Sending Smiles with Potted Succulents Dies

 Sometimes, there are dies that I just forget to use.  They

are wonderful dies, but often require a different technique.

This card uses the Potted Succulents dies, where I used the 

large die, to create a

paper template that I placed over a piece of card stock and

colored with Stampin Blends.  The colors I used were

Starry Sky, Flirty Flamingo and Soft Succulent.

I ran this layer through an Embossing folder, in two 

different directions, to make it look a bit like watercolor paper.

The Sending Smiles set and Sending dies allow you to create 

different sentiments.  Two optional sentiments were stamped,

so that I can attach the one that I need, when I am

ready to send the card out.

Plentiful Plants with Pierced Blooms Dies

 I think that Plentiful Plants, with the coordinating

Perfect Plants Dies, are a great option for slimline cards.

Given the different pots, that add so much interest,

they can be stacked or lined up in a row.

I stamped and cut out the plant elements in preparation.

Next, I used the retiring Plenty of Patterns Decorative Masks.

The sentiment from Plentiful Plants was cut out with a

die from Pierced Blooms.  It was then easy to line up

and attach these elements.

Torn Paper Grassy Grove on New Horizons

 I really like this Torn Paper technique offered by

Rita Holmes at Stamp Crazy.  This technique allows you to put

a piece of DSP behind the torn card layer, revealing the scene.

I did a variation on her deer card, shown here.

In this example, I ran the top layer through the Timeworn Type

3D Embossing folder and then tore a section from the middle.

I rolled it up and glued this torn portion down.  I stamped the 

deer from Grassy Grove on some retired New Horizons DSP

and layered it behind the opening.  The sentiment from

Simply Succulents was cut out with a Sending Die.

Finally, I stamped the pine trees from Grassy Grove and 

cut them out.  I think that this card could be adjusted

to be a Christmas card.