I absolutely love coneflowers whether they’re real or stamped. I’ve attempted a few times to grow them in my garden, however, the rabbits seem to enjoy them quite a bit, so I don’t get to see them bloom!
The brick & mortar embossed cardstock really makes this bouquet of coneflowers pop.
Stamp or Die Cut First?
When you need to die cut an image – do you stamp the image first and then die cut or vice versa? Usually I stamp the image and then die cut, however, I find that for some images it’s faster and easier to die cut as many as I think I need and then stamp. That’s what I did with this card. I die cut four sets of flowers out of white cardstock and then stamped and colored.
Die cutting first and then stamping depends on the image and sentiment – some are easier than others. Photopolymer sentiments are easy to line up on a die cut. When you’re mass producing, I find that die cutting first saves you time. How many times have you stamped and colored and then when you die cut, the image is not perfectly aligned. Perhaps you didn’t notice when you placed it on the plate, or your image slipped while cranking your cutting machine. Either way, now you have to start all over again. Next time you need to die cut, try it both ways and discover which way you prefer – you may be surprised.
Card Details
- The card base is Basic Thick White 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″.
- A 5-1/4″ x 4″ Basic White cardstock was embossed with the Brick & Mortar embossing 3D folder.
- Coneflowers were die cut with the Harvest dies and stamped with Memento Black. They were colored using a blender pen with Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, and Cinnamon Cider ink refills.
- The sentiment from the On the Horizon set was stamped with VersaMark and embossed with white embossing powder. To add dimension, I stamped the grunge type image from Nature’s Harvest set with Old Olive ink onto Old Olive cardstock. Sentiment was adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- A few of the coneflowers were adhered with Dimensionals.
I love this card. How I wish I could grow these flowers . . . maybe I’ll try again someday. Want to see another card with this set? Click here.
Thanks for stopping by . . . till next time. . .
Card Supplies
Below are the Stampin’ Up! supplies used for today’s project. If you would like to purchase any of the supplies, click on the Add All to Cart button below it will take you to my online store. From there, you can see your cart and remove or add any products you like.
