Your Next Stamp: Stretching Your Slim Line Dies
/I have loved making slim line cards for many years and it is so exciting now that there are so many new, neat options for creating so much more than a basic slim line card. I decided to see what different ways I could create a card with the Slim Stripe Panel Die from Your Next Stamp (YNS) with just the die and sentiment die - Bold Happy Word Set. What I created was really only scratching the surface of options. Thinking perhaps in the future I might try using it as a stencil with glitter paste or simply using the die cut colour stripes without the frame. Or I wander if I could partially die cut it for a shorter card. Hmmm so many options, not enough crafty time : )
Now what inspired this card and colour combination. I wouldn’t say this is my usual go to colour scheme, however I really loved the colour combination on some tissue paper I was using. Thought it was interesting that even thou the colours did repeat on the tissue paper, they didn’t necessarily follow a pattern. For these cards I used colour card stocks that were similar as the inspirational tissue paper.
Get the Look:
Die cut a slim line card base of 7" x 8 1/2” rectangle out of black card stock, fold to 3 1/2” x 8 1/2”.
Using the Slim Stripe Panel Die, die cut out of white card stock to get the complete frame and stripe pieces. (Put white card stock stripes aside for another project).
Pick out multiple colour card stocks. Cut the card stock so they are about half the length of the Slim Stripe Panel Die. Run 2 colours of card stock through the die cutting machine at a time. This should give you plenty of stripes to play with.
Adhere the frame to the card base. Inlay the colour stripes into the slim line stripe panel.
Die cut the Happy sentiment. Use a black glitter embossing powder on the letters.
Die cut the Happy letters 2 more times and glue together to create some depth to the sentiment.
Centre left to right and adhere Happy sentiment.
Die cut a black strip and then die cut Birthday sentiment out of it. Also cut birthday out of pink card stock.
Adhere the black strip with the negative part of birthday die. Inlay the pink card stock.
Get the Look:
Die cut a slim line card base of 7" x 8 1/2” rectangle out of white card stock, fold to 3 1/2” x 8 1/2”.
Using the Slim Stripe Panel Die, die cut out of chocolate card stock to get the complete frame and stripe pieces. (Put chocolate card stock stripes aside for another project).
Pick out multiple colour card stocks. Cut the card stock so they are about half the length of the Slim Stripe Panel Die. Run 2 colours of card stock through the die cutting machine at a time. This should give you plenty of stripes to play with.
Adhere the frame to the card base.
Inlay the colour stripes into the slim line stripe panel.
Die cut the smaller Happy sentiment out of iridescent, pink and glitter card stock.
Die cut the smaller Happy letters 6 more times and glue together to create some depth to the 3 sentiments.
Layout and glue sentiment along the base of the card.
Get the Look:
Die cut a slim line card base of 7" x 8 1/2” rectangle out of chocolate card stock, fold to 3 1/2” x 8 1/2”.
Using the Slim Stripe Panel Die, die cut out of chocolate card stock to get the complete frame and stripe pieces. (Put most of the chocolate card stock stripes aside for another project, but save a couple to be used in the frame.
Pick out multiple colour card stocks. Cut the card stock so they are about half the length of the Slim Stripe Panel Die. Run 2 colours of card stock through the die cutting machine at a time. This should give you plenty of stripes to play with.
Take scissors and cut out the cross stripes along the length of the frame. Now you truly only have a frame. Adhere the frame to the card base.
Lay the the colour stripes into the slim line stripe panel. They magically fit perfectly.
Die cut the Happy sentiment out of iridescent card stock. Die cut the Happy letters 2 more times and glue together to create some depth to the sentiment.
Centre left to right and adhere Happy sentiment.
Die cut Birthday sentiment out of black card stock. Space evenly to be in line with the Happy sentiment and adhere birthday sentiment.
Supplies:
Your Next Stamp - Slim Stripe Panel Die
Your Next Stamp - Bold Happy Word Set
