Mixed Medium Die Cutting Techniques with Shari Carroll
Welcome everyone!! We are already halfway through DieCember® can you believe it????
I have a couple die cutting techniques that I experimented with to create an awesome mixed medium background. I cut out a couple snowflakes using laminating sheets and also Stick It adhesive sheets with watercolor paper for the others. I had in mind that the laminate snowflakes would resist the watercolor and the watercolor paper snowflakes would have darker edges where the paint would soak in. It WORKED!!!
Once I had my snowflakes cut out, I arranged them onto a watercolor panel and ran it through my die cut machine to press them in and to get a good seal. I used some Tim Holtz Distress Resist spray for added snowfall effects and then I went about water coloring with blues and teals.
I allowed everything to dry and then mounted the panel onto a card base. The main snowflake on the card also uses Stick It adhesive but on the front side and was misted with Rock Candy Distress glitter using the Stampers Annonymous Glitter Duster. I love the amount of glitter that the duster delivers!!
To finish my card, I white embossed a greeting and added some beautiful gems from Prima. I’ve filmed the entire process which you can watch below.
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I hope I’ve inspired you to experiment with your dies and watercolors for amazing effects. Thanks for stopping by!
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As always, another lovely piece of art! Thank you so much Shari – love your work and videos!!!
Wow! Another stunning creation! Cheers.
Beautiful card. Love the technique. Definitely something to try.
This is so beautiful, I’m going to watch the video now!
Cute card!
Have a great day!
Marilyn❤
JUST GORGEOUS! I love the glittery snowflakes! What a great technique too!
Gorgeous card Shari. Thank you for sharing the technique!
Wow! Beautiful! I always love to watch you create! I like how you incorporated the laminate snowflakes. Awesome dimension and gorgeous colors!
SO STUNNING, Shari! I LOVED watching you work your magic! LOVE the dies you used too! They’ll be going in my cart! LOL GORGEOUS WORK & I LOVE the techniques you used too!!! ;)LOVE learning paper crafts!!! ;)
I could just sit and watch and learn from you all day. I love your experimental approach to mixed media projects. Merry CHRISTmas Shari!
That is so pretty!
Wow love the soft-cold colours, the texture by the different snowklaces and the iciness by the drops!
What a simple, lovely card! I don’t have the dies but might try something similar!
I love your choices of colors for this card – exactly what I would choose! Such a pretty, pretty card! Can’t wait to give this a try myself, even though I don’t have the same dies, I do love the technique.
Hi Shari, I looked for the resource for laminating sheets, but I didn’t see the link. I’m not sure what they are. Help?
This is a beautiful card using some awesome techniques! Thanks Shari!
Gorgeous card! Amazing layers and design. Cool technique.
Ooohhh, this is beyond Gorgeous!! Thank you for making a video of the process Shari You are beyond talented!
Wow! So pretty!
Absolutely stunning!!!
Beautiful snowflakes!
Thanks Shari for absolutely gorgeous card–love the watercolor effects on the different surfaces.
Love the snowflakes. Die cutting
makes our greeting cards more
interesting and have more depth.
thanks for sharing
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WOW Shari, this is the best ‘experiment’ I have seen in a long time. Beautifully done and NO, I cannot believe we are halfway though December….another year GONE! EEEK!
This is a beautiful card!1
Beautiful snowflakes on your card! Thank you for showing another technique.
Wow…. gorgeous card ! Thanks for sharing idea
Just beautiful!
Oh, what a gorgeous card x
The little drops of melted snow look so cool!!!
Love all of the detail and interest on this card! :)
Beautiful card
and love the
way you made it!
Carla from Utah
Absolutely gorgeous. These may be the most beautiful show flakes I’ve ever seen, and the coloring is wonderful. I’ve been making cards for I while, and it’s never occurred to me to die cut from laminate sheets — can’t wait to see how it cuts in my well-loved (translate: old) Cuttlebug.
Your mix of media for the snowflakes really does make this card, Shari! Love your style!!
The colors you chose look great–icy. Nice idea.
Bee-utiful snowflake creation. I so want it to snow here in Central TX. Last time it snowed was in Jan 2015. I had rescued/adopted my dog Daisy at age 7 in 2014 and when it snowed in Jan 2015 she was like a child playing making snowangels.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
ous card Shari. Wintery colors and wonderful design!
Such a stunning card, I love the delicate colours and elegant design. Simply beautiful!
Simply stunning!! Love these colors for wintery everything.
I love the look of this card!
I wondered about the glitter duster–now I “need” it! Absolutely LOVE this card! Thank you for the video & Happy Holidays!
BEAUTIFUL card!!!
Very pretty! Thanks for sharing how it was made!
What a treasure! All those different snowflakes, and each technique worked well! Way cool!
Beautiful card.
So wintery and pretty
Well, I know what i’m going to be doing today! Such a beautiful card…?
Love, love, love it, this is so awesome Shari. Although you said that you where experimenting, you know your products and mediums so it couldn’t go wrong.
Thank you so much for sharing this in your great tutorial.
Very pretty Shari! Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous card, thanks Shari for sharing the technique!