I hope you had a great weekend and are ready for the week ahead. We had a busy weekend but thankfully no hospital visits. On Sunday we had a lovely day at Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, with our daughter and son-in-law. There have made many improvements since we were last there and we had fun finding the Lego dinosaurs that were scattered around the park.
I was very lucky and for my birthday I received the Leafy Swirl Aperture Fresh Cut die from Claritystamp. The friend who showed me how to use the waste from Fresh Cut dies gave me the die.
This is the die cut from the aperture die I used the Double Pierced Square dies from Creative Expressions to give it a border. I stuck it to a double sided sticky sheet, cut to size, and covered it with gilding flakes. Using gilding flakes this way is a lot easier than using glue.
This is the card using the waste. The trick is to remove the die cut and to keep the waste pieces in place in the die. Some did pop out and I replaced them Then with another sticky sheet I placed it over the die to pick up the pieces. Once this was done I used Gilding flakes again.
I do like how you can get the positive and the negative of the image. The Happy Birthday die I used on both is from Crafter's Companion.
Here they are together. I had no definite plans for them it is just good to have birthday cards available when I need them.
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2 gorgeous cards, they are lovely dies x
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous and so dramatic. I love them.
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Linda xxx
so eye catching, great dies and background
ReplyDeleteTwo stunning cards Jackie, love the pretty die used.
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Love them xx Jan
ReplyDeleteTwo lovely cards Jackie. Thank you. I did something similar recently when using my Cricut Maker. Having taken the cut off the mat I found all the negative pieces stuck on the mat. Took them off similar to you. Only had glitter available so used that. Saves throwing the pieces away. Take care and have a good week.
ReplyDeleteTwo fabulous cards Jackie, that is a gorgeous die.
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Lesley
They both look fab Jackie. I do love Gilding Flakes, mine have run out, next on shopping list, xxxx
ReplyDeleteWOW these are both stunning, Love the colours and that die, Have a super week, Hazelxx
ReplyDeleteThese are just stunning, Jackie.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards Jackie. Love the negative and positive effect on the same style card and those gilding flakes really make it pop. I end up with most of the gilding flakes stuck to me when I used them. Black and gold great combo too.
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Michelle x
Wonderfully elegant cards Jackie and a great idea to use the 'waste' xxx
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful two-fer I struggle to capture the waste pieces and will try your way
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful Jackie, so dramatic, I love them!
ReplyDeleteJune x
Stunning card
ReplyDeleteLovely cards. Now then here's a daft question, is there anyway you can use just to get the back of the die cut piece sticky, instead of using glue ? See I told you it was a daft question. thankyou.
ReplyDeleteTwo lovely and beautiful cards! That die is beautiful and I love the glitter flakes!
ReplyDeletePretty die Jackie. Love the black against the gilding flakes, two lovely cards.
ReplyDeleteJanice x
These are sensational cards, Jackie, and I love that there is no waste! The design of the die is so pretty and you have framed it beautifully. xx
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