A very warm 'hello' to you, lovely blogging friends!
To my friends in the northern hemisphere, have you been VERY hot! Yikes!
The humidity has been in the highest category (oppressive), and our heat indices continues to be 105-110 F (40C-43C) each day.
Even the Gulf of Mexico waters in our area have been in the 90's!
Thank goodness for air conditioning!
Back to card making LOL:
To my friends in the northern hemisphere, have you been VERY hot! Yikes!
The humidity has been in the highest category (oppressive), and our heat indices continues to be 105-110 F (40C-43C) each day.
Even the Gulf of Mexico waters in our area have been in the 90's!
Thank goodness for air conditioning!
Back to card making LOL:
Today I'm sharing a little Dies R Us Inspiration!
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Today's project features both positive and negative use of dies.
The close up of the first card (US - A7 - 5.5" x 7.25") shows that even thin details of the die cut are clearly visible when using washi tape or designer paper remnants in the background.
The corners of the front panel match to the valleys of the borders:
The corners of the front panel match to the valleys of the borders:
The background panel was cut with two border dies before the washi tape was applied:
The die cut panel was dry embossed after the flowers and leaves were cut out:
Some dies offer multiple design uses. The Sue Wilson Pierced Square Noble Collection has details on both sides of the cut line, so that the negative portion can be used as well as the positive portion:
Shown in this easel card (5.5" x 5.5"):
Even the navy "broken" border has the tiny piercing.
To make these cards:
For the Easel Stop:
Piece the sections together.
Here is the same technique in a business size card (4" x 8.5"):
Would you believe I actually had to purchase washi tape for this project? I had someone escaped the washi tape craze, until our Swapping Smiles Group decided on a washi tape theme for July!
Hope your week-end is extra special!
hugs,
Dee's Distinctively IME-122 Flower Stems (card 1)
Dee's Distinctively IME-125 Flower 3 (card 1)
Spellbinders Rose Creations (leaf) (card 1)
Spellbinders Classic Petal Edgeabilities (card 1)
Spellbinders Butterflies Two (card 2)
Memory Box Pinpoint Scalloped Circles (card 2)
Spellbinders Circles Two (card 2)
Sue Wilson Pierced Square Noble Collection (card 2)
Die-Namites "Birdhouse Branch" DN-1144 (card 3)
Die-Versions "Happy Day" die
Craftwell Delicate Dots embossing folder
Washi Tape
Paper: White, Navy
Stamps: Hero Arts C2916 "Wishing a Happy Day"
EKS corner punch (card 3)
Playing in these fun challenges please:
- Artistic Inspirations Challenges #160 Anything Goes 7/18
- Craft Rocket Challenges #19 Anything Goes 7/20
- Craft Your Passion Challenges #320 Anything Goes 7/18
- Crafting with an Attitude #17 Anything Goes 8/1
- Crafy Girls Creations #23 Just For Fun "Anything goes" 7/28
- Fab n Funky Challenges #313 Add a Sentiment 7/20 (c10)
- Moving Along With The Times #24 "No Designer Papers 7/21 (I used Washi Tape and Embossing Folders)
