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Hi readers! Happy Tuesday to you! We’re popping in today for a sweet little inspiration from Simon pal and designer extraordinaire Lucy Abrams! I love the pretty patterned paper she used underneath the die cut to make it pop even more! Enjoy & read on for more details!
Hello. It’s Lucy Abrams here with a quick and easy card featuring some of my favorite new products from Simon Says Stamp and Hero Arts.
To create this card, I first die cut the cute little bird from the Songbird Branch set repeatedly from some recycled cardstock then added a die cut stitched edge from the Bundle of Stitched Shapes die set. I adhered this panel to some Pebbles patterned paper which I had taped to a notecard, then spritzed it lightly with Calico Shine Mister Huey’s.
Next, I die cut some small Greeting Blocks frames from pink papers, then stamped the sweet sentiment from Hero Arts’ Hello You stamp set, before adhering the frames together with foam tape and adding some looped silver thread. Finally, I added my sentiment panel to the card with more foam tape.
I love the way that this one small Songbird die can create a whole feature background. Tip: to keep my birds straight, I drew out a grid lightly in pencil. It helped a lot!
Thanks so much for stopping by.I hope I have inspired you to take a look at your small dies and see what you can create. Have a happy day.
Lucy create an amazing background!
Lovely card. I really like the background technique!
Cute birds!
Such a cute and sweet card. Anything to do with birds, I’m there. I think I will give this technique a go.
Great idea! I could use my teacup die, Or my butterflies. Or…
Beautiful card, love the diecut background! x
Amazing!! The little birds are all lined up so perfectly!!! Love all the special touches you gave the card too!!!
A lovely card.
So simple so elegant. Very interesting the use of metallic thread
what a sweet card
sweet card with all those bird cut outs.
stamping sue
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I love this tip for using one tiny die to create an entire card. I’m shopping my stash to see what I can use to CASE this technique. Thanks!
Oh wow I absolutely LOVE the patterned paper combination here & how you made it peek through the birdy die cuts – AMAZING!!
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I love Lucy’s style – she’s one of the first bloggers I stumbled across when I started card making and has continued to inspire me!
Like the multi-bird die cut background.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Someone will be smiling widely when they receive this card…thoughtful and beautiful!
~c
Lucy…Great card…thinking outside the box to use your dies…thanks for posting.
Love this card Lucy!! The inlaid birds are fantastic!
Adorable card! Love the birds over the pretty patterned paper! ♥
Wow! This is so beautiful :)
What a great way to use a die!
Such a pretty card Lucy! How on earth did you line up those birds so perfectly? Lol
Love the card! What a great way to use a die! Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh how absolutely adorable! Sweet card.
Such a sweet card! I wouldn’t be able to get my die-cuts as straight as she did for the life of me. Even with a ruler! haha
Hello friend!
Such a beautifully elegant design, love how all the birds are lined up!!!
Lucy that is such a sweet card.
Love the peek thru of the patterned paper.
Thank you for sharing your project.
Amazing die cutting. Love the card.
This is a cute die. Lovely card too
LOVE!!!
Cute background and card!! I think I might try it with hearts:)
Love how you created your own die cut repetitive background. So trendy!
What a sweet card, perfect die cutting!
Sweet, or should I say, tweet
Yea!! Why not multi-cut a background. I multi-stamp a background all the time!!! Cool idea!
What a cute card!
What a great idea! I have small dies and just stare at them sometimes wondering what to do. Time to go play. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love dies and this is clearly another example of the beautifulness one can achieve.
Great way to use this die–I like the choice of papers.
Great card! I love the die cuts revealing the background!
That is so cute. What a lovely background. Must try. Hugz
I love the diecut background!
Clever idea.
Beautiful Card.
Pink and gray is truly the best color combo around, as your adorably sweet card proves! Love the use of those negative dies and the delicate string behind the sentiment! Gorgeous work!
I love the birdie background with the patterned paper peeking through! SO sweet!
Wonderful card Lucy. You lined those birds up so well. I like added details -stitched line, mist and the thread around the sentiment.
How creative to use the bird die to create the background for this pretty card. Thanks for sharing your great idea.
Oh this so lovely, I just adore that bird die!