The Thoughtful Expressions Bundle has the most wonderful set of dies! The stamp set is lovely, but if it wasn't your style, you might overlook the dies and in my opinion, that would be a mistake! The dies have shapes for the stamped images, but also, two sets of layering shapes and some additional leaves and flowers. The roundish shape has six sizes to layer and the label has four which makes this a wonderfully versatile die set.
We will be making a book binding style card in the video - I really love this layout because it's a square card within a rectangular card! Additionally, I will show you how to lengthen your label die. This technique of partial die cutting is very useful and will allow you to get way more usage of your dies since you can both lengthen or shorten the resulting piece of die cut paper.
- Cardstock: Shaded Spruce 4-1/4" x 11", scrap; Basic White (2) 4" x 4", 1" x 4", 1-3/8" x 3-3/4", scrap, Sunny Days DSP 4" x 4", 3/8" x 4"
- Stamp Bundle: Thoughtful Expressions
- Ink: Shaded Spruce
- Other: Festive Pearls
- Adhesive and Tools
Begin by scoring the card base at 5-1/2" and 4-1/4". Fold the card in half and then fold the front back and give the score lines a good crease with your bone folder. You can glue the left side together since we aren't adding any ribbon. Add the small strip of DSP to the center of the 1" x 4" white rectangle and adhere that to the left side. Add the white square to the front flap.
To make our label, take the smallest label shape and place it on end of the remaining white rectangle. Place this on the cutting plate but do not cover the entire die with the top plate - stop the plate just short of the curved end. Run this through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine. The result will be a partially die cut label.
Next position the die so that the resulting shape will be lengthened. Because of the impressions around the edges of the label, the die will "lock" into place. This time place the plate over the other end of the die (leaving the rounded part that is over the middle of the label) uncovered and cut again. It is helpful to use a sticky note to hold the die in place while cutting.
The final result is a long label! While cutting, also cut the largest roundish shape from the center of the DSP and the leaves and flowers from the scraps.
Stamp the sentiment on the right side of the label. On the other white square, stamp the flowers in the lower left corner and the sentiment next to it. Also stamp the flowers on the envelope corner. Now we can finish assembling the card. I cut off the largest leaf from the one grouping of leaves and added them to the left side of the label. After adding some dimension by curling the flowers with my fingers, I added then to the leaves and finished them with the Festive Pearls. The DSP shape gets added to the front of the card and the label is popped up on top.
Many of my examples were cards I displayed at my Open House and as such, feature many of the papers and other items that you can get for FREE during Sale-a-Bration. SAB lasts until the end of February, so hurry to get these (and so many more) now! These first two are using the label (smallest and largest). I love both of the because they are simple and quick to make, but look fancy due to the label. I used the Softly Sophisticated bundle on the left and the Meandering Meadows DSP as a backdrop for the flower and sentiment from the Thoughtful Expressions Bundle.
My next card highlights the adorable birds from the Flight & Airy DSP and uses a larger die to mat the DSP. Lastly, I used just the whimsical flower die to make this sharp black card. The sentiment if from Softly Said, one of our on-line exclusive products.
If you haven't noticed these dies, the bundle is found on pages 60-62 of the Jan-April Mini catalog and is part of the Poetic Expressions suite. I know you will love having these dies!!
Karen
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