Just Because

Happy second Monday of the month everyone! It's time for D in the IDEAS program developed by Darnell (djkardkreations); D is for dies. You can see her two beautiful cards for this week's diecut adventure HERE. For my project I used a Spellbinders set that I bought last year but hadn't had a chance to try yet:

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio A2 card; Neenah Solar White;

Betterpress Porcelain; Recollections greens; many scraps

Dies - Spellbinders Four Petal Thank You Floral,

Essential Four Petal Labels, 

Scrolled Punch & Pierce Plate

Pressplate with die - Spellbinders You Are Everything Sentiments

Other - Hero Arts Key Lime Ink; Betterpress Black ink;

foam tape

I've mentioned this before, but I like to transfer my die sets onto magnet sheets after purchase. As Tim Holtz recommends, I use the flexible vent covers that you can find at Home Depot. They cut easily and are thin but sturdy; I glue them to the cardstock packaging. Hadn't "processed" the Four Petal Thank You Floral set yet so as I peeled each die off the packaging, I die cut it from various scraps (I have a ton!). Then I placed the die on the magnetic sheet. The floral arrangment leaves were cut from scraps of a Core'dinations plaid on used on previous cards (HERE & HERE); I love the color variations! The extra leaves by the white flower were from a scrap of lime cardstock.

I just purchased an Artsmith plastic paint palette at JoAnns that I started using to organize  diecuts piece for assembly - very handy, especially for the little bits! Assembled the floral arrangement with the help of my palette & a pick-up tool. Glued the arrangement to a die cut label from the same Four Petal collection. Before assembly, I blended the white label with Key Lime ink. Next I die cut a background coverplate, also from the Four Petal collection. Assembled on an A2 card, popping up the label with foam tape. Found the perfect sized Betterpressed sentiment in my bits box, gave it a black shadow layer & popped it on with foam tape - done!

Here's a photo of my new palette with some diecuts left over from today's and yesterday's projects, plus something for future:

Since my floral set got first play today, I'll add my card to Darnell's August NBUS Challenge #65.

Thanks for stopping & have a crafty day!