Happy Friday and thank you for hopping along with us! This is a special joint blog hop by Operation Write Home and Die-Versions. If you are just starting, make sure to visit the starting point of the hop so you won’t miss a thing! If you are hopping along in the order, you probably came from Julie’s Blog at Handmade By Julie.
I am honored to be a part of this blog hop, because I think what OWH does is just amazing! If you are not familiar with OWH, their mission is to support our armed forces by sending blank handmade cards to write home on. Find more information here. If you want to send a card, please follow their guidelines.
Die-versions is releasing new set of wonderful dies today! And I am going to share a project I created using one of the dies. You can see the whole collection of March releases here.
I wanted to create something simple yet delivers a clear message. Miss Your Face Die from Die-Versions is perfect for such a card. To eliminate any hazard situations and to follow OWH’s guidelines, I decided to keep the card one layer and add couple dimensions on the focal point area. I used a diagonal stripe stamp to create a soft background and added different colors each time. Don’t you think these colors just melt your heart?
The pictures don’t do the justice, but after I cut out the cardstock with the Miss Your Face Die, I embossed it twice with a clear embossing powder to give a fun wet look. I thought it would be cool to pop out the main point with some different texture. As a finishing touch, I added couple of enamel dots to match the rest of the color scheme which help out the die cut piece to stand out even more.
Take a note of the die cut piece one more time – you will see this cool stitched lines around the whole die cut piece. This adds a really nice detail to any project. A lot of dies from the March release have those cool stitched lines, so make sure to check them out.
Thank you so much for spending some time with me today, and I hope you enjoyed my card! Make sure to head over to the last stop of the hop over at Die-Versions Blog. Have a great weekend guys!!
Full Blog Hop List:
19. Nicole @ http://www.scrapsandstamps.
88 Comments
Nicole I love your card!! Great job!!
WOW your card sure is so beautiful gosh it sure is packed with so much meaning just by that one little phrase.’
Guaranteed to make someone feel so special and loved. Great creative job!!!
Thanks for inspiring us. You made a simple, but stylish card.
Nicole, this is such a soft, comforting card! Love it…you always make me smile with your CAS elegance!w
thanks for mentioning about the stitched line- I hadn’t really noticed that! I like your cool-toned colors for this card . Simple and nice. Thanks for sharing!
Such a pretty fun cards. Love the stripes.
Love the soft stripes you stamped in the background! Beautiful card. Thanks so much for participating in our hop today!
Awesome CAS card! Love the papers behind that great die cut!
Fabulous card. Love the soft colors.
What a great card! I would love to see that embossing on the die cut in person – I bet it looks great! Thanks for sharing!!
Super duper idea to use clear embossing powder on the die. I’m going to copy you … Imitation is the best flattery. I hadn’t noticed the stitched edges, thanks for pointing this out.
Lovely card, Nicole. TFS
Hugs,
Archana
Very nice. I like the embossing!
I was surprised to read that the background is a stamp. I thought it was printed paper, it is so perfect! Great job. And I love CAS cards.
Love your samples. Awesome use of the dies.
The soft color you used on your card are lovely. Your embellishments are perfectly match and the sentiment really stands out. Great card. TFS
This die is so cute, I am looking forward to seeing many cards with this die. thanks for sharing.
Your card is lovely, the soft colors are very soothing!
Wow you’ve certainly achieved what you set out to do and the colours are lovely. tfs
Love the “miss your face’ die!
Very cute card! I love the color combinations and how clean and simple it is. Thanks for sharing!
Love the soft and simple look of this card. Beautiful
Love this die! No matter how you use it, it conveys the message!
Thanks for showing us that sometimes simple is best. This is such a beautiful uncluttered card. Great job!
Your card is simply beautiful! I love the softness of the stripes with the die and the enamel dots are the perfect touch! I’ll be CASE’ing this for sure! Thank you so much for supporting Operation Write Home!
Your stamped background is beautiful!! It really sets the die off so nicely & the colors are gorgeous!
I can’t decide which of the 20 dies in the new release is my favorite, but this one is certainly in the running! I love your CAS style – very nicely done!
Popping the sentiment really gives it presence! Great job!
Having such a great time of this hop! Thanks for the inspiration!
Clean and simple at it’s best. Beautiful color choices. Great job!
Such a cute card, I love the graphic design! Thanks for sharing!
What a fabulous card! I love the CAS look. What a great job with the stipe stamp!
Nice card. Thanks for your suppport of our troops.
Thanks for making a card to share. That little smile in the ‘face’ of the die makes it so cute.
I really like the hexagon ‘Miss Your 🙂 Face’ die A great idea to incorporate the dies on cards for our servicemen to tell their loved ones back home they miss them.
I REALLY enjoyed the blog hop!!! I was SO inspired and anxious to make many new cards.
Thank you Nicole, and the entire design team for all your hard work for our servicemen! I’m proud to participate.
Simple yet very touching card. Love it
Very nice clean card. I love this die. A nice and different way to say miss you . This die is on my list.
Thanks for your inspirational card 🙂 I love the diagonal stripe stamping you added! I wonder if you had backed the smiley face icon if it would show up a little bit better?
Amazing job! Great use of DV dies! Love it!
Love this card. So clean and simple. Beautiful colors.
This is my favorite die out of all the new ones. You did a great job showcasing it!
Nice card! Lovely stamped background and use of the die.
Stylish and classy. I think this die and the dog tags are my favs from the new collection. I just need to convince my hubby I need them all. 🙂
What a fun card, makes me think spring. The die with all it’s elements is perfect, your soft colours are just so soothing. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Love the clean and simple look.,even though a lot of work goes into the effort. Like that you stamped your own background paper. Thanks
Really pretty card! Nice colors and the enamel dots are fun!
Very pretty –I like the colors and the stamped background.
This is really a wonderful card. Love the diagonal stamping and colors you chose. The softness of the card feels like a gentle hug and kiss. Very effective.
I love that you have the die some gloss with the clear embossing powder. Such a great CAS card. Thank you fit sharing it with us.
Lovely card, very simple and elegant.
Great CAS card! DV has done a fantastic release with OWH. What a lot of inspiration and what fantastic cards will be going to our Heroes!
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Loved your cards – Love CAS cards, especially for OWH!!
The whole card melts my heart! so sweet!
I love how clean and simple this card is – WOW factor!!
-Sandy, Exec Director/Founder, OWH
http://sandyallnock.com
This is such nice card. I love the die more every treatment of it I’ve come across in this hop. This is one of my favorites. So simple, but so well designed and I love the detail with the dots and the stitching you point out. Lovely card.
I love your choice of soothing colors – they go nicely with the Miss You sentiment. This card has a wistful mood and is very classy.
I think that of all the new sentiments, I love this one the best!! Thanks for sharing your cute card!!
This card is so simple but so great! Love the paper you used for the die cut and the way you finished it off. The stitching just makes the cut stand out even more! Great card
Your cards is beautiful. These new dies just scream be creative please. Thanks for sharing yours!
Love the background you created.
Love your card! I would have thought for sure that the background was patterned paper. In fact, I did until you said that you stamped it! Also love how you did the greeting hexagon. Tfs!
Beautiful CAS design! Such a pretty and soothing color combination and a great use of this sentiment die too. Thanks for participating in the hop and for supporting OWH!
So soft – really like it and adding the dots are perfect.
I love, love the soft look of your card and the simplicity of making it using the lined stamp for the background. That sure helps eliminate any bulkiness! It is just beautiful. Thank you for participating.
I love the stripes in the back and the soft colors. this die makes me smile!
This card is lovely. Great job!
Nice card and someone will be lucky to receive it.
Love the simplicity of your card. the stitching and embossing add a special something without being too overdone.
Beautiful background stamping! This is a nice card that will definitely bring a smile to someone’s face!
Love your simple style…even though it is not so simple. All that straight stamping and double embossing certainly takes skill!
Love your nice and clean card. I love the die!
Great card and I like the colors you used and the added texture.. Did not notice the stitching before on the die. Thanks for pointing that out. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, I love the soft colors you used on the background. The die sentiment really stands out well and the mint gems are just the perfect finishing touch for this pretty card. TFS ~
Love the softness of this card as well as the clean lines. Thanks for pointing out the stitching on the hexagon — I hadn’t noticed that. I find that look very appealing. TFS
I really love your CAS card with the striped background you created that gives it just enough texture without taking away from the sentiment die cut focal point. Those enamel dots are just the perfect finishing touch on this wonderful card. Thank you for sharing this & for your support of OWH.
Love your card and at first glance thought you had used Washi tape for the backgroud. Cool look with the stamping. Thank you for sharing
Nicole, I like the freshness of your card. The sentiment comes out great on that background. Thank you for sharing. Ute
Love how simple yet striking your card is!! Amazing job!
I love the softness of your card. It’s very soothing.
Lovely card! I really like how the enamel dots draw the eye to the fun hexagon die cut.
Nice job! Love the colors, design, CAS style, dots–it’s great!! TFS!!
Belle carte!
The stamped background looked lake paper at first. Nice job.
Adorable card.
I love the soft pastel colors in your cards! So very pretty!
I love the soft look of the background. Thanks for sharing.
Nice card!
Nice soft colors and CAS card. Great idea to emboss the die cut and add the enamel dots for texture and interest.