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Monday 28 August 2017

Rainbow flower thank you cards

Good Morning all and welcome to a new week, i hope you are all enjoying your bank holiday weekend.  Been beautiful weather down here in Cornwall. 

So today i am sharing a couple of thank you cards i made using a die i was given for my birthday.  It comes in 2 parts, the main floral part which cuts out and then an outside edge die, so you can either cut it into or out of your card. 






5x7" Navy cardblanks.  First i used my wink of stella pens to watercolour a rainbow background (see below), i then die cut the floral frame.  On dark navy cardstock i embossed the floral frame, which i then slotted behind the rainbow front and it gives the effect of quilting, much easier than cutting and gluing all parts back in to get the effect.  

To emboss a die and not cut it, just put it through your machine with a rubber embossing mat, this pushes the card into the gaps on the die.  Sandwich will vary to your machine, i use the embossing folder sandwich on my bigshots.

Wrapped with coordinating twine, stamped greeting die cut into a tag and eyelet added. Gems to finish. I didn't want to cover up too much of the flower so kept the sentiment small.


This one is the opposite of the first, the floral frame is die cut in dark navy card stock and the rainbow panel embossed and slotted in behind.  



Close up trying to catch the sparkle of the wink of stella pens


Just showing the wink of stella panel, i used a wet in wet technique which helps them blend together, you can see the sparkle. I actually used fired brick distress ink for the red, must get a red wink of stella.  So they blend perfectly together. 

Thank you for stopping by, i hope you all enjoy your bank holiday monday.  Emma 




19 comments:

ALI said...

Stunning Emma, you may just have given me ad idea for some old spellbinder dies, it's a long time since I looked at these dies.

As.I.Do.Rodos. said...

Wow that is fantastic Ginny x
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Kate Jeffery said...

beautiful cards Emma katex

Jean S said...

Fabulous cards! Xx

sandy's crafty bits said...

wow super little thank you cards Emma ... I must admit I love sending thank you cards and also love receiving them too ... hope you are having a great bank holiday weekend ... happy crafting and love sandy xx

Sue Nicholson said...

Stunning card x thanks for sharing x

Betty Bailey said...

A really Gorgeous set of cards Emma and I loved looking at the background you made before you die cut it too.

Pam said...

Fabulous cards Emma love both designs, and the colours are amazing.
Pam xx

Cherie said...

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful

kathleen said...

Gorgeous cards Emma. Love the designs you come up with. xx

Alison59 said...

WOW Emma these are fantastic :-)

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous cards Emma...Love both ways with that die..Beautiful effect...Hugs..Marilynh.x

StephW said...

These are wonderful & colourful, that wink of stella panel is absolutely gorgeous ... thank you for stopping by my cards too .. Steph x

FridayFeeling said...

These are awesome , I just love the vibrant colours!

Anonymous said...

Emma these cards are gorgeous, I am so lucky to have one sitting in front of me. The colours and sparkle are amazing. Thank you so much. Hugs Kathy xx

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

Beautiful cards Emma...Love the die and the colours behind them...Joolsx

Diane said...

Stunning colors on your designs Emma.

Hugs diane

Kirsty said...

Gorgeous effect on these Emma, love the rainbow colours. Big hugs Kirsty. x

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