Hello crafty friends, Tina here with
a sweet shaped card featuring the elegant Dotted Diamond dies which
are available in portrait (as
used today) and landscape. These amazing dies really give that subtle extra
embellishment to an otherwise plain panel! Love that!
To create this shaped card, I
started with a rectangle panel of Neenah Solar White cardstock which I ran
through the die cut machine using the Dotted Diamond Portrait die. Next I cut this panel with the
large acorn die from Nutty For You and inked it in a light brown color using Distress Oxides Antique linen and Walnut Stain. The separate top part
was made from a striped paper (Critter Country pad).
Next, I stamped and die cut the
sweet fox, pumpkins and leaves mixing and matching several sets (Fall Friends, Harvest Mice, Fall Kiddos and Beautiful Autumn). All the coloring was done with Copics, I went with
rich Fall colors trying to get some strong contrasts.
After arranging all my images onto
the acorn, I noticed there wasn’t much room left for a sentiment! However, I found the perfect little
message when I took out the Turkey Day set and stamped it onto the tiniest little tag from
my stash with Versafine Onyx Black ink.
Now let’s assemble the card,
starting by adhering the acorn to a card base. It’s easy to create a shaped
base, just fold your paper in half, use your shape die but only die cut
partially (leaving the top fold intact). After adding the colorful top of the
acorn, I glued all my elements in place. A little trick to help your card stand
up nicely is to straighten the bottom of the back of your card base so it’s a
flat line. I secured the tiny tag with a
string to the stem and that finishes this sweet card.
Can’t wait to see your
version of shaped cards! Thank you for visiting the blog and
happy crafting!
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