Cards with Die Cuts

I've had a Cricut Access subscription the last couple of months because I got a discount, so I put it to use on my cards this summer. Today I'm sharing cards where the cut is the focus.

First is an anniversary card where I used a whole panel. I cut it from gold foil cardstock. I then layered it over a piece of watercolor paper and used a pencil to outline some of the areas. I then removed the die cut and loosely watecolored the background. Once it was dry, I adhered the die cut. I finished it off by filling the smaller hearts with Glossy Accents.

I used die cuts for both of my Father's Day cards this year. For the first card, I used a watercolor patterned paper that looked like land and sky as my background. I stamped the trees and geese and then adhered the bears. I didn't want to fuss with the tiny centers of the letters, so I drew them in with a dark brown pen.

For my next card, I used an embossing folder on silver foil cardstock for the background. I then adhered the die cut over the top- super simple!

For this card, I was using up some patterned papers from some collections that are pretty picked over. I decided to add a large popsicle to the center for the sentiment. I had initially made a pink popsicle, but I wanted to bring out some of the colors in the center panel, so I remade them green. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment with light blue embossing powder. I finished off the card with a sprinkle of sequins.

For my final card, I started with a tie die mask and blended it first in one colored and then turned it 90 degrees and blended it with a second color. I cut the soccer ball from vinyl, which tends to work better with designs this fine. I masked off the center of the card in the size of the ball before inking the background to keep the ball white. I cut the numbers from gold foil cardstock. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in gold. Funny story on this card- it's for my son, who turned 15. As I was finishing up the card, I remembered that my son's actual number is 16- oops, almost. 😝