Hi, hello! I was a guest designer for Spellbinders last week and wanted to share with you here, what I made for those posts. I got to work with the Shapeabilities Exquisite Splendor Dies Collection by Marisa Job and today’s cards showcase the Flower Box Card Etched Dies Set in particular.
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Something these cards demonstrates, is that inspiration is everywhere! In November I attended the Houston International Quilt Festival. I don’t know if someone told me this, or if I’m making it up, but I believe it’s the largest quilt show in the world. Definitely in the USA. So you know I was soaking up inspiration for 2 days straight! I’m not, and will never be a real quilter, but I love quilts and fabric and art. And PAPER. So it should come as no surprise that some of the inspiration spilled out in card form!
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I wanted very basic but strong designs, so I die cut lots of little flower shapes from the Flower Box Card Etched Dies set, from a variety of colored card stocks that combined nicely, as well as white. Mostly greens and blues with a touch of orange. Modern, yet classic.
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I also cut many small squares of white, green, blue and orange, using a small square die from the Tulip Flower Box Etched Dies set. Then I cut them all in half and reassembled them in a color-blocking design. For this first card, I wanted to leave no doubt that this is a quilt-inspired design, so I used a Copic Multi-Liner pen to draw on stitch lines. I mounted the assembled pieces onto a yellow card stock mat, to match the flower centers, and adhered that to a patterned paper card panel. The patterned paper card panel had already been run through the die cutting machine to die cut the sentiment, and I inlaid the white card stock letters into the openings in the patterned paper.
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I made another, more CAS version of the first card, with a slightly different patchwork pattern. This card eschews mats and stitch lines and repeats the quilt pattern colors with the sentiment letters.
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A single strand of butcher’s twine completes this card.
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Up next is a card that repeats some of the elements of the first, minus the stitching. (I had extra blue and green die cuts and I loved this color combo, thus…).
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The Flower Box Card Etched Dies set includes the word dies for LOVE, THANK and YOU, which, when you combine them can also spell HELLO. I combined that with a “friend” stamp from Technique Tuesday and Ali Edwards, stamped in Altenew Starlight blue ink.
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The last card was a dandy way to listen to a couple of podcast episodes from start to finish! Which is to say, it took more time that the first three combined! But WAY less time than if I were creating this with a sewing machine and fabric, so there’s that!
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I cut many strips of assorted patterned papers from my stash drawer (all eyeballed, no measuring) and adhered them to an A2 sized card panel on a diagonal line. I didn’t worry about glueing them down at a perfect 90 degrees because I knew I could lay the die down in a way that ensured it.
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I die cut 12 squares of paper, (re-adhereing the corner bits that needed additional glue) and arranged them in a pleasing pattern. Then I trimmed the edge squares to fit on a card panel with a 1/16″ gap between each block and glued them down.
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Next, I die cut more flowers and flower edge layers, including yellow circles for the centers and added them to the quilt block intersections. I stamped a sentiment from Endless Creations with embossing ink onto black card stock and heated with white embossing powder. At that point I deemed it finished! It’s busy enough with the mix of patterned papers that any more embellishments would be lost.
I have another Spellbinders Guest Design post coming in a couple of days so I hope you’ll check back to see that one too. Better yet, subscribe to this blog so you don’t miss a single post!
Have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!