Hello! Welcome back to my blog. For today's post, I created three cards. I used one die in all of the three cards to show some different ways to use this die. Just a way of stretching out the use of this product. There is a giveaway! Instructions for the giveaway is at the end of this post.
I used Hero Arts products for my cards. The die I used is the HA Spring Floral Cover Plate. This die is a bit short of being a full cover die. The best way to use it is to cut the cardstock first at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" before die cutting with this die. In this way, you can center the die on the cardstock panel leaving you with a full floral background die cut with a frame.
I also recommend adding a metal shim when die cutting with this die. The metal shim adds more pressure which makes cutting with this intricate die cut a success.
In the first two cards, I used all the die cut pieces. Nothing put to waste, a two-for-one card. I die cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock with the floral cover plate die. I ran the die with the cutting side down. Instead of removing the top plate after die cutting, I flipped the cutting sandwich and removed the plate where the cut was made to preserve the placement of the die cuts. Luckily, most of the die cuts remained in place.
I applied a shelf adhesive liner to the back side of the die cut so I can pick up the whole background panel including the negative die cuts. If a piece falls off, I simply put this piece back, just like doing a puzzle.
I blended Lisa Horton Interference inks on the front side of the die cut background panel. I applied another shelf adhesive liner to this blended front side of the panel making both sides of the panel have an adhesive liner. I burnished the adhesive liner on the front side with a wide scraper before flipping the panel. I carefully removed the adhesive liner from the back of the panel. I used a wide scraper to stop any of the pieces from lifting off the front adhesive liner.
Once I removed the back adhesive liner, I applied dots of glue to the negative die cuts of the panel. Very tedious but the effort is truly worth it which you will see later. While keeping the blended side of the panel down, I adhered a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock to it. Since the die cut panel is also cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", this was easy to align. I set this aside putting something heavy on top of it while the glue dries.
I carefully lifted the floral outline die cut from the panel. If any of the negative die cuts moved, I applied glue and repositioned it back to the panel.
I adhered this background die cut on a light gray textured cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".
Now, I have a two for one card.
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The above card is how the die is intended to be used. I created a thin rectangular frame to cover the ink blended frame. I kept the background simple to keep the focus on the intricate die cut. The sentiment stamps I used on all three cards are from a HA My Monthly Hero April 2021 Card Kit. I masked a line of the sentiment to create a dual colored two lined sentiment.
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This is the negative die cut version of the card. It has an embossed look. It also has a look of embossing paste on stencil which makes all the effort worth it. To add details to this panel, I stamped the HA Novel Prose Bold Prints Cling Stamp on this panel using a second generation gray ink. Since the negative cuts are raised, I only stamped on the raised pieces leaving the outline plain.
I die cut rectangle frame on a white cardstock using dies from the HA Nesting Rectangle Infinity dies.
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For the last card using the same floral cover die, I die cut strips of cardstock following the same colors I used on the other two cards. I die cut the strips in different widths for variation. I adhered the strips to a typing paper cut at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I created this card into a landscape card to give it a different look from the other two cards.
I adhered thin strips of double adhesive tape to the striped panel. After I removed the release panel, I poured glitter to the adhesive. I burnished the glitter to the tape with my finger.
I stamped the same cling stamp to the floral die cut panel using second generation stamping with a pink dye ink.
I adhered the floral die cut to the striped panel. I made the three lined sentiment into multi-colored sentiment strips with rounded corners.
I adhered white gems to the flowers with a hole on the center.
I hope you like today's cards. I am sure there are other ways to use this floral cover die. I encourage you to create a card with a background die cut using any of the above techniques or better yet, use your own technique.
And for fun, I have a GIVEAWAY. You just need to leave in the comment section which card is your favorite. The card's number is on the left of the card. I will randomly pick a lucky commenter on June 30, Monday ~4pm CST. The winner will be announced on a separate blog post so please come back and see if you won. The winner has two giveaway options to choose from. Option 1: a $50 gift certicate to Checkered Cottage. This is a good deal if you live locally at St. Louis. Option 2: a $50 gift certicate to Simon Says Stamp.
The prize should be claimed a week after announcement on July 7 by 4pm CST. If not claimed, another random winner will be chosen from the comments on this blog made before and/or on June 30, Monday, 4pm. The second winner will be allowed to claim the prize until the next Monday, July 14, at 4pm.
Disclaimer: This giveaway is not being sponsored by Checkered Cottage and/or Simon Says Stamp. It is just my way of giving back to the crafting industry.
Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Maria Giselle B.
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