Hey everyone! I'm a Guest Designer over on the Top Dog Dies blog today - head on over there to check out how I made this card! And scroll down to see the other two I made for this set of onesie cards using their dies!
If you've never heard of Top Dog Dies before here's a quick blurb about them:
Top Dog Dies is a new online store that offers their own brand of wafer-thin and steel-rule dies, along with dies from brands you already know and trust, including Little B, Lawn Fawn, Taylored Expressions, Savvy Stamps and Cheery Lynn Designs. Top Dog Dies is also the leading U.S. retailer for Tattered Lace, a new line of intricate dies designed by British designer Stephanie Weightman.
I made a trio of onesie cards using the Top Dog Dies Onesie Card and Finishers Die Set. The large steel rule die in the set creates this A2-sized onesie card - how cute is that? I made the pink one for the Top Dog Dies blog post, then had to make a blue one and a "gender neutral" grey and white one to complete the set.
I used embossing paste over a stencil on the first card, then on the other two I sponged the ink over the stencil to create "patterned" onesies. On the insides of the cards I sponged the matching pattern with lighter ink to enable them to be written in and legible.
I used my Blue Wink of Stella on the darker blue die cuts for the boy card - LOVE the shimmer it gives. On the grey card I didn't use any shimmer at all and kept it simple.
These were so fun and easy to make. I love shaped cards but I balk at printing off and tracing templates or fiddling around to create my own shapes. Having a die that I can simply run through a machine is my sort of thing - if that makes me lazy so be it LOL! I can get WAY more cards made in less time that way so it's a win win in my books.
Before I go be sure to head on over HERE <----click! to be entered in to win the Guest Designer Giveaway! All entries are due by August 31, 2014 The winner will receive $50 worth of exclusive dies from Top Dog Dies (their choice!). All the info is in the post I linked to above. Good luck! :)
Grey, Dark Pink and Light Blue Card Stock from my stash.
