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
