Whoops! One die, three cards
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! Please join me in a warm welcome back as a special guest on our blog to Lesley Oman of Heffy Doodle! She’s creatively made 3 cards with one die! Read on to learn more details and enjoy!
Hello everyone, It’s Lesley here from Heffy Doodle and today I am taking one Heffy Cuts die, and using this to make three different cards. I love to stretch my stash, and I hope to inspire you to take a closer look at your craft supplies and think of fun new ways to use them.
The die I am using is the ‘Whoops’ Heffy Cuts die. I am definitely one of those people who makes the cards but forgets to post them, so this die is perfect for me!
For my first card, I am taking the ‘whoops’ die and snipping away a few letters to create the word ‘whoo’. One day I was tidying my desk and a piece of paper was hiding half of the die cut ‘whoops’ so only the first four letters were showing. I immediately thought of our Hootiful stamp set which has a load of sweet owl images!
I started with a piece of cardstock measuring 5.5” x 4.25”, and used some Heffy Memo Tape to secure down the Stitched Alphabetter Dies to spell out ‘LOVES YOU’. After running this through my die cutting machine, I then did some partial die cutting with a Stitched Circle die. For this, I only placed the top cutting plate ¾ of the way over the die, which means I have a circular cut line, but it is still attached to the card panel. I wanted to add some color to the background, but not the circle, so I placed a strip of memo tape over the circle and then used some Salty Ocean distress oxide with a foam blending tool to add a gorgeous blue tone. To create an ombre effect, blending with intent near the bottom and simply have a lighter touch near the top. This will give you a nice blend into the white at the top of the card panel.
I stuck this panel onto a folded card base and used a glue pen to adhere down the letters that I had previously cut out. The inlaid effect looks really elegant and the stitched effect on the letters gives it a touch of whimsy! To finish the sentiment, we need our ‘whoops’ die, but I took my scissors and carefully trimmed away the last two letters. I tried to follow the curve of the letters so it looked natural. I added a stamped and colored tree branch and two owl images from our Hootiful set, and finished my card with a little heart to add a pop of color to the final project!
For the next card, I am also going to be snipping away letters from the ‘whoops’ die cut but this time to create the word ‘oops’. Instead of making this the focal element of the card, I am creating a fun background using a white on white technique. First I trimmed down a piece of white card to be 5.25” x 4” and then die cut 7-8 ‘whoops’ die cuts which I trimmed down say they said ‘oops’. I stuck these to the card panel at an angle, using the descender on the P to be the space between the two words on the line below. I added some foam behind this panel and stuck it to a teal colored card base, and using the same teal card I cut out five ‘Sorry’ die cuts. I wanted this to be the focal point, so to make this sentiment stand out, not only did I use a bright color, but stuck all five die cuts one on top of the other using multi matt medium. This almost makes it look like a chipboard word! For the finishing touch, let’s not forget to add mister bear from the Unbearable Without You stamp set, popped up on some foam to make him stand out!
For card number three, I WILL be using the full ‘whoops’ word, but instead of reaching for a white card this time, I want to create a different texture for the sentiment on this card. In my stash, I had some black adhesive craft foam that was perfect for this. If you don’t have adhesive foam, you could use some double sided adhesive sheets such as the Stick It adhesive. Add it to the back of the foam before die cutting – this also prevents the foam from stretching and losing its shape when you remove it from the die. For the card I cut a rectangle from the Imperial stitched rectangle dies (second biggest size) and then used the stitched circle dies to cut out a number of circles overhanging the edges. I adhered the panel to a card blank and before sticking down the circle inlays, I added a little pop of color using the SSS Duckling ink pad. I love the bright yellow of this ink -it was a perfect choice, and I love how it gives the illusion of holey cheese- and what would be better for a card full of cute mice! I embossed a sub sentiment from the ‘Hello Squeakheart’ stamp set and cut it into a sentiment strip using the ‘Strips of Ease’ dies. I used some leftover black foam to pop this up on the front of the card. To finish, I adhered on some sweet mice and their accessories from the ‘Hello Squeakheart’ set.
Three cards with one die, all with very different looks! Have you ever used a die in a way that was different from its original intent? I hope that you have enjoyed the video and are inspired to find new ways to create using your word dies.
Until next time, Happy Crafting! -Lesley
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These are so cute! :)
So Clever!
These are all such adorable cards Lesley, your ideas for the ‘whoops’ die are awesome! I will definitely be taking a closer look at my dies. Thanks for sharing!
Congratulations to all of this weeks winners, so happy to be among them! (I’ll email Reed now.)
I love these cards! All the cute images and play on words. I really like that whoops die. And congrats to all the winners. Enjoy your package, its like Christmas in the mail!
What a sweet trio of fabulous cards! Love that sweet bear.
Awww super sweet and adorable cards!! Congratulations to the winners :)
Super cute cards!!! Great ideas for 1 word die!!!
Such a DARLING set! I love the Oh Rats one!
Love the many uses of this set. Cute inspiration.
Great use of the word die! Love the cards!
Such cute cards!! The one with the mice is adorable!!
Such cute cards!!!
The owls are so cute. I like the whole scene…
How clever to cut a word die apart for variations! Now I’ll be giving my word dies a second look! tfs
Cute cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
These cards are absolutely adorable! I really love the whoops sentiment.
Love the teddy bear one with the background of oops!
So cute trio of cards, love the way you have snipped off letters to make new words! Brilliant.
These are truly genius ideas, love the adorable cards!
Such a sweet trio of cards! I’ve altered word dies before to say something new, but not at this level of cleverness!
So clever!
Cute cards! What a great way to get more out of your dies! Love the little mouse card!
Very cute cards, and I love these ideas for stretching supplies! :-)
I always love seeing ways to stretch a die or stamp sets use. These cards are adorable. The white on white background is very interesting, and losing the last letters then pairing with the owl set was super smart! Love the colors on this card as well! The whoops I missed your day would be perfect for all those times I managed to get something made at the last minute and sent anyway knowing it wouldn’t arrive in time. Great ideas! Thanks for sharing
Your cards are absolutely adorable!! And so fun – even tho it’s all about ‘sorry’. lol
Super cute cards!
Cute as can be. Great way to extend the due. I like the oops one best. Clever way to use it diagonal
These cards and images are just cute as can be!!! I esp love the owls.
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Super cute cards!!
Such sweet cards with cute messages. The owl card is my favorite.
Love these sweet cards. I’m not a big fan of rats, but that belated birthday card is adorable!
Clever ideas & cute cards!
Super cute – TFS
Adorable cards with such sweet images!
Adorable cards! What a creative way to use 1 die!
What fun cards!
What a clever way to stretch a die, great cards.
What a lovely set of cards! I love the different ways you’ve used the Whoops die, especially the owl card!
Very sweet cards! Thanks for sharing.
Very clever ways to use this whoops die.
Cute cards and good thinking outside the box. I use my stash pretty straightforwardly. I guess that’s a word because it wasn’t underlined. I already follow by email.
Fabulous work on all
the cards and I love
the Owls!
Carla from Utah
ooh these cards are just adorable – love them all:)
You’re a genius! Thanks so much for sharing this great idea!
All three cards are great! love the “whoops”
Very creative cards and fun ways to use the die
It is so great to see examples of ways to use one die lots of different ways. Thank you!
Sweet cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
Great cards – love that WHOOPS die and especially love the owl card and the partial cut of the WHOOPS die! That is great – love the partial cut of the circle to make the moon too!
Such cute cards! So creative…
Thanks for sharing.