Hi there. I'm back with my second post as a Guest Designer with Top Dog Dies. Please click here to see my first post. Today I am showing two cards using the Ornate Gate Die.
Top Dog Dies is a new online store that offers their own brand of
wafer-thin and steel-rule dies,
along with dies from brands you already know and trust, including My
Favorite Things, Lawn Fawn, Taylored Expressions. Savvy Stamps and
Cheery Lynn Designs. Top Dog Dies is also the leading U.S. retailer for
Tattered Lace, a new line of intricate dies designed
by British designer Stephanie Weightman.
I thought that this die would be perfect for cards related to a new home. For my first card, I paired this die up with a sentiment from PTI Putting Down Roots and some bird die cuts from Memory Box. The sentiment is stamped onto a Simon Says Stamp Sketchy Banner. I just love it when new stamps and dies work with things I already own, and this Ornate Gate Die does just that.
For my second card, I paired the Ornate Gate Die with another sentiment from PTI Putting Down Roots that I stamped onto a Stitched Sentiment Flag die cut from Lil Inker. The sentiment is embossed in white and stamped onto PTI Melon Berry card stock. I added a few stamped and die cut plants, also from PTI Putting Down Roots to my little front door scene.
Here are the two cards together. I am entering them both at Addicted to Stamps for their CAS challenge.
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Hello friends--Yes, you read that title right. A while back, I was contacted by Top Dog Dies to see if I would like to be a Guest Designer for some of their dies. Of course, I said yes, and they sent me some very fun dies to play around with.
Top Dog Dies is a new online store that offers their own brand of
wafer-thin and steel-rule dies,
along with dies from brands you already know and trust, including My
Favorite Things, Lawn Fawn, Taylored Expressions. Savvy Stamps and
Cheery Lynn Designs. Top Dog Dies is also the leading U.S. retailer for
Tattered Lace, a new line of intricate dies designed
by British designer Stephanie Weightman.
Today I am sharing some projects I made with the Heart Doily Die. This is a set of two dies, as you can see below.
I made 4 projects with these dies, and could have played a lot more, if those pesky kids of mine did not want to be picked up from school and fed dinner.
First up is a valentine card. I used the larger die to cut a base of Pure Poppy, and cut the smaller, more detailed heart out of white card stock. I stamped the sentiment, from PTI Grand Ampersand, in Pure Poppy and Versafine Onyx Black. I used foam tape to adhere the two hearts together, and then adhered it to a white card base, topped off by a bow.
Next, some sweet treats for my lucky Valentine. I created die cut stacked hearts the same as above, only using some patterned paper. I adhered this to a little treat bag that I created using some papers I had on hand from an old 12X12 Valentine Pad and my Gift Bag Punch Board.
My next project is a shaped mini card.
I used the larger die to cut a card base. I placed my die over the fold of a scored piece of white card stock. You can see that the die will overlap a little bit on the left, so that the two sides will stay together.
Then, I cut another large heart from white card stock, and then impressed that die cut heart with the smaller die. So, I used the more detailed die as an impression plate, rather than a die. I used the same sandwich I use for my PTI Impression plates, including the rubber mats.
I stamped a sentiment from Verve in the center of that impressed heart piece using Raspberry Fizz ink, popped on a few sequins, and attached that die cut heart to my heart shaped card base.
My last project involves a technique I learned during the online card class I took a few weeks back.
I took a 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 piece of computer paper and die cut the largest heart out of the center. Then, I used temporary adhesive to attach the negative space to my card front panel. I stamped around the entire heart shape, making sure to have all my stamped images partly on the mask and partly on the front panel.
This is what the mask looked like when I removed it. You can see what was left on the card front. I used stamps from Ruby Rose and Ruby Rose Reprise and a sentiment from Bigger Blooms. Then, I impressed that panel with the Stitching Impression Plate and used foam tape to attach it to my card base.
Top Dog Dies is doing a guest designer giveaway for the whole month of April. The winner will receive $50 worth of exclusive dies from Top Dog Dies
(their choice!). Click here to enter the giveaway.
I have had a lot of fun playing with these new Top Dog Dies. Stay tuned over the next two weeks--I'll have more projects to share from some other Top Dog Dies.
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