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In & Out of Studio 3D
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
The Flowers Die
Topic: Die Cuts

I had some ideas for using diecut flowers but don't have a die for flowers. I always had to cut them out by hand... no fun! So, on a craft supplies swap group, I saw a set of flower dies offered and in turn I offered a die that cuts parts for quilled flowers. I've never liked quilling so I was disappointed when I bought that die and never used it.

What a great trade! My partner also threw in a tiny flower die, a brackets die, and a little embossing folder with text.

Here is the main die:

It is a Sizzix that cuts three sizes / two styles of blooms.

Looking forward to using this.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
It's a Frame-Up
Topic: Die Cuts

Technically the die cut item is the HOLE in the frame but I guess this qualifies.  I started out just messing with things on the table left over from other projects. I started with the frame and then found a paper with spot-printed botanical groupings I pulled out a stamped greeting to use that matched the green in the illustration and a bit of stock matching the frame. With all those elements on the table I looked for a good background and chose a cream and black stripe. WHAT? Cream and Black? Yeah, I used distress inks to make it green.


It all came together so easily.

Ddd


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Sunday, 29 July 2012
Get Out Your Party Dress
Topic: Die Cuts

Some time ago I made a bunch of these little dresses by cutting Vs out of the sides of diecut scalloped circles. They were originally designed to be strapless but I think adding loops of ribbon makes them even cuter. I also used a strip of the same ribbon for a waistband. I used floral wire to construct the little hanger.

For background I selected a printed tag and then found papers that copied some of the same elements. I aligned one edge of the blue dot paper with a line in the tag and adhered the little dress at an angle.

I added a line of silver peel-off zig-zag border to the bottom and top edges of the dress and then applied a silver peel-off greeting.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Sunday, 24 June 2012
Fancy Pants
Topic: Die Cuts

I was going for simple and elegant on this card but I don't think it turned out that way.

Love the background paper. Love the diecut flower. Loved the corner brackets but they may be too large. Loved the pink swirls but they didn't stand out enough so I added white dashed lines and now they stand out too much and the casual lines don't match the formal character of the card. Like the bow - don't love it, just like it.


Possible fixes: use the white pen to turn the dashed lines into solid lines, change up the bow for something more elegant like a rhinestone. Other suggestions?

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Think About Flying
Topic: Die Cuts

I love a butterfly with raised wings on a card. Someone sent me this purple butterfly that has been embossed and I had some purple diecut words as well. The background paper I chose had brownish/purple toned flowers on a green background. So I backed the words and butterfly with brown and then added a dark strip at the bottom.


I popped the butterfly wings up on foam and added some green Stickles to the body and antenae. Then I placed three heart-shaped rhinestone stickers on the bottom strip.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Monday, 18 June 2012
Blue On Blue
Topic: Die Cuts

The assignment: make a card that is tone-on-tone blue. I raided the table scraps, the sticker bin and the die cuts stash for parts to use.

I started with a dark blue card base and cut strips from the table scraps to glue on in a tilted strips. Over to top I added a rectangle sticker on an opposite tilt.

Three shaped tags were stamped with the sentiment and mounted with glue dots and a blue brad.


Hey, what's with the camera inserting purple where I put in blue?

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Sunday, 17 June 2012
Swoosh!
Topic: Die Cuts

In rummaging around in my scraps I ran across some die cuts I had tossed in a bin for 'later'. First I pulled out a lovely flower piece and used foam as a base under it to burnish and get a rounded shape. Then I pulled out the brown swirls - 5 of them and found the colors went so well with a particular piece of patterned paper that I had.

Adding a pink swirl and a pink patterned strip made it all come together.


I added some doodle lines around the edges, placed foam under the raised parts of the flower petals and a little multi-pearl center to the flower.

Yummy!

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Impressed - Not Impressed
Topic: Die Cuts

I bought a couple of new sets of Spellbinders dies called 'Piercabilities' that I thought had promise for cutting card edges. This is the first one I used. They have a cutting edge, scrolls or other shapes that emboss, and little holes that I thought might emboss or even I could pierce through them and do stitching.

The edge cuts fine.

The embossing is faint.

The holes embossed so little that it looked tacky. So I left the die in place and pierced through the holes. Looked pretty lame. I decided to do faux stitching with a purple fine-line marker. Still looks tacky.

I decided to back it with purple to match the stitching lines and to cover up the pierced holes on the other side. Then I added a pyramid 3D illustration that I had backed with more purple.


I am not impressed with how this is impressed. I will try out the other 3 dies but don't hold out much hope for them. They may end up in my 'gift stash' to send of with a swap to someone.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Saturday, 17 March 2012
Doilies, Diecuts and Punches - Oh My!
Topic: Die Cuts

On one group we were challenged to use doilies on a card and another group challenged us to use diecuts and punches. So I used all three on one card to meet both challenges.

I embossed the front panel of the base card with a Cuttlebug Hearts folder and built directly on it. The purple background circle and the red foreground circle are both doilies. The scalloped circle is a texturized cardstock that I diecut with a scalloped circke and used a 1/8-inch punch to create the holes. I glued the red doily to the front and added heart brads and rhinestones before mounting over the purple doily using foam tape.


The script is also a diecut whick I glittered with Stickles.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Hot Tropics
Topic: Die Cuts

This challenge was to use hot troical versions of pink, green and yellow. I found an old card front image that had the right colors in it and used that for my background.

I diecut varying sizes of frames in multiple colors and shapes and layered until I had an arrangement I liked. This was glued to the card front and then the center oval was cut out of all the layers together.

The base card is neon yellow and I attached a butterfly sticker to the center. The constructed piece is mounted with foam tape around the opening and with glue (flat to the card) around the outside edges.


I stamped and diecut the text label out of neon orange and mounted with foam tape on the middle and glue on the ends. Three sticker hearts decorate the front and I added rhinestones to the flower centers on the butterfly.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 12:01 AM PDT
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
I Was Framed
Topic: Die Cuts

Left over from the 'dog days' project I had two of the beaded oval frames left over. Here are the two projects I made with these:

The first uses the same red splotchy cardstock as the base and the white frame placed the same as the dog cards. However, I had a clear scripture sticker which I added to the center. I found an awesome glittered foam bracket for the bottom and then added two tones of green rhinestones to the frame. A couple of irridescent green dragonfly stickers finish it off.


This one has the white frame added to white cardstock so you just get a subtle look. I used a clear scripture sticker for the center again and added some sunflower stickers at the corners.


So hard to photograph white on white - looks much better in person.

Ddd

 

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Dog Days
Topic: Die Cuts

Challenge: Make cards on the theme 'dogs'

I started out wanting to stamp something but only have two dog stamps and they are both kind of 'cartoon-y'. Instead I decided to do a silhouette and went back to making my 'thumb puppies' to get them (that's where you trace around your crooked thumb and add your choice of ears to create a dog head)

I cut the dog heads from black cardstock, used two nestabilities dies to make white  frames and attached them to a red 'splotched' card base.


I had a stamp of 4 paw prints and used this to make corner elements using Staz-On ink.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Saturday, 24 September 2011
In Great Shape
Topic: Die Cuts

As part of a swap of diecuts some time back I was given a butterfly cut from a folded base. It was the perfect size to make a card so that's what I did. I covered the entire surface with crumpled tissue with a rose imprint. Then I covered that with lots of scrolly gold peeloff stickers and some gold peeloff butterflies.


The back layer is slightly larger than the front leaving a border showing all around. You can't see it in the photo because of the way the card is standing, but the back layer has a gold border using a Krylon marker all around. This gives a gold border to the front when the card is closed.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Friday, 29 July 2011
Just Ride
Topic: Die Cuts

Some time ago I made a skateboard element for a card using a diecut oval tag, some round punches, hole reinforcements and eyelets. I made several of these while I had the supplies out and set aside some for later use. It is now later.

For this first one I used a rubon border to decorate the center of the board and droppes it onto a plaid background. I also added a gold peel-off greeting at the top. This might be good for a younger boy.

For an older boy, I selected a more stark background and added a band of text about boys. This skateboard is popped up on foam squares and I added the silver peel-off text directly on the deck.

I like how the same element can span a wide age-difference.

Ddd


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Spring Flowers
Topic: Die Cuts

Assignment: Spring card

This beautiful paper was from a pad of diecut pages. I just trimmed it to fit the standard card size. The folded card base was selected to match the floral background (a lucky find, actually). I added a matching paper with fine stripes and then had another serendipity by running across the swirl diecut.

The text is a fabric sticker. I added sticker acrylic milky flowers to the centers of all the printed ones and then added pastel colored pearl stickers to the centers of these.

Love this card!

Ddd


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Monday, 14 March 2011
Missing Ewe
Topic: Die Cuts

This is one of those ideas I sketched out on my church bulletin (bad girl) and it turned out exactly like I wanted!

I used scalloped circle nextabilities in every other size and then ran them through the d'vine swirls Cuttlebug folder. I used oval nestabilities for the faces and the ears (cut in half). Then the parts are layered with foam dots and the faces are drawn on with white pen.

The 'missing' is a portion of a Cuttlebug diecut and the 'ewe' is letter stickers. I added a ribbon bow to the girl sheep.

These make me laugh.

Ddd

 

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Monday, 15 November 2010
Berry Basket
Topic: Die Cuts

More of the victorian illustrations, this time framed out in green. Otherwise the process was the same as yesterday's cards.

I also used the same peel-off greetings.

Ddd


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PST
Sunday, 14 November 2010
Ding Dong Bells
Topic: Die Cuts

A few years back someone sent to me a big stack of 'victorian' illustrations that are framed in either green or red and cut out save for little bridge pieces that connect the picture to the frame.

For these I used a nestability die to create an aperture for it in a bronze toned cardstock, rounded the corners, and raised it up on foam dots over cream cardstock. This background lets the bridges blend in.

The text is gold peel-off stickers.

Ddd


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PST
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Happiness for Today
Topic: Die Cuts

Lovin' layers lately...

Since I had a scrap of shimmery parchment with butterflies I decided to use it as a background and then used a Spellbinders die to cut and emboss a butterfly out of shimmery cardstock. Two tones of teal cardstock and a diecut label with organza ribbon pull it all together.

I like to pull up the butterfly wings and attach it only at the body so there is dimensionality to the card. Then I added 4 oval teal rhinestones for the body.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Light of Friendship
Topic: Die Cuts

This is the LAST scrap of this lovely paper so I decided to use it as a feature. I used two Nestabilites dies together to create the yellow frame and a circle punch to make the green center piece.

Stacking, stacking and more stacking with colors drawn from the feature paper. I had the little strip of text, cut from a scrapbook paper, in the scrap bin. Everything is mounted with pop-dots and I trimmed it up with gold peel-off stickers.

Ddd

 


Posted by studio3d@ccgmail.net at 6:00 AM PDT

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