This layered die cut card is a great way to add a bit of dimension to your cards – and of course, because it’s here on the YamStamps blog, you know it’s an easy method! Featuring some products from the 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue.
So – I liked the Hand Penned suite products, but in all honesty – I was resisting, and they actually weren’t on my “have to buy” list…until one of my Demonstrator team members, Arlene, shared some beautiful projects she’d made with it during one of our online team get togethers. I pretty much had it on my next order going in LOL!! (so for those of you who say that -I- enabled you in your crafty purchases, know that I am not immune!)
For this card, I added some adhesive sheets to the back of some Copper Foil Sheet strips before die cutting with the outline die from the Penned Flower Dies. I also die cut the same die from the centre of the backing piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock. (One of my favourite thrifty card making tricks!) The hole in the cardstock was covered by the piece of Hand Penned Designer Series Paper, and then I added additional strips of the other new 2021-2023 In Colo(u)r cardstocks.
Having the adhesive on the back of the Copper Foil Sheet made it easy for me to adhere it onto the Evening Evergreen die cut – but I slightly offset the die cuts so it showed off the bottom layer and gave a bit more dimensional effect. I suppose I could have put some adhesive sheet on the back of the cardstock layer as well, but I didn’t…so I just used small dots of Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the back of the die cut. One tip I picked up recently was to let the liquid adhesive dry just a bit before setting the layer down so it doesn’t “ooze” out all over the place. Handy tip for a messy crafter like myself!
If you’re in Canada, I hope that you enjoyed your first long weekend of the summer(ish) season! We had our barbeque dinner on our back deck – after clearing so much pollen from our table and chairs – crazy! I saw a comment somewhere about people having to say “Pollen, not the plague!” whenever they sneeze or cough these days. True!!
We’ve welcomed new members to our “Eh” Team of demonstrators this month – and there’s still time to join us and get extra product in your Demonstrator starter kit! The Join+ Promotion runs until the end of May – see the blog post about it here; check out my New Demonstrator Information Page here or contact me if you have any questions.
