Video: Making Your Die Cuts Pop

Hi crafty friends! It's Jeannie and today, I'm excited to share a new video with you focusing on the Birds of Paradise Fancy Dies from the latest release. This flower is fun and colorful and it's perfect for a pretty card.

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To create this card, I used first focused on stamping out a ombre background using the Leafy Background cling stamp on Deluxe Smooth White cardstock. I pulled out the colors: Key Lime Fizz, Green Apple, and Blue Raspberry to ink up the background at once. I used a brayer from my crafty stash to blend the colors together. It's so pretty to use more than one color and the three colors are very subtle but work well together. I used one of the Nesting Circle Infinity Dies to cut out a circle on the right hand side of my background panel.

Next, I die cut the Birds of Paradise Fancy Dies out of Deluxe Smooth White cardstock and then colored them up using Copic markers. I definitely googled images of the flower to see the variety of colors. I needed a solid color for the florals to really pop so I pulled out a panel of Pitch Black cardstock and matted the Leafy Background cling stamp right on top.

For the sentiment, I pulled one from the Jungle Serenity stamp set. I stamped "Wishing You Serenity" using the Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink on Pitch Black cardstock and then die cut it out with the coordiating die.

I really love how this card came together and the Pitch Black cardstock with the Leafy Background cling stamp allowed the Birds of Paradise Fancy Dies to really stand out!