Shaped Apothecary Art

I am LOVING using my new stash from the summer mini catalogue and the Edgelits and Framelits I'm using in today's card are already firm favourites! Come and see what I've been up to:

The new Framelits are wafer thin, nesting dies which you can place over card stock in the exact position you want before running it through your die cutting machine. So, for example, they're brilliant for cutting apertures in larger pieces of card stock and, even more excitingly, they coordinate with the gorgeous Apothecary Art stamp set with its intricate label images. Can you see how accurate the cut is?

I've matted my stamped label onto a larger die cut label before embellishing with a snippet from a Little Leaves die cut and a punched flower from the Itty Bitty punch set. Have you seen the decorative edge of the card? This has been cut with an Edgelit - which looks just like a Framelit but cuts borders wherever you want them!

Are you wondering how I got the embossed edging exactly the same shape as the Edgelit border? No, I didn't painstakingly do it by hand (!) it's an embossing folder that has been designed to coordinate with the Edgelit! I personally found it easiest to emboss first and then make the cut. I also found it very easy to line everything up but, if you're not confident that your dies will stay where you want them, you can tape them down with post it notes to make absolutely sure!

Here's what you'll need to make today's card:

Stamps: Apothecary Art, retired sentiment

Ink: Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo

Card stock: Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo

Other: Labels Collection Framelits, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Adorning Accents embossing folders, Little Leaves Sizzlits die, Itty Bitty punch set, Basic Pearls, stamp-a-majig

I'd be delighted to order any of these items for you and can have them delivered to your address in the UK. I'm committed to providing excellent customer service and am always happy to offer help and advice. To place your order, just send me an email or give me a call on 01280 820593.

Before the regional training last weekend, we were all asked to make a name badge and there were certainly some amazing badges there! I chose an Apothecary Art stamp and the new Framelits to make mine, adding letters punched out of the fabulous Just Add Cake designer papers and backed with little flowers from my favourite Itty Bitty punch set.

Thank you for visiting today and a big welcome to my latest followers. We're gearing up for a bank holiday weekend in the UK and I have to say the weather is looking pretty grim! Hope you have a great weekend whatever you have planned and I shall see you very soon.

Hugs,

PS There'll be no Masculine Monday for the next four weeks as I'll be guest designer at the Make My Monday challenge instead where the theme will be distinctly feminine! I'm really looking forward to that and I hope you'll join in with the fun!