Using small dies to fill the spaces: Two easy ideas

Happy Friday my friends. I am so pleased to be able to show you my new projects for this week in which I am again sharing some of Spellbinders’ new products—this time the Essential Stars die set and the Harvest Time add-on die set to the Cuckoo Clock. I was fascinated by all the little dies in this add-on set and thought they would make perfect fillers for those tricky spaces on cards. So here we are, using small dies to fill the spaces on the card.

I decided to use a plaid background for both of my cards since I have a 12×12 pack of plaid patterned papers and was making 5×7 cards. The larger card size works well to showcase 12×12 paper prints. My first card has a yellow gingham-style check as the background. I used three stars in three shades of blue. The foxes, cut from gold metallic paper, are placed in the center of two stars with other elements arranged around them. I love that there are mirror image dies of the critters, since this set was originally created for the clock. To finish, I stamped a sentiment in the middle of the card with Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed it with clear powder.

My second card has a deep orange plaid background, and I cut the stars from kraft. I stamped a round sentiment on the largest star with Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed it with clear powder. A small heart was stamped on the second star in the same way. To fill the spaces on this card, I used the little gnome and mushrooms from the Harvest Time add-on set.

I plan to acquire the Cuckoo Clock die set in time and look forward to creating seasonal clocks. Cuckoo clocks are such heritage pieces, and I had one in my childhood bedroom. Thank you for visiting, and I’ll see you again soon.

Please note that the links below are affiliate links and I will earn a small commission if you choose to use my link, at no cost to you. I received the Essential Stars and the Harvest Time die sets from Spellbinders in order to create with. I purchased all the other products used in these projects myself.

Project Specific Supplies
Harvest Time	Essential Stars
Adhesives
Bearly Art Glue	Scrappy Tape 1/8
Inking Supplies
VersaFine Onyx	Nuvo Stamp Cleaner	Stamp Shammy
Basic Tools & Supplies
Platinum 6	Universal Plates	HBS Reverse Tweezers
Tool ‘n One

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Monica