It's the weekend - yay! Murray is through to the fourth round at Wimbledon - woo hoo! Oh, and it's time for a fabulous blog hop, Uniko Studio stylee too - hurrah! Ha!
Gonna keep it short and sweet to let the hopping commence (you should have stared at the Uniko Studio blog).
I decided to play with the awesome new dies for Pure Florals: Chrysanthemum Collection. Yup, no more insane fussy cutting when it comes to those pretty chrysanthemums! I decided for my blog hop card to use the negative of the die cut. I stamped and embossed the corresponding chrysanthemum on vellum and placed it behind.
- Die cut the aperture before impressing a pattern over the front of your cardstock. In other words, make sure the last run through your die-cutting machine is the impressing of that pattern because if you need to run it though again for whatever reason, it can flatten the dimension of the impression.
- Don't place the vellum behind the aperture until the card has been through the die-cutting machine for the last time. You don't want to risk damaging that pretty embossed image on the vellum!
- Lightly sketch a flower stem in pencil, and go over it with an alcohol marker. You can then rub out the pencil lines with no smudging after! Also, be sure to do this step before impressing that pattern on the card front!
Now don't delay, there's hopping to be done and prizes to be won (including the whole June release!). Your next stop is Erika.
Thanks for stopping by today. Have a fabulous weekend and happy hopping! :)
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Thanks for stopping by today. Have a fabulous weekend and happy hopping! :)
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32 comments:
Wow, great way to use negative die cuts!
Oh Aimes...this is all kinds of gorgeous! I love the embossing...the die...the way you placed the sentiment. Gorgeous...and now I'm off to watch Wimbledon too! xoxo
This is beautiful and I love the way you've used an aperture to give extra detail. Simply stunning.
Gorgeous elegant card. Thank you for sharing and for posting all the details and tips.
okay...WOW
Love how you've used a triple layer on your card, an idea I'll definitely want to try.
Gorgeous card!! I love the texture and the cut out!!
Beautiful!
What a great idea to use the negative of the die that way. Pretty, pretty flower.
Beautiful card. Thanks for the tips.
so beautiful and fresh, Duchess :) Love the impression and pop of colour on the neutral :) I'm officially on holidays today and enjoying coffee in my jammies :) ox
Just lovely- delicate and looks so simple except it's not! A fab die- just gone onto my wish list!
so beautiful card, loved the die and thanks for the tips.
so beautiful, Amy!
This is a gorgeous card! Love the negative die cut & the embossed vellum.
Such a lovely card! Vellum is perfect for this, although I would never have thought of it. Thanks, once again, for your tips and tricks. I love this feature of your blog
Oh wow I absolutely love what you've done here, this cards simply beauutiful. Hugs xNx
Such a gorgeous and subtle card! Love this1
Gorgeous flower... love that it has a coordinating die! Beautiful card!
What an elegant card - beautiful! This die set is calling my name ;) I love the little twine accent too ;)
Rx
fabulous card!! and tips :) x
I love this card, the pastel shades and the clever embossing and die cutting - beautiful, more added to the wish list!
Beautiful and thanks for the tips, too.
Gorgeous, Aimes! Just stunning. All the elements are just perfectly placed ;)
So beautiful!!!
Wow what a pretty card...love the tips you gave for trying this technique.
What a beautiful soft, subtle, stunning card.
Love it. xx
You embossed vellum is just gorgeous, such a beautiful card :)
This is so soft and beautiful! Love the tips and tricks, thank you!
This is soooooo pretty!
Just stunning Aimes - I'm lost for words!!!
Hugs,
Caryn xxx
So pretty.. and so soft <3 I love the details on that chrysanthemum :)
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