Tuesday Tutorial - Small dies

Hi Everybody,

In the die sets that you have in your personal collections do you often come across the small ones and don't know what to do with them ? Maybe this is something that you could try with any of them. I have used different shapes on my cards to show you some of the ideas I came up with

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S5-131 A2 Matting Basics A
• S5-132 A2 Matting Basics B
• S4-136 Classic Hearts
• SCD-024 Pierced Stars
• Classic Diamonds (Retired)
• Octagons (Retired)
• Grduated Dots embossing folder (Retired)

Other Supplies:

• Papermill Direct white card
• Brusho Crystal Colours
• Baked Ikea dots

Instructions:

Create a Hinged Card   for your base by cutting two white panels from die #9 Matting Basics A

Cut another layer of white card from die #8 Matting Basics B and emboss to add texture and interest to the layer

(Please remember that #1 is always the smallest die)

Create some coloured card with the  Brusho Crystal Colours  by sprinkling the card with crystals from the pot and spritzing with water. Leave to dry.

You can use any other form of water colours or simply used some patterned and coloured card that you have in your "Stash"

From the smallest dies in the sets that you have cut as many of the shapes as you would like to add to your card front. I have used hearts, stars, diamonds and octagons  ... which I have had for a long time.

But you can use any that you have ... circles, squares, flower shapes etc. 

I have stamped the sentiments onto strips of white that will fit around the  embossed layer and then placed a thin strip of the coloured card long each side.

Add your chosen shapes in a pleasing display then add the whole lot to the base card with foam in between to raise the panels up and your done 

I added in some of the baked Ikea dots that I told you about last year

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx