I shared this simple die cut window card the other day in a Facebook Live Video. Did you see it? It was for World Cardmaking Day. If you missed it, go to the YamStamps Facebook Page, click “like” and “follow” and “all notifications” so that you can be notified when I do a Live video! (if you scroll down once you’re on the page, you should be able to find the recording of the video too).
In the Live video, I actually did a side fold card, but nevermind that…LOL. I chose to die cut the oval window using the Layering Ovals Dies, and then die cut a the lacy floral piece using the Christmas Layers Dies. I like that even though it is a Holiday Catalogue item, this die cut can be used for something other than a holiday card. I used a sentiment from the Path of Petals stamp set to create a sympathy card. Often sympathy cards are the ones that we don’t often feel like creating, but often need. Obviously, though, with this pattern and images, you could use almost any sentiment to create a card for almost any occasion. The random extra floral images are from the Shine Bright stamp set, but I thought they were similar to the die image.
In the sample above, I used Thick Very Vanilla Cardstock and Merry Merlot Cardstock. By cutting the die from the same tone cardstock, it makes the die cut look like it’s more continuous with the window, and using Merry Merlot ink for the images ties everything in and adds a bit more dimension without being too distracting. I did add dimensionals behind the Merry Merlot layer to highlight the window and die cut a bit more.
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