Masculine Thanks Card with Die-Versions Dies

Happy Monday everyone! It's my turn to post a card on Die-Version's blog and mine, and I am sharing this  masculine thank you card featuring some favorite Die-Version’s dies. I created the background by sprinkling three colors of Lindy’s Magicals powders from the Autumn set onto watercolor paper and spritzing it with water to release the lovely colors. I die cut Die-Versions Rope Background and applied Nuvo Black Ash Mousse for realistic rope like color. I attached that when dry to the card front. Then I die cut and attached Die-Versions Sweet Petites Father and Son silhouette and “Thanks”.

**Remember you can get a 15% discount on any of Die-Version’s great dies by simply using my discount code karen15 when you check out at the Die-Versions website.**

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land.

For the Girls Challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is: For the Girls! Create and link any card appropriate for a girl and you could win one of our great prizes.

We have two very generous sponsors for this challenge: All Dressed Up is giving their winner two digital stamps of their choosing! And the winner from Repeat Impressions receives a $15 gift certificate! TEAM S.A.S will also be choosing their favorite cards for our top three and the winners will receive a blog badge and an opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge.

I printed, colored and paper pieced the sweet digital stamp from All Dressed Up called "Cuddle". I framed her and created the circular card with the Trellis Circle Base Die set from Tonic Studios. 

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land. 

Brusho Rose Hello

I was playing with my Brushos and some dies and came up with this card recently. I deliberately aimed lighter colors in the center and darker on the edges of a piece of watercolor paper and then when it was dry, I stamped a rose from Penny Black. I framed the rose with a stitched die from Lawn Fawn and added a die cut Hello from Paper Smooches.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land and the Fabulous Florals challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wed. Challenge.

Masculine Congrats Card with Tonic Dies

I decided to make a wedding card for two men and cut the "s" off Tonic Studios Mr. and Mrs. heart die. One of the reasons I love Tonic Studios dies so much is that they are so very versatile. With this die, you can chose to cut the heart alone, or the Mr. and Mrs. without the heart edge (as I did here), or you can cut them together as on the heart on the right. I tried a technique I learned about in a class on line to make a tarnished silver look with embossing powders. I did not achieve the look like the instructor did, but I still like the result. I applied Versamark ink all over the heart that I die cut out of chipboard. I applied Nuvo silver embossing powder and heat set it. Then I added some thick clear embossing powder (from Ranger) and some black Nuvo embossing powder in spots (after applying another layer of Versamark in random areas) and melted the black and thick embossing powder to achieve the look you see. I also tried the embossing technique on the Mr. and Mrs. heart but on that one I did not use any black. I created a square top folding white cardstock card base and used a straight edge mask, my Clarity stencil brush and Weathered Wood Distress Ink to achieve the soft grey lined background. I die cut and attached Tonic's Congrats from the Miniature Moments sentiments line to complete the card.

I am entering this in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapy Land.

Best Wishes with Lindy's Magicals and Tonic's Butterfly Header Die

This colorful card is the last in my series of cards featuring Tonic Studio's Garden Terrace header dies and their Miniature Moments sentiment dies. My assignment for Scrap and Stamp Arts was to show different ways to use the same dies. Let's face it- die cuts can be expensive, so when you make the investment, it is good to know different ways to use the dies. This time I started with a beautiful background created with Lindy's Magicals watercolor powders from their Fall Collection. I chose Cat-tail Copper, Tibetan Poppy Teal and Autumn Maple Crimson and sprinkled them on a piece of watercolor paper. I spritzed with water to release the gorgeous colors and then let it dry. I die cut the butterfly header from Tonic's Garden Terrace Header set and deliberately left all the pieces in the butterflies at the top. I held them in place with small pieces of regular tape. I die cut the same die in the bottom of the card front letting the white of the card base show through the die cut holes. These dies all have a separate edge that can be used with the die (as on the top) or not used (as on the bottom) for two distinct looks. I added the Miniature Moments "Best Wishes" sentiment in the center of this colorful CAS card. Links to the Tonic header and sentiment dies I have used in this series of 5 cards can be found by scrolling down on my blog to the other cards I created in this series.

Another card with Tonic Header and Sentiment Dies

Today I am sharing another card I made with Tonic Studios Garden Terrace header dies for an article I am preparing for Scrap and Stamp Arts on different ways to use our dies. This time I cut a solid background for the header die and also cut apart the butterflies from the header die to use on my card. The butterfly header from the Garden Terrace set is just lovely and I die cut it out of the top of a red square card base. I also cut the outline only of the butterflies out of Tonic's gold mirror card and attached it behind the red butterflies. I die cut one of Tonic's circle dies out of the front of the card base and attached acetate behind the circular hole. I die cut the butterfly header die in Tonic's gold mirror card and then cut the pieces apart for accents on the front and in the inside of the card. I also die cut the beautiful butterfly Sew Pretty Corner die and attached that to the front of the card. On the inside of the card I attached a couple more gold butterflies and the gorgeous Miniature Moments "Send With Love". Links to both of these sets and more ideas on how to use these dies can be found if you scroll down here on my blog for the last three day's blog posts. 

Here are a couple more pictures showing my card from the side with the acetate opening: 

Heartfelt Sympathy Garden Terrace Header Card

Don't see a header die in this card? I used the third die in the Garden Terrace Header set from Tonic Studios  to make a stencil and brushed Fossilized Amber Distress Ink with my Clarity Stencil Brushes for the soft color in the background of this card. You can make a stencil out of most any die either out of acetate if you want  to use it many times, or out of thick cardstock for just a few cards.  I love the new line of sentiment dies from Tonic Studios called Miniature Moments! All of them are small enough to use on an A2 card and have a gorgeous mix of fonts and sizes. I used Tonic Studio's Heartfelt Sympathy die cut in brown cardstock for the focus of this CAS card. I added some Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops and layered the front piece on a dark brown A2 card base.