2 Cards with One Die!
Hi bloggers! Happy Monday afternoon to you! I’m always so happy to share with you something else lovely that the fantastic Jess Larsen has made for us to share on our blog with you! Today for her special STAMPtember® feature she shows us how to make 2 gorgeous cards with one die! If you all are anything like me, you appreciate a good value & a gorgeous result!
Enjoy!
As a lover of all things crafty, I often collect different products and then forget to use them! It has been a goal of mine to rediscover those products, so I decided to experiment with my alcohol inks. They are so much fun to play with, and I have found that you can really do no wrong with them — my kind of product! :-)
I combined my alcohol ink background with my very favorite STAMPtember® product — the Big Hello die. When they say BIG they mean it! This die is HUGE and works perfect for the focal point for a couple of quick and easy cards. For the first card, I die cut the Hello five times using white cardstock. I glued them all together to create a very thick, dimensional hello. I added the pink alcohol ink Hello on top of that and popped it on to a white card base. Very quick and easy, but still packs a lot of punch.
I couldn’t bring myself to waste that pretty inked background, so I decided to create a card out of the negative of the die cut. For all the details and to see those awesome inks in action, check out the start to finish video I created!
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Very nice cards. Love that big die!
I love that cursive die!! I haven’t had the courage to try out alcohol inks yet, but the results look gorgeous!
Such a cute die, love both cards!
I love that idea with the dies!
love the purple
What a simple design but so gorgeous. Love those purple alcohol inks and I’ve been in love with that die since I saw it.
What a great colour! And two beautiful cards with one cut! Inky greetings, Gerrina
Wow! I love this die and these cards. I just put it on my wish list.
The alcohol inks are amazing. She did a great job and made two beautiful cards!
Alcohol inks are so much fun to use and I love how you made the ‘hello’ so dimensional on your first card – thanks for sharing !
I love that die! One of my favorites. Thanks for the great video. The cards are beautiful.
Wow, love the background! Awesome card!
Love that clean look, and what a fabulous die! :) hugs, Kimberly
I love those big word dies.
Awesome! I really need to get my Alcohol Inks out again soon!
Great cards with a great new die. TFS ;-)
FUN! Always great to get the most out of those dies!
Love both of these cards, really going to look at my die cut negatives in a whole new light now!
Wonderful results in both cases! Love that cursive font.
Just gorgeous, Jess. I’ve tried using the negative for a 2nd card& the hardest part for me is cutting straight in the 1st place. Your video was great.
What a colorful card! Great use of the hello die!
I love love love that big hello die!
Oh how fabulous…two gorgeous cards!!! I adore that big hello die; it is on my wish list.
So kewl love the purple against the white :)
What a fabulous idea! I love getting 2-for-one! Thanks for the inspiration. :D
Loving that hello die!!
Love the Hello die, and today’s cards. It’s always a good thing when you can make two cards at once! Great job!
Very pretty cards.
Great use of the
products.
Carla from Utah
love this so much
great card(s)
thanks for the inspiration
Love these two cards!! Great results with your alcohol ink background! I love this new die as well, definitely on my wishlist! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Love both cards! I need to get my alcohol inks out!
Such a pretty effect with the alcohol ink! I love both cards!
I love 2 for 1 deals. Great inking and a super neat die.
Very cool! Class!
Love these cards, simple & pretty. Love how you used both pieces and made 2 cards with one cut. TFS!
Love the hello die, I could think of a lot of ideas to use this on. Great cards too.
Gorgeous color!
Love the die.
Two really awesome cards, and such a great idea to use both parts this way and it looks really cool with this alcohol inked paper. Think I´ll have to give this a try soon.
very cool, I love alcohol – in this form:-)Thank you for revisiting an old technique!
Wish Simon says would make this die in European too, Hallo. Would be right for Germans and all us Scandinavians, plus quite a few other languages. The French could just cut the h away and get allo. Please SSS!
Beautiful cards! The alcohol ink is so pretty.
LOVE the idea of making two cards from one die–and two gorgeous ones at that!
WOW—What great cards!
I need to pull out neglected goodies more often! Love these two gorgeous cards especially the dimension on the first one.
Fantastic ideas and wonderful tutorial video! Those blending inks are amazing!!
Wow! I’d love to try to make a dimensional thing like that, it’s kinda like a die-cut chipboard, and it looks awesome.
I love how nothing is wasted – it’s too pretty to not use! Love that fabulous colour!
LOVE it, I often use the real thing and the “negative” and this is a perfect example how great that is!!
xx Irene