Card Making in the Mountains: Brighton Flower Border Die

Thursday, June 26, 2014

06/26/2014

Summer Bench

My card for you today is a summer bench full of playful kittens.

This card is a quick way to send a sunny summer birthday card to a cat lover.

I framed the park bench by using two die cuts of the Leafy Sprig Border.

Next I ran the Brighton Flower Border through the die cutting machine a few times and cut the flowers off the stems so I could adhere them to the top of the card.

Then I ran the kittens through several times to get different colors.

While it seems like a lot of die cutting to get the different colors of flowers or kittens, the great part is that you can save what you do not use for another card.

Supplies:

Poppystamps Dies - Baby Kittens [982]

Poppystamps Dies - Brighton Flower Border [1022]

Poppystamps Dies - Leafy Sprig Border [1002]

Poppystamps Dies - Madison Park Bench [881]

Colored cardstock

Adhesive

[982] DIES- Baby Kittens

[1022] DIES- Brighton Flower Border

[1002] DIES- Leafy Sprig Border

[881] DIES- Madison Park Bench

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Saturday, May 31, 2014

Spring Treat Bag

5/27/2014

Hello. For my post today, I created a treat bag.

The treat bag began with a piece of cardstock cut 6 high by 11 inches long. The finished product is 11 inches tall with 2" sides. The front and back are 3.5" wide. The treat bag is perfect to fill a few truffles or hard candies. When tied with a ribbon, it makes a perfect little thank you or party favor.

To get the different colors on stems and leaves, I used three different shades of green markers and hand colored. I also used markers to color the flowers after using the die cut on ivory cardstock.