Expressions Weathered embossing folder.

TE Share Joy Challenge #31

I’m playing along with the Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge #31.

TE SJC #31

I used the sketch to create a “hello” card:

TE Share Joy Challenge #31

The focal point of my card is the Stacked Teacups die cut, which I attached with foam adhesive to the Mark Your Spot Bookmark (cut down to make a tag). I used the inner oval of the rug in the Build a Scene – Nursery set to create a saucer. I used one of the dies from Build a Bookmark to create a horizontal band (I cut it twice; the seam is behind the tag). The band is attached to a panel dry-embossed with the Dotted Lattice folder. I heat-embossed a sentiment from the Simply Succulents Stamp & Die Combo set and cut it with a Stitched Banner Stacklets die.

TE Share Joy Challenge #31

Be sure to head over to the Share Joy Challenge Blog to see more inspiration and to link up your entry!

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Mother’s Day Felt Blooms

Today, I’m sharing a Mother’s Day card crafted with die-cuts cut from the wool felt at Taylored Expressions.

Taylored Expressions Felt Project

This felt cuts like butter in my Big Shot! The colors are so rich and vibrant. I cut a variety of floral elements (stems, blossoms and centers) from Lip Gloss, Butter, Persimmon, Split Pea, and Carrot and the terra cotta planter from Latte.

Taylored Expressions Felt Project

I debossed the background with the Weathered embossing folder after stamping it with a sentiment in the Simply Succulents Stamp & Die Combo set.

I used a liquid glue that was designed for foam and felt to glue the pieces together. Because the felt sticks to itself, a lot of glue is not required.

I’ve got a long list of felt colors on my “to buy” list!

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