Hello Stampin’ Friends,

Today I have a fun card for you … let me just say that the Patchwork Pieces Dies are Out of this World. I have been playing with these dies ever since they arrived on my door step earlier this week. I used them for my club projects so I’m sure the members are going love to see this one.

I began with the “burst” pattern (on the right above). As you can see there are two different patchwork pieces patterns included in the set. I then chose the Stargazing Designer Series paper, and die cut it. If you haven’t see that designer paper yet ….

I cut my designer paper to 4″ x 5-1/4″ and picked one of the pretty galaxies in Blueberry Bushel / Night of Navy. When you cut your patchwork pattern, it leaves a frame, so I make sure to center the die on my paper. On this card I used the frame, on other cards you will see in the near future I may or may not.

I glued the frame onto a piece of Basic White measuring 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″. My die cutting machine does not cut all the way through, the center stays in tact (yet pulls apart easily) On today’s card I used that to my advantage and once centered within the frame I glued the center down.

Then I put Stampin’ Dimensionals on every other panel, and glued the others down. This gave me a lot of dimension & texture to the card… and it looks cool!! It looks as if it’s reaching out to you!!

I used the greeting from the Reach for the Stars stamp set and heat embossed it with the VersaMark and Silver Embossing Powder onto Vellum Cardstock. I used one of the dies from the “All That” set of dies.

Mounting it onto my card was a bit tricky because you see everything through the vellum, so I used the Blueberry Bushel Tinsel Gems 4-Pack to embellish the greeting and then I cut the dimensionals down to fit underneath so you couldn’t see them!

I will admit, I sure am having fun with these dies. Such a different twist to “regular” cards. I don’t know if it’s retirement and that fact that I can just “play” but I’m truly enjoying being in my stamp room!!

Hope I sent some inspiration your way to get into your craft room and play today!

Have a great weekend,