Today I’m taking part in the Touches of Ink blog hop, so you may have joined me from my fabulous friend, and fellow Scot, Janice Thomson’s blog. We are all using our free choice of bundle or suite from Stampin’ Up! I’ve picked one of the cutest bundles ever – Hearts & Hugs! Here’s my partial die cut card…
ABOUT MY CARD
My card base is Thick Basic White card measuring 29 x 10.5 cm, scored and folded on the long side at 14.5 cm. The next layer is Pool Party card measuring 10 x 14 cm. Then I cut 2 pieces of Basic White card that were 14 x 7 cm and 14 x 5 cm ( the height of the card is just a suggestion, depending on how much white background you want)
I stamped the walrus couple with Basic Gray ink onto the larger piece of Basic White card (14 x 7 cm) and coloured it with Smokey Slate and Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends. Then I lined up the die around the stamped image but when I put it into my Cut & Emboss machine I made sure that the top plate didn’t go over the bottom edge of the die as shown below… (although this example was stamped onto Gray Granite card)
Once I finished the die cutting it looked like this and then I simply ripped off the sides…
I ripped the edge of the remaining strip of Basic White card then set about adding some Pool Party ink to the edges, especially the ripped ones. on both pieces. To give the effect of snow I diluted some white ink with water and splashed it onto my Pool Party card. Allow this to dry before you glue on your 2 pieces of white card. I then inked the edges of the whole piece with Pool Party ink before adding it to my card base…
My final touch was to stamp a sentiment, cut it with the banner die from Hearts & Hugs and pop that on with dimensionals. I hope you like it!
THE BLOG HOP
Now it’s time to CLICK HERE hop along to see what the lovely Liane Gorny has created for this month’s blog hop.
Or you can use this list of everyone taking part, to check them all out:
- Simone Kleine – derdiedasKleine bastelt
- Iris Philipps – iristempelt
- Angela Köber – Stempelfamilie
- Vickie Littlewood – Vickie Lou Designs
- Janice Thomson – JazzleDazzleCraft with Janice
- Heather Forgan – Stamp With Nellie
- Liane Gorny – Jungle Cards
- Gabi Appelt – Bastelbande
SHOP THE PRODUCTS
I’ve listed the products I used for today’s partial die cut card below. You can click on any of these links to view that product in my online Stampin’ Up! shop. You can buy the stamp and dies separately, but if you buy them as a bundle you’ll save 10%. I’ve shown both options in the product list below.
CUSTOMER APPRECIATION
When you shop with me you’ll receive a handmade card and gift as a token of my appreciation. If your order is under £150 please use the current Host Code. This means that I can add in a free product to your customer thank you pack for the month. Find out more on the Host Code page in the main menu.
Happy crafting,
Heather x
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Gabi Appelt says
Cute!
HeatherForgan says
Thank you 🩷🩷
Liane Gorny - Jungle Cards says
a beautiful card and a great idea with the partial cut
HeatherForgan says
Thank you so much Liane ❤️❤️