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For this month’s blog hop, the design team are sharing our favorite die or die set.
I had quite the dilemma and here is a picture of it.
I tried really hard to narrow down my favorite to one die or die set and I just couldn’t do it. So, I decided to make two projects using as many of my dies as I could.
The first project is a St. Patrick’s Day themed card.
I began with the Lotsa Dots and Journey Circle Dies. The small heart is part of a retired set, but any small heart can be used to create a four-leaf clover.
I die cut the Lotsa Dots and heart dies using Electric Lime cardstock. Kiwi Slice and Lemongrass cardstocks were used with the Journey Circle dies.
Once the Lotsa Dots mat was adhered to the Lemongrass base, I wrapped the Gold Thread three times around the card and tied it in a knot. The large circle is popped up with two medium foam squares on top of the knotted thread. I stamped the sentiment using Black Licorice ink from the All Year Long stamp set onto the small Lemongrass circle. Finally, the Electric Lime hearts were glued to the large circle and accented with a green Rainbow Drop.
The second project is a sweet floral card.
For the flower, I used the Clover Bloom die set using Bubble Gum and Black Licorice cardstocks.
For the leaves, I used the Mystic Fern and Summer Branch dies using Fresh Forest and Electric Lime cardstocks.
The last die I used is Persian Garden with Catalina Splash cardstock.
To create this card, I did a little something different. Instead of adhering the Persian Garden die cut directly to the Pool Play card base, I adhered it to a 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Pool Party cardstock. Next, I wrapped the Special Day Organza Ribbon around this mat tying it in a simple knot. I adhered the Persian Garden mat to the Pool Party base.
To create the flower, I cut two of each petal and curled the petals using my crease tool. I adhered two of the largest petals together, offsetting them so the petals were not exactly aligned. Next, I layered one medium petal and a smaller one on top of it. The fringed center piece was cut from Black Licorice giving the flower a nice contrast between the pink and black. A small Candy Drop was applied to the center
The leaves were layered onto the base and the flower glued on top of them.
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Marty McGee (you are here)!
Jill Hilliard
Carrie Rhoades
Lezlye Lauterbach
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