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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Stunning card! Great technique!
Wow!!! Gorgeous card!!! That laminate really does look like embossing, great effect!!
Beautiful card and love the techniques! I hadn’t seen the laminate paper before but need to have some! Thanks, Shari!
Love the design, techniques and soft color….
Amazing card!!! Fabulous colouring!!!
WOW ! So glad you had this brainwave. What an awesome look, how did you think of this ?
This is so pretty, may have to try this ! ;)
SQUEAL!! SO BEAUTIFUL!! LOVED the Video too!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!
Very pretty. I like the colors and depth.
Great technique – love the background and will have to try this! Very pretty card!
Beautiful colours and technique! A quick question – you mentioned placing the snowflakes onto the smooth side up watercolour background, but when you die cut the snowflakes, are they rough side or smooth side up? Many thanks!
Stunning! Love the soft colors.
I could watch you watercolor all day, such beautiful results, again I have to say that I’m in love with the colors that you always choose. Loved that you turned over your focal point snowflake to sticky side up! Had not thought of that, duh. Thanks for your inspiring video as well as the project.
Stunningly beautiful… Love the color and the watercolor resisted perfectly. Thanks for sharing and have yourself a Merry little Christmas.
Love this technique!! What a great card! Thanks for sharing.
Just beautiful. I need one of those glitter duster thingies and I already follow by email.
Beautiful card! The snowflakes are lovely!
Beautiful snowflake card! Love the background color.
Thanks for sharing…
This is such a gorgeous card! I love the fun background and the texture you got with the different snowflakes. )
Well isn’t this a delightful technique! I would not have thought of laminate, but it worked amazingly. And I love the colors you used too. You are just a never-ending source of really fabulous ideas.
Simply stunning!
The card is beautiful – love the idea of laminate – will have to try!
Awesome! Using the various materials and media with the watercoloring has resulted in a truly beautiful card. The video is filled with so much helpful information and demonstrations especially for how to use the various media. tfs
Beautiful card!
So gorgeous!! Love the colors and all those elegant snowflake die cuts!
Shari, I also enjoy your posts because you are so good at mixed medium projects. You keep on inspiring me.
I love all those snowflakes. Its so pretty.
wow your watercolouring is divine!
Gorgeous blending of colors for your cards! And it is absolutely gorgeous!
Die cut cards are beautiful!
Oh wow, this is just stunning
Gorgeous card! Love the colors.
Awesome card, and amazing techniques you have shared with us today. Love how different all of the flakes are, yet your watercolor background pulls it all together. Magnificent!
Wow, this is a stunning card. I love all the blue tone layers.
I love the design and the die cutting techniques. My favorite part: the snowflakes you cut from the laminating sheets. Fabulous card! TFS
Beautiful! Love the snowflakes and the colors you blended together.
Super cute card!
always TOP
Beautiful card! Where do you get the laminate sheets? All I find is clear?? Thanks!
Stunning card! Those snowflakes are amazing. Great technique!
Lovely card, great technique. I’m not sure what the laminate sheets are. What are they normally used for?
I have that question too! Thanks for asking.
Fabulous card! I love all the different media you used for the snowflakes.
DIE-lightful!
… I feel the NEED to experiment NOW :)
I LOVE the blue and teal background. It looks so wintery and icy!! The glitter technique is one I need to try immediately! This card is one of the best of the season!!
Beautiful card Shari! Love it! Perfect colors.
Beautiful – I can’t wait to get my own glitter duster. I love the soft spray of glitter it gives. I will have to try the die cut laminate, and I really like the pools of denser colour on the edges and the small spaces in the snowflakes – beautiful.
I am looking at it again, and I would also have to say that I would love to see how the dusted glitter would look on those water coloured die cuts too.
This card is absolutely gorgeous. What a creative technique.
This turned out so beautiful. Love all the elements and details.
I love all the dimension and colors of this card!! Beautiful
love how this looks embossed – so clever!!!