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.
Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. This means I may receive a small commission when you click through and shop using the links I provide. This helps support me in creating and posting my crafts. Items marked with an asterisk * at first mention were provided by a store or manufacturer. Otherwise, all items were purchased by me.
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.
Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. This means I may receive a small commission when you click through and shop using the links I provide. This helps support me in creating and posting my crafts. Items marked with an asterisk * at first mention were provided by a store or manufacturer. Otherwise, all items were purchased by me.
It's a new month and the beginning of a new monthly challenge over on the Poppystamps Blog. This month it is all about flowers, gardens and butterflies. I really leaned into this theme by using some floral washi tape and scads of flowers from just one really useful die.
I started with a piece of Open Studio watercolor paper. I didn't need it for watercolor, I just needed a not-too-white piece of heavy cardstock and it was handy. I covered it with Memory Box 4.5" Sunset Blush Wide Washi tape which made a nice (ironically) watercolor looking floral background. I wanted to bring out some of the colors in the washi tape so I chose Stampin' Up's Pear Pizzaz and used the Poppystamps Scalloped Stitch frame dies to cut out a scalloped frame. To tone down the floral pattern but not obscure it completely, I backed the frame with some Oplymio Thick Vellum I purchased on Amazon recently. I knew I wanted to mat the washi tape panel, so I trimmed a quarter inch off the top and one side and glued it onto a Pear Pizzazz card base. Next, I adhered the vellum frame to the center of the washi tape panel.
It's a new month and the beginning of a new monthly challenge over on the Poppystamps Blog. This month it is all about flowers, gardens and butterflies. I really leaned into this theme by using some floral washi tape and scads of flowers from just one really useful die.
I started with a piece of Open Studio watercolor paper. I didn't need it for watercolor, I just needed a not-too-white piece of heavy cardstock and it was handy. I covered it with Memory Box 4.5" Sunset Blush Wide Washi tape which made a nice (ironically) watercolor looking floral background. I wanted to bring out some of the colors in the washi tape so I chose Stampin' Up's Pear Pizzaz and used the Poppystamps Scalloped Stitch frame dies to cut out a scalloped frame. To tone down the floral pattern but not obscure it completely, I backed the frame with some Oplymio Thick Vellum I purchased on Amazon recently. I knew I wanted to mat the washi tape panel, so I trimmed a quarter inch off the top and one side and glued it onto a Pear Pizzazz card base. Next, I adhered the vellum frame to the center of the washi tape panel.
