So hoppy you're my friend

Happy Monday crafty friends! 

DT Natalia here with you today, and I am back with a new card featuring the Tulip Add On Die Set and the Blooming Bunnies stamp set. 

When I craft, I like thinking of different ways in which I can stretch my dies and stamps, and use them differently. In this case, instead of using the Tulip Add On Die panel on a slimline card as I did last week (check it out here if you missed it!), I decided to use the gorgeous die cut tulips as the central focus of my card. 

I used alcohol inks to create three different panels from which I die cut the tulips. I used Dandelion, Sunset orange and Poppyfield, and on every panel I used Sterling Alloy for the shine effect - pictures do not pay the shimmer justice, specially these pictures I took yesterday, the weather was so grim here in the UK!

The orange panel on this card is and A2 size - 4.25x5.5" and the white panel is slightly smaller - 4x5.25". Each tulip has 3 white layers of cardstock plus the yupo paper tulip on top. Just as Laura Fadora says; #dimensionislife - and I can only agree. The 'friend' word die cut follows the same process, with a vellum shadow. If you follow me on Instagram, you already know I am hooked to these word sentiments from Time for Tea Designs; they are a perfect size, and they come with shadow, which I very much love with a sentiment! 

The bunnies are coloured with my Spectrum Noir markers and I used EB7, MB4, MB3, MB2 and MB1. For the cheeks I used PP3 and then I added some highlights with a white gel pen.

I used white embossing powder for the 'so hoppy you're my' sentiment and used the Blooming Bunnies coordinating die to die cut it and the bunny.

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I hope you like the card and have a wonderful week ahead! See you next Monday with something very exciting!

Sending hugs,

Natalia

'You make me smile' card

Hi crafty friends!

DT Natalia (@cardsmadebynatalia) with you here today.

I hope you had a lovely weekend. I got some quality crafty time, it felt very productive which is always great!

Among other projects, I made this shaker slimline card with Time for Tea Design products. I wanted to use the gorgeous patterned papers from the Brighter Days 6x6' paper pad. Have you seen it already? It has the happiest designs and colours!

I started by die cutting my base panel from purple cardstock with the largest of the Slimline Scalloped Trio Circle nesting dies, then used the middle one to die cut the pale pink cardstock and the smallest one to cut the white panel. 

I then used the partial die cutting technique with the new horizontal Tulip Add On Die Set. This die comes with three tulips but I wanted space in the middle for my sentiments 🌷🌷. After that, I splattered some Distress Oxide shaded lilac and spun sugar with a round size 8 on my panel for some extra interest.

Now it was time to make the shaker! I prepared some acetate and glued it flat behind each tulip negative space. I used the foam roll around each tulip to create my shaker. I then filled the tulips with a sequin mix and glued acetate on top to secure my shaker area. This really helps as you can then move your panel and align it when gluing it down. This is a technique I learned from the lovely Jo.

I then die cut 4 layers of the large script hello sentiment die and one from the purple cardstock I used for my base panel. I absolutely love the basic word dies from T4TD as they come with a shadow die and they are the perfect size for any card. I also added a strip from the Brighter Days Sentiment Cards, I always love that touch of a black strip sentiment on a card.

As usual, I could not help myself but finish off the card with some Little Things from Lucy’s cards sequins! They just complete the card so nicely.

Remember to use the code T4TNEILA10 for a 10% off your shop! 💕

I hope you like the card, and I will see you next Monday with a new project!

Sending hugs,

Natalia

Slimline Shaker Card Video Tutorial

 Hello DT Vic popping in today with a fun video tutorial for you. I’m using some gorgeous products from the New Release.

For my card today I wanted to create a fun shaker card and I’ve also made a watercolour background using some distress inks. I will show you in the video how I made this card step by step. 

I used the Slimline Scalloped Trio Nesting Circle Dies for my bases which I run through my die cutting machine and added some distress inks for my watercolour background. Next I used the Tulip Add On Die Set (Horizontal) and securing this onto my watercolour card I run this through my die cutting machine. I love this die and as soon I saw the die I knew I had to make a shaker card. This will also cut out three tulips so keep these pieces to save for another project. 

I then made my shaker card you can see how this was created in the video. Once my shaker part was made I moved onto my images. I used the gorgeous Lucky Ducks Clear Stamps and Coordinating Dies. Aren’t the ducks just too cute! I stamped them up and using copic friendly card I coloured the ducks, dragonflies and grass in using my copic markers. I then used the coordinating dies to cut them out. 

I adhered all my images onto my card and for my sentiment I used the Brighter Days Sentiments Cards. I absolutely love these sentiment strips they are so handy you just cut them down and pop them onto your card. They are also perfect if your not a fan of heat embossing. Once my sentiment was added I then added a few sequins to finish my card off. 

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today I hope you enjoy the video. You can also save 10% off your order using the code: T4TVICKI10 at the checkout and this includes the brand new release. 

Have a lovely day!

Vic