A Mopped up Thanks

 

I had a scrap piece of card that I used to mop up some spare Distress Inks that I had used for another project. I wanted to test out a Gemini word die and made the result up into a quick card. I cut the word out keeping all the waste and used foam pads on the back of the word. Having put it into place I fitted the small waste pieces and added a few sequins to finish.

I like the fact that you only see the message clearly when you look at the card from the side.

Stencils from Layering Dies

 Shortly after buying the layering die set I used in my previous post I watched this video by the awesome Jennifer McGuire on using layering dies as stencils. She always gives lots of alternative options on the main theme of the video but I decided to just try out the basic idea which is to die cut the layers and use them as stencils on a card. I used seedless preserves and picked raspberry DIs for the layers and also used stencils made from the 2 centre dies that I didn't use on my previous card. I thought a big bold sentiment would be enough and used a Gemini die with some sparkly purple sticky backed plastic that I've had for ages. I used a purple alcohol ink marker to edge the white card blank to finish it off.

Peacock Colours

 I bought a Sizzix layering die set called Kaleidoscope Layers recently. It's a set of 4 dies 2 of which I have used on this card (the other 2 are for the centre space). I went with peacock colours for the 2 layers and mounted it on a black card blank after trying various colours. The black gave the most impact and showed off the 2 layers the best. I added some gems and a Marianne die sentiment in the centre.

A New Monthly Challenge

 Having completed the Alphabet Challenge last month we have decided to start a new monthly challenge featuring tags. There are no major rules  - just to have fun. This month the theme is Orange.

I wanted to use my new Stamps By Me Lily stamp and die set and also my Glimmer Mist (decanted) spray in perfect peach. My tags are all going to be 14cm x 8cm.

The dies don't cut out the whole of the lily so I fussy cut the remaining parts and pruned one of the buds off  because it didn't fit. The base of the tag was sprayed with Glimmer Mist over a Tim Holtz stencil called Scribbles (although it looks more like roses to me). I edged the tag with crackling campfire DO and then used watery Twinkling H2Os in ginger peach and golden jade to make splatters over the tag. I lined the tag hole with some washi tape and also punched some photo corners.

The 2-step die was first stamped with Archival tangelo (I wiped the ink off the leaves) and then the detail with Versafine onyx black. I coloured the leaves and stamens with Coloursoft pencils and mounted the image on foam tape for dimension.

The text is from the same set and comes with its own shadow die. It was too long to fit so I cut it in half. I finished with some sequins, a couple of punched dragonflies and some ribbon.