I have never used perfect partners or companions stamps and dies before so off to the crafter's companion web site i went because there are no instructions included.
I have a bigshot so to cut out the images the web site said I should build my sandwich as follows to cut. 1) multi purpose platform ( all tabs)
2) cutting mat
3) die
4) card stock
5) cutting mat
The first thing I noticed is that if I am only doing one layer of paper the die gets stuck in the cutting plate. I can cut up to 3 layers of card stock to prevent this from happening and that will make things go much faster too. I cut 3 different shades of purple for my first branch. I then inked the lighter shade on the edges and cupped the flowers up with the a ball shaping tool and glued them onto the branch. I found that my wax pen works great for picking up those little flowers.
I then made a twisted easel card
this is just a 10inch by 5 in card scored at 5inches the diagonally from top corner to middle corner
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fold on score lines
I cut out 2 scalloped circles 1 @ 5.5 and one at 5inches
and a triangle 6.5 x 4.5 and a 4.5 inch square
It was a lot of fun and I like the way it came out. I will be doing more of these for sure.
I then made a twisted easel card
this is just a 10inch by 5 in card scored at 5inches the diagonally from top corner to middle corner
fold on score lines
I cut out 2 scalloped circles 1 @ 5.5 and one at 5inches
and a triangle 6.5 x 4.5 and a 4.5 inch square
I painted all the smaller pieces and outlined the larger ones with black marker, added a butterfly from crafter's companion butterfly dimensional set which I painted with metallic acrylics, added my lilacs and this is what I ended up with
It was a lot of fun and I like the way it came out. I will be doing more of these for sure.