Create an Ornament from a Coverplate Die Cut

Hello! Welcome back to my blog! For today's project, I am extending the use of a cover plate die by doing a bit of surgery on the die cut. I am using the Christmas Tree Coverplate die from Kat Scrappiness which die cuts a panel that you can use on the front of a card. The focal image of this die is the Christmas tree on the center. After I die cut this on a green patterned paper, I cut off the tree from the panel to create a shaped die cut.

I die cut 6 pieces using the cover plate die on a green marbled patterned paper. Using a pointed edge scissors, I cut off the tree from each cover plate die cut. The fussy cutting might not come out perfect but once the ornament is made, these imperfections are hardly noticeable. I carefully folded the tree in half, lining up the sides. Starting the fold on the trunk makes the guess work easy of where to fold the tree.

I traced the outer edge of the tree on gold shimmer vellum until I came up with 6 pieces of trees. I fussy cut these trees using the outline as guide. It will still end up bigger than the tree die cut which is alright. It will be trimmed off later.

I adhered the vellum to the back of the tree die cuts, lining it up carefully. I placed something heavy over it while the liquid glue dries up. As I mentioned earlier, there are areas where there is an overhang of vellum. I carefully cut this off, following the outline of the tree die cut.

I carefully folded the trees using the previous fold marks as guide. I applied dots of liquid glue to the back, on the vellum side, making sure I placed them on areas where it gets hidden by the die cut. I adhered the half folded tree to the another half folded tree, making sure the edges are aligned. 

Once I adhered 3 half folded trees, I added a twine in the center of the folded trees which extends up to the top of the tree. I continued adhering the half folded trees until all 6 trees are adhered together, and the twine is in the center of the trees. 

I added red sequins and baubles to the tree for decoration. I also added red Stickles to the center of the sequins. 

One of the circles on the tree die cut got folded in half since it is located at the bottom center of the tree. A sequin and bauble will not work because of the fold. I can't just leave it green colored too. I could have snipped this off but too late for that now. To cover this part, I die cut a red glitter cardstock with a sequin die. I folded the sequin die cut in half and adhered it to that part of the tree. 

Another variation you can create out this die cut is to create it as a table decor. As you can see on the photo above, the tree can stand by itself.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope this project inspires you to give your dies a second look and see if you can create something else other than what it is intended for. 

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I added below a link to the Kat Scrappiness product I used on this card. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase this product. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products especially the exclusive Kat Scrappiness products. Not to forget, Kat Scrappiness has an ongoing sale on all Christmas products including the die that I used on this project. 

 

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Foiled Digital Image Shaker Snow Globe Ornament

  

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. We have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. This month's challenge themes are Christmas +/or Movement. We have two sponsors for this challenge. My project features one of these sponsors and is linked below. 

I love snow globes which attracted me to this image. I printed the image twice on white smooth cardstock using a toner ink. I die cut the snow globe circle frame using two nesting circle dies, leaving a white border.   

I foiled the snow globe circle frame with a Minc Silver foil using the Minc Machine. I foiled the sentiment using a Minc light green foil. I foiled the star with a Gina K. Designs for Therm O Web Fancy Foils Glimmering Gold foil. I fussy cut the sentiment leaving a white border around it.

Using the larger circle die that I used to die cut the snow globe frame, I die cut a circle on black cardstock. I die cut stitching holes to this black circle die cut using a Crafty Meraki Stich-a-Cross slimline die. I cross stitched the background using a metallic rainbow DMC floss.

I die cut another circle on white cardstock. I die cut a tag tab on white cardstock. I adhered the tag tab to the back of the circle stitched panel. I adhered the white circle cardstock to the back of the stitched panel. I adhered the sentiment to the stitched panel with foam adhesive.

I die cut a smaller sized circle on acetate. I adhered this to the back of the foiled frame using a double-sided adhesive tape. I added a thin strip of foam tape to create a well for the shaker element. I poured the shaker on the stitched panel. I added liquid glue to the foam adhesive for a stronger seal. I adhered this to the stitched panel.

For the base of the snow globe, I foiled this as well using the same silver foil. I colored this with a metallic silver Karin marker. I adhered this to the shaker snow globe.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you join us in this month's challenge. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Non-Traditional Layered Christmas Tree Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. For today's card, I am using the Hero Arts Christmas Color Layering Stamp set. I am using non-traditional Christmas tree colors. I stamped the Christmas tree layers using colors from the same color family. I used a Misti Stamping Tool so I can re-stamp the image, if needed. 

I created a mask to be able to create a scene of trees, with some appearing to be at the back of another tree.  Fussy cutting the tree mask seems challenging but the mask need not to be perfect. 

Depending on the mask you are using, sometimes it is difficult to ink the area between the image and the mask. I used a Tsukineko Fantastix blending tool to apply ink to those missed spots. 

I embossed the last Christmas tree layer, adding Wow! White Puff embossing powder. With the use of the Misti Stamping Tool, I re-stamped the last layer on the same spot with Versamark ink. I added Judikins Iridescent Sparkle embossing powder, and heat embossed it. The White Puff adds dimension while the Iridescent Sparkle adds shimmer. 

I stamped the tree trunk with brown dye ink.

I stamped the sentiments on the tree using Versafine Onyx Black ink. I poured black embossing powder to the stamped sentiments, and heat set it. I used the Misti Stamping Tool on this step, too. Because of the textured snow, it took several re-stamping before I got a crisp impression of the sentiment.

I blended a light blue ink on the panel. I stamped snow flurries to the background using the same light blue ink for a subtle background. 

I trimmed an 8th of an inch on the long and short sides. I adhered this to a blue colored cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", then adhered it to a top folding A2 notecard.

I added star sequins to the top of the trees. I drew a snow slope using a Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Monochromatic Stitched Foiled Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today is my first post as I continue my journey in AECP Level 2. I cannot wait to learn more to better my craft. I am so thankful to Erum, our AECP coach, for the continued support. 

Foiling is on trend right now. There are several crafting tools to do foiling but for today's card, I foiled without the use of heat. Although, there is still some heat used on this card but not directly to transfer the foil. You'll find out what I mean later on.

I trimmed a peach cardstock at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I prepped the cardstock with anti-static powder. I stamped the butterfly images on this panel repeatedly using a sticky ink. I used the Misti Stamping Tool in stamping the butterflies so I can re-stamp the images just in case the impression was not good. I poured Ranger Sticky embossing powder on the sticky ink, then heat set it being careful not to over melt the sticky powder. The butterfly stamps are from the Altenew Hibiscus Stamp set. 

I covered the melted powder with Wow! Snow White Fab Foil. I burnished the foil to the sticky image using a bone folder. I am not always successful with this foiling technique. Most of the time, I have areas where the foil did not adhere. I sometimes leave it as is but if you are still aiming for a perfect foiled image using this technique, reposition the foil back on the sticky image. Briefly heat the back of the panel to activate the glue and burnish the foil to the image. This is when you start using heat for foiling. Sometimes this trick works. Sometimes it does not. Still the effect is gorgeous!

I added stitching holes to the panel using one of the Altenew String Art Rectangles Dies. I created a window using a rectangle die smaller than the String Rectangle die I used. You can also use a craft knife to create the window. 

I added a blanket stitch on the inner frame outlining it. I blended a peach ink on the left-over rectangle panel. I buffed the ink off the foiled images.

For the sentiment, I am using a die from the Altenew Hello and Hugs Die Set. I die cut the word hugs on peach cardstock three times. On one of the sentiment die cuts, I pounced the sticky ink on the bottom half of the word. I poured sticky ink to this, then heat set it. I covered the area with the same white foil then burnish it. 

For the top half of the sentiment, I pounced the sticky ink on it again. This time, I poured Altenew Golden Peach Crisp embossing powder. I heat set this.

I adhered the other two sentiment die cuts to the back of the embossed/foiled sentiment for added dimension. 

I adhered the inner panel to a peach cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I used the frame to guide me in its placement. 

I added foam adhesive to the back of the stitched frame. I adhered this to the peach cardstock panel making sure that the frame is aligned with the rectangle die cut panel. 

I adhered the stacked sentiment die cut. 

I added sequins to the panel and some dimensional glue to cover the center holes of the sequins.

Thank you for viewing my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

6/2024: Altenew decided to change its affiliate program starting this month. Below is my affiliate link to the website. I don't think I can directly link the products I used with this new program. Please feel free to do a product search. I will update as I figure this out. The good thing about this new affiliate program is that I get to earn on each Altenew product you purchase and not only on the product/s I used on this project. As before, there will be no additional cost to you if you make a purchase. It is just a way to help a fellow crafter sustain her love for crafting. While in the Altenew blog, don't forget to check out their new release for this month. Thank you for your support!

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Maria Giselle B.

 

Reverse Foiling

 

Hello! Thank you for visiting my blog. This is part 2 of my created card for this month's challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. We are halfway through the month of November. Wow! It seems like November is passing by quickly. 

Anyway, if you don't recognize the image I used for the focal point of this card, it is the same image I foiled on my first card for the challenge, Foiled Digital Image. After I foiled the image on the first card, I kept the left-over foiling. I didn't want to put the foil into waste. I trimmed a Deco-foil toner sheet large enough to fit the reverse foiled mug. I ran this through the Minc Machine. I fussy cut the reverse foiled mug. I set this aside to work on the rest of the card. 

For the panel, I trimmed strips of patterned paper from scraps of My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pad. After I arranged these strips on the order I want it, I adhered this to a scrap 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" light weight cardstock. 

I die cut a frame using the Avery Elle Pierced Mat Elle-ments. After I die cut the shape, I used my craft knife to cut off the center of the shape, leaving a thin, open frame. 

I adhered this frame to the striped panel. I adhered the foiled mug with foam adhesive. I tucked a foiled Minc sentiment ephemera to complete the panel.

Thank you for visiting my blog. You still have a couple more days to join the challenge. 

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Stitching Behind a Coverplate Die

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. For today's card, I am featuring a Christmas coverdie from Kat Scrappiness. I did some stitching which shows through the open spaces of the coverdie. 

To create the card, I die cut the coverdie on a heavy weight cardstock. I die cut a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" 80 lb. white cardstock using a slim card stitching die from Crafty Meraki. I temporarily adhered the coverdie die cut to the stitching die cut with washi tape, creating a hinge on the right side of the die cut. In this way, I will be able to know the areas where I will be stitching a certain color of the embroidery floss. 

Once I filled up the spaces with cross stitches, I adhered the coverdie to the stitched panel with liquid glue. I die cut another piece of the tree coverdie and stacked it over the coverdie from some dimension. I trimmed the excess on the sides. I placed something heavy over this panels for better adhesion between the layers while the glue is drying.

I matted this stitched panel with a red cardstock. I adhered this to a dark green side folding note card. 

I embellished the panel with star gems, pearls and snowflake sequins. 

I love the final outcome of this project since it combines two of my favorites, cardmaking and stitching. I feel like I can re-create this card again using a different color combination of embroidery floss. To make things easier for me next time, I created the stitching pattern into a pdf (Kat Scrappiness Christmas Tree Stitching Pattern).

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

I added below a link to the Kat Scrappiness product I used on this card. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase this product. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products especially the exclusive Kat Scrappiness products. 

Maria Giselle B.

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Sketch Inspired Fall Colors Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I created this card to join the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge. It is so nice to be back in the swing of things. It has been a while since I last participated in a challenge due to my busy schedule. I am so glad that finally my schedule can accommodate this again. You have no clue how much I miss this part of my crafting.

I am using a new product in my stash, the My Favorite Things Birch Tree Die-namics. It is new to my stash, but MFT retired this set. There are different birch tree dies available in the market.

I am using the Echo Park Fall Fever 6x6 paper pad. I trimmed a red plaid paper to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2'. I die cut a window on this panel using the MFT LJD Rectangle Peek-a-Boo Window Die-namics. I did partial die cutting technique to extend the length of the window. 

I trimmed a blue patterned paper slightly larger than the panel window. I blended blue ink on the topmost area. I traced the white plus design on the patterned paper with a clear sparkle pen and a white gel pen. 

I die cut the birch trees on a browned patterned paper from the paper pad. I adhered these die cuts to a cream cardstock to highlight the markings of the birch tree. I fussy cut the excess. I adhered the birch trees to the back of window. I adhered the blue patterned paper on the back of the birch trees for a blue sky look.

I stamped two images from the MFT Snuggle Bunnies on Neenah Solar White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the images using Copic markers. I fussy cut the images leaving a white border around it.

For the sentiment, I stamped this on a yellow patterned paper from the pad using Versamark ink. The sentiment is from the retired MFT Mason Jar Labels stamp set. I poured white embossing powder to the sticky ink, then heat embossed it. I die cut the sentiment using a die from the coordinating MFT Mason Jar die set. I adhered this and the fussy cut critters to the bottom of the window. 

To re-create the small elements of the sketch, I die cut the leaves from the MFT Birch Tree Die-namics on a multi-colored plaid patterned paper. I adhered four of the leaves in a cluster to create flowers. I adhered the excess on the birch trees. 

I added brown clear sequins for the center of the flowers. I added a dot of copper Nuvo Glitter Drop to the center of the sequins. I set this aside to dry. 

Once the glue has dried, I added shimmer to the flowers using Cleark Wink of Stella.

I added details to the bunny's shirt with white gel pen. I also added details to the critters' eyes and noses using a black Sakura Glaze pen. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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