Use Dies and/or Punches - Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

 

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

We are using DIES AND/OR PUNCHES

Featuring products by MEMORY BOX

You do not have to use the featured company to join in.

If you have some of their product in your stash?

We would LOVE to see them used.

Here is my take on this challenge.

For my card I decided on a die, the Stained Glass Floral Craft Die by Memory Box.

The first thing to do was to select which color of card stock I was using.

After some careful deliberation I came up with

Soft Navy

Audrey Blue

#120 white

and

Lemon Chiffon

All these colors by Simon Says Stamp

I decide to die cut out each of the card stock colors from the floral die.

When I put the die into my machine with the Soft Navy card stock,

the die slid, but the idea for this card was born.

Since I now knew that the front of my card was now going to be Soft Navy,

I started placing all the die-cut colors together like a puzzle until I found

the color combo that stood out the most on the Soft Navy color.

Once I was satisfied with my color idea, I glued my floral die cuts for the front of my

card on white card stock to make it extra rigid.

While I was waiting for my glue to dry, I decided on a sentiment.

What I selected was from the “Hello Darling” Stamp Set by Simon Says Stamp.

I embossed this on to the front of my card with white embossing powder.

Next, I attached by floral square at an angle propped up with foam tape.

Final touches, was to create a card base out of white card stock and add some

yellow enamel glitter dots by Doodlebug

Now that the main card is done, I looked around my desk and saw all the leftover.

Why not make some more cards.

FOR THE SECOND CARD

I used the Slime Line Frames and Portholes Die by Newton’s Nook Designs.

I die cut out Soft Navy Card Stock scored and folded this in half.

I add another one of the Floral squares to the front of this card with a sentiment

also, from the Hello Darling Stamp Set.

I filled in the flowers with Frosted Lace Stickles by Ranger Ink.

FOR THE THIRD CARD

I used the Slimline Nested Rectangles by Simon Says Stamp and

Soft Navy Card Stock for the base of my card.

I added the final two floral die squares to the top and bottom of the card.

I filled in the flowers with Frosted Lace Stickles by Ranger Ink.

I decided on a sentiment from the Hello Darling Stamp Set.

Just as I finished heat setting the sentiment on the front of the card, disaster struck.

My cat Alexandria jumped onto my desk right onto the freshly embossed sentiment.

She was not hurt, but the card was toast. Sentiment smeared beyond repair.

As they say “life with cats”

In the end I got two cute cards.

Also, I used up all the leftover pieces.

I call this a victory and

That completes my take on USING DIES AND/OR PUNCHES

I almost forgot the good news!

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away

a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! 

All you must do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt,

 and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post!

You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!!

All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win!

 GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!

Like the products I used.

I have direct links to everything below.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Sending HUGE Hugs

Stay Safe and Stay Crafty

Diane

SUPPLIES USED:

Stained Glass Floral Craft Die by Memory Box.

“Hello Darling” Stamp Set by Simon Says Stamp

Slime Line Frames and Portholes Die by Newton’s NookDesigns

Slimline Nested Rectangles by Simon Says Stamp

Soft Navy Card Stock by Simon Says Stamp

#120 White Card Stock by Simon Says Stamp

Lemon Chiffon Card Stock by Simon Says Stamp

Audrey Blue Card Stock by Simon Says Stamp

Frosted Lace Stickles by Ranger Ink

Bumblebee Glitter Sprinkle Enamel Dots by Doodlebug

FunFoam (pop up the layers)

 

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