Today I needed to make a birthday card and wanted to try a pretty technique Anita Izendoorn did on a few cards I saw on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Facebook page using one of the A Way With Words dies by Quietfire. Elizabeth Craft Designs has 12 different Quietfire sentiment dies you can choose from, to do this technique.
The Happy Birthday was die cut four times, using the Elizabeth Craft Designs Soft Finish 100lb Cardstock. If you use the Elizabeth Craft Designs Clear Double Sided Adhesive, it is very easy to layer the die cuts on top of each other to create a "stack", otherwise, you can glue the sentiments together. Layering the sentiment gives a lot of dimension to the die cut. I love how this turned out.
This is a 6"x6" card. Using a smaller piece of card stock (5 3/4"), I used a Tim Holtz die for the open die cut at the top of the card. This piece was cut off a quarter inch below the bottom of the die cut design. The rest of the strip was cut 1 1/2 " deep for the bottom. A piece of pearlized card stock was cut 5 3/4" and the two pieces were glued to it. I had planned to attach these pieces over the pearlized card stock with dimensional tape, but changed my mind because I wanted to add dimensional flowers. The Sentiment was attached over the open space (showing the pearlized card stock below it).
Susan's Garden Dogwood dies were used for the pretty dogwood branch. It was attached with Glue Dots. I encourage you to watch Susan's YouTube Dogwood video to see how to assemble these beautiful flowers. Did you know that Susan now has her Susan's Garden Club Blog which has so many gorgeous projects with written instructions? I encourage you to sign up and Follow her blog so you receive all new posts.
Be sure to watch all Susan's YouTube videos and follow her blog for a lot of inspiration. You too, can become a Paper Gardener!
Below are links to the Elizabeth Craft Designs products used:
5 comments:
Ooooooh, this is so pretty! I love its simple elegance!
Wow Selma, this is a GORGEOUS Birthday card!!
I love everything in this card.
I like very much the technique to create a "stack" from the Sentiment. I also want to try it...
Thanks for sharing,
Hugs, Eva.
This is lovely and I really like the colors you used!
Wow this is such a gorgeous card. I love it. Hugs Marja
Would love to know the name of the Tim Holtz die you used on the Happy Birthday (with dogwoods) card. Do you video any of your cards and put them on youtube?. I would love to attempt making this card. I know you cut several of the sentiments out and glued them together but what do use to adhere the sentiment itself to the card. Dd you use dimensionals? Thanks in advance for your help.
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