Hello there,
Michelle Short here to share three projects with you using the new
Photosynthesis Collection. This beautiful collection features lots of florals, which I love! Since it also features mainly die cutting, I wanted to show how you can enhance die cuts by adding ink blending. This really adds interest and dimension to clean and simple cards!
My first card uses
Floral Stems Etched Dies. I cut the cone flower top petal layer from
Snowdrift cardstock and the bottom ones from
Purple Mist. I then cut the flower centers from
Chamomile and the stems and leaves from
Peridot.
Using Blending Brushes, I blended on Distress Oxide Inks, focusing the color on one side of the die cuts, to help create depth. They were then assembled and adhered with
Bearly Art Glue. I took two
Essential Diamonds and die-cut them to create a frame from white cardstock. The frame was adhered to an A2 white card base and then the stems and leaves adhered on top.
The flower heads were adhered on top with thin foam tape. I foiled the
Must-Have Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set onto white cardstock using
Black Foil. The sentiments were then die-cut using the coordinating die. For this card, I used ‘just a note’. The card was embellished with
Silver Mix Color Essentials Gems.
SENDING HUGS TAG
For my second project, I wanted to create a tag that I could add to a present or bunch of flowers. I die cut the lilies from
Floral Stems Etched Dies using
Snowdrift cardstock. I cut the centres from
Chamomile and the leaves and stems from
Peridot. I then added ink blending to these, the same as the first card. I colored the stamens using a Copic Marker.
The flowers were assembled and adhered using
Bearly Art Glue. I die-cut a vase from
Ceramic Vases using
Onyx Cardstock. I then ran it back through the
Platinum 6 to emboss the detail layer on top. It was adhered to a
tag cut from white cardstock and the stems and leaves popped behind.
The flowers were adhered using thin foam tape. I took the sentiment from the
Must-Have Sentiments set that I foiled before and layered it up two die cuts high. It was adhered to the tag with
Bearly Art Glue. To finish, I threaded
Black Cord through the top of the tag and tied in a bow.
THANK YOU DAFFODILS
My final project for today is a mini slimline card using
Daffodil Frame Etched Dies. I cut the main frame three times from
Snowdrift cardstock, as well as the leaves. I cut the daffodil heads from
Chamomile and the centers from
Saffron.
I first added ink blending to the one of the frame pieces using
Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink. I focussed the colour on the stems and leaves. I made sure to not add it to the outside frame as I wanted to keep that white. I then added ink blending to the daffodils with
Mustard Seed and
Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide Inks.
The other two frames adhered behind the ink blending one before adhering to a mini slimline card base. The ‘thank you’ sentiment from
Must-Have Sentiments was adhered on top. To finish off, I added
Onyx Color Essentials Gems to embellish.
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Other Supplies
Thin foam tape, YR16 Copic Marker, Tim Holtz Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink.
I love that you can foil and die cut those
Must-Have Sentiments in one go and have plenty for future projects!
I hope you have enjoyed seeing my projects today and I have inspired you to try enhancing die cuts with ink blending. Thank you so much for popping by today, have a great day!
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