Paper Strip Die Cuts

Welcome

This week, it's my turn to host the TLC over at Splitcoast Stampers.

I'm calling my challenge:

Paper Strip Die Cuts

A simple and fun technique using scraps that I know we all have in out stash.

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I started by looking through all my papers and chose some that had similar colour values. For this card, I wanted traditional Christmas colours like red and green.
• Next, I cut the papers into strips, any random size will do and then I glued them onto a piece of white cardstock as seen below.  

• After all the strips were glued down and had dried, I used the 'Jingle Bells' die to cut from the strips of paper.  I love how it looked, so fun.
• I set that aside and stenciled the background using the Buffalo Plaid stencil from A Colorful Life Designs with some Lumberjack Plaid and some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of red cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• To help the strips die cut show up a bit better, I glued it onto a red circle that I embossed with a Burlap folder and then onto a green piece of cardstock.  I used some foam tape to pop it up over my card front.

Here is the stencil I used:

Buffalo Plaid

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Allsorts- ANYTHING GOES

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES WITH STENCILS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.) and Scraps

Accessories and Tools- stencil- (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;

Jingle Bells die (A Pocket Full of Happiness); Burlap Embossing Folder (Honey Bee);

foam tape

Jingle All the Way

 

Welcome

This card was a fun one using the 

Layered Santa Hats 

from A Colorful Life Designs.

This stencil is a 2-part one and easy to use.

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock placed it onto my Waffle Flower stencil mat and put stencil #1 of the Layered Santa Hats over my card front.  I inked that up with some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed that stencil and positioned stencil #2 into place and inked that up with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• While that dried, I die cut the sentiment using 3 different colours.  I cut out the word shadow and glued the letters into place over that.
• Next, I glued the card front onto a piece of red cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Finally, I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the card front in the center.

Here is the stencil I used:

Layered Santa Hats

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on your entire order.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Calendar- CHRISTMAS THEMED

The Paper Players- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- Stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); Stencil Mat (Waffle Flower); 

TE Blending Brushes; Jingle Bells die (A Pocket Full of Happiness)