Category: die cuts

Penny Black Great Day

Today I’m sharing a card created with Penny Black stamps and die cuts featuring the combination of coral and turquoise.

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I created the card background with Distress Inks which were applied to watercolor paper, spritzed, and dried and then more color was applied. Once the panel was dry, I heat embossed it using the Penny Black Dotted Fusion [#40-278] background stamp. I die cut the dragonflies with the Flutters [#51-006] set from watercolor paper that had been similarly colored with Distress Inks in shades of blues. The circle was cut from watercolor paper and stamped with a sentiment from the Amazing [#30-243] stamp set.

 

Let’s Go Sailing

I’ve had the pieces for this card sitting on my worktable ever since starting the In Detail post on die-cut card making sets. As I mentioned in that post, I’ve been using the Blueprints 13 stitched rectangle die a lot!

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I dry embossed Bazzill cardstock with the Memory Box Wave stencil and cut it with the stitched rectangle. I played around with a variety of colors for the boat, the letters, the banner, the sails and the sailboat flag. It took longer than you would imagine to evaluate colors for the hull, letters, a sails, …. before settling on this combination!

I’m entering this card in the Card Concept “Use A Nautical Theme” challenge. My style is Clean and Graphic.

Speaking of die cuts, there’s still time to enter The Cutting Edge Guest Designer Challenge! Head on over for details.

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Heard You’re Moo-ving

Today, I’m sharing  a card created with Poppystamps dies to be sent to a friend who is moving, hence the punny sentiment.

Poppystamps Heard You're Moo-ving

 

I used the pine landscape die to create the cow’s pasture as it would look here in the Pacific Northwest. The original Carnation Farms is located nearby in Carnation, Washington. I created the sentiment on my computer and used the Classic Ribbons die to cut it into a banner.

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Lawnscaping #84: Stars and Stripes

I’m delighted to be guest designing over at Lawnscaping Challenges today!

Lawnscaping Challenge Number 84 is all about incorporating Stars & Stripes on your project. The prize for this challenge is a free stamp set of the winner’s choice from Lawn Fawn.

With July 4th around the corner, I created a red, white and blue card featuring both stars and stripes.
YoureAStarJMI stamped the fireworks from the Happy 4th set in white pigment ink on the card base front. I die cut the stars from the Stitched Journaling Card set repeatedly to create the rows of stars. I then backed the journaling card with stripes in blue and red. The sentiment from Lucky Stars was heat embossed on a red stripe.

Be sure to head on over to Lawnscaping Challenge to see what the Design Team has done for this challenge! Hope you’ll play along!

Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock, ColorBox white pigment ink

The Cutting Edge Challenge: Guest Designer Search

There’s a new challenge blog – The Cutting Edge Challenge – and I’m delighted to be part of the Design Team! If you LOVE using die cuts on your cards, this challenge is for YOU! Each week we’ll be offering inspiration and you’ll be invited to play along sharing your AMAZING die cutting skills.

This week we’re looking for a Guest Designer to join us for our first challenge, which will begin on June 28. Please head on over to The Cutting Edge Challenge for all of the details- I hope you’ll consider entering! While you’re there, you can meet the rest of the Design Team.