Dazzlia Cut, Foil and Emboss Sentiments - using Foil or Ink

Dazzlia Sentiments Using Foil or Ink

For these cards I've used the Nesting Butterfly Frames square cut foil and emboss frame nesting die set together with Sentiment cut, foil and emboss dies from the Dazzlia collection.   I've also used papers and dies from the Le Petite Jardin and Butterfly Garden Collection.  My cards are 14.8cm square as I've cut down an A5 card blank, but the design will also work for a 6" square card.

On the "Home Sweet Home" card I've foiled onto to some white pearl card stock, but on the "Lots of Love" Card I've letter pressed using ink onto plain white card.

To letter press with ink you need to use a pigment ink (or hybrid ink) as this type of ink dries slowly and doesn't pool on the metal of the die.  I inked the die with several inks similar in colour, but slightly different shades.  Use a light action to ink the die, as you don't want to get ink in the sunken parts of the die - only on the raised areas.

After foiling or inking and cutting out the square frame, I cut the centre out of it using the smaller  square frame die in the set - this creates the space for the sentiment.

This allows the backing paper to be seen in the aperture.

Both the frame and the sentiment are mounted on foam pads

Once you've stuck down your frame and sentiment, you just need to add some flowers and foliage at the top and bottom or the card.  I cut my foliage in 2 different colours on each of the cards to add a little more depth and interest to the arrangements. I've used the Evening Branch mini die from the Le Petite Jardin collection to die cut my foliage.  I find its a really versatile little die and looks great in any colour scheme.

Here are my videos to show you how to use cut, foil and emboss dies with either foil or ink.

Couture Creations Products Used

CO726728 - Dazzlia - Home Sweet Home cut, foil and emboss die

CO726725 - Dazzlia - Lots of Love cut, foil and emboss die

CO726467 - Modern Essentials - Nesting Butterfly Frames cut, foil and emboss dies

CO725937 - Le petit Jardin  - Evening Branch Mini Die

CO725435 - Le Petit Jardin  - 6 x 6 Paper Pad

CO726526 - Butterfly Garden - 12 x 12 paper pad

Snowy Christmas Baubles

Snowy Christmas Baubles

  

For this card I've stamped, heat embossed and letter pressed using pigment inks, silver, gold and  sparkly embossing powder.  The overall size of the card is 15cm square.

I started with a square of white stamping card for my topper, and stamping the baubles using Versamark (embossing) ink, and heat embossing using silver or gold embossing powder.

After heating the embossing powder, I've coloured the baubles using some ink from water based marker pens applied with a water brush - just scribble onto a glass mat or acrylic stamping block and then pick up the ink with the water brush.  Start colouring at the edges and then as the ink in the water brush runs out the colour gets lighter and lighter.  After the bauble has colour all over, you can add some colour directly from the pen in areas you want to be really dark.  Having darker edges gives the baubles a 3D look.

 

I also added a little colour, using the water brush, under the baubles so they have something they are sitting on, and extended this so that the Christmas tree has something to sit on too.

On the blue and white card, for the snowflakes I stamped in some light blue ink and heat embossed using some sparkly embossing powder.  On the red and gold version of the topper, I stamped the snowflakes with versamark and heat embossed with the sparkly embossing power - to get the sparkle without adding colour.

 

The Christmas tree is letter pressed using a the Curling Christmas Tree Cut, Foil and Emboss die.  You just ink the surface of the die, transfer to your die cutting sandwich, with the card on top and run it through your die cutting machine.  I've then added sparkly embossing powder.

For the blue card, I've added mats and layers using navy blue, white and silver card, and a die cut sentiment in silver.  

For the red and gold card I've used a page from the Naughty Or Nice 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" paper pad and used gold card as a mat for the paper and the topper.  For the sentiment I used the Noel Frame mini die set, cut in white card and coated with the sparkly embossing powder, with the "Noel" cut from the same gold card as my mats.

In my video I show you how to stamp, heat emboss and colour the baubles, stamp and heat emboss the snowflakes and how to letterpress and heat emboss the Christmas tree.

Couture Creations Products Used

CO726927 - Naughty Or Nice - Curling Christmas Tree Cut, Foil and Emboss Die

CO726912 - Naughty Or Nice - Christmas Baubles mini stamp

CO726915 - Naughty Or Nice - Snowflakes mini stamp

CO726906 - Naughty Or Nice - Noel Frame Set mini dies

CO726890 - Naughty Or Nice - 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" Paper Pad