Hello there! It’s Dawn here, and it’s my turn to share a project and today, I wanted to play a bit more with the new Large Lemon stencil and die and made a birthday card along with a coordinating gift tag. Won’t these be fun to gift together?!
For the card, I layered up a couple of the A2 Stitched Scallops die cuts and topped them with the big ole lemon! Haha! I love that thing! Behind the lemon, I layered one of the new Bird of Paradise Border die cuts.
PRO TIP: You can totally change up how you use that Bird of Paradise border die cut! It doesn’t have to be a border at all, if you snip it apart and use the leaves wherever you need them for your design! In this case, I just cut it in half, making two pieces out of it and then, when tucking them behind the lemon, I angled each section outward diagonally. This creates more of a frame around the lemon AND it hides the bottom “straight edge” of the border die cut, so that you can’t tell it’s also a border at all!
I used the Large Lemon stencil to add some shading to the lemon and added a bit of ink blending to the bases of a couple of the flower leaves, too.
PRO TIP: Cut three sets of the flower dies — each set from a different color card stock, and then mix and match the centers so you end up with 6 flowers in a few different color combos that all coordinate with your card!
Lastly, I finished things off with a sentiment from Squeeze the Day Sentiments stamp set and matching die.
For the gift tag, I just punched a hole at the top of the lemon to run some twine through and voila! Gift Tag! The sentiment is from the Four Square Holiday Tags stamp set and matching die.
I hope I’ve given you a bit of inspiration today, to create a little coordinating set of your own!
I’ve got a couple more PRO TIPS over on my blog today, in case you want to stop by!
Happy creating!
Dawn
