VIDEO: Making the Most of Your Dies w/Dawn ft. WOODLAND BASICS DIE

Hello crafty friends! Did you get some crafting done yesterday for World Cardmaking Day? Are you stretching it out all weekend? No judgement here!

Just in case you are, I thought I'd pop in and share a couple of cards with you. I've shared these on YouTube and Instagram, but had yet to share them here.

Watch above or watch in HD at YouTube

These cards were a lot of fun to create. They look much more complicated than they are. There's a couple of steps to them, but each one is pretty simple and straight forward, and the process is the same for both.

I started by creating an ink blended background. For my autumn themed card, I ink blended Distress Oxide inks onto a Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock panel in Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade and Candied Apple. I used the Woodland Basics Die to cut several leaves from the resulting panel and set them aside.

For the stamping in the background, I created a quick stamp by die-cutting the same leaves from fun foam. I adhered the fun foam die cuts to an acrylic block and used them to stamp an all over pattern in Fairy Dust ink on a standard A2 cardstock panel. I then adhered some of the colored leaves directly over the stamping - some with liquid glue and others with foam tape to pop them up.

I filled in the gaps between the pattern with Nuvo Jewel Drops in Grey Mist. For the sentiment, I heat embossed "Grateful" from our So Very stamp set in white onto Black Cardstock and die cut it using the So Very Die. I used the same heat embossing for the rest of the sentiment from our Beautiful Butterflies stamp set.

The Christmas version followed all of the same steps. For this one, I used Mowed Lawn and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxides for the ink blending and die cut the holly leaves from it - also from the Woodland Basics Die.

For the sentiment, I die cut the word Merry - from the Christmas Tag Die - and used the resulting negative die cut. I heat embossed "Christmas", from the Be Merry Sentiments stamp set, in white underneath the die cut "Merry".

I finished it off with dots of Nuvo Jewel Drops in Strawberry Coulis.

If you want to see exactly how it was all created, be sure to check out the video above. Right, now is the perfect time to pick up some of these featured items in our FLASH SALE, but hurry, because it's the last day. Be sure to check it out for 20% OFF of select items!

I hope you enjoyed todays projects! Have a fantastic weekend!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list contains affiliate links.

Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Black Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Shop at: SSS | EH	Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts Shop at: SSS
3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Shop at: SSS	Sizzix BIG SHOT Shop at: SSS	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS Shop at: SSS	Wplus9 Christmas Tag Die Shop at: WP9
WOW Super Fine Bright White Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS	9 x 12 WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack Shop at: SSS	EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors Shop at: SSS	Sizzix Magnetic Platform Shop at: SSS
Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder Bag Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz 4.25 X 5.5 DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Shop at: SSS	Fairy Dust PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad SPICED MARMALADE Shop at: SSS
Fiskars 4 Acrylic BLOCKS SET w Storage Shop at: SSS	Beautiful Butterflies Shop at: WP9	So Very Shop at: WP9	So Very Die Shop at: WP9
Lawn Fawn Glue Tube Shop at: SSS | EH	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad PEACOCK FEATHERS Shop at: SSS | EH	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad CANDIED APPLE Shop at: SSS | EH	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad FOSSILIZED AMBER Shop at: SSS | EH
Tim Holtz Tonic GLASS MEDIA MAT Shop at: SSS	Be Merry Sentiments Shop at: WP9	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad Mowed Lawn Shop at: SSS	Tonic Nuvo Jewel Drops Strawberry Coulis Shop at: SSS | EH
Tonic Nuvo Jewel Drops Grey Mist Shop at: SSS | EH	Ranger Mini Round Foam Refills Shop at: SSS	Tonic Craft Pick Shop at: SSS	Tombow MONO Adhesive REMOVABLE Tape Dispenser Shop at: SSS
Tim Holtz Distress Micro Glaze Shop at: SSS	Woodland Basics Die Shop at: WP9

Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

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I'm so excited to share my card with you today. Since we are at the end of the typical Christmas card making "season", I wanted to share something that is not only quick and easy to make - great for those last minute ones - but can also be used for several other occasions.

I paired our previously released Be Merry Sentiments set with our new Feathers & Florals stamp set. I used two of the images from Feathers & Florals and stamped them in a circle, radiating out from a center point, and then alternated heat embossing them in silver and gold.

For this card I chose to add the "sending love" sentiment on a die cut circle, but you could swap out the sentiment for any of the many included in Be Merry Sentiments or even the new Bold Banner Greetings stamp set.

I just love the sparkle and shine of the metallic embossing powders against that crisp white.

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Merry Christmas!

Featured Supplies

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Feathers & Florals Be Merry Sentiments 4x4" stamp set Wplus9 Gift Card Layers Die Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB REAM Smooth Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Simon Says Stamp WHITE CARDSTOCK 120 LB Base Weight 12 Pack Simon Says Stamp STITCHED CIRCLES Wafer Dies sssd111456 In Stitches Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White 660425 Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder Bag 05847 Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001 Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200 Wagner WOW Embossing Glitter MIDAS TOUCH WS114R Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER GOLD Ultrafine Fine Detail GoldEP4 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent

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