Tuesday, October 21, 2014

skating with joy {lawn fawn october inspiration week}

Welcome back to another day of lawn fawn's october inspiration week! We're all skating around with winter penguin and the scripty joy die.

I combined both on the same card for you today:

skating with joy {lawn fawn october inspiration week}


I did some fancy die-cutting, so that the scripty joy could have a longer tail end that connects with the penguin's skates. It's all one piece, people! And it wasn't that hard to do. I've been bitten by the partial die-cut bug. If you want a great lesson, check out Pamela's video *here.*

skating with joy {lawn fawn october inspiration week}

What I did: I die-cut "joy" first, but stopped the die-cutting right after the "y." I didn't follow through to the end. Then, I drew pencil lines of where I wanted the script to go, and stamped the penguin right there at the end. The fussy part was die-cutting the penguin. I sent it through the machine a few times, at different angles, to cut everything but around his left skate. Whatever the machine couldn't get to, I cut out with scissors.

When the entire thing was cut out, I propped it up on foam squares. You know, to show off my careful work to the full! And, for added drama, I placed it all onto a siren-red backdrop.

I hope you like it!  Check out what the other design team members made using winter penguin and the scripty joy die - click!

♥.

9 comments:

  1. oh i love this. the colors, the partial die cutting, the everything!!

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  2. Love how he is skating along the joy line. Such a cute card!

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  3. That is adorable. The tail for the "y" coming out of his skates is perfect.

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  4. adore this! red and blue together are awesome

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  5. Absolutely adorable! The partial die-cutting looks amazing!

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  6. Such a cute card! I love the colors and the partial die cutting!

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  7. Sooooo awesome!!! Love that longer tail on the letter Y!!! So so so perfect for the skating penguin!! You're a genius, that's all there is to it!! So adorable!

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  8. Wonderful looking card,
    love the background
    paper!
    Carla from Utah

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