Easy Die Cutting Techniques

Hello there, my crafty friends! I am so glad you are back. I made this card for the Easy Die Cutting Techniques Course by Altenew Academy. Yana Smakula showcases many ideas and tips with all her fabulous card examples. This course shows how to get more use out of your dies and I found this course very helpful. I used a few of Yana’s techniques to make this card.

First, I placed the flower die cuts from the Garden Picks 3D Die Set on the Red Cosmos Gradient Cardstock Set and ran them through my Mini Blossom Die Cutting Machine. I followed the same process for the yellow flowers I die cut from the Summer Afternoon Gradient Cardstock Set and the leaves from the Green Meadows Gradient Cardstock Set. Then I assembled the pieces together using liquid glue.

Next, I die cut the word Love from the Script Words Die Set three times from a piece of black cardstock and stuck them together using liquid glue. I then used purple tape to mask half of the sentiment and inked the other half using VersaMark ink. After that, I sprinkled Antique Gold Crisp embossing powder on it, dusted off the excess and heat set it with my heat gun.

I also cut a piece of Black cardstock to 4 1/4 * 5 1/2 inches and ran the VersaMark ink pad around the edges, sprinkled Antique Gold Crisp embossing powder on it, dusted off the excess and heat set it with my heat gun.

After that, I cut a piece of Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock to 3 3/4 * 5 inches using my trimmer. Next, I created a stencil using the Circle Quilt Cover Die and a piece of Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock. I then placed this stencil on the card panel and inked it using Just Green and Hunter Green Crisp inks along with a blender brush. I inked the cardstock darker in the centre and faded the ink towards the edges.

For the sentiment, I used the Oriental Orchid Stamp Set and since I only wanted to stamp the word “you” I masked the word “Thank” using memo tape. Then I stamped the word “you” using Obsidian Pigment Ink. Next, I cleaned the stamp and lightly inked it using Antique Gold Pigment Ink to give it a little golden shine and match the background. After that, I splattered gold watercolour from the Metallic Watercolor 14 Pan Set using a round brush. Once the panel was dry, I assembled the card using on-point precision glue and stuck this card panel on to a card base.

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