Good morning Crafty Friends!
I am pleased to share yet another project from my creative journey with the AECP, Easy Die Cutting Techniques course. Yana demonstrates a variety of exciting techniques for creating cards by using die cutting.
In the first lesson, Yana suggested using vellum instead of cardstock and her card was so beautiful that I took her advice and pulled out some vellum. The images were stamped on vellum with Versamark ink and then heat embossed with white embossing powder. In order to avoid burning or warping the vellum, keep your heat tool moving constantly. I used Altenew Fresh Dye Inks to add some color to the back of the images with Crimson, Caramel Toffee, and Indigo Skies. I used the coordinating dies to cut the images out.
For my next step, I decided to use the In-Laid Die Cutting Technique, which involves using a die to cut out an imageand then filling in the negative space, with something else. I took out a panel of blue cardstock and cut the smaller floral images from this set. I then adhered it directly to the card base with glue. I then filled in the negative space with the vellum images that I had already cut out in the previous steps. This fun technique gives this card a whole new look as opposed to simply mounting images with foam strips.
Since I used vellum, the smaller floral images were visible behind the larger ones. To fix this issue, I cut two of the larger floral images from white cardstock and adhered them with clear glue dots to the vellum floral. I then used foam strips and adhered them to the panel.
Altenew Fresh Dye Inks, Crimson, and Caramel Toffee were blended on a panel and cut out using Altenew Versatile Greetings. The shadow was cut out of white cardstock, glued together, and then adhered to the panel with foam strips. I splattered Zig White Opaque Ink to the panel and silver sequins to complete the card.
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