I’ve been having a lot of fun playing with the new thinlit dies, Swirly Scribbles and it seemed to pair really well with CASology‘s current challenge.

Here’s the banner which inspired this card

I cut out the shape using basic black because it was handy (and sturdy) and tried to use it as a stencil. It was too easy to go over the edges and add extra sweet sugarplum where I didn’t want it so I started again. I still had the remains of the dapper denim that I’d cut out with the dies and I made my own extended stencil. I was going to try to describe this but figured that a picture is worth a thousand words!

Since the die is longer than you need for a standard sized card, it was easy to use some post it tape to keep the die steady in its frame. And as you can see in the photo, there was no longer any need to be as careful with my sponging – the edges were now protected. After I’d used a sponge dauber to sponge on the sweet sugarplum, I removed the stencil and moved it up the card and repeated the process. I really think that the Swirly Scribbles are going to be extremely popular so if you love them, I’d suggest ordering on June 1 to avoid backorder disappointment.

I had intended to use a sweet sugarplum card base but having sponged on very vanilla, the colours weren’t matching perfectly so I switched to dapper denim (fast becoming a favourite) and used the same to cut out the thanks from the Hello You thinlits dies.

See you tomorrow,

Liz