WCMD 2018 | Dress Up Your Die Cuts Challenge with Gayatri

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The challenge title: Dress Up Your Die Cuts.

Explanation: Make your die cut pop by dressing up the die cuts on your card. Stamp them, colour them, sponge inks on them, watercolour them, use alcohol inks on them.... Whatever floats your boat.

However, stamping, colouring or heat emboss on coordinating dies is not part of the challenge.

Here is my take on the challenge.

On the card, I used In a Word: Joy cutaway which is stamped used the image from Elisa's Flora  stamp set and coloured using copic markers. I also stamped the same image on the top of the card front and coloured using copic markers to coordinate with the Joy sentiment. I also sponged Peeled Paint distress ink in ombre fashion from top of the card front. The JOY sentiment is glued flat on the card front because I didn't want big dimension. This card is one of my Christmas card design this year. That means I can mass produce this card.If you want dimension, then you can stack and glue three JOY die cuts. I also added some jewels for the festive bling to finish the card.

Hope you are inspired my take on the challenge. I cannot wait to see what you come up with. Happy World Cardmaking Day!

Gayatri

Prize: One randomly chosen project that is linked up will win $50.00 gift credit to the w&w shop.  **Remember for rules about the challenges to read up HERE.**

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Joy with Gayatri

Hello everyone, Welcome back. This is Gayatri here today. I have couple of Christmas card to share with you. The design is easy and can be easily mass produced.

Here is my first card.

I have used Winter Woodland stamp set and In a Word: Joy cutaway on my card. I started with die cutting a rectangle panel using Essential: Katharine Cutaway. Then I stamped the images from wonter Woodland stamp set on the bottom of the panel using dark green, dark red and brown dye inks. I layered stamped the images.

I then die cut the beautiful JOY using a dark green cardstock, sponged dark green dye ink on the bottom of the die cut, then brushed with green shimmer Spectrum Noir pen. The Ombre feature disappeared upon application of the green shimmer. But the shimmer is gorgeous. I adhered the JOY die cut on the top of the panel. I adhered this panel on the card base flush. I then added some metallic sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and glossy accents to the berries.

I really loved the colours on this card that I wanted to alter the layout and change the colour of the sentiment to make another card. So here is another card.

On this card, I stamped the same images from Winter Woodland on top of the panel. Then die cut JOY using red cardstock and sponged dark red dye ink on the bottom of the die cut. Instead of added red shimmer using Spectrum Noir pen, I added clear shimmer using Spectrum Noir pen. On this die cut the red ombre is visible and adds depth of the sentiment. I adhered this sentiment on the bottom of the panel using foam adhesives.

I added the glossy accent to the berries and metallic sequins to bring the card together.

 Here are the Winnie & Walter Supplies I used to make these cards.
1. Essentials: Katharine Cutaway
2. In a Word: Joy Cutaway
3. Winter Woodland stamp set.

Hope you got inspired my Christmas cards today. Thanks for stopping by!

Winter Woodland

Essentials: Katharine Cutaways

In a Word: Joy Cutaway

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Joy with Kelly

Hi Folks! I'm thrilled to be able to share our family's Christmas card here with you today! I always send photo cards, so I wanted the base of my card to be a photo of my boys. I also wanted to make a 3D Christmas card for something a little different, keeping in mind that it has to be a relatively simple card design due to the number of cards I need. The word "JOY" (from the recently released In a Word: Joy cutaway) is the perfect large size to act as a 3D element and stand for the photo (along with being part of the sentiment.)

    

I was so pleased to die cut the very thick American Crafts glitter cardstock with the In a Word: Joy cutaway ... cutting it 108 times no less! Here they all are in stacks of 10. 

Here you can see how the "JOY" sticks out. There is a thin strip of black cardstock folded in a rectangle adhered to the front of the photo and the back of the "JOY." This allows the "JOY" to be folded flat for mailing, and once the recipient opens the card, the "JOY" can swing out. It then becomes the stand to hold the photo upright. You may also notice a star charm hanging from a silver jump ring looped through the "O." I really like how the swinging star catches the light and gives a sense of movement when you open the card.

I made a few different versions with different colors of glitter paper, and multiple layers of "JOY" cuts. 

Here they all are, waiting to be put in envelopes. The ones on the left are all standing. The ones on the right are not. You may wonder why they are not standing. Think dominoes. Any breeze from children running by made keeping things on the table very frustrating!

Thanks so much for looking! I sincerely hope you have "a season full of joy" regardless of which holidays you celebrate!

-Kelly

In a Word: Joy Cutaway

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