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The
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for the event - so the more you comment through our Release Celebration
the more chances to win! All comments for all of the event days will be
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announced on Friday September 20th.
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Greetings friends. Today I want to talk about using your die cuts with backgrounds you might have created and aren't sure how to use. I created this background using 140lb cold press watercolor paper, some Distress Inks and an Impression Obsession Cover a Card background:
I dabbed the ink pads directly onto the watercolor paper, spritzed it with water and then set my background stamp down on top of the ink. I weighted it down with some acrylic blocks and let it sit there until the ink and paper were dry. The technique transfers the pattern of your stamp onto your paper.
When it was finished, there were parts of the background I liked and parts I didn't. Papers like that are perfect for diecutting because you can pick and choose the parts of the paper that are the best. I die cut out a couple of ornaments and then used the same pattern to stamp the kraft cardstock in brown ink. I like that the background and the ornaments have the same pattern in different colors.
Next, I cut out some branches and my Christmas sentiment from more background paper that I had on hand. I glued together all the pieces of the card and then added some neutral twine bows.
Items Used on the Card:
Retro Ornaments DIE897-Z
Winter Foliage DIE907-YY
Typewriter Sentiments DIE905-Y
Dimensional Chevron Cover A Card CC176
Greetings friends. Today I want to talk about using your die cuts with backgrounds you might have created and aren't sure how to use. I created this background using 140lb cold press watercolor paper, some Distress Inks and an Impression Obsession Cover a Card background:
I dabbed the ink pads directly onto the watercolor paper, spritzed it with water and then set my background stamp down on top of the ink. I weighted it down with some acrylic blocks and let it sit there until the ink and paper were dry. The technique transfers the pattern of your stamp onto your paper.
When it was finished, there were parts of the background I liked and parts I didn't. Papers like that are perfect for diecutting because you can pick and choose the parts of the paper that are the best. I die cut out a couple of ornaments and then used the same pattern to stamp the kraft cardstock in brown ink. I like that the background and the ornaments have the same pattern in different colors.
Next, I cut out some branches and my Christmas sentiment from more background paper that I had on hand. I glued together all the pieces of the card and then added some neutral twine bows.
Items Used on the Card:
Retro Ornaments DIE897-Z
Winter Foliage DIE907-YY
Typewriter Sentiments DIE905-Y
Dimensional Chevron Cover A Card CC176
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28 comments:
Loved the way your turned that background into Christmas ornaments! Obviously, you saw something wonderful in the colors. You rock!
This is gorgeous! The colors you used along with the background are just beautiful!
WHAT A FUN TECHNIQUE, LAURA! and REALLY, SO EASY! I'll have to give it a try! Your ornaments came out BEAUTIFULLY!!! They would look nice made into REAL ORNAMENTS FOR THE TREE with these Ornament Dies too!!! A SUPER JOB, Laura!!! ;)<3 You created a GORGEOUS PIECE!!!
Beautiful design and colors on your pretty ornaments! Gorgeous card!
Thanks for explaining your process for achieving that gorgeous pattern on your ornaments. The ink blending on the sentiment is also perfectly coordinated!
Great technique! The card turned out lovely.
what a great technique for creating the wonderful colors on the ornaments - thanks for the ideas
Gorgeous! Everything about it!
Gorgeous ornaments, just like the Shiney Brite ones...clever!!
WHAT FUN COLORS! I love the font of that die! Great card!
How beautiful, Laura! My favorite card of the hop! Thanks for the great ideas on backgrounds!
Cool card! I really love how you created your ornaments! Very awesome looking!
Beautiful! I love using scraps that, alone, look awful to us! Love the color combo you ended up with and the tone on tone background. Love that chevron stamp!
Such a beautiful card -- love that the design is on the ornaments.
Those ornaments are so beautiful and what a great design and colors for them too.
Love the new Retro Ornaments die set!!! And of course, I'm always in the market for new word dies... love the typewriter font!!!
Love your ornaments. Had fun
coloring the paper and then
picking out what you want -
clever idea. thanks for
sharing.
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Thanks for sharing that great technique. Love your beautiful card.
Love the technique and the colors.
Beautiful Christmas card!
Wow! Your background technique is amazing. Love how the die cut images look using it. Thanks for the inspiration.
Neat idea to give it a one of a kind look, so pretty!
Oh, your card is so pretty!
I like how you created these beautiful ornaments.
Love the backgrounds and the ornaments. Cool technique!
Beautiful card and love the fact you created your background that way. The ornaments are so pretty.
Fabulous look on this
card. The ornaments are
gorgeous!
Carla from Utah
I think we all have backgrounds like this!!! Great idea! Love the gradient sentiment too!!!
Love this background, will definitely try this technique out. Thanks for sharing xx
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