Creating new cards - Card 2 Take 1 and 2

Take 1.

Sometimes what you see in your mind as you are creating, is really neat or with a few changes can become a good card.  This time the first card didn't come out like I thought at all.

This sunburst thin cut is back ordered until sometime in September.  It was going to be discontinued but it was brought back by demand.

There are 12 spaces.  That means you need to cut 12 times to be different things in each space.  I love that the Close To My Heart papers are coordinated.  The cardstock has 2 tones per page so you could cut "front and back" so to speak.  I had some older paper in some quantity left so I started with that I had used with pages.

I had some cardstock that matched so I added that in as well.

I choose what pieces I wanted in the spaces.

Because there were some plain cardstock, I thought it might be neat to put them through the Die cutting machine in an embossing folder.  You spritz a little water to help get the images deeper.

I thought about using different ones on different pieces but in the end put them through with one kind.  

I don't know if I should have stamped on the cardstock but I just didn't like how it turned out.
I chose some sentiments and did it with ink, black with distressing inks behind and just plain black.

I had an 1 inch punch and a 1 1/2 inch punch but ended cutting it out.

I had waited so long for this and it just didn't look as good as I expected.  

So Take Two. 

I don't know about you but sometimes I get in a rut and don't think out side of the box.  We have used scissors (decorative ones too) and punches for a long time.  We then had the Cricut that would cut things out. I thought about cutting out circles at 1 1/4 inches and then stamping on them.   I have learned to love my die cutting machine more and more for ease of use.  As I was looking for something else, I came upon some die cut circles for this project and they were just right.

CTMH has "Mix ins" which is paper that will fit into the packs in that catalog.  All of the paper packets are coordinated but when it comes to smaller size coordination, I think the mix ins have it hands down.

I also realized that if I wanted to use the embossing folders, that I should do it BEFORE I did the sunburst die cut.  It would be much easier.  Because I was "playing" I chose to try the Daisy White.  I thought I would try the Distress Oxide inks.

So I decided that I would make 2 of the Daisy White embossed ones and 2 of the combination of the Mix in papers that I had cut.

I really really liked how they turned out.  I tried to get some of the colors opposite and some not so much.

Then came the use of Distress Oxide inks.  I tried one with just shades of a color and one with different colors.  Check your color wheel if you want help choosing colors.

I also liked these but I stamped on top of the Distress Oxide Inks and think it might be better to stamp first and really let it dry and then do the inking over.  I noticed that I put the circle in the bottom rather than the top. I will try and play with it differently as to where the circle is next time.  I also love using the green liquid Tombow for this type of card.  The very thin lines do not work well with a tape runner.  The liquid gives you a little time to "move" the paper on the card. 

 

The way I cut the mix in paper with the hearts did determine which way the circle went on the sun bust cut.  Before using this thin cut, you would need to decide when you are cutting the paper if you want the circle on top or on the bottom.  You would also need to decide if you want to use it Landscape rather than Portrait.  

If you have this thin cut, post your cards here.  If you have a Take 1 and Take 2 card you can also post them here.  Have fun and keep trying until you get what you are seeing in your head.

Creating new cards for the fall classes -Card 1

 The slimline cards are really fun to use.  Because they are longer, there is more space for things on the card.  The pack is 20 cards for $9.95.  You get the 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 cards and envelopes in X257.  Here is Card 1.

This is the finished card.  I was playing with the Distress Oxide inks.  I inked paper cut for the whole card base.  I did this because I didn't know how it would work but you could ink the card itself.  I drew fine lines so I could match the angle in the "Diagonal stripe slimline" Z3908.I  laid the thin cut on the paper and used a pencil to lightly draw lines.   In the end I didn't quite get the right angles.  (There are dots and hearts for the whole card coming up in the new catalog. ) 

I used 8 Distress Oxide inks - one darker and one lighter shade of 4 colors. You can get the effect just using 4 with going lighter and darker with the same color.  I also used the same patterns on another sheet of Daisy White that I was going to use to cut out the background of the Thanks.  I was going to lay the background of the word in the same shading pattern as the background but in the end I switched it up as it showed up better. 

I used Black and White Glitter paper.  You could use any combination of inks and papers.  The "Thanks" Z3684 is great with the shadow and the word.  You can just use the word as well. 

 I used thin 3D foam to lift the words and the butterflies off the page.

I used Smiles from the garden stamp set/thin cuts for the butterflies.  I die cut the butterflies, used the Distress Oxide inks and then stamped the Intense Black on them.  I really love the All purpose mat that wipes clean next to my VersaMat.  If you look closely, I sprayed water on the butterflies as it leaves the water marks.  I think used the Clear Shimmer brush on top.  

I am going to try the same background and thanks but have some other stamp sets/thin cuts in mind to try as well.  I had thought about putting some flowers behind the "thanks" and a butterfly or 2 on top.  

If you are trying Distress Oxide inks or the new slimline cards, post your samples here to share with others to get people's creative juices flowing.  Sometimes seeing a sample gives you ideas about where you can go with the colors and papers you have.