{"id":8318,"date":"2014-04-15T14:20:09","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T12:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/?p=8318"},"modified":"2015-08-17T09:20:15","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T07:20:15","slug":"secret-treasures-cutting-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/secret-treasures-cutting-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Treasures Cutting Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a paper scrapper at heart \u2013 so there\u2019s something really special about being able to create elements using just paper for cards and layouts. Above anything else I choose to use paper on my layouts with a few smaller embellishments, but ultimately paper rules my creativity.<\/h3>\n

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So naturally when I create dies is one of my favourite elements to include. I can use small scraps of paper and cardstock to cut different elements out of to add as accents on my layouts, I can add different techniques to plain pieces of cardstock and I can dress them up or down as much as I like to.<\/p>\n

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For my layout I chose to emboss my die-cuts \u2013 this enabled me to pick up on the beautiful and dramatic turquoise-green in the patterned paper I used, and also the neutral brown I used as my matting to ground the elements.<\/p>\n

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I used three different dies on this layout to add to my outdoorsy feel. I used the beautiful rocking horse die, tiny birdies and the beautiful large leafy die \u2013 all of them perfectly fitting into the design in their own unique way dressed up in a shiny new coat of heat embossing.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how I did it…<\/h2>\n[custom_list type=”dot”]\n