Today I’m sharing the other half of the cards from the fabulous Soft Sayings Card kit along with tips that I learned as I made up my kit.

The overlay on this one isn’t symmetrical so, back to tip 5 – be aware when you’re placing the layer of the different looks that you can get depending on which way around that you have it. I used glue dots to anchor all the pieces under the sentiment and left the edges be free. The dimensionals under the sentiment were also useful for ensuring that the leaves and branches stay secure. By the way – if you love this cut out, the thinlet to cut the same design is included in the Eclectic Layers thinlits dies. I just got mine so you can expect some cards with this cut out soon!

I didn’t learn any tips whilst putting this one together!

Tip 6 – I used my silicone craft sheet, multipurpose glue and a sponge dauber to get glue onto the back of the sparkly flower. I like to get glue on the dauber and then rub most of it off (onto the craft sheet) and then there’s just enough to add stickiness to the sparkly flower without adding so much that I get globs of glue.

As you’ve probably noticed, I’ve changed some of the suggested sentiments – I needed more birthday cards but there are 10 different sentiments in the kit.

My tip on this one is really an emphasis on the first tip that I shared yesterday – lay out your card supplies first! When I went back to complete the second set of ten cards, I figured I knew what I was doing. Wrong! I had just glued this gorgeous flower down when I thought it looked a little different. It turns out I’d glued it to the large pink card base rather than this one which is mid-sized. Luckily I realised it early enough that I could remove it!

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See you tomorrow,

Liz