Artistic Dahlia - Two different ways to make a card.

 One of my recent purchases was the Pinkfresh Studio's Artistic Dahlia washi tape and coordinating dies.  Once I purchased them, I decided I need the stamps and matching stencil as well... so a quick order to my local online store (Krafters Cart) and they arrived in a couple of days!  So now I have lots of choices on using these all together.  

So for my first card I've used the Washi tape and die to cut some stunning florals.

I stuck the washi to some white card and used the matching die to cut it out.   It is a very clever idea- each of the florals are separate and it's one linked die that cuts them out. Luckily my old 12inch Cuttlebug plates fit my new Spellbinders Platinum 6 machine.  I made the frame with a Spellbinders die set (Hemstitched Rectangles) cut from some maroon coloured card.   I layered some of the florals around the frame and pop a part one into the corner.   A Couture Creations stamp and die set had jumped into my Krafters Cart order - so stamped the and die cut it.  And my Altenew Enamel Dots were the perfect finishing colour. 

I'm adding this to Darnell's NBUS challenge - as the Washi  and dies are new. 

For my second card I had The Flower Challenge #80 Pretty Pastels in mind and used the stamp and stencil combo.

The stamp is HUGE!  - I had to put it diagonally across my original MISTI and trim a panel of card to fit.  Once stamped, I used a variety of inks to colour it in.   I has watched Jennifer McGuire's Video on  Stepping up or mixing your inks.  I used a number of colours together on some of the layers of the stencil to give more dimension.  Again, when I had finished, I used the die set to cut all the florals out.   I have heaps of both the washi and stenciled florals to use on other cards.   The sentiment is from the same stamp set (there are 4, 3 of which have matching dies!)  I layered a couple of the matching die cuts to give added stability to sentiment.   Again, the Altenew Enamel Dots had the perfect colour for my embellishments.   For some texture, I die cut the Pinkfresh Studio's Floral and Diamonds Tile Coverplate and stuck it to my base.  I blended some soft blue around the middle to add my floral centrepiece over.   I got this one finished just a little while ago - it's a cooler, windy and wet Autumn day here - nice to be in the craft room!  

Hubby is watching some rugby so I'm off to do more crafting.