Sunday, August 8, 2010

Blessings to You! FS183 and ODBD Sunflower Die Cuts!





This card is for today's SCS Feature Stamper Challenge(FS183)! Congratulations, Vicki!  Here is Vicki's card I chose to CASE!  I am using one of ODBD newly release sets called Harvest Blessings and one of two new matching stamp set die cuts.  This die cut is called Large Sunflower Die.  I put together a mini picture tutorial just to show you how these dies are so amazing and different from anything I have seen! 



The image to the left shows the stamped sunflower garden that has been colored already.  It also shows the green tinted die cut guide and the Sunflower diecut.  You can click onto the picture to see it larger. 




NOTE:  The green tinted die cut guide actually peels away revealing a clear guide.  However, I chose to leave it this way because me and clear do not get along very well.  You can decide, but I like the green so I can find it easily if I set it down.  Also, wanted to add that some of the peel aways are not green.  The color varies from the manufacture.  The die cut guide is clear once the film is peeled away.



The image to the right shows where I have placed the green tinted guide

over my colored image and lined it up where I want to cut.  The image on the left shows where I  used a marker to fill in the registration circles on either side of the guide. I chose blue so I could see the marks easily once I removed the guide.

I remove the green tinted guide and place my large sunflower diecut over.  I lined up the blue dots that I colored in before.  I added yellow arrows so you can see.  I then die cut the image.  Notice that this die cut has tiny holes in the back that allow the very detailed cut image to release easily.  Awesome detail!




The image to the left is all of the product with the die cut cut out.

Below is a close up of the sunflower diecut on my card.  I used dimensionals so I could have a popped up sunflower garden.  LOVE that!  Easy Peasy and Beautiful!  I am so excited about these die cuts! 








This card is also for Friday's SCS Free 4 All Challenge(F4A24)! I went with a sunflower garden! It is also for ODBD Shining the Light Challenge(ODBDSLC24)! We are to use three of something. I chose to only use three words of my sentiment. I masked it and just used Blessings to You!

As always, thanks so much
for stopping by!





28 comments

  1. Lots of work, but worth it! Gorgeous card.

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  2. Oh these are very cool! Loved your tutorial showing "how to's" - TFS

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  3. This is gorgeous..I just brought this set with the dies and I love it, so easy with the cuttle bug.

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  4. So pretty Betty! Love all that gorgeous ribbon. A great idea to have that guide for cutting too.

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  5. This is gorgeous! I have never seen these die cuts, fabulous! Thanks so much for the tutorial.

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  6. COOL!!!!!! What a fab tutorial and your card is beautiful!!!

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  7. This is gorgeous Betty!! I got my die today and had to play with it too. Gorgeous use of the die and excellent tutorial!!

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  8. Your card is super gorgeous, Betty!! Very cool die too! I can totally see myself using the die over and over, especially those sunflowers look a lot time to cut with scissors ;)

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  9. how cool is that......was wondering how you did the cutwork so beautifully....awesome tutorial

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  10. Just beatufiul, Betty! Love this set and that awesome diecut!

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  11. Truly gorgeous Betty! Love the colours, dimension and your layout. the way that these dies work are a really awesome solution to using these "closed backed" dies. Genius and beautiful results.
    Love the way you tied in the butterfly and ribbon colours too!

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  12. What a great result! Fabulous card Betty!

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  13. HI again!! I came here yesterday and commented and did not even notice that you joined the ODBD Shining the Light Challenge. Duh to me! Guess I was checking out only a few blogs after I came home in a hurry and did not read the post too well. Sorry

    Gorgeous take on the three of something challenge!! I just love the sheer elegance of your creation! Thanks for joining us this week my friend!
    hugs,
    Chris

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  14. Gorgeous card Betty! I love you showing us the details about the sunflower die, how interesting. I sure love to visit your blog. Hugs, Peggy

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  15. Oh my goodness. What a beautiful card. Thanks for showing us how to use the die! Awesome!
    Hugs and smiles

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  16. Beautiful card and awesome tutorial! Love that you used the sunflowers and they are so prettily colored and popped up!

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  17. wow Betty! this die is super! your sun flowers look wonderful!

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  18. How awesome is this!!! Thanks for the step by step tutorial. What a beautiful project!

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  19. Great card Betty and great tutorial on how to use these new dies! I'm so excited about them too! You really showed perfectly how easy it is to line these up!

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  20. Betty this is wonderful! So glad you showed how to do this!!!! I love these dies!!!

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  21. How very beautiful Betty! I love that you showed how it was done, and that ribbon is gorgeous!!

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  22. OMGoodness, Betty!! What a stunning card! I love the detail and depth to this with the embossing and all the layering. And how amazing is that die-cut system? You are so right....I've never seen anything like that before.
    Your work with that stamp is truly spectacular!

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  23. Fabulous tutorial Betty. I will make sure I link it when I use the die.

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  24. Love this card! What a beautiful interpretation of the challenge! I became a follower today. Can't wait to see more!

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  25. what a gorgeous card! those sunflowers are just beautiful and the new dies??? wow! i love how they have those little guides on them... so hoping i can get them soon!

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  26. What a gorgeous card, Betty....I love the new sunflowers and you make them come to life with your gorgeous coloring!!! How cool is that die, too...gotta go check it out...thanks for the great tutorial!!!

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  27. Sooo pretty! Was excited to see the new dies and how they worked! Thank you for the tutorial!

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