Category: die cuts

Light It Up Blue for Autism Awareness Blog Hop

Today, I’m sharing a card created for the Light It Up Blue for Autism Awareness Blog Hop. Fantastic sponsors are showing their support for Autism Awareness and you can see the complete list on the post. If you would like a chance to win a prize from one of these fabulous companies leave a comment on this blog and any of the other blogs participating in today’s hop! Winners will be chosen at random and announced on Monday, April 6.

The theme for the cards and projects is “blue” and can be for any occasion. Here’s my “Thank You” card created with Reverse Confetti stamps and Confetti Cuts. Reverse Confetti is one of the blog hop sponsors.

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I stamped flowers from the Petals ‘n Posies set, as well as die-cut some with the Confetti Cuts set without stamping, in shades of blue. I also used the small flower in the The Tweet Life Confetti Cuts set to cut some smaller blooms. The watering can was cut with my Silhouette. I added a dry-embossed panel, onto which I stamped the sentiment from the Petals ‘n Posies set.

Head on over to the Light It Up Blue for Autism Awareness Blog Hop post for all of the details.

AEI♥U Challenge #23 – Watercolor!

Here’s my take on the AEI♥U Watercolor Challenge:

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I did some faux watercoloring by inking my stamps with Distress Inks and then spritzing/misting with water before stamping onto watercolor paper. The stems from Petals and Stems were stamped directly onto the panel. The flowers, from the Fabulous Florals stamp set, were stamped onto watercolor paper, stamped again with a smaller flower, and then cut with their matching Elle-ments set. The die-cut sentiment was cut with the Thank You Elle-ments die from cardstock, which I colored directly with a Distress Ink pad.

There’s no limit to how you can create a watercolor project for the challenge – use colored pencils, Distress Inks, traditional watercolors, …

Check out the inspiration from the rest of the Design Team over on the AEI♥U Challenge Blog!  You’ll also find the InLinkz tool to link up YOUR take on the challenge – we’d love to see your beautiful work in our gallery! There are two $25 Avery Elle Gift Certificates up for grabs for the two best entries!  You have until 12:01 AM on April 26, 2015 to link up your take on the challenge!

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CAS(E) This Sketch #116

Believe it or not – this card for the CAS(E) This Sketch #116 challenge was going to include a butterfly! But once I started pulling out my dies, I realized that the house die from Penny Black 51-055 Shades would cut inside the Penny Black 51-057 Polaroid die.

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I cut the house within the Polaroid die, I also cut it again in kraft cardstock and red cardstock. I cut the Polaroid die in both white and light blue cardstock, and then I inlaid the pieces. I actually added a second layer of the house and heart so that there would be some dimension. I finished off the card with a sentiment stamped from the Penny Black 30-285 You & Me set and some twine.

Stretch Your Dies Day Two

I’m still working through the lessons from the Online Card Classes Stretch Your Dies class. Today, I’m sharing a card inspired by the techniques shown by Kristina Werner in the Day Two lesson.

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I colored a piece of watercolor paper with Distress Inks and then die cut the star shapes. Kristina went on to take her shapes and arrange them in a cluster that she cut with a circle die. It’s a cool technique, but I decided I didn’t think it would add anything to my design. I finished the card with an apt sentiment.

I like coloring watercolor paper with Distress Inks and then cutting the paper with dies, so that each die cut has a different color pattern. Ideally I would have a stack of watercolored panels on hand to die cut!

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