Folk Art Inspiration | Rosemal Heart & Nordic Tree Highlight with Emily
on April 06, 2018

Folk Art Inspiration | Rosemal Heart & Nordic Tree Highlight with Emily

Hi, everyone! It's Emily Leiphart here  with a guest designer post featuring the new Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok. Today, I used the Rosemal Heart and Nordic Tree dies on two cards with a shared colour theme.

Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok - Inspiration | Rosemal Heart & Nordic Tree Highlight by Emily Leiphart for Spellbinders using  S4-883 Nordic Tree and S4-887 Rosemal Heart dies #spellbinders #neverstopmaking #diecutting #handmadecard

These are two of the largest dies in the collection and you can see that they fill up an entire 5.5" x 5.5" or 4.25" x 5.5" (A2) card, which makes it easy to create clean and simple cards with them.

Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok - Inspiration | Rosemal Heart & Nordic Tree Highlight by Emily Leiphart for Spellbinders using  S4-883 Nordic Tree and S4-887 Rosemal Heart dies #spellbinders #neverstopmaking #diecutting #handmadecard

I used daubers to add distress ink to the die cuts. I love that a few colours instantly transforms these dies into complete scenes!

Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok - Inspiration | Rosemal Heart & Nordic Tree Highlight by Emily Leiphart for Spellbinders using  S4-883 Nordic Tree and S4-887 Rosemal Heart dies #spellbinders #neverstopmaking #diecutting #handmadecard

I added white glitter and purple frames to the square Rosemal Heart card, then double-stamped the sentiment since the bottom of the die hung down into the sentiment a bit. I added a bit of foam tape under the birds only. The rest of the Rosemal Heart die was adhered directly to the front panel.

Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok - Inspiration | Rosemal Heart & Nordic Tree Highlight by Emily Leiphart for Spellbinders using  S4-883 Nordic Tree and S4-887 Rosemal Heart dies #spellbinders #neverstopmaking #diecutting #handmadecard

I kept the design of the Nordic Tree card even simpler. The die itself was mounted with a second die cut from fun foam to give the entire die some dimension.

Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok - Inspiration | Rosemal Heart & Nordic Tree Highlight by Emily Leiphart for Spellbinders using  S4-883 Nordic Tree and S4-887 Rosemal Heart dies #spellbinders #neverstopmaking #diecutting #handmadecard

I added white pearls to all of the birds' eyes and coloured them with a black Copic marker.

Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok - Inspiration | Rosemal Heart & Nordic Tree Highlight by Emily Leiphart for Spellbinders using  S4-883 Nordic Tree and S4-887 Rosemal Heart dies #spellbinders #neverstopmaking #diecutting #handmadecard

I also used bird-themed sentiments on both cards since the Rosemal Heart and Nordic Tree dies feature birds. These were stamped with black pigment ink and clear embossed for shine and dimension.

Spellbinders Supplies:

Other Supplies:

Papertrey Ink rustic white cardstock, Canson XL watercolour cardstock, Bazzill jelly bean cardstock, Simon Says Stamp white glitter cardstock, Ranger distress inks, Versafine onyx black pigment ink, Ranger super fine clear embossing powder, Ranger glossy accents, Stampin' Up! pearls, Copic special black marker 110, sentiments from Altenew's Birds of a Feather stamp set Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed my projects and I will see you again tomorrow with more projects using dies from the Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok.

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9 comments

Brenda Stainton,

The colors used these cards is beautiful. I love that the dies fill the front of the card.

Jocelyn Olson,

Wow, what gorgeous cards! The colors you used are pretty and cool. I particularly like the dimension on the second card with the fun foam—great idea!

joy meadows,

Your cards are stunning! Just love the colors and the dies are so beautiful.

D.Ann C,

What beautiful dies and the colors you used are just fabulous!

Carla Hundley,

Gorgeous coloring and
designs. Beautiful cards.
Carla from Utah


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