Wednesday Card of the Day

Happy Wednesday dear friends!
Today's card for the Enjoy Michael Strong Stamps Groups.io
features Michael Strong's Cloisonné Flower and Cloisonné Leaves.

I started with a wrinkle free distress scrap from my stash.
 Harlequins were cut from it using a Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits set
called Mixed Media #1.

Mike's flower and leaves were stamped with distress oxide abandoned coral and pistachio
then fussy cut.

The layers were attached to a pink card base with dimensional foam.

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More Mixed Media Thinlits Cards

I have been having fun with my Sizzix Thinlits:

 Mixed Media #1 - 660220

and Mixed Media #2 - 661185.

You can see through the Mixed Media #1 die cut to my home made background made background. I used the "embossing folder stamping" technique that I shared in April 2016. Here I also stamped with a Stampin' Up! flower on top of the green pine needles with distress dried marigold. Used the Michael Strong Mini Cloisonne Butterfly and a Stampin' UP! Sentiment in the dried marigold ink on the front layer.

Used the Mixed Media #2 thinlit die on a piece of watercolor that I made previously. Sentiment  and matching die are from Hero Arts. Stampin' Up! flower stamped in mint then fussy cut.

Used the Mixed Media #2 thinlit die on white cardstock, with a pink layer underneath. Sentiment and matching die are from Hero Arts. Butterfly is cut from a Martha Stewart punch. Leaves are an old Stampin' Up!/Sizzix embosslit called Sweetest Stem.

Here is the Mixed Media #1 thinlit die used on an alcohol inked piece from my stash. Flowers are cut from Wildflowers #2 thinlits. Sentiment from Tim Holtz.

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Wildflowers and Mixed Media Thinlits

I thought I'd share some cards I made in the past month or so

using my new Sizzix dies:

Mixed Media (background)

and Wildflowers #2.

I had fun using old book pages for these two cards.

As I sponged this background I tried to create a peaceful scene.  I don't like to make gloomy sympathy cards. The cut openings reminded me of an opening into a beautiful world.  The tree reminded me of the everlasting tree of life. 

Used an alcohol ink background on glossy paper from my stash for this one.

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