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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.
Wow–I admire your ability to line it up all straight, I don’t think I’d have the patience!! But very cool idea!
Great card Lucy! Love the idea of using the die multiple times to create a background.
What a great idea and a lovely card in the end. Fantastic and I love that background patterned paper.
lovely card and those dies are…to die for!
What a lovely card! Love the little bird and the combo of grey and peach is so elegant!
Lovely card, what a clever way to use your die! TFS :)
I love the die cut background.
I love Lucy’s sweet card!
Great idea and cute, cute card. You lined up those birds so perfectly! Wow!
Awesome card!
Great card! ;-)
wow, this is amazing
Love the repetitive birds on this card, great use of dies. Always love Lucy’s works
Beautiful card :-D
Pretty card. Thanks for the tip on keeping the die cut elements straight in the background.
What a cute card! Love those darling birds.
Great idea with the repeating birds!!
Fantastic! Love the repeated die cut birds.
cute with the dp peeking through the birdies.
What a gorgeous way to use a small die, very effective.
Do love the background paper… and the color scheme!
Awesome card. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful looking card,
great way to use the
dies.
Carla from Utah
A great design technique and reminder…to repeat the shapes for a plate effect. Lovely card.
Such a sweet card – you managed to die cut the birds so straight too! I follow the blog by email..
Awwww…..the floral print behind the sweet birds is sooooooo pretty!! Lovely card!!
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Wow – love this card!
lucy always makes the sweetest cards… this is just lovely!
what a sweet idea! and so well done too – thanks for the inspiration, Lucy.
Great card!
Great card!
Great card!
Love the card. So simple and impressive. Thanks for sharing.
That card i LOVELY! Can see this with alot of other small dies I have in my stash! Thanks for the inspiration!
Lucy’s so talented. Love her work.
Great background. Something to copy
A great idea using the die as a background and a whole lot of patience to line them up.
Neat gray print showing through the cut outs. Creative!
What a pretty card! I love the background and the stitching.
Fabulous card!! Love the die cuts and the pattern paper!!
So cute! Love the birds!
I just found a bunch of new toys that I have to have. I already follow by email.
Fun card! Love the die cut outs. Thanks for sharing!
Like the way the die cut paper is stitched to the background paper – great paper.
What a sweet card! Love it!!!
Love the way you used the negative space!
What a beautiful card! I love the bird cut outs!
I have this bird die and I never would have thought of using it as a whole background for a card. I defintely will try this technique.
Lovely card. I love the repeated bird cutouts.Lovely paper. Thanks for sharing with us.
Great card, Lucy.