Tag: dies
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Introducing Fergus
Stitching is faster and more reliable than gluing. Next time I’ll stitch as much as possible.
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Autumn Flower Cart
I want to add some more depth to my composition, so I’m mixing Ground Espresso and Villainous Potion to use as a shadow wash.
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Variegated Stitched Pumpkins
The Spellbinders Stitching Die Set for September 2025 is a fun top-down view of pumpkins in three different sizes. It’s called Stitched Pumpkin Tops.
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Missing Tile Sympathy
I could have used the hexagon die included with the set to create the hole. But I felt that it was too neat. Grief isn’t neat.
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Peach Pattern Play
When I got the September BetterPress Kit of the Month from Spellbinders, I immediately knew that I wanted to play with the patterns.
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Little Fish
I used the same silver speckled holographic foil and dark turquoise cardstock for one of the sentiments, “Even little fish make big waves.” It’s such a great sentiment!
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Reindeer Greetings
Finally I tripled the sentiment and popped it up on some foam tape. That was necessary to bring it to the same level as the deer.
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Stenciled Emboss Resist
Because I love the bat, I chose “You make me batty.”
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Turquoise Impression
I glued the turquoise bottle die cut to the back of the embossed bottle, taking care to only spread glue above the score line. This gave me a shaped card that will stand up on its own.
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So Many Reindeer
I started by stamping all the reindeer from Kat Scrappiness Reindeer Games Stamp Set on watercolor paper. I watercolored them with mostly earth tones.
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Cheerful Kitty
My grey kitty is from Bibi Cameron’s Cheerful Kittens Die Set by Spellbinders. You can find an introduction to the die set in a previous post.
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Cozy Sheep
For the background I used the July Embossing Folder of the Month from Spellbinders. It’s called Frosted Stitch.
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What’s Up, Gnomie?
I started by stamping the male gnome from the Kat Scrappiness Summer Gnomes Stamp Set twice on watercolor paper.
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Cowboy Quokka Dad
I’m still working my way through the Kat Scrappiness Cowboy Quokka Ephemera Pack. This time I used it for a Father’s Day Card.
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Strawberry Lemonade Birthday Shaker
Shaker Element I started this card with the shaker element. For this I die cut the largest frame from the Kat Scrappiness A2 Reverse Scallop Die Set three times. For the top layer I used a piece of Hammermill that I scribbled with a purple alcohol marker. That’s because I was following Color Cube palette…
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Abstract Thinking
Abstract Study creates a large-scale pattern that adds interest, without stealing the show. I can see using this one for many of embossing folder techniques.
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Rosegold Birthday
Next I used the large cover plate from the May BetterPress Kit to make an impression on rosegold mirror cardstock. It’s called From A to Z.
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Embossing Folder Friend
For the sentiment I used the Spellbinders Small Die of the Month for August 2024. I like the chunky font and that it has shadow dies for all the words.
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Sunset Peony Fantasy
There are six stencils in the Peony Fantasy Layering Stencils Set, but I want to use two different colors for stencil 1. Stencil 1 has openings for coloring the flower centers, as well as the lightest color on the leaves.
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Watercolor Butterflies
I painted the butterflies with Chrome Orange (Schmincke) and Cinereous Blue (Sennelier) using flicking motions from the center of the butterflies to create movement and dimension.
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Silver & Gold
The background includes three visible layers of cardstock. I felt that this card needed both gold and silver mattes.
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Cowboy Quokka Mom
I still have lots of Kat Scrappiness Cowboy Quokka Ephemera left! This time I used a cowgirl as my focal point.
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Blue Note
I dry embossed the Spellbinders 3D Embossing Folder Field Notes several times with Lucky Clover Distress Oxide.
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Wonderful Postage
I created the white outline by using the postage stamp outline from the Spellbinders April 2025 BetterPress Kit of the Month.