Momenta Woodgrain Embossing Folder & Wreath Die Set

Today I'm sharing cards using the Momenta "Woodgrain Embossing Folder & Wreath Die" set. It's available at Hobby Lobby. This is a tremendous value as you get 11 pieces (10 floral/leaves dies and the woodgrain embossing folder) for one low price. For the 3 cards I made, I changed the colors for variety. This set would also be great for Christmas cards in white, red and green, just change the sentiment.

For my first card, I embossed gold metallic cardstock with the Woodgrain folder.

I think the key to a nice looking card is adding dimension. I cut the wreath 6x from silver cardstock. This is lightweight foil cardstock so I cut some wreathes from 110 lb white and glued them to the silver. I then started stacking the branches to form the wreath.

No foam tape, just the branches.

Here's 2 flower diecuts. the one on the left is shaped to add dimension, the one on the right is the plain diecut. It's fine to adhere the flat diecuts, I just like it to stand out. I used a shaping tool and a foam mat to curve the petals.

 You can see the how the flowers stand out on the card. I ended up not putting flowers on the gold card, I thought a bow and a sentiment was enough. (I'm not sure who makes the Happy Birthday die it was in my stash, it's very old.)

I used the flowers on the navy card with some leaves cut out of vellum. I gold heat embossed the sentiment on this card, I added 1 layer of the gold wreath to get an idea of where to place the sentiment, then placed the stamp in my stamp positioner and stamped. I did this before adding too many layers of wreath, I was afraid it would be too thick for the stamp to reach the navy cardstock.

For the white card, I painted the leaves and flowers for a country look. I added some small gemstones to the center of the flowers. I stamped the sentiment and diecut it with an old banner die.

You can see there are different ways to add a sentiment. They are all sentiments I had in my stash.

Thanks for looking at my cards, I share many more cards on Instagram @susanbcards.

 

Momenta Geometric Layered Border Dies

I think this Momenta die set is fabulous. The set is called, "Geometric Layered Border Dies" a set of 2 dies that when layered make a beautiful border that fits an A2 size card.

This die cuts a piece that is approximately 5 1/2" x 1 1/4", perfect for a landscape card (top folding). I took some strips of white cardstock I had and ink blended lines on them. You don't have to do that, you could just take 2 different colors of cardstock and diecut each die, layer them and have an equally beautiful card.

Here's a photo of the 2 dies I used, one on white cardstock, the other with the ink cardstock.

Here's what it would look like with solid colored cardstock.

Same pieces just layered differently. I didn't end up making this card, I really liked the ink blended cards.

After I diecut the inked piece and adhered it to the white piece, I decided to make a cute set of cards. I took a white A2 notecard (4.25" x 5.5") and put the HELLO sentiment on my stamp platform, I placed down the diecut just to see where I wanted the HELLO to go, then inked the sentiment with ink that matched my diecut. I stamped the sentiment on 3 cards, then attached the diecuts with glue.

I cut colored cardstock slightly larger than the white notecards and adhered the notecards to the cardstock. I like how the colored mats highlight the colors of ink.

I'll be posting a Reel on Instagram @susanbcards if you'd like to see a quick video of how I inked blended the strips of cardstock.

These cards were fun and easy to make. I love the idea of making sets of cards to give away.

You can find this die set at Hobby Lobby!

Thanks for looking!