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Today, I’m sharing a brand-new video in my Elevate Your Die Cuts Series – Elevate Your Die Cuts #2. In this episode, we’ll create an elegant spring egg card using dry embossing and ink blending. Both techniques are simple to do, and they add beautiful texture, depth, and interest to your die-cut cards.

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Products used for the Elevate Your Die Cuts #2 | Elegant Spring Egg Card with Dry Embossing and Ink Blending Card:

How to create the Elevate Your Die Cuts #2 | Elegant Spring Egg Card with Dry Embossing and Ink Blending Card:

I won’t go into great detail here since I walk you step-by-step through the entire process in the video, but here are a few additional measurements and supplies to help you recreate the card:

Card Base: White cardstock cut to 4-1/4″ x 11″ score and fold at 5-1/2″ to create a top-folding A2 card.
Card Front Panel: In the video. I used Audrey Blue, but for the card above, I used Seafoam. Cut to 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ embossed with the Tiny Flora Embossing Folder before attaching to the card base. This adds depth and interest and helps to frame your artwork.
Vellum Layer: Cut vellum to 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ and die cut using the largest die from the Ribbon Loop Frames set.
Egg Panel: Cut Seafoam cardstock to 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ and die cut using the 5th largest die from the Basic Shapes – Nested Eggs Dies.
Sentiment: Die cut the He is Risen sentiment from scraps of white and vellum cardstock for a soft layered effect.
Flowers: Die cut the florals from two pieces of 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ Hammermill white cardstock.

Ink Colors for Flowers and Leaves:

Cabbage, Artichoke, Nutmeg, Watermelon and Honey

For the card shown above, I also used Eucalyptus to softly blend around the edges of the background panel for added depth.

Here is the card I created in the video: I chose slightly deeper colors so the details would show up more clearly on camera. The card front is Audrey blue, while the rest of the design and measurements remain the same as the first card.

Today’s Cardmaking Video is:

Elevate Your Die Cuts #2 | Elegant Spring Egg Card with Dry Embossing and Ink Blending.

Thank you so much for watching! If you decide to create your own version, please tag or link to me – I would truly love to see what you make.

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Card Making Supplies used for the Simon Says Stamp Elevate Your Die Cuts #2 | Elegant Spring Egg Card with Dry Embossing and Ink Blending:

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