Friday Die Day

Hello friends

Giddy up it's Friday Die Day!

This week's die is something different -

Dala Horse from Folk Art Collection.

The approximate measurements:

Horse: 3.30 x 3.40 in. 8.40 x 8.60 cm

This is how he/she looks cut/embossed.

I've chosen to run the die through with different coloured cardstock and

paper piece the fallout pieces back inside.

I then began to design my card base.

I die cut a mat using 6 x 6 Matting Basics. 

Chose the die one size smaller and drew a pencil line around the inside edge.

Card mat with pencil lined frame.

Time to do some painting!

Squeezed some white acrylic paint onto paper and here I'm practising on a scrap

piece of card.  Using a stylus tool apply two dots.



Then draw down the paint from each dot to create a 'v' shape.

Once you are happy with your technique switch to your card mat.

The pencil line is your indicator for the 'v' point.

Don't be precious or too accurate...I wasn't!

Complete all four sides.

You can also add little dots with a smaller stylus.

I mounted this mat onto a white card front and added a flower and leaf to the corner.

To finish I rubbed out the pencil lines and added Dala Horse to the card centre.

I had finished paper piecing my colours, tans, blues and oranges work nicely.

A great die for anyone who loves horses.

Die featured today - Dala Horse available to pre-order on the website here.

There's some really nice dies in the Folk Art Collection,

all can be viewed here.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend, fingers crossed we have

at least dry weather!

Take care friends.