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Hi readers! Happy April Fools’ Day! No tricks up our sleeves, just some great inspiration and design from our special guest designer Kelly Rasmussen! Featuring gorgeous inlay die-cutting, flecks of gold, glitter, & embossing… it’s hard to pick my favorite feature of this card! What is yours?
Enjoy!
Hi there! I’m so happy to be back on the Simon Says Stamp blog to share some inspiration with all of you! My card today features the die-cut inlay technique using the fabulous Hero Arts Palm Die.
To create the card I die cut the palm twice — once from white cardstock and once from kraft cardstock. Then I used the negative piece left from the kraft cardstock and adhered it to a piece of copy paper. (Be sure to save any little filler pieces that might need to placed in later!) Then I inked up the white palm with Peacock Feather Distress Ink and then spritzed it with some Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine. And then I inlaid the colored palm onto the kraft piece for a perfectly smooth finish.
I created a window with my craft knife for the gold heat embossed sentiment to show through. I just love the font mix on this sentiment…and the others in the set are pretty great, too! To finish off the card I added a gold glitter strip to the top of the card and a few more drops of Gold Color Shine.
A big thanks to Simon for having me today! Hope you all have a wonderful day!
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Thanks for reading today and thanks to Kelly for being our guest!
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Cool technique. Love the color of the palm!! Thanks!!
That’s a VERY cool card! Love the colors!
This card’s a winner! So elegant and unisex. Lots of neat and easy techniques!
Beautiful card, love the palm die! x
I’ve never been a fan of gold… until today! This card is gorgeous in so many ways!
Fabulous! Love the inlay, the colors and the touch of gold! The window with the sentiment looks great!
Gorgeous card! Love the look of the inlaid die cut. At first glance I thought it was a stamp.
stunning, love the effect
Awesome! I love this card. So clean looking–yet intricate and classy at the same time. Excellent!
Really like the window cut through the inlay – beautiful! Thanks Kelly!
Wow just a gorgeous card! Love it!
Gorgeous card. Love the gold splatter.
Love the inset die cut and the window for the sentiment. Did you use glitter paper for the strip of gold?
Wow, love those colours and the shine! TFS ;-)
This is gorgeous! I love the colours – so cool! xx
Very pretty. Love the trace of gold on the green leaves.
Great technique and a perfect take on a clean and simple style. The card has a very clean feeling but there are so many interesting things happening without being fussy and overdone. I just love this one.
I’ve been seeing this die-inlay look and really like it!
Fabulous card. Love the die inlaid look.
Well done on the inlay on a gorgeous card!
The Hero Arts Palm Die is one of my favorites and Kelly used it so beautifully here! Gorgeous card!
That gold splatter/mist looks awesome!
Oooh, LOVE those sparkly touches!
This card is nice. The gold spray makes it special.
I love how simple this card is, but looks so elegant! What a great card to give to a male or a female.
Love the gold1
very pretty
Very pretty, love the gold spray!!!
Die cuts and inlaying…neat technique, wonderful results!
I love all the golds and the cut window is a wonderful way to show the sentiment.
I love the die-cut inlay on this card and the beautiful color combination. Kelly’s creation is gorgeous!
SO So pretty…love the gold effect…super job!!
Gorgeous card! Love the die cutting and that great gold shimmer!
Gorgeous card!! I love the gold over the bluish color leaf!!
really lovely card! I love getting the blog updates via email. That way I don’t miss a thing:)
Love the inlay technique which Kelly created beautifully on her stunning card!!!
Great card! I love how the colors blend. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful card! Thanks for the inspiration!
The gold on kraft is really appealing. Peacock feathers is perfect contrast.
The colors, the window, the die… just perfect!
Love the palm – reminds me of living in California.
The gold added just the right touch.
Thank you for sharing!
What a gorgeous card. Love the color combo.
Thanks for the cool technique!
Love the colors on your card!
Wow, this card is just gorgeous!
Beautiful card! Love the colors!
Love this inlay trend, love peacock feathers, love all Heidi’s sprays, and love this project!!!!
The shimmer on those leaves is gorgeous! I always like how the inlay die cutting looks so clean and interesting!
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This is gorgeous, love that inlay die cutting method!