Today I'm sharing a couple of cards that I Made for this week's challenge over at TGIF Challenges where they have a product challenge focusing on alphabet dies this week:
I have been lax in keeping up with my Christmas card making, so inspired by a couple of my blog friends who made Christmas cards in the past week, I though I should remedy the situation. It's a great opportunity to play along over at Inkspirational too, where the theme is seasonal - I suspect there will be more sunshine than snow in their gallery, but I'm not going to let that stop me! What's more, using my Mini Alphabet Die gave me the opportunity to make two at the same time with hardly any extra effort - take a look at the first one:
Here's the low-down on today's card:
Mini Alphabet - As with this card here, I used my Mini Alphabet Dies to create my custom sentiment, cutting the alphabet several times in black and adhering to some white cardstock, cutting around this allowing for a border, to for the base:
If you're someone that has a habit of losing or misplacing letters in your alphabet die sets, the Mini Alphabet Dies might be a great solution for you! All of the letters are attached and you can diecut the whole alphabet (including duplicates of commonly used letters) in one go. Any letters you don't need you can set aside for future projects.
Two For One - Having completed my card, I used my leftover negative alphabet diecuts to make a second card:
I simply cut each letter into a rectangle using my paper snips, and again adhered to a piece of white cardstock, this time with the white cardstock forming the letters courtesy of the negative diecuts:
This is a great way to make two cards in one, with very little extra effort. You might want to keep the little pieces that create the letter infills (such as the A and O on my card). I chose not to use them on this occasion and I think it looks fine without - but it's entirely up to you.
I added a simple background using some retired festive DSP from my stash and added some diecut holly as an embellishment to complete my cards.
Here's a photo of both cards together:
You can use the same principle with other alphabets too. Is this a technique that you ever use? Do let me know in the comments below!
Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:
You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any.
Enjoy your day; yes, I must be crazy sharing Christmas cards on what is predicted to be the hottest day of the year here in the UK, but I can assure you I am loving the sunshine! I'll be back tomorrow with another project for our new challenge over at As You See It. Until then, happy stampin'!
Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:
