Spellbinders Shape It Up Sneak Peek and Giveaway Day Five

Hi everyone!!  Welcome to Day 5 of the Spellbinders Shape It Up Sneak Peek and Giveaway.  I am excited to show you two new dies templates.
The first set is a new set called Sentiments, which is a set of 14 fabulous sentiments that are perfect for cards and scrapbook pages.

The second is a new set in the Cut/Fold/Tuck die series called Fascination, which is a set of 6 dies making 3 amazing flower blossoms.

Supply List:

Spellbinders™ Die Templates:

S5-200 Sentiments
CFT S5-206 Fascination
E8-001 Classic Scallop Edgeabilities
S4-346 Labels Twenty-Two
GC-001 Grand Calibur® die cutting and embossing machine

Cross Promotional Partners: 

Want2Scrap©: Say it With Bling, 72 ct Silver rhinestones 
Bazzill Paper Basics®: Marshmallow Card Shoppe cardstock
My Mind's Eye™: Indie Chic "Nutmeg" 6x6 paper pad
ClearSnap®: ColorBox Black pigment ink
Buttons Galore: white, yellow and aqua buttons 
May Arts: Burlap String in Natural
Xyron®: Adhesive Eraser Cube
SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L™: 3D Foam squares  

To start, I made a 5x7 card base and trimmed dotted pattern paper for the top and striped paper for the bottom.  Then, using the Sentiments Friend die, I cut the shape out of the lower right part of striped paper.  Next I inked the die with ocean ink and die cut white cardstock.  By inking the die directly, this letter pressed the ink into the cardstock highlighting the word with ink.  Note, with this technique I do not emboss the die.  I found that if I embossed it while it was inked the paper had a tendency to tear at the edge of the letters.  The letters ink perfectly with just the die cutting process.  Once I had the word, I adhered it into the opening of the striped paper.

Next I created the die cut border with a strings of buttons accent.  To do this, I die cut and embossed the Classic Scallop Edger with the Triple Dot insert.  As you can see in the photo on the left, I taped them together onto the white cardstock.  Not only is this a time saver, but it ensures they are perfectly aligned.

To make the strings of buttons, I laid out the buttons with the spacing I wanted, then strung them with burlap string.  Next I wrapped the string around the border and glued it down to the card.

Next I die cut all the pieces for the flower blossom.  You can see from the photo on the left that the Fascination dies comes with the outline die and the CFT pattern die (I separated the smallest blossom for demonstration).  I line them up and die cut them at the same time.  On my card, I have layered my new dies with some older dies.  The base of the flower blossom is from Labels Twenty-Two, then is the largest blossom in the Fascination, then a Classic Scalloped Circle and it's topped off with the smallest blossom from Fascination.

In the picture on the left, you can see I added adhesive squares to most of the layers to give the blossom some depth.

Before I remove the large blossom from the dies, I rub it with my adhesive remover.  This takes off all the little paper fibers that can accumulate and leaves it a crisp die cut.  Then I begin to fold back the pieces of the die cut.  I like to get a crisp fold, so I use the pointy edge of my ruler to fold them back and press them into place.

 After all the pieces have been folded up, you tuck them in under the petal on their left.  You can see that process in the picture on the right.

 
Here is another card I made with these die sets. I love the fresh look the tangerine ink has embossed into the word Inspire!

 I hope I have inspired you to give the Cut/Fold/Tuck dies a try and don't be afraid to mix and match your older shapes with the new!

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