Making the Most of the Negatives (Jen Carter)

Making the Most of the Negatives

by Jen Carter


The card I am sharing today uses what would be considered the "negative" pieces from the die cut.

To start I prepared my pieces that I would be layering.

• Kraft card base
• Polka dotted patterned paper cut to layer on top of the card base
• Vellum cut to layer on top of the polka dotted paper
• Chevrons cut with the Ombre Card Panel die from 4 pieces of patterned paper:  2 - 3 from each pattern (I only used a small section of each patterned paper and didn't cut out the full dies worth to save paper)
• One piece of cardstock cut with the full Ombre Card Panel die (to use as a guide for placement)

I started by layering the polka dotted paper on top of the kraft card base adhering it with dimensionals.  I layered the vellum on top of that. I laid the full Ombre Card Panel die cut cut from cardstock on top of the vellum but didn't adhere it because I would be removing it after all of the chevron pieces were adhered.  This is the piece that will be acting as a guide or stencil.  I put adhesive on the back of the chevron piece and then placed each piece where I wanted it.  When each chevron had been placed, I removed my guide and set it aside for a later project.



Next, I layered another piece of vellum over the bottom portion of the chevron card.  I folded the vellum around to the backside of my card panel so that I wouldn't have to worry about the adhesive showing through.  I die cut the "Congrats" from the Accolades die set in a coordinating piece of paper (I used the same pattern as the top 2 rows of chevron to tie it all together).  I also die cut the congrats in 2 pieces of a coordinating cardstock and adhered them all together to add dimension and contrast.  I love how you can see the coral peeking out from underneath the sentiment.



I die cut two butterflies from the Petite Butterflies die set, adhered them together and added a sequin in the middle and adhered it to my card.

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*** Materials for this project are available at www.franticstamper.com.

Frantic Stamper Products Used:

• Ombre Chevron Card Panel die  (FRA-Die-09158))

• Accolades Die Set (FRA-Die-09219)

• Petite Butterflies Die Set (FRA-Die-09195)

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