Are you ready for a great new month long adventure? It’s SSS Diecember!! It’s the month to celebrate the art of die cutting.
A big thanks, Heidi, for sharing one of the new die sets with me. This is a set with three word dies, all saying ‘missing you’ in three different fonts. Today, I have a card made using one of these three.
Here’s a closer look at this die set. {I apologize for the photos in this post. Skies have been all gray for last several days in TN and I had to use artificial lights to take these pictures.}
![img_20161207_205024](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aaf0b5_13e3838c4d18466baed5e74c4aa22683~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_135,h_184,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/aaf0b5_13e3838c4d18466baed5e74c4aa22683~mv2.jpg)
It’s a simple card, perfect for someone-special who is away from you during this Christmas.
![Missing you at Christmas](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aaf0b5_4f5e3ff46cc34daba88655a1ee422b54~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_151,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/aaf0b5_4f5e3ff46cc34daba88655a1ee422b54~mv2.jpg)
I started with my favorite stitched rectangle panel cut out from a patterned paper. This is from the the Pink Fresh Studio Christmas Wishes 6×6 paper pack. This came with SSS Card kit last December (yes, I still had a few papers remaining in my stash!).
Because the font in this die is not a scripty one, each letter gets die cut separately. So instead of using each individual letter to adhere on the card front and make words, I chose to use the negative die cut area as my sentiment.
I combined the ‘missing you’ die cut sentiment with another heat embossed one – ‘in the magic of Christmas’, so together it reads – ‘Missing you in the magic of Christmas’. The latter part of this sentiment came from another stamp & die set – Believe, also from SSS. (I am so in love with this stamp and die set. I am sure you will see me creating with it soon.)
![Missing you at Christmas](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aaf0b5_9d0fb6e9116049898e95ecfc1dbe70ae~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_118,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/aaf0b5_9d0fb6e9116049898e95ecfc1dbe70ae~mv2.jpg)
To accentuate the die cut sentiment I added silver glitter tape on the back side and attached this panel to the front of a A2 black side folding card with a piece of foam in between. Adding foam behind some large panels or pieces like these not only gives it a finished look, but also gives a consistent thickness to the card (great for mailing!).
I heat embossed my ‘in the magic of Christmas’ sentiment using silver embossing powder on a red square piece left over after cutting my card’s front panel. Then, I trimmed it down to a banner, foam mounted this piece and added matching sequins to finish off the card.
![Missing you at Christmas](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aaf0b5_d9a42defa3824dfebc0b1dc0e4f693a1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_148,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/aaf0b5_d9a42defa3824dfebc0b1dc0e4f693a1~mv2.jpg)
This is a great card for mass producing as the same design will work great with another sentiment, another sentiment stamp and another patterned paper. I hope you feel inspired to try something like this.
Keep watching this space for card making ideas. There’s lots more where these came from :-)
Hugs, ~Varada
![Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aaf0b5_cae61a7a80ff42cea17e3793f0f8214a~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_1,h_1,al_c,q_85,blur_3,enc_auto/aaf0b5_cae61a7a80ff42cea17e3793f0f8214a~mv2.png)