Guess what.....we're back today showcasing this month's new DIES! There are dies to match the Tranquil Tides set we introduced yesterday and also dies to go along with the old NND favorite, Newton's Antics! I played with the Tranquil Tides dies, and this is what I came up with....
I thought it'd be fun to create a negative die cut, and the fish was one of my favorites from the set! I die cut the fish from navy cardstock, and then lightly traced the shape onto white cardstock so I knew where to place the sequins. I glued the sequins in place and then foam mounted the tag over top of the sequin piece. I love the dimension this gives! I added some PPP Sparkling Clear sequins for bubbles and some green ribbon at the top (note to self - don't use Glossy Accents to adhere ribbon.....it WILL leave a mark! Grrrr....)
For the background, I inked a fish scale stencil with Mowed Lawn and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Inks. I love the third color the two of them created! The sentiment flag was the finishing touch!
Hope you've had a great time checking out the NND release this month! The new stamps and dies will be available to purchase tomorrow on the Newton's Nook site!
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Your unique ideas created a beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteWow what a creative use for the dies. I just love the sequin idea, brilliant. Love the background you created.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work Kimberly! Must have taken a lot of patience to line up all those sequins perfectly like you did, but it looks GREAT! I also am frustrated with Glossy Accents - love the look but it is accompanied by frustrations... Cheers! ~ Meredith
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this! It's so cool how you did the reverse of the image to create a fun fish shape. The sequins look like scales but much prettier!! I love the background too - such fun colors!
ReplyDeleteLove the card and how you used the sequins for the fish!
ReplyDeleteSuper cool idea Kimberly. Lovely card, indeed!
ReplyDeleteLove the sequin fish. Clever idea.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing a wonderful card.
Great ideas with the sequins and die cut.
ReplyDeleteSo cool how you created the fish scales with the sequins. Lovely card.
ReplyDeleteLOVE, LOVE this!!! Such a fun idea and so inspiring!
ReplyDeleteSherrie K
Such an awesome card and I love the way the sequins look like fish scales. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI love the sequin fish! beautiful background!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea for using the negative and the sequin scales are fab!
ReplyDeleteGotta love the sequin fish. very cool. TFS
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card!! I love that you used the negative and adhered sequins!! Love blue and green together. Background is lovely too!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty card and great way to use the die! Absolutely love the colors and sequins you used!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great card! I can't wait to get some of the new stamps and dies to play with!
ReplyDeleteCute. I like the sequined fish and the fish scale background.
ReplyDeleteI realllly like the tag idea on top of the card. The way you did the fish is FINtastic :)
ReplyDeleteLike wow love the sequins for the fish. genius. Love this set . Shannon shannonpratt66@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteThis card is so neat...I love what you did with the fish die...so creative! TFS....xx
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