Category: die cuts

Penny Black Stenciling on Watercolor

When I saw Alexandra’s use of the Penny Black Verdant stencil on a watercolored background, I couldn’t wait to try the technique. She included her panel on a scrapbooking page; I adhered mine to a cardstock base for a card.

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I created my watercolor background with a combination of Distress Inks in shades of blue. I picked the ink up from my craft mat, after diluting it a bit, and brushed the ink onto the watercolor paper. After the watercolor panel dried, I carefully taped the Penny Black Verdant stencil [#25-003] and applied Faber Castell Whipped Spackle. The embossing paste dries quite quickly. I die cut the “Hugs” from Penny Black’s Love Expressions [#51-025] set twice to give the sentiment a bit more depth.

What’s fun about this technique is that every card is different!

CAS3: Day One

Today’s Clean & Simple Cardmaking 3 from Online Card Classes lesson included the inlaid die cut technique, as shown by Debby Hughes. I CASEd Debby’s card using  the same and similar supplies.

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Honestly, the most difficult part of this card was making those paint splatters. I’m not a big mister/sprayer, and I took baby steps when adding those. Debby seems to really have a knack for adding random spots and splatters to her projects. I will practice. And as I’ve said before, the things you learn in these courses is invaluable. Time and again, I try things I’d never try when following the class examples.

Hope you’re having a fabulous start to your week!

Paintbrush Hello

It’s been raining all week and I’m drawn to some bright colors at the moment! Yay for rainbows!

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After stamping several of the stamps from Positive Strokes, I die cut the hello, from the Quote Tag set, out of the rainbow panel. I attached the panel and that little bit of the “e” onto a charcoal card base.

I’m entering my card in this week’s Paper Smooches Spark Challenge – “Anything Goes.”

Have a fantastic weekend – and may the sun shine wherever you are!

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Penny Black: “Hi There”

Today, I’m sharing a CAS card, suited for any occasion, crafted with some of the new goodies from the Penny Black “Happy Everything” release.

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I die cut the feather from the feather & frames [#51-039] set in a variety of blue and gray cardstock colors and paired them with a heat embossed sentiment from the kind words [#30-226] set. The feathers are adhered to the card base with dimensional adhesive.

Poppystamps: Hello Spring!

Today I’m sharing a Spring-themed card. I couldn’t resist combining bunnies from the recent Poppystamps Release cut out of a variety of pastel cardstock.

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I finished off the card front with hand-drawn stitching. I really like how the colors pop out against the kraft. This card would work equally well with a “Happy Easter” or “Hello Spring” sentiment inside.

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