Friday 6 November 2015

Friday Die Day

Hello friends

It's a slippery slope to lots of Christmassy blog posts
but for today I will stick with Autumn!

Featuring one of the die sets from the Woodland Collection -
Acorns
It's a Die D-Lite set and the approximate measurements are:
Acorn 1: 2.35 x 1.30 inches
Acorn 2: 2.20 x 1.20 inches
Leaves: 2.00 x 1.80



This is how they look cut/embossed,
nice deep embossed area at the top of acorns.

Don't forget to stencil through your dies, you can achieve 
such warmth of colours and tones this way.

A card this week,  I selected 5 x 7 Matting Basics
and Standard Circles LG, positioned onto cream card,
cut/emboss.

Onto an ivory card front I matted DCWV Cinnamon Luster paper.

And a smaller square on top of that.


Placed my cream die cut front, (duly stamped with fav stamp set!)
Scripty Sayings and attached some twine with Crafty Power Tape.
Mounted this up with Crafty Foam Tape.


Die cut the Acorns from brown cardstock and 
clustered them with the leaves.


Close up pics - the leaves are so malleable - I resisted doing hours of tweaking!



As mentioned I'm currently at the NEC Hobbycrafts Show
but tomorrow I'm heading off to Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
to Crafty Interiors - I'll be there for a Spellbinders workshop in
the morning and a demo in the afternoon.
And then I'll be back at the NEC on Sunday!

If you walk by my stand and I look like I'm nodding off just give 
me a shove!  I see a lot of coffee ahead...

Take care friends - have a lovely weekend.


18 comments

  1. Hi Christine.
    Lovely die and card Thank you.
    Have fun take care Kitty.

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  2. Morning Christine,
    A lovely card using a cute die. Hope you have a good time at the NEC.
    Lydia
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  3. Hi Christine
    Such a lovely card and die and a great Tutorial as always.
    Take Care
    Elaine H X

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  4. Brilliant card, love the acorn dies.

    Michele

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  5. Hi Christine,
    Love your card today,great tutorial.
    You seem so busy at the moment,I hope you are enjoying yourself.
    Take care. x.

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  6. Good morning Christine!
    Have a lovely time.... love todays Tutorial!
    Take care
    Love Marg

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  7. Hi Christine, love the dies and your card is very pretty. love Jean Z xxxxx

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  8. Hi Christine a lovely card today. Have fun on your travels.
    Kind regards
    Anne Owens

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  9. Morning Christine, I love these acorn dies, ideal for putting with winter foliage, your card is lovely.
    Have fun at the NEC.
    Lots of love from Patricia xx

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  10. Lovely card loving the acorn dies these would be great for Autumn male birthdays. You are a busy bee Christine sure you will be having an awesome time x xhazel

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  11. Hi Christine,
    What a pretty card! I can't wait to be able to start buying the woodland series dies and begin to play :)
    Bejay x

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  12. Hello Christine
    Lovely card and the die set is brilliant, something a little different to add to a card instead of flowers. The Woodland range is a great range.
    Enjoy your busy weekend, I hope your voice holds out.
    Lesley

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  13. Lovely dies Lively card Enjoy your week end

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  14. This is a lovely card Christine, the dies are something completely different to add instead of flowers. Very autumnal, just like our weather!
    Hope you are having a great crafty time!
    Janice x

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  15. Hi Christine. This is a lovely clean and simple card. Certainly very autumnal. X

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  16. Hi Christine. I love the card, clean and simple and great for many occaaions.
    Have a good day at the NEC today and have a safe journey up to Crafty Interiors. Take care xx

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