Hello again, friends! Dee here today sharing a simple to recreate, yet delicately detailed, card featuring the new Arista layering dies!
To begin, I die cut the Arista layers (A, B, and C) from white cardstock, then stacked and adhered them together. Next, I die cut layer A only in 4 different colors of cardstock and adhered each onto an A2-sized card base, trimming off the excess and using that to fill in any gaps/holes for a fuller background.
Next, I adhered the white Arista layers onto the center of the panel, and added gold bobbles for a bit of extra dimension and sparkle! To finish, I die cut the Handwritten Hugs in gold glitter and the outline in white cardstock, adhered them together then onto the center of the card using square foam adhesive.
Simple, right? If you’ve seen my cards, you already know that I love stretching my supplies and using dies to create my own backgrounds. The possibilities really are endless! Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hello friends! This is Crystal Komara here with you today sharing another way to use the beautiful Eloquent Butterfly dies. I am SOOOoo in love with this latest release from Birch Press Design featuring a variety of unique layering butterflies because the options are truly endless when you combine layers and colors. Today I chose to use a monochromatic blue and a monochromatic purple color scheme for my cards, but you could choose yellows, reds, oranges or the list goes on for an entirely different look.
For this first A2 sized card, I used 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock as my card base. This is my go-to white cardstock for e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g! I use it for my card bases, distress oxide inks, Copic coloring and die cutting. It is one of the only white cardstocks you will need. For the first layer, I die cut the Butterfly Garden Layer C from white cardstock and adhered it directly to the card base. I used the Eloquent Butterfly dies and die cut Layer C, Layer B and Layer A using cardstock from the Ocean Blue 6″ x 6″ paper pack and the Frosted Glitter Twinkling 6″ x 6″ pad.
I layered the butterflies together using LineCo ph neutral bookbinding glue, which is my favorite liquid adhesive. Once the layers of the butterflies were adhered together I used 3M foam adhesive to add the butterflies to the card. Using blue ink, I stamped the sentiment from the Brush Sentiments stamp set on white cardstock and punched it out with a 2″ circle punch. I adhered the sentiment circle to the card using 3M foam adhesive.
For this second A2 sized card, I used the same 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock for my base. I also die cut the Butterfly Garden Layering Plate C from white cardstock and adhered that directly to the base of the card. I die cut the Layer A, Layer B and Layer C of the Eloquent Butterfly dies using the Berry Red 6″ x 6″ paper pack and the Twinkling Jewel Glitter pad.
I stamped the sentiment from the Brushed Sentiments stamp set in raspberry ink on white cardstock and punched it out with a 3″ circle. I adhered the sentiment and butterfly to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.
The Design Team has been WOW’ing you with amazing samples from this butterfly themed release and I hope today’s cards continue to inspire you. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!
Welcome everyone! It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook today with another variation on the fabulous butterflies that recently released. Today I’m pairing them with a beautiful 3D embossing folder and some ink blending for depth.
I chose some of the basic things I wanted to create with straight away and started die cutting and embossing.
I die cut the solid butterfly image from vellum and a body from white cardstock. These dies are both in the butterfly basics set.
Next, I embossed an oversized white cardstock panel with the Blooming 3D embossing folder and set it aside.
Next, I inked up a small panel with distress oxide inks in abandoned coral and dried marigold. Then I flicked watered down ink from both colors on the panel for a little texture.
I die cut the inked panel with the eloquent butterfly layer A and used a dab of liquid glue to adhere the 3 layers together – vellum, inked and body.
For my sentiment I die cut the handwritten thanks from white 4 times, glitter once and the shadow from vellum. Then I used liquid glue to adhere all the layers together.
To assemble my card, I trimmed the embossed panel to 4×5.25 inches and popped it up with foam tape on a white card base. Then I used a dab of glue to adhere the center of the butterfly. This way the wings still move and can be “fluffed” once it’s out of the envelope.
I used liquid to to adhere the sentiment as well and finished things off with some fairy jewels in coordinating colors to my ink blending.
I just love all the texture and detail all of these products have and how well they work together! I can’t wait to send this card off to its recipient! They will love it!
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
For today’s project I am featuring the Butterfly Basics Die Set! This set will provide many hours of creative Butterflies!
This set is perfect to use up those scraps we just cannot put into the trash. So, I dug into my stash and pulled out aqua colors from my ink smooshed backgrounds and also my solid card stocks.
Once I completed all my die cutting, I started building my butterfly! Have fun with you die cuts and work like you would a puzzle. The possibilities are endless in how you can build your image with this die set!
For the final layer I used a piece of vellum to soften my image. I set my butterfly aside for it dry and worked on my mats for my card base. I chose Black card stock to make the image pop – this piece was cut to 4 ¼ in x 5 ½ in. My next aqua mat was cut to 4 in x 5 ¼ in. The panel my image will be displayed on was cut to 3 ¾ in x 5 in.
I stamped my sentiment using the Open Studio Big and Little Reverse Words!
Layered all my panels onto a standard A2 size top folding card base measuring 4 ¼ in x 5 ½ in.
As always, I hope you enjoyed today’s project… and if you want to see more details just click on the video below and see how these projects come together step by step!
Make sure you stay tuned for more wonderful projects coming soon! Have a great day and always remember… Be Creative!
Welcome back, friends! Dee here and today, I’m sharing a fun card featuring the Dazzle Mini Frame Die, but used for a traditional A2-sized card! I absolutely love the diversity of these layering dies! Let’s get started!
I began with an A2-sized base and die cut all layers (A, B, and C) of the Dazzle Mini Frame Die, twice. I wanted to add a bit of color to the frames so I placed Layer C onto a splat box and sprayed it with shades of purple, teal, and blue acrylic paint. Once dry, I adhered the frame together then onto the A2-base, side-by-side, to create a full panel.
Next, I die cut the Big Sugar Script Thanks in white and repeated the same steps as above, this time spraying the shadow layer with acrylic paint. Once dry, I adhered the white ‘thanks’ to the shadow, then the completed sentiment onto the center of the frames, with foam square adhesive. To finish, I mounted the card onto an A2-sized top-folding base.
I hope that you enjoyed these variations using the Dazzle Mini Frame Die! Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hello readers and happy Monday! I hope you all had a nice weekend. This is Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a slimline card using the beautiful new Butterfly Basics dies. I am absolutely in love with this latest release from Birch Press Design featuring a variety of layering butterflies like the Eloquent Butterfly and the Glimmer Butterfly, so I envision lots of butterfly themed cards in my future!
Today’s slimline card measures 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. Slimline cards are designed to fit inside a regular #10 business sized envelope and require no additional postage. The base of this slimline card is made from 80 lb. black cardstock. I cut an 8 1/4″ x 3 1/4′” miscellaneous piece of black and white diamond printed paper for the first layer. Using a hexagon shaped die, I die cut three 2 1/2″ hexagons from white cardstock. I adhered the hexagons directly down the center of the card using a Tombow tape runner.
From a piece of rainbow cardstock, I die cut the body of the butterfly from a section of the paper that included more red and oranges, then a section of yellows and greens and a third section from blues and purples, to mimic the colors of the rainbows. I die cut the butterfly outline from black cardstock. I adhered the black outline over the rainbow bodies and adhered the three butterflies to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. I stamped the sentiment “just because” from the Brush Sentiments stamp set in Memento Tuxedo black ink on a thin strip of white cardstock and adhered it to the card also using 3M foam adhesive. Lastly, I added a couple black rhinestones to the card for added texture.
I hope you have enjoyed today’s card featuring the beautiful new Butterfly Basics dies. Thank you for reading and have a wonderfully creative day!
I layered the butterfly layering dies from the Starlight Butterfly die over the Solid butterfly from the butterfly basics set. I also die cut the butterfly body to finish off my butterfly. All done with the 6×6 paper pads. I love the weight of that cardstock. It cuts like BUTTAH!
I wanted to highlight this super cool texture but also tone down this amazing polished foil cardstock. I loved the metallic feel but it needed a bit of grunge. I added a little bit of alcohol ink over this. This polished foil cardstock works so well with alcohol inks, if you are looking for a fun new technique.
And a single sentiment wasn’t enough, clearly! So I added 3!!! I think they all work well with this card design. These sentiments are in the Lovely Butterfly Stamp Set.
Oh my creative heart! This card has everything, this photo showcases it so well. Shine, depth, clean lines, graphic sentiments. I’d love to know if this card does the same for your creative heart as it does mine.
Also, if you’d like to see how my card came together, you can click on the video below.
Welcome, friends! Dee here and today, I’m sharing a simple and vibrant slimline card featuring the new Dazzle Mini Frame Die! Let’s get started!
First, I created the base by cutting a piece of white cardstock down to 3” x 8.5” and ink-blending it with Distress Oxide inks. In this case, I used a combination: Candy Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, and Squeezed Lemonade.
Next, I die cut layers A, B, and C of the Dazzle Mini Frame die layers two times in white cardstock, making two complete frames, then adhered them (mirrored) onto the base.
For the sentiment, I die cut the Thanks Honey Script die and shadow in white and ink blended the shadow with the same Distress Oxide ink colors as before. I adhered the word die to the shadow then adhered that, centered, between the two frames. For the sub sentiment, I heat embossed ‘my friend’ from the Happy Lingo stamp set and adhered it underneath the main sentiment with foam squares. To finish, I adhered the panel to a top-folding slimline card base!
I hope that you enjoyed my card showcasing this beautiful new frame die, and are inspired to create one of your own! Thank you so much for stopping by!
Welcome everyone! It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook today with a pair of cards. I’m using different products with the same technique in hopes you can try it with something you have at home. It’s really fun and easy to change to fit lots of occasions and themes.
To start these fun cards, I dug through my stash and chose a couple of layer A plates for different layering die sets. I landed on Arista and Dazzle Mini Frame. They’re both so pretty but different shapes and this technique works great for both!
Then I went through my cardstock and chose two different color palettes to use. It would be really fun to add different textures in here too with some glitter paper, maybe flocking or textured cardstock too!
Next, I cut 1/4 inch strips from all of the colors. The palette with 3 colors I cut 5 of each strip and the other I cut 4 strips of each. I used tape runner to adhere the strips to a piece of paper.
I used my paper trimmer to cut down the rectangle to fit behind the frame and a circle die to cut the other one. Then I cut 4 of each frame from what cardstock and used liquid glue to adhere all the layers together.
Next, I made 2 white A2 size card bases and also cut 2 additional pieces of white cardstock to 4×5.25 inches each. Then I chose sentiments from Brush Sentiments and Classic/Sentimental Wreath stamp sets.
For this card, I glued down the frame to the white cardstock panel, stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on a vellum strip and wrapped it around the edges. I added foam tape to the back and popped it on a card base.
To finish it off, I added some of those awesome fairy jewels for the perfect amount of sparkle!
For the second card, I adhered the circle frame down and stamped a sentiment on the bottom right portion of the panel. I added foam tape again and popped it on a card base as well.
Then those fairy jewels were just calling my name so I added them to finish this card off as well.
I hope you found some inspiration to create something wonderful and share it with someone.
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
For today’s project let’s create a simple birthday card having fun with color!
For my colors I paged through the 6×6 Memory Box Solid Card Stock, Polished Foil and Glitter Cardstock Pads and prepared them for die cutting. Once all my die cutting was completed, I used my liquid glue to adhere all my layers, this also includes my sentiment! Set those aside to dry.
I also used a die from the hexagon lid set as a frame around my focal image. This frame is the perfect size to fit over the layered image with only a small amount to cut away around the frame image!
Time to get our card together and celebrate the Birthday!
I grabbed my background panel featuring the Radial Pinpoint. I placed my focal point at the center of the circles and added my sentiment just below. By using shades of aqua and brown, it is perfect to add to your masculine card collection!
As always, I hope you enjoyed today’s project… and if you want to see more details just click on the video below and see how these projects come together step by step!
Make sure you stay tuned for more wonderful projects coming soon! Have a great day and always remember… Be Creative!
