When you want to put a real twist on your die cuts, pull out something you already have (but if you’re like me, may have forgotten about). Washi tape!
To make this adorable card featuring Simon Hurley’s new Cascading Dots 3D embossing folder* and the new Whimsical Village Collection* from Vicky Papaioannou and Spellbinders, I took a coordinating set of American Crafts washi tape I picked up years ago at a craft store (craft stores and online retailers still sell A LOT of washi tape in coordinating patterns). I cut a piece of 110 white cardstock to about 4.5 x 7” and carefully laid down strips of washi tape, in alternating widths, from the bottom edge to near the top. It was easy to get the tape straight.
Then I used the 3 Whimsical Houses* outline dies and die cut them out. I made sure the bottom edge of the dies were parallel to the edges of the washi tape for a cohesive horizontal “striped” look. I die cut all the details from colored cardstock and adhered with glue.
I used the Whimsical Blooms* die set for the fun flowers, the Village Companions die set* for the clouds, and Whimsical Wishes* for the sentiment. I ran a piece of Seaside cardstock through my die cutting machine with one of the stitched rectangle dies in Spellbinders Nested Postage Labels and Tag. Then, I took that piece and used the Cascading Dots 3D embossing folder to create the background. This is part of his new Cascading Cornflowers release. The remainder of my cardstock came from Stampin' Up! include Soft Sable, Blushing Bride, Evening Evergreen, and Mint Macaron.
After I adhered everything with glue or foam adhesive, I adhered the panel to a piece of brown cardstock cut using the postage edge die from Spellbinders. I added a sentiment stamped in brown ink on Alabaster cardstock.
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