I love dies. There is something satisfying about punching out paper. Like popping bubblewrap I guess. As far as punching styles go - I absolutely love "co-ordinating" stamps and hand-held punches. After that pull out the big guns - I use the Big Shot, very sturdy and capable machine.
But naturally, its the "dies" we really get excited about. Whether you carry handheld punches over to your cozy corner to play or roll out a stack of shapes on your tabletop machine - you just end up wanting more and more dies - am I right? Bad habit, lol.
So I am always up for trying new dies I don't own - just yet - and here are two from Stampin' Up! I tried out recently featuring both a Bigz die (love these as they go through amazingly easy!) and one of our newer Embosslit dies.
First card is using the Embosslit die called " THANKS" as you can see - but isn't that a nice way to pop on a thank you? Its so clean, simple and quietly elegant. If you really wanted to emphasize 'thank you' to someone, this would do it so well.
Thank You Card
Also what's neat about this die is that we have a hand-held punch to layer with it - our " Modern Label " punch, look for punch #24 in our cataloque, or item # 116630.
Tulipe Card
Up next is the Bigz die I mentioned....this is the very pretty "Tulipe"! For a twist, this card is using the 'negative' image (or the background) which means the punched out tulip (not shown here) can still be used for another purpose - let's say adorning another card - so 2 cards in 1 punch!
Starting with a co-ordinating colour base card in Crushed Curry - we put a strip of paper from the beautiful Razzleberry Lemonade Designer paper on the inside....
and then placed a 6 in.square of Rich Razzleberry (purplish) cardstock to cover the surface of the entire die. Pressed through The Big Shot and pushed out the pieces that comprise the tulip - now our cardstock is showing the tulip's outline - or negative image. Layered this over more Razzleberry Lemonade cardstock - but not before punching the corners out with the tip of our newest Christmas punch - Ornament! I do own this punch already because it has co-ordinating stamps! Wheee! (told ya I luv em!) And lastly.....
we added glitter! Of course we did! The tulip is covered in a fine glitter, our very own 'Dazzling Diamonds' - but you know how hard it is to photograph glitter!!! So I shut off lights and tried again....see if you can see it sparkle...?
Well I had fun anyways...and you must admit, you have to appreciate the whole 'Try before you buy' approach! (ok...last thing I must sneak in...the Tulip's parts can be configured to make your own designs if you play around with the pieces...plus the 'Decorative Accents and Decorative Accents #2' are two more Bigz that could co-ordinate with this one.....ok, I'm done :) )
Goodnight!
Stampin' Up! Products (prices listed in Canadian) = Embosslit Die, Thanks: #115957/$15.95 Cdn....Bigz Die, Tulipe: #1134578/$29.95....Ornament Punch: #116794/ $22.95....Big Shot Machine: # 113439/$132.95
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