Monday, October 19, 2015

Guest Designing for Top Dog Dies!




I have a special post to share today.  I am guest designing for Top Dog Dies.  For my first card, I started with a piece of watercolor paper.  I did the smooshing technique using Ranger Distress Inks in Fired Brick, Dried Marigold, and Peeled Paint.


I used my heat gun in between each color.   Next, I added my die cuts from Top Dog Dies.  I die cut Vintage Alphabet die twice in black and stacked together the letters for some added depth and dimension to the "hello" sentiment.


 I added some loose threading behind and a sentiment below.  I finished with a heart die cut from Mr.and Mrs. Banner die set in white card stock and sponged with more of the Rangers Fired Brick ink.  I love the blend of these colors with the pop of the black letters in this fabulous font.  The perfect size letters, too!


For my next project, I used the Mr.and Mrs. Banner die set.  I wanted to create a wedding card that was elegant and full of love.  I started with some white linen paper.  I used the third die in this set to die cut two sets of graduated red hearts.  I glued the hearts together for thicker more dimensional hearts.   


I then used the the negative image as a stencil to line the hearts up and glue to the card.  To add a little pizzazz, I used glossy accents on all of the hearts.  They look really shiny and dimensional. I love the graduated effect as well.


I layered a gold metallic foil card stock behind the linen paper.  For the sentiment portion, I knew I wanted to bring in more of the gold metallic.  I die cut the Mr. and Mrs. banner three times.


I stacked three together, but instead of using all three in the metallic gold, I layered.  The bottom layer is white, middle layer kraft, and top layer gold.  This allows for a smooth transition from the white linen, but I do not have to use all my gold foil card stock to get the dimension I wanted.



For my last project, I am used the Make a Banner die set.  I started with watercolor paper.  I spritzed the paper first then brushed on different water color paints.  I used medium blue, water blue, and lime green shades.  I set it aside and let it dry completely.


Once it was dried,  I used the smallest of the dies in the Make a Banner die set and started die cutting the water color panel until I had twelve pierced squares cut out.  I added foam tape to the back of each.  I arranged my squares onto a white piece of card stock and layered with a pop of green to the white card base.


For the focal image, I used the largest of the dies from the Make a Banner die set and threaded a piece of black and white twine through it and glued to the back.  I added a sentiment in black ink.  I used foam tape with some loose threading behind to layer on the card.  I added an additional white embossed scissor cut sentiment to the front with more foam tape.  I finished the card with a twine bow and a few black sequins.

As always thanks so much for stopping by!

Betty

8 comments

  1. three wonderful cards - love love the first one - the smooshed background is great!

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  2. Fabulous cards, Betty. The stacking of the letters to create added dimension is a tip I will have to keep in mind. elizabeth xx

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  3. Congrats on the guest DT spot. I love your cards and especially the ink smooshing on the first one.

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  4. Absolutely gorgeous cards! Love them all!

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  5. Three great cards. Love the background on the first one. Congrats on the guest DT spot.

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  6. What a wonderful trio of fabulous cards. I love them all and how exciting to be a guest designer for Top Dog!

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  7. Adore the BG on the first one!! Gorgeous!! Great banners on the second and wonderful use of the tiles/sketch on last one.

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  8. Hi Betty! I stopped in to see your MCV card and nearly gasped when I saw your gorgeous water-colored background here ... seriously spectacular!
    =] Michele

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