Live in the Moment

I saw a similar style of card to the one I made today and decided to look through my dies and stencils for something that would work in the same way. I am sure there is a name for a card that you stamp (in my case, stencil) and then die cut and raise portions of the panel while leaving other parts flush with the card front. Here is what I am talking about:

I am playing along with April Stencil Fun over at Crazy is Our Fame - Stencils are our Game here.  The optional theme of the challenge is patterns, and while my florals aren't exactly in a pattern, my die has such a pretty quilting stitched pattern. First, I stenciled the florals, then die cut with the quilty cover die. When I took the die cut out of my Big Shot machine, the circles stayed put with the outer "frame" so I carefully put adhesive on the circle backs. I turned the whole thing over in one piece and centered it on my card front. I pressed down on the circles to adhere them to the card. Then I lifted off the outer part of the panel and put foam tape all over the back. Then all I had to do is line it back up where it belonged and add a sentiment.

Products I used:

Waffleflower: Quilt Circle Panel die

Pretty Pink Posh: Crocus stencil

Distress inks

Ink blending brushes

Tim Holtz: Small Talk sticker

I am looking at my cover plate/panel dies to see what else I can come up with in this style because it was pretty simple!

See you soon,

-Carol