Shaker fun at Die Cut Divas

 This month our lovely sponsor at Die Cut Diva is none other than the amazing Hero Arts team.  

When I first started stamping most of my purchases were from Hero Arts.  I have A LOT of their older stamps and dies.  And today is highlighting one I got a year or so ago. Floral Poppy and it's coordinating die

I stamped and embossed the poppy stamp and used some watercolour paint pens to add the colours.  I die cut it with the matching die.  I chose some pretty patterned paper for the background and used a couple of dies from a Cottage Cutz oval die set to cut the aperture and the matching gold frame.  I used some 3D tape and added the panel over some pink sequins.  I stamped a very old Hero Arts sentiment from All Occasions stamp set before adding the poppy.

I'm not a great fan of shaker cards so don't make them that often.  But quite happy with the results of this one. 

Do come and join us for this month's challenge at Die Cut Divas.... just remember to use your die cutting machine to die cut/emboss something on your project. 

Take a sheet of scrapbook paper - and chop it up Part 1

 While I was browsing You Tube  I came across a video by Maymay Made it Crafts where she took a 12 x 12 scrapbook paper - particularly ones that are hard to use and just chop them up - don't look or chose an area - just chop.   I have a box of 12 x 12 sheets - have had them for years.... so decided I'd try and see what I could come up with.  

I chose a sheet of some grey paper with some black and clear embossing on it.  It came in a pack of mixed company's papers, so I'm not sure who produced it.   I chopped it at 4 inches by 5.25 inches and off I went...  Today I'll share the first three cards  I made. 

#1

For this one, I trimmed the panel a little and added a black layer.   I went with a monochromatic look for this first one.   I used one of the Altenew Craft Your Life kit - Hello Beautiful  stamps and used some Altenew grey inks to added some colour  I due cut the stamp with the matching die.  I die cut a couple more white dies and layered them all together.   The sentiment is from the same stamp set. 

#2

My next card had a bit more colour.  I used Altenew mini set - Adorable Anthurium stamp and die set to make three pots of flowers.   I used Altenew Woodless Watercolour pencils to add the colour.   I added the back one directly to the card and the front two were popped up on dimensional tape.  The sentiment is from the same set.  

#3

The background for this one was very textured.   So I decided to add a bit more with a Hero Arts stamp called - Old French Writing (an older wooden stamp.  I used a dark grey Altenew ink for this.  For my floral I used a 49th and Market rub on from the Vintage Bits Blendable 01.  The sentiment is a pre-printed one from Creative Expressions cut with an Altenew die.  The card looks much nicer in real life.  

I had fun coming up different ideas for this rather different paper.   I've done the other three cards but still have to photograph and edit them.   

Happy crafting