Exclusive Indie Collection Inspiration | Layered Foliage with Keeway
on May 31, 2018

Exclusive Indie Collection Inspiration | Layered Foliage with Keeway

Hello again! This is Keeway Tsao and I’m back again to share one last project featuring the Exclusive Indie Line. Sometimes I get a little too carried away with my projects, so I decided to go with a clean and simple card today. I started by die cutting the leaves from the Layered Foliage dies out of various green card stock. I lacked a middle color, so I used Peeled Paint distress oxide ink blending to help me out. I adhered these layers together and set them aside.

Exclusive Indie Collection Inspiration | Layered Foliage by Keeway for Spellbinders. Using: SDS-153 Happy Expressions; S5-361 Layered Foliage. The Exclusives collection is only available at select online and local independent retailers. #spellbinders #diecutting #handmadecard #neverstopmaking #spellbindersdies

Next, I reached for the Happy Expressions stamp and die set. I die cut the word ‘happy’ out of white card stock and the outline layer out of vellum card stock. Vellum adds a nice soft look and while helping the word stand out in front of a busy background.

Exclusive Indie Collection Inspiration | Layered Foliage by Keeway for Spellbinders. Using: SDS-153 Happy Expressions; S5-361 Layered Foliage. The Exclusives collection is only available at select online and local independent retailers. #spellbinders #diecutting #handmadecard #neverstopmaking #spellbindersdies

I had the idea that in lieu of an actual flower, my sentiment would essentially be the flower and the leaves would grow out of it. To bring the focal point in, I blended a radial pink center with Candied Apple, Worn Lipstick, and Tattered Rose distress oxide inks. After I heat set it, I took a large rose stencil and blended on white pigment ink.

Exclusive Indie Collection Inspiration | Layered Foliage by Keeway for Spellbinders. Using: SDS-153 Happy Expressions; S5-361 Layered Foliage. The Exclusives collection is only available at select online and local independent retailers. #spellbinders #diecutting #handmadecard #neverstopmaking #spellbindersdies

Next, I began to assemble the card together, adhering the leaves to the card, and then the ‘happy’ right above it. I heat embossed the ‘for you’ sentiment in gold onto white card stock and trimmed it down and adhered it just below the ‘happy’.

Exclusive Indie Collection Inspiration | Layered Foliage by Keeway for Spellbinders. Using: SDS-153 Happy Expressions; S5-361 Layered Foliage. The Exclusives collection is only available at select online and local independent retailers. #spellbinders #diecutting #handmadecard #neverstopmaking #spellbindersdies

I very much loved how this card turned out! Thank you so much for joining me throughout my posts and thank you Spellbinders for having me!

Spellbinder Supplies:

Other Supplies:

Cardstock White 110 LB cardstock, distress oxide inks, mini ink blending tool, white acrylic paint, Altenew Mega Rose stencil, Versamark ink, Gold detail embossing powder

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3 comments

Yana Smakula,

There dies are already available. Please contact your local retailer and ask them to stock this collection. We hope this helps!

Samantha Bryan,

Will we be able to get these in uk

Beverly Jordan,

So lush and beautiful!


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