Sandy’s Craft Bag

I just finished my Thanksgiving cards (I know, a bit late). I’m a bit disappointed because I had planned on adding a background of gold foiled fall leaves but couldn’t because it turns out that the Glimmer system can’t be used with the Cuttlebug.  It doesn’t fit.  That’s also why my cards are running late.  My Glimmer machine didn’t get here until Saturday and then when it didn’t work I had to figure out something else for the background. I ended up using a pierced background die.   They’re still cute aren’t they?  The pumpkin dies are from AliExpress, the background die is Simon Says Stamp Detail Petal plate, and the sentiment is from Aliexpress too.   Thanks for stopping by! 

I needed to make a sympathy card so I pulled out my Altenew Pattern Motif Die Set.  I hadn’t used it yet and I thought it would make a pretty & easy card.  The patterns were cut using lavender and metallic lilac cardstock.  One note - it was difficult to get the cut cardstock out of the dies in one piece.  The lavender tore but you can’t really tell once it was all glued together.  Next time I’ll use waxed paper too and see if it helps.   It was a little tricky to get it all lined up and the little bits where they were supposed to go, but no worse than most layered flower dies.  I glued the 2 layers together and figured out how I wanted it to fit on the A6 dark purple card front.  This motif is larger than an A2 or A6 card, so it hangs over the edge.  I glued it to the card front and, once dry, trimmed the edges.   I white heat embossed the sentiment, added a few clear drops, and it was done.  Didn’t it turn out pretty? I’ll definitely use this die set again.  Thank you for stoppin