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sunshine feel better

The colour challenge at Color Hues was asking for Kraft and yellow so I put my thinking cap on and came up with this card. I am out of Kraft CS in my usual size but fortunately remembered that I had a few pieces of 12 X 12″ in my stash somewhere. I cut the card front and die cut the banner from the same CS. Using a scrap piece of CS I dry embossed and went over it gently with two yellow inks, Squeezed Lemonade and Wild honey. After wrapping the cord around the banner I glued it to the embossed layer. After a search through stamps and dies I found this die from SSS. I’ve only used it a couple of times because it so challenging to get a clean cut. Even with a Magic Mat I wasn’t successful. Then last week I saw something on Instagram with a tip about intricate and difficult dies and tried out the tip. It is amazing how it works and I got a pretty decent result. The tip is to use an old bubble wrap envelope cut to the size you require. You put the piece on your platform bubble side up, put your CS next and the die on top. Run it through and see the magic. From now on I shall be keeping all my used mailers so I have enough to be going on with. Before adding the die cut to the banner I stamped the sentiment. I added a black piece behind the yellow to help it to stand out.

I am quite happy with how this one turned out and shall enter it into Color Hues and also to CYHTP twist not taken. Supplies used are: Banner dies from StampinUp, sun ray from SSS, EB folder is a 3D Tim Holtz/Sizzix called Foliage and twine is from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by, it is appreciated as are your comments.

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  2. Awesome card Johanna! I’m loving the embossed leaf background and the intricate die cut too! I just tried the bubble wrap technique for fussy dies not too long ago and was also amazed at how wonderfully it worked! Thanks so much for sharing this lovely card with us at The Color Hues Color Challenge! Marcia (DT)

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  3. Gorgeous card, Johanna, the inked embossed background looks wonderful for your focal panel. Thanks for the tip about die cutting. I have that same die and it is a stinker to get out of your die. I do have a release paper that is helpful too.

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  5. Thanks a lot Gayle. In my case it came out of the die, but it never cut the rays well and they are so delicate I couldn’t even use a knife without breaking them. The bubblewrap seems to have solved that and they cut properly for the first time.

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    1. My computer has been acting a bit weird recently and it seems that some of my thank you posts aren’t saving. I do thank you for the comment even though it is somewhat late.

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  9. Johanna, First of all, thanks for the tip. I save all my mailers so I will be trying this out today. As for your pretty card, I love the texture so much on the background even though your greeting and sun die are trying to take center stage. I love having you in our gallery at Color Hues.

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  11. This is a lovely card and all the details are beautiful. What an intriguing tip on the die cutting. I wonder why it works and I will definitely have to try it. Had a fight with a die that’s not even as intricate as yours, yesterday.

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  12. Thanks Golda. I’m not sure why it works but suspect it has to do with the bubbles making the die work a bit differently.

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