Mix It Up with Inlaid Die Cutting!

Clean and Simple, flowers, Ocassions, Taylored Expressions, Thank you

Hello friends and happy May!  I hope you are having a wonderful week and have been enjoying your Spring season with lots of sunshine and flowers!  There’s always lots of things to do when the weather turns warmer, but that’s a good thing!

Today starts a new challenge over at the Mix It Up Challenge Blog!  There is always lots of wonderful inspiration from the team, so please go check it out and play along!  The challenges are always ANYTHING GOES with an optional theme. This month’s optional theme is Inlaid Die Cut (flat or raised)!  For these challenges, you have plenty of time to enter as they run for 6 weeks!  I look forward to seeing what you come up with!   Here’s the project I made:

I think this card turned out very well using the inlay die cutting technique!  I found the perfect dies, but of course you can use almost ANY dies you want to try this including your regular shaped die cuts!  I always find those frame style dies to be very easy to work with for this.

I received this cool freebie die from Taylored Expressions called “Simple Stems” and thought it would be perfect for this technique.  I also inlaid a sentiment die from my stash over top of the flower and inlaid that too.  I used the Taylored Expressions Frame in Frame 3 die set to create the middle pattern and glitter frame around the flower.  These were also inlaid into the white card front panel.  

It’s a little tricky at first to figure out in what order to die cut all of your pieces so that it looks right.  Mine is very flat which I find helpful for mailing out and with the cost of postage stamps going up again this Summer, I need to rethink the type of cards I make any more.  Here’s a photo so you can see that everything lays flat to the card front:

For the inlaid die cutting, I also find sticky sheets very helpful.  I took a piece of double-sided sticky sheet and placed it on the back of the white card front panel AFTER I had cut out the frame from it.  This makes the inside of the panel sticky so that I could lay all of my pieces on top and also keep it flush with the white card front panel.  Once I laid all of the die cut pieces, I took the backing off the sticky sheet and attached it the A2 top folding white card base with everything in place.  You also don’t have to worry about liquid glue oozing out.

It’s a simple CAS card, but it was so fun to do!  Hope you’ve enjoyed my card and take some time to check out the challenge this month!  Thanks so much for dropping in!  See you soon!

Challenges:

  1. Daring Cardmakers – “Something Old, Something New” (old glitter paper and new die cut + I used blue paper)
  2. Simon Says Stamp Monday – Feminine
  3. Moving Along With the Times – #166 Flowers
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17 thoughts on “Mix It Up with Inlaid Die Cutting!”

  1. Inlaying dies is one of my all-time favorite techniques and I really like how your card turned out. The flower is so pretty with the different colors and I love that you inlaid the sentiment too – something I don’t think I’ve ever tried to do yet, but now I surely will! I love the stripes and the glittered frame and how everything is relatively flat for not having to add extra postage when mailing. Happy May, I hope you’re enjoying your spring so far.

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  4. this is absolutely gorgeous Vicki love the flower and colour a wonderful card hugs Lolo x

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  5. Absolutely gorgeous! I love the glittery goodness, and that flower is soooo pretty! We actually got a skiff of snow several days ago but it’s definitely warmer now and hopefully Spring has finally sprung, lol!

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  6. well done! Perfect flower for inlaying and the glitter frame is a pretty touch

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  7. Beautiful card Vicki! Your colors and inlay are fabulous especially how you did the double inlay with the thanks over the flower!

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  9. Wow! You can tell that you put a lot of effort into this card. But it was worth it! I love the flower and the pretty colour combination. Thanks for sharing your creation with the Daring Cardmakers this week.

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  10. Beautiful card Vicki, love the inlaid look, gorgeous flower and love the sparkle panel and striped background ,gorgeous card..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  11. Your inlay die cutting technique on this card is truly impressive! The use of the Taylored Expressions “Simple Stems” freebie die and the frame from the Frame in Frame 3 set creates a stunning and cohesive design. Your tip about using sticky sheets for inlaid die cutting is ingenious and ensures a flawless finish without any glue mess.

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  15. That inlaid flower looks so pretty. I like the effect of the inlay. I haven’t played with any of these die cuts, so they are new to me. The overall effect is that your card is beautiful Vicki. I hope May is going well for you. hugs-Erika

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  17. This is gorgeous! I’ve missed SO much! Should be home for at least a month or two – hope to do better!!! Thanks for sharing – love this technique!

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