This is one of the cards I made for day one of the OCC Stretch Your Dies class. Today's focus was word dies.
The card base was created using the faux embossing technique. to make things easy on myself, I applied a strip of Stick it adhesive to a long enough piece of CS to cut the die several times. Then it was just a matter of peeling off the liner and attaching the die cuts to the card front.
I cut the word die and the flowers from colored craft foam. The butterfly is from a MS punch. If you look closely, you'll notice that my foam "smile" is smaller than the white die cuts behind it. We learned in class today that craft foam actually shrinks when you apply a heat tool. It's a little bit of an exacting process; the foam can go from shrinking to melting in a heartbeat. Ask me how I know...
All of my foam pieces were attached with Crafters Companion glue, and the sequins in the flower centers with Multi Medium. I think this is such a happy card, and it was really fun to put together!
As always, thanks for looking!
Date: Monday, March 16, 2015 GMT Views: 1383
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Accessories: Little Yellow Bicycle word die, ECD flower dies, MS butterfly punch, craft foam, PPP sequins, Wink of Stella clear brush pen, Stick it adhesive, Crafters Companion glue, Ranger Multi Medium matte
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Mon, Mar 16, 2015 @ 6:52 PM
Oh, Jody, what a HAPPY, CHEERFUL card - anyone would feel blessed to get this, and I know it would bring a big smile. Sounds like a fun technique - something I would like to try too - I think the faux embossing looks really terrific, especially when you repeat it all over the card front!! SUPER FUN CARD!!
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Mon, Mar 16, 2015 @ 7:07 PM
This will surely bring a smile.
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Mon, Mar 16, 2015 @ 7:32 PM
I love this card! Thanks for the tips with the heating tool. I appreciate that very much! Haven't done my card yet, but I hope to create something similar. Yours is beautiful. Love the colorful flowers and sentiment against the faux embossed background.