I started by cutting a A2 panel of 80 lb card stock.<\/a><\/strong> I then began cutting the Delicate Branch<\/a><\/strong> die out of the same card stock. I cut SO MANY! I think in the end I cut approx. 12 branches. When I was all done, I began gluing them on the panel. I made sure that they didn’t touch, but were evenly spaced so it looked continuous. When I was done layer the major branches, I put off the over hang and then used the bits and pieces to add a few more to fill in the holes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I wanted to add some more dimension, so I began adding a second layer to most of the branches. Its hard to see in the card, but in person, its SO STUNNING to have that branch with two layers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When I was happy with the branch on the panel, I set it aside to dry. I added a large acrylic block onto it to keep it flat. It was time to make the sentiment!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I started with an assortment of Hero Arts Card Stock<\/strong>. I had a card panel pack, but I was able to locate the colors on the SSS website. I used Pesto,<\/a><\/strong> Kiwi<\/a><\/strong>, and Palm<\/a><\/strong> for the green. I used the smallest die in my SSS Strips Die One<\/a><\/strong> pack and cut the strips out of each card stock color twice. I then used a piece of copy paper and my SSS Tape Runner<\/strong><\/a> and covered the piece of copy paper with tape glue. I then began laying the colors strips on in a repeating pattern until I have a piece big enough to create the shadow layer of the Just Because Die.<\/strong><\/a> I cut the shadow die out and set it aside. I then cut the actual sentiment out of my favorite black card stock, Hero Arts Pitch Black<\/a><\/strong> and SSS Gold Glitter Card Stock<\/strong><\/a>. I wanted to create a shadow on the gold letters to help pop it off that green background. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I glued everything together and then popped up the sentiment using foam tape and added some gold pearls. I really loved how this card came out and have more ideas using other greenery dies! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Hello crafty friends! Its been a minute since I have been on the blog, but I had some time to get some writing done. I have a card for you today using the a couple new dies from the DieCember release with Simon Says Stamp (SSS). Here is a list of supplies I used for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[55,79,118,22],"tags":[78,15,31,4],"class_list":["post-1277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-55","category-affiliate","category-diecember","category-simon-says-stamp","tag-affiliate","tag-die-cutting","tag-new-release","tag-simon-says-stamp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.lovenotesbyjess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Because.png\")
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