Hello and welcome! Today's the first day of our Love TAGplorations blog hop over at STAMPlorations! Simply leave a comment along the blogs you visited or join our linky party for a chance to win prizes!
I love using word dies on my cards and so I decided to make them the focal point of today's card. For the background, I used the Forever word die and die cut it repetitively until it has filled the entire card panel.
Then I carefully transfer and piece the die cuts together on a sheet of adhesive, so that none of the little pieces will fall apart. (As you can see, I ended up creating a black background for my card, but the process is the same as the one shown here.)
I decorated my tag by applying a thin coat of texture paste over the Zen Hearts stencil. Once it is dry, I applied Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, and Festive Berries distress inks for the ombre look and spritzed some pearlized water for some shimmer and shine. The love die cut I used here is from the Peace Love Joy word die, but it would probably be more convenient to use the newly released Love word die. I've partially embossed my word die cuts with silver embossing powder so they match the ribbon I tied on the tag. I then stamped "you're my" from the Fond Expressions 2 set on a strip of black cardstock to complete my sentiment.
Finally, I embellished the card with some sequins and that finishes off the card! I hope you have enjoyed looking at my creation and are inspired to join our linky party. Thanks for stopping by!
Challenges Entered:
STAMPlorations: Theme & Sketch (used the sketch in the horizontal direction) / STAMPlorations: CUTplorations (Inspired by the pink colors and diagonal lines) / STAMPlorations: ATG
Paru's Card Making Challenges: Love / Cards in Envy: Be My Valentine
Happy Little Stampers: ATG with Dies / SSS Monday: Use Your Favorite Tool (Dies)
Paru's Card Making Challenges: Love / Cards in Envy: Be My Valentine
Happy Little Stampers: ATG with Dies / SSS Monday: Use Your Favorite Tool (Dies)
Love how your background looks. Thanks for sharing how you made it. Love how the stenciled part looks on the tag. Great job.
ReplyDeleteLove the text BG and that shimmer with ombre effect is just awesome, beautifully described!
ReplyDeleteWow what a fabulous technique and so effective. Gorgeous colourway, thank you for the inspiration x
ReplyDeleteWoW! Great idea!- Great job!
ReplyDeleteLove the red, white & black color combo. Very striking card.
ReplyDeleteYour tag card is so creative and fun with all your different techniques and black accents. TFS Jessica. Hugs...
ReplyDeleteUnusual and innovative! Love the tag!! :)
ReplyDeleteSuchi xx
Wow this is completely GORGEOUS!! I really love the embossed sentiments all over the background including your shimmery gradient tag!! Nicely done! :)
ReplyDeleteDazzling!
ReplyDeleteAwesome..love the inlaid dies bg..
ReplyDeleteGreat technique and fab results - thanks for the ideas:)
ReplyDeleteFantastic! Love the colour combination.
ReplyDeleteValerija xx
Love the embossing and
ReplyDeletelovely work!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a nice pop of color with the black in the background. Fun tag too.
ReplyDeleteLove your use of the word dies! Beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas! Very striking colours too...
ReplyDeletegreat card. so clever and talented!
ReplyDeleteI love the dramatic look of this and all the techniques you used.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful design with this combination of the background die cuts and zen heart creation on the tag. Thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteVery striking against the black background.
ReplyDeleteCool die cut background idea! The black background really makes the tag and die cut sentiments pop. BeUtiful.
ReplyDeleteLove the black and gold.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tag.
thanks for sharing
Love the background!!! The tag is just Beautiful! Thanks for joining us at HLS Anything Goes with Dies!
ReplyDeleteSUPER use of the FOREVER die!! Thanks for playing with us at STAMPlorations!
ReplyDeleteLOVE how that gorgeous ombre stenciled tag just pops off your inlaid die cut background! Thanks for joining in the fun at the STAMPlorations Theme & Sketch challenge!
ReplyDeleteSuch a yummy card - somehow reminds me about a bar of chocolate.... wonderful inlaid die-cutting! Thanks so much for playing along with us at CUTplorations this month!
ReplyDeleteOh my stars! Only one response: gorgeous! The inlaid die-cutting, texture paste, colours...in awe! Thank you for sharing this gem in the HLS Anything Goes with Dies gallery!
ReplyDelete~carol