Friday, 9 March 2018

Friday Die Day

Hello friends

I'm scheduling my Friday Die Day post so fingers crossed you are
reading it at the right time!
This week I'm featuring Nordic Floral.
This is a 5 piece die set and the approximate measurements are:

Tall Flower: 1.10 x 3.00 in. 2.80 x 7.60 cm
Bird: 1.40 x 1.60 in. 3.60 x 4.10 cm
Med Flower: 1.10 x 1.60 in. 2.80 x 4.10 cm
Small Flowers (each): 1.00 x 1.50 in. 2.50 x 3.80 cm
1.00 x 1.50 in. 2.50 x 3.80 cm

To start, I've affixed a silver foil card 6 x 6 mat onto a white card base.


I then die cut multiple tall flowers from white cardstock.


Onto a white card mat I began to adhere them to create a background.


Trim some so that they are staggered and fit.
Tip: once they are arranged and glued down run this through your die
cutting machine with the embossing sandwich - this flattens and seals the design. 


Next, use one of the smaller flowers to cut an aperture into a square die cut.


Mount onto a black card mat square and stamp a sentiment.


Mount this onto a silver foil card mat square and, using the same
flower die gain, die cut from black cardstock.


Insert the die cut black flower into the aperture and colour the fall out petal pieces,
paper piece back into the design.


Affix to the centre of your card with background design (flattened if desired!)




This design only uses two dies from the Nordic Floral set 
so lots more potential for this die set.
Nordic Floral dies are in stock on the website here
and please feel free to check out the other Folk Art designs 
all in stock here.

Take care friends, wishing you a wonderful weekend.
 

15 comments:

Chris said...

Hi Christine
Firstly, Congratulations on two great shows yesterday, and loved all your samples and demonstrations.
Love the card today too and a great tip about running afixed die cuts through the machine again, I haven't heard that before, but makes great sense.
Hope today goes well too, I'm at work today but will watch on catch up TV.
Chris xx

kittyedavies47@gmail.com said...

Morning All.
Thank you two great shows last night, beautiful cards and demo's.
Take care and have fun.Kitty.
Oh todays card is so pretty too thank you.

hazel young said...

Great shows Christine. Lovely card and die set, have a great day xx hazel

Jan on the Fosse said...

Hi Christine
Enjoyed your shows last night.Your samples were great.Today's card is very striking I love it.
Jan x

Sandra Biggs said...

Morning
Really enjoyed yesterdays shows. So looking forward to todays.
Have a great day.
Sandra

nattyboots said...

Hi Christine
Lovely card and die set.

I am hoping to catch up on your shows today as i had a busy day and had to record them .
Take care
Elaine H X

margaret driscoll said...

Hello Christine
Well done on the Hochanda show loved the cards you made!
This set reminds me of Crewel stitching so beautiful!
Love Marg

rosiejt said...

Great use of these dies! looking forward to today's shows.

lydia jordan said...

Morning Christine,
Well done on the first show last night, got the second to watch on replay.
Lovely card.
Lydia
X

Anonymous said...

Good morning Christine enjoyed your show at 6 last night. Margaret was thinking the same as me that the big flower looked like crewel work. Certainly an interesting collection of dies. Enjoy today and safe journey home xx

Lynda's craft's said...

Hi Christine really enjoyed your Hochanda shows yesterday & im watching you now.lovely Dies & lovely Demos. Congratulations on bringing Spellbinder to Hochanda
Hug's Lynda xx

JeanD said...

Hi Christine, I'm loving your Hochanda shows, and am so pleased with my Mandala due. I love it and am having a great time with it. Take care. Jean D xx

Littlelamb said...

Congratulations I enjoyed the shows I was able to wa5ch yesterday. Haven’t been able to watch today’s yet. Lovely dies today.

Patricia Howarth said...

Hi Christine, I love this technique and this card is so effective. I loved your shows, great demo's, safe journey home.
Lots of love from Patricia xx

Betty McAlister said...

Hi Christine. Wasn't sure about this set of dies at first but you've brought them to life. Your samples on Hochanda were gorgeous proving that the more simple the cards, the more striking they are. Thank you for your inspiration. Xx

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