Thankfully, I had a nice long crop last weekend, and got to pull out my dies and leisurely create! I decided to do some die organizing, so I brought every. die. I. owned. (You can imagine how long that took.) As I went through them, I found a few old favorites that I haven't used in awhile, so this is a great blend of old and new!
The great thing about using QuicKutz dies is that it puts the ability to make your own embellishments right at your fingertips. I know many of us spend hours scouring our local scrap shops (and our own stashes!) trying to find that just right element to make our projects pop. It has to coordinate and match, and be the right size and it has to speak to us in some way or another.
I love that when I'm in that pickle, I can turn to my dies and make whatever it is I want! I can dress up any die to match any project, and it feels great to know that what I made is totally unique and perfect. I never have to settle for "almost" when I'm the embellishment designer!
In the spirit of that thought, I decided to keep these cards as paper-centric as possible. With the exception of two buttons, every element of these cards is paper, dressed up with ink and glue. I'm sure you have all found that paper-only projects are economically savvy -it's great to create for less and to be able to share cards like these with more friends!
Here's what I used:
Bee die NEW! KS-1009
Flourish REV-0028
Flower NEW! REV-0314-S
Banana Split ("smile") 4X8-BANANA-S
Storybook Alphabet ("many blessings") 4X8-STORYBK-M
borders- REV-0011
I bet you have a few of these dies in your own stash! You can never go wrong with classics. This new flower and bee are my top choices from our newest release. I hope you can snag yourself a few of these MUST HAVE dies for your own collection! I know I'll be using these for years to come!
17 comments:
Gorgeous!!
Beautiful cards! Those papers are faves of mine right now, it's great to see more projects with them! Can't wait to get the bee and create with it!
Love them....what did you use for the base/card? Turned out great!
Beautiful work, Leah!
Leah you are my favorite designer! Your ideas inspire me totally! I always look forward to seeing your work. Thank you so much for the great ideas! I love to see you sharing your ideas here because I love QuicKutz!
Leah...these are so fabulous! You are a genius with those dies!
I adore everything that you do! Those cards makes me want to get me those new dies
Love those cards, Leah! Those beautiful shapes make me want to run out and buy me some Quickutz now.
Amazing, Leah! You do such wonderful things with those dies!
Leah, your work is gorgeous as always. You always know just the right touches to add to a project. You make me want to run out and get a QK machine just so I can use that daisy die!!!
Beautiful work Leah! Love how you have "pumped" up the dies by using pens and inks! They are perfect for your projects!
OMG!! Those are lovely!!
Beautiful work, Leah!
Awesome cards Leah!
Beautiful projects Leah!! Thanks for sharing with all of us :)
Gorgeous as always, darlin'!
This is so clever!!
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