Friday, April 23, 2021

More Balloon Cards

Still loving this die set from Anna Griffin. There are so many ways you can make these and they don't have to be easel cards either. 




But they are all gorgeous. You can put as many embellishments on them as you want. I'm getting ready to work with some scrapbooking dies but honestly, I never got into paper scrapbooking even when it was at the height of its popularity so I probably won't be doing much of that. But the dies I will be using can be used on cards too.


Saturday, April 10, 2021

Cards From the Wildflower Garden

Love working with these die sets and papers. The layers are beautiful and I love the embossing. I went over the raised areas with an emery board to scratch down to the white core.




I can't say enough about these cards, they are just a delight to make. It goes quicker if you have the layers pre-cut into 5" x 7" size. 
 

Monday, April 5, 2021

Oblong 3D Concentric Die Cut Cards

These are one of the prettiest sets of die cuts. Following Anna Griffin's Finishing School tutorial, all these layers are cut out at the same time in compatible colors. I used four different colors for mine and cut out three sets of layers to make 3 cards.





You can see how mixing and matching all these layers produces different but similar type cards. They are all beautiful but no two are alike, even using the same dies and papers.



The 3D dies are so detailed. Not only do they intricate cut but they also do embossing on more than one level. They remind me of German scrap. These are my new favorites now.



Thursday, April 1, 2021

China Cabinet Cards

These are the most beautiful cards I've ever seen. All of the Anna Griffin cards are beautiful but these are just the most gorgeous cards... and the only square cards I really like. 


I'm normally not a big fan of square or odd sized cards because they cost more to mail and are hard to decorate, but I do like these.




These are from a collection called China Cabinet and it includes the papers and dies to cut out the fancy bits. It all comes in a little box with a drawer and it's the best kit she's done so far but I like them all!