Cheapo Dies Inspiration - Cat on the Fence

My card is on the Cheapo Dies Blog today.  For my card, I used the Cat on the Fence die.  I die cut it using white cardstock and colored using Pearlescent Chalks.

Details can be found on the Cheapo Dies Blog found HERE.

Make it Masculine

I'm on the Cheapo Dies Blog today sharing a fun masculine card using the exclusive Cheapo Dies Duck with you today.

I used a woodgrain texture cardstock to die cut the duck and used Copic makers to color the beak and cattails.  The "eye" is a dot from a handheld circle punch.

The background for the duck was created using the sunburst technique of cutting strips of patterned paper into wedges and arranging on a piece of cardstock.

Here's a closeup of the duck

The die I used for my card:

Cheapo Dies Duck 

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Hoop Art on the Cheapo Dies Blog

Using an embroidery hoop is a fun and easy way to use your dies.  For this project I used a 5 inch hoop and some fabric and lace from my stash.  The sideview butterfly was cut using black cardstock.  To embellish the hoop I spiral hand-cut the felt and rolled it to create the rolled flower and adhered it to the ribbon fabric leaves.  Adhesive pearls were used as accents.  To finish the hoop I created a double loop gingham ribbon bow.

Here is the card that will be presented with the hoop as a way to say thank you to a good friend:

Here is the die used with the hoop and the card:

Sideview Butterfly

Cute Cat for the Cheapo Dies Inspiration Blog

I'm very excited to be part of the Cheapo Dies Design Team and to share my first project with you!

For my card, I used the Cheapo Dies Exclusive Cat die.  Love the size of this sweet cat image.  I first die cut using a piece of scrap designer paper then die cut again using 3 colors of cardstock to have to have the negative pieces to inlay into the die cut image.

Here's a close up of the die cut using the negative pieces:

You can find this adorable die (and many more!) in the Cheapo Dies online store:

Cheapo Dies Cat

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