Join us! It is DIE week at Just Us Girls. Bobby is challenging us to use FLOWER dies in our card creations this week. I love flower dies so this is an easy challenge. I used a floral coverplate die that requires piecing together. Couple notes on this Concord & 9th die. One, this die requires a lot of paper. The cuts are large and irregular. The flowers were easy enough to die cut with scraps, but the background and leaves require A2 panels of colored cardstock. Second, this cover looks like simple piecing but it is not that clean. The piecing works best if you assemble and secure with washi, then adhere to the card base. I made four duplicates; on my first card I tried assembling the pieces on a card base covered with Scortape. I found the piecing was not as tight as I would like.
To finish, I added gold dot stamen and a vellum-backed, layered sentiment. I really like the end result as a clean and simple card.
Check out our fabulous guest designer for May, Rosemary Dennis. Please welcome her and check out her fabulous work over at Hey There Rosigirl!
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Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
1. Create a new paper project (no back dating please)
2. Upload your card to your blog or a public photo gallery. Please copy and use our challenge graphic on your post.
3. Link your project in Linky Tools directly to your card. If your card is in an online gallery, please tag with the current challenge number, e.g. JUGS123
3. Please limit your entries for our challenge to 3. You may enter in as many other challenges as you want.
Enjoy! I am looking forward to your inspired creations in the gallery.
Elizabeth
| Project Details | |
| Stamps/Dies | Concord & 9th Spring Print die Impression Obsession Hello Friend |
| Cardstock | 110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Scrapbook.com solid color cardstock Bazzill vellum |
| Ink | |
| Embellishments | Pinkfresh gold dots |
| Desk Staples | Dahle Personal Rotary Cutter Scor Pal Mini Score Board Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Ranger Stamp Platform Bearly Art Precision Glue 3M ATG 714 Tape Adhesive 3M foam tape |
9 comments:
Your card is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for the 'insider info' about this die.
hugs~carol
Love this! Those contrasting colors look amazing!
Your colors are great Elizabeth and the clean look with this die was worth the effort. I just got this die recently and I read that starting on the left bottom corner and moving up, then right helps. Fabulous card!
Elizabeth, you might want to try making a 'jig' by embossing the die onto white card. I found it worked a charm - and find YOUR creation as charming as can be with the variety of greens/aqua and gold dots!
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It was worth all of the work that you put in, Elizabeth! It's so vibrant and cheerful!
I can only imagine how difficult piecing that die together is if the first piece isn't square, Elizabeth. So glad you kept going and learned the secret because this brightly colored beauty was worth it.
WOW!!! Inlaid dies no less & Vellum sentiment -WOWZA!!!
This looks amazing and like a lot of work! Glad you kept at it to create this inlaid beauty! Love the vellum backed sentiment, too.
Boldy bright and beautiful Elizabeth. Stunning!
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