3D Die Sparkle & Shine

Do your 3D die cuts look flat? I’ve got just the project to add dimension, sparkle, and shine to your 3D layering dies featuring Curious Metallic Cardstock.

While I was tempted to use a rainbow of these luscious papers, I limited myself to 4 Curious Metallic colors – Peacock, Magma, Night, and Cryogen White. Magma is such a unique color! It’s like the offspring of shimmery ruby red and coral. Just gorgeous!

All the details for making this card can be found in the video below.

I started by cutting the cardstock with the layering dies. Each of the flowers had 3 layers so that was perfect for the dark colors. I cut 5 flowers, but only used 4 of them and alternated colors for added interest.

For the leaves, I used white for the top layer and black for the underlayer to contrast the flowers.

TIP: When assembling your flowers add glue to the center and curl the petals up for more dimension.

I die cut a piece of Neenah Solar White 80 lb with a 3 x 4.75″ rectangle die and arranged the flowers. Before I adhered the flowers, I drew some buds with a fine liner to bring in a touch more black.

I adhered a die cut sentiment, stamped a sub-sentiment, popped up the panel with sticky back fun foam, and adhered it to an A2 sized card base.

That’s a wrap! I hope you enjoyed this card and feel inspired to add some shine to your projects with Curious Metallic. Thanks for joining me!