Hello

Hi everyone, today I'm the designer at the Card A Day Blog and it's all about using your die cuts.
This challenge is always hard for me as I don't have that many dies because I use my Cricut for that.  I pulled them out and layed them on my desk and picked two to used for this challenge.  

I started by looking at my stamps and seeing what would fit relatively well in the second to the larges Label Three die.  I used the largest die to border the stamped image.   I stamped the image three times - once for the main image, yellow cardstock then green cardstock. I fussy cut the leaves and flower out then used adhesive on the leaves and pop up dots behind the flowers. 

Next came the border die.  I cut it out with my Cuttlebug, then ran it through again to emboss it.  I was very careful removing it from the die as I wanted to save the pieces for the inside corners.  I threaded some ribbon through the die cut and glued it to the back of the card layers. 

I added a few brown rhinestones to the flower image and a few cream rhinestones to the border.  I hope you enjoyed today's card.  Tomorrow Tina Campbell is the designer at the Card A Day Blog so stop back and see what she had in store for you. 

Thanks for stopping by.

1 card for OWH.

Recipe:
Paper: Recollections - tan, kraft, orange and white; Provo Craft - Slab III: Unknown - Yellow
Dies: Spellbinders Borderabilities - Lattice Border, Spellbinder Nestabilities - Labels Three
Ink: Stampin' Up - Early Espresso
Pearls: Recollections - Brown and Cream
Ribbon: Celebrate It: Basic -Basic 5/8"
Stamps: Unity Kit of the Month December 2012 - {everyday fairytale}
Misc.: Adhesive, Cuttlebug, Tim Holtz Tool Die Pick

Congratulations - Die Cuts

Hi everyone, thanks for joining me from the Card A Day Blog. Today's card is a continuation of Die Cuts and I'm using a Spellbinders Shapabilites Pendant In Spades die.  There are actually four pieces to this die set but I am only using two - the large pendant and the square center.

I started off with a 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" black cardstock, scored at 2 1/4" and 4 1/2" on the 8 1/2" side.   I centered the die on the 2 1/4" score line and  ran through my Cuttlebug cutting only the inside half of my card.  I then ran the die through again so that I am embossing the whole die onto the card front. I used a ruler and X-acto knife to cut away the inside of the die cut along the scored line. I 

I cut my pattern paper to 1 7/8" x 5 3/8" and die cut it. I die cut and embossed a piece of the silver and white cardstock with the large pendant die. I die cut and embossed a piece of black and pattern paper with the square center die. 

Now it's time to assemble the card.  I glued the blue pattern paper to the front and the inside of the card. I used pop up dots behind the silver pendant. I added adhesive behind the white pendant and lined it up with the silver pendant and folded the card closed so that the pendants line up.   I then added the black square center to the front of the card and a few white pearls.  On the inside of the card I added the blue square center and the sentiment with pop up dots.  A few more pearls and my card is done. 

I haven't decided what stamp to use on the envelope so I have tuck a little bit of the blue pattern paper inside the flap to correspond with the card.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed today's card.  Don't forget to stop back to see what the rest of the Design Team has in store for you at the Card A Day Blog.

Recipe:
Paper: Cardstock - Recollection - white and black; Stampin' Up - Brushed Silver; Pattern Paper - DCWV - Slab III
Die: Spellbinders Shapabilities Pendants - In Spades
Punch: Stampin' Up - Word Window Punch
Stamp: Inkadinkado - Wedding
Ink: VersaMagic - Midnight Black
Misc: Cuttlebug, flat back pearls, ruler, x-acto knife, Quickutz - Quickstik, Tim Holtz Die Pick; adhesive, pop up dots