Spellbinders Springtime Shipping Frenzy - Day 3

Hi everyone!   Welcome to Day 3 of the Spellbinders Paper Arts Springtime Shipping Frenzy.  I am excited to show you two of the new Die D-Lites templates that were previewed January and are available and shipping out now!  To celebrate I’ve created a couple of cards to give you some ideas on how to use them.
 

The die sets I'm working with today are Happy Birthday Cake and Sentiments One.  Here's my first card.

Supply List for Happy Birthday card:
Spellbinders® Die Templates

S2-082 Sentiments One

S2-081 Happy Birthday Cake

A2 Curved Matting Basics A
A2 Curved Matting Basics B

Here are the dies I used for the interior of my card.  I wanted the cake to be a different color from the cake stand, so I carefully taped the die template to both aqua and white cardstock.  I could have die cut the entire piece with both colors, but I always love a good shortcut!

 Here they are all cut out.  I cut the banner into pieces to use for the accent banner on my card and you can see how the 2 pieces were cut from the cake die.

Next, I did some stenciling.  I sponged the candle tops yellow (for flames) and then sponged each layer of cake frosting with a different color pink ink.

 Here is how I made the double layer frame around the card.  Like with all Nestabilities die sets, the dies within each set are made 1/4" apart and when you combine them with their counterpart (in this case Matting Basics A and B), they make a cut 1/8".  Since I wanted my frame to be 1/8", I knew I needed both Matting Basics sets.

My first step was to nest the largest dies from Matting Basics A #7 and 6 (with die #1 being the smallest).  That first cut made a 1/4" wide frame and a large panel.

Next I made my second cut.  I used the nesting dies of Matting Basics B #7 and 6.  I layered die # 7 on to the 1/4" frame that I just cut and die #6 to the outer edge of the large panel.  After these cuts, I got the 2 1/8" frames I used on my card.

Before I go, I wanted to show you all the new Tool 'n One!  I used it to pop out the little pieces on my sentiment die (don't forget to fish out the dot for the "i" before you trash them!!) and I discovered a bonus, it also partially popped out the letters themselves.  This made it easier getting the letters out of the die.

My next project is a wedding card.  I wanted to show you that the cake is pretty versatile and can be used for more than birthday projects.  I used wood veneer hearts instead of candles and presto -wedding cake!  The sentiment and cake stand are die cut from gold mirror cardstock, so pretty!