When I was setting out to make a birthday card, I wanted to customise it for my niece and what better way than creating custom cards with alphabet dies! The beautiful Lea’s Ornate lowercase alphabets die from PinkFresh Studios caught my eye and knew these would be great for creating whimsy custom cards. I paired it with an ombre pink colour scheme to create a fun bold modern birthday card.
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creating custom cards with alphabet dies - ombre background stamping
To start off, place a piece of white card panel into your MISTI, but make sure you remove the foam pad in order to stamp with a background cling stamp. Next, position the Colorblock Gradient Stripes background stamp over the top and remove the 4th stripe down. This stamp allows you to remove the strips for multicoloured stamping.
Stamp the top three stripes in Pink Champagne Catherine Pooler ink. Replace the stripe you have removed, and then remove the stripes either side of the next three stripes. Stamp these stripes in ‘It’s A Girl’ Catherine Pooler Ink. Keep repeating this down the stamp, with the next colour block of 3 in ‘Be Mine’ ink, then the next 2 in ‘Party Dress’, then the last 2 in ‘Rose Petals’.
creating custom cards with alphabet dies - adding the name
For the name, use the Lea’s Ornate Lowercase alphabet die to die-cut out of white card. Next, take the inner of the die-cuts and colour with the same ink pads used in the background. To do this, take the ink pad directly to the paper and swipe colour. When complete, adhere these to the background panel and add the white outline to make the letters pop out from the background.
To finish the card off, add a white heat embossed sentiment from the Altenew Sentiment Strips stamp set, foam mounting this onto the card. Lastly, add a selection of sequins to embellish the card.
Supplies
creating custom cards with alphabet dies
Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you at these shops: Altenew (ALT), Scrapbook.com (SB), Hero Arts (HA), Picket Fence Studios (PF), My Favourite Things (MFT), The Little Paper Tree (LPT) and Craft Stash UK/US (CS UK/US).
Get an extra £1 off when you use the code: TLPTVERITY at The Little Paper Tree.
All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP) and WOW! UK/US (WOW UK/US).
 Colorblock: Gradient stripes cling stamp – PinkFresh Studio Shop at: SB | BP |  Lea’s Ornate Lowercase Die Set – PinkFresh Studio Shop at: SB | BP |  Party Dress – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |
 Party Dress Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Party Dress Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  Be Mine Ink Pad – Catheriner Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |
 Be Mine Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Be Mine Ink Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  It’s A Girl – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |
 It’s A Girl – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Rose Petals Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Rose Petals Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |
 Pink Champagne – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Pink Champagne Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad & refill Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) |  Opaque Bright White -WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 Premium White Cardstock: 8.5″ x 11 – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |  Original MISTI 2.0 – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | CPD | SB | HA | BP |  Gina K Designs – Connect Glue Shop at: BP |
 Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) | WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: CPD | WOW (US) |
 Teflon Bone Folder – Lawn Fawn Shop at: CPD | BP |  Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |  Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
 QuickStik – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: CPD | SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
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This post was produced as part of my design team work for Bumbleberry Papercrafts have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from Bumbleberry Papercrafts to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
