Showing posts with label Friendship Greetings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friendship Greetings. Show all posts

Saturday, September 26, 2020

Slimline Dies Two Ways

 




Welcome to my blog! Today I have 2 cards for you using some of the newest Slimline Dies from Kat Scrappiness. I used the same Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies on both cards yet they have 2 very different looks to them!

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Let's start with the card that uses the Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies in the traditional way that you are used to seeing it.




For this card I cut a piece of Bristol Smooth card stock using the largest die from the 
Embossed Edge Nesting Slimline Dies and did some rainbow ink blending with a polka dot stencil.
The black scalloped inner frame was made using the second and third largest dies from the Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies. I nested them inside each other and sent them through my die cut machine together together at the same time and the result was that cool scalloped black frame that I adhered to the inside of the polka dot panel.
For the sentiment I used the Condensed Uppercase Alpha Dies and the Condensed Number Dies to cut out HB2U in glitter paper which is short for "Happy Birthday to You". I popped the letters and number up on foam tape for some dimension. To finish off the card I added some fun and colorful 
Party Confetti Sprinkles to mimic the fun polka dots in the background.

I took the entire panel and matted it on to black card stock and then adhered all of that to a side opening slimline card base measuring 8 1/2" x 3 1/2".



The brand new Triangle Embellishment Trays and
Embellishment Pick Up Tool are super helpful when picking up and adhering embellishments to my cards.




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 For my second card today I also used the Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies but in a less traditional way. 



I began by using the largest die and cutting out a piece of Bristol Smooth card stock so I could do some ink blending. After I cut out the paper, instead of using it as a traditional slimline panel, I folded it in half to make a notecard.



These dies are the perfect size when folded to make the cutest little notecards!
Once it was folded I did some ink blending using Distress Oxide inks and then some stenciling in the same colors.



I just love the way this panel came out. These 3 colors blended together so well!
For the main focal point on my card I stamped and Copic colored the adorable little giraffe from the 
Lola the Giraffe Stamp Set. She cut out perfectly on my Scan n Cut but she could be easily hand cut as well. Before I adhered that cute little giraffe down with foam tape I stamped the sentiment in black ink on the bottom of the card. That beautiful "Thank You" is from the Friendship Greetings Stamp Set and looks lovely on any card! After I had Lola down and the sentiment stamped I added a few random sequins from the Aww-tumn Sequins Remixed and Fall Blessings embellishment sequin packs.



Pictured above are the brand new Triangle Embellishment Trays and
Embellishment Pick Up Tool and I love using them when I have to place sequins or sprinkles on my cards.



Here is one more look at both cards photographed with all of the supplies I used on them.





Thanks for stopping by today! I hope I gave you some new ideas for using your slimline dies in a not so traditional way. The sky is the limit with your imagination and creativity!
Here is a complete list of Kat Scrappiness products used on both of my cards including links.






Have a great day, I already am!
๐ŸŽ‰  Lisa  ๐Ÿฆ’ 

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

The Masked Heart

 


Hello and welcome to my blog! Today I have a fun card to share with you using some various Kat Scrappiness dies to make this beautiful one layer card.

All the credit goes to a video I saw recently by Cathy Zielske where she did this technique and I wanted to recreate it with some KS dies today.

Have you ever used masking paper? If not you really should give it a try! It's a lot of fun and you can get some really cool effects with it. Essentially it masks off a part of your paper so you can make a design within a certain shape. Another use is to mask off stamped images so you can ink blend a background around them and maintain a one layer card.

For today's card I will be masking off my card panel using a heart shape opening so that my design will have a heart shape when I pull up the masking paper.

Here's the process:

I started by cutting out a panel of 110 pound Neenah card stock with the largest Stitched Rectangle die.


Next I cut out a piece of masking paper that was just slightly larger than my panel and then I cut a heart out of the center of it using one of the hearts from the Layering Hearts die set. Once the heart was cut from the center of the masking paper I laid the paper over the card stock panel so I could start my stamping.


I chose a simple stamp that resembled a flower and I used 3 different distress oxide inks to stamp the flowers in the heart making sure to overlap the edges of the heart and fill it up completely. Once I stamped all of the flowers in all of the colors, I went back over each of them and did some basic ink blending in the same exact colors.






Once the stamping and ink blending were done it was time for the big reveal!
I made a very short video to show you how it looked when I pulled the masking paper off.


I could watch that video over and over again, it's so satisfying!

Once the heart was revealed it was time to decorate the rest of the card.  I used the Friendship Greetings stamp set for the sentiment. In the center of the heart I stamped the "You are Beautiful" sentiment with black ink and I stamped the second sentiment on black card stock and embossed it with WOW white embossing powder and popped it up on foam tape under the main sentiment.


And of course I cannot leave well enough alone and I just have to add jewels to all my cards!
The Sparkling Clear Jewels are hands down my favorite jewels and I use them on almost every card.


Here is one more look at my card with all of the Kat Scrappiness dies and stamps pictured.


I really had fun making this card and if you haven't tried masking paper on your cards I highly recommend it. There are multiple videos on YouTube showing the various techniques you can do.

Thank you so much for joining me today, I'm so glad you stopped by to check out my latest card and I hope you'll check out all the fun stamps and dies over at Kat Scrappiness!

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Have a great day, I already am!
๐Ÿงก  Lisa  ๐Ÿ’š

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