Tuesday T&T It's Still About Those Dies!

I was inspired by DT member Kittie Caracciolo's post HERE.  I didn't have the tree line die, so I improvised with Fancy Trees and this is what I did:

1. Cut 3 of the plain trees using Fancy Trees Die set and green cardstock.   Trimmed the stars at the top as shown.  Put each diecut through the paper crimper, 2 horizontally and 1 vertically.
2. Embossed a pieced of white Laid cardstock with dots.
3. Cut a piece of white laid cardstock 4.25"X5.5".  Mounted a 3.75"X5" green cardstock to the laid.  Cut the embossed dots cardstock to 3.5"X4.75" and mounted on top.
4. Tore 3 pieces of leftover Cover-A-Card Dots paper (it had been stamped with Versamark, Stamp and Bond added, embossed until clear, and then Deco glitter added and embossed again).  They were layered as shown.  Added a little bit of glitter to the 'snow' torn edges with a glue pen.
5. The trees were mounted using glue dots and 3D pop dots.
6. Pearl stickers were added with Glossy Accents and QuickStik (great for picking up little things you need to glue (learned this from Kittie too!).
7. Used one of the trimmed stars and a piece of cardstock from the die cutting to make the star shown and added a pearl in the center.
8. Made a bow with the bow-easy, mounted with a glue dot, and added a little peal pin.
9. Last I did the inside of the card and the envelope as shown below.  Two more diecuts.  One trimmed down for the envelope and with both stars left on top.  I used a glue pen and glitter below the trees.  The sentiment is Merry Bright Cheery.

How To Use Dies

With Their Coordinating Stamps

I had a question from one of our customers who asked how to use the our dies with their compatible stamps and so I asked our Design Team how they used them.  This is what Dina said, and rest of the team agreed with her:

This is what works for me:

1. Stamp the image.
2. Cut the die on a scrap piece of paper.  (Clear would work good too).
3. Lay the scrap piece of paper over the stamped image, aligning it so your stamped image is centered in the opening or negative cut. Tape the die cut paper in place on an outside edge or 2.
4. Position the die in the negative die cut, and tape it in place, then cut.

Thank you, Dina, for the great answer and tutorial as well!  That's it for today.  Thanks for stopping by to look and share.

 

 Shirley

 

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[Shirley D]

Beautiful card Shirley ! Love all the pearls and your gorgeous bow. Hope you are doing well. Shirley

[Katie B.]

Great card Shirley! I love the crimped trees and the pearls. Also love the glittery snow line. Thanks for sharing.

Katie B.

[Ellen]

From the beautiful bow to the crimped trees and snow lines~ Fantastic!!!

[Kittie Caracciolo]

I love your card, Shirley and your bow is gorgeous!

[Donna]

Shirley, what a great tutorial! Love the idea of using the crimper in different angles like that! Thanks for sharing!

[Patti J.]

Oh, so pretty.... the trees all decked out in pearls, with that beautiful star shining above make a beautiful winter scene! What a great idea to crimp your trees, and that bow is gorgeous! Great job :)