My head is soooo tired from attending intensive German classes every day. I have 4h every afternoon and I come home completely frustrated after having to figure out the German grammar. I was fluent in French in 6months, although thats probably due to the fact that I was only 25, and I didn’t really have a choice as the French didn’t want to speak English, and I’ve got by in Spanish without having studied it. But after 4 years in Germany, I’m still struggling with the language.
Obviously it doesn’t help my German that everyone here speaks English although it makes life easier of course. We only speak French or English at home, (or Spanish when my mother in law is here) and as the kids are in the International school here, German is not their main language either, (they are actually studying 4 languages at the same time though!), so that doesn’t help with me learning German either! So after (and during) my German courses, all I want to do when I get home is grab a glass of wine… and look on the bright side of life, which is my card making!
I made these ombre inlaid die cut cards last night with the gorgeous NBUS die from Pink Fresh Studio and I’ve also done a photo tutorial, so its going to be a photo heavy post, to help you understand the best way to get those delicate dies onto a card. I decided to do this when I spoilt 2 die cuts trying to glue them onto my card!
I started by die cutting a black card stock with the die and removing it completely. I do this so that I don’t have too many layers to cut through later.
I then sponged some distress inks onto a white card stock, the size of the black card stock, and glued it behind the black card stock I had previously die cut from, with the coloured side upwards . Behind this distressed panel, I glued a sheet of double sided adhesive. (Ignore the pink blobs, I always use scraps to do my card!)
I then laid the die into the cut out area of the black card stock and ran it a few times through my Big Shot Plus. You have to move it around in your cutter to make sure that everything gets cut, as the adhesive behind the distressed panel will be hard to cut through. Once I was sure that everything was well cut through. I gently removed the adhesive, making sure that the parts I wanted to leave on my card did not come off too.
I then pressed the whole panel onto my black card base and voila le tour est fait! Its done! Obviously, to avoid all those steps, you can always spray the back of the die cut with glue if you have it, but as its so delicate, if it sticks onto your table, it rips off easily!
This was actually my second card as I didn’t take any pics with the first one.
This is the first one I did. Which colour do you prefer? Let me know in the comments below !
Thanks for stopping by and I hope this tutorial was useful to you.
I’m sharing this over at:
Dies R Us Challenge – Fancy Corners
Happy Little Stampers – Anything Goes with Dies
Just us Girls – Color week
Double D Challenges – Sentiment or Quotes
STUNNING!!
I love the color and that black cardstock
you did many technique sweety
this is I never try
love love love the result
hugs
Monika
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Thanks dear!
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My sentiments exactly! Beautiful shading and inlay. Thanks for sharing with us at Double D, and good luck with your German!
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Thanks Leslie!
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Stunning cards!!! Love the pop of the bright colors against the black background!!!! ~Sophia
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Thanks Sophia!
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Awesome cards. I love that quote and the movie that it is from. You did a beautiful job with the inking and inlaying. Thanks for linking up and playing along with us at Happy Little Stampers September Anything Goes With Dies Challenge!
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OH Gwen these are AWESOME!!! Thanks for the details and the sentiment is perfect! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Sentiments & Quotes’ challenge as well as the ‘Fancy Corners’ challenge at Dies R Us! We hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
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Thanks Darlene!
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Beautifully created cards…love the colors and what a fabulous die! Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
Diane DD DT
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Gorgeous!
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Gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. oh wow!! I feel for you. Its very impressive and awesome that you know so many languages. I wish that back in my school days they had forced us to learn 2nd languages and even 3rd languages as this day in age everyone almost needs spanish here. I can well imagine German is difficult. Good luck! I am sure that it will all click into place soon! =)
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Thanks Tammy, glad you liked the card! Send me your address and I’ll send one to you. I’m not sure if I’ll ever speak it correctly, i honestly think i’m too old to remember it all!! 😀
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awww =) you are super sweet ❤ to send me a pretty card that you made. I greatly appreciate that!!!!! I would love to have one ❤
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So have you sent me your address? My email is desperatehousewifecraft@gmail.com
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Wow this is so pretty! I like both the colors you used on each – so gorgeous! Thanks for linking up at Happy Little Stampers ATG w/ Dies September Challenge!
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