Do you own a set of basic shaped steel dies?
Let me guess - you use them only for die cutting openings on your cards.
Would you like to make an awesome card and extend use of your basic shaped dies?
Hello Everyone!
Let me guess - you use them only for die cutting openings on your cards.
Would you like to make an awesome card and extend use of your basic shaped dies?
Today a new challenge starts at Create a Smile and we are challenging you to make shaped cards.
I am not different from majority of the card makers. I own several sets of basic shape cutting dies - circle, hexagon, heart and star shaped, however I use them in one straightforward way.
To make my today's card I used a wonderful stamps set Superpowers by Create A Smile and a set of Nested Circle Dies by Simon Says Stamps.
This card was inspired by a traditional design of a merry-go-round - a round tent with a striped roof and cheerful horses.
Shaped cards is a great use of your basic shapes cutting dies. Most of the card makers own sets of basic shapes, however we often use them only for cutting openings on our card panels and forget to make shaped cards.
To make my today's card I used a wonderful stamps set Superpowers by Create A Smile and a set of Nested Circle Dies by Simon Says Stamps.
This card was inspired by a traditional design of a merry-go-round - a round tent with a striped roof and cheerful horses.
Shaped cards is a great use of your basic shapes cutting dies. Most of the card makers own sets of basic shapes, however we often use them only for cutting openings on our card panels and forget to make shaped cards.
Steps To Make This Card:
- Start with trimming a white card stock panel down to a square with a side 4 3/4".
- Using a die trace a circle with a pencil to know the borders of the card
- Place the square panel into MISTI Tool corner and position the unicorn image within the traced border.
- Ink the stamp with alcohol marker friendly black ink and stamp down the image onto the panel.
- Rotate the panel within the MISTI by 90 degrees and stamp again. Keep rotating the panel until you stamp four images.
- Stamp the image down to the mask paper twice and fussy cut them out.
- Place both masks over two unicorn impressions, mask of a sector of the square with a scratch paper and softly blend in Tumbled Glass Distress ink.
- Replace masks and distress the other sector. Continue until you make four light blue sectors.
- Repeat these steps to blend Candied Apple Distress ink onto every second sector.
- To add stars use Wave of Stars Stencil by Create a Smile and Aged Mahogany Distress ink.
- Remove all the masks. If there are white borders around the masked impressions, cover these areas with a sharp Polychromos pencil.
- Colour the impressions with Copic Sketch markers.
- To have a perfect round card die cut a circle using Nested Circles Die from a piece of a white card stock and the other from the decorated square panel.
- With a help of a Scorring Board score a blank circle at 1/4", fold it at the scored line and make a small flap.
- Place a stripe of a high tack tape above the scored line on the blank circle and attach the decorated circle to it.
- To finish off the card heat emboss the sentiment from the Vinyl Greetings set in fine powder, cut it into two stripes and pop them up with a super thick foam tape.
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I am sharing this card also to the following challenges:
Crafting by Designs - Encouragement
Double D Challenges - Let's Pop A Wheelie
The Male Room Challenge - #94 Geometric
2 Crafty Critter Crazies #18
I hope you enjoyed this card and found my tips for making a shaped card helpful. May you have any questions, ask me in comments below. I will be glad to answer.
Thank you for stopping by! I hope to see your cards in our gallery soon. Have a great day!
Crafting by Designs - Encouragement
Double D Challenges - Let's Pop A Wheelie
I hope you enjoyed this card and found my tips for making a shaped card helpful. May you have any questions, ask me in comments below. I will be glad to answer.
Thank you for stopping by! I hope to see your cards in our gallery soon. Have a great day!
Very cute round card! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Let’s Pop a WHEELie’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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VERY creative, cute, and fun!! Thanks for that wonderful tutorial too! Love your card so much and so glad you joined us at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies!
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You made such a beautiful geometrics card :-))
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing with us at The Male Room and I hope to see you again next time, too.
What a fun card and it certainly makes me happy - such lovely bright colours and so cheerful.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing with us at The Male Room.
Linby x
DT
This is such a fun card! Really gorgeous and I love the bright colours. Thank you for joining us at The Male Room - Charlotte/Lady Joyful, DT
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