Clear & Simple Stamps: Beyond Borders

Hi guys!  It's Clear & Simple Stamps Group Project day and the theme for today is Beyond Borders.  The borders in my card are die cut borders (are you surprised?).  

You've already seen me use the Edgers 3 dies on this card but this time the border die cuts are front and center!  I chose to use the smaller edge die on a smaller card (card measures 4-1/4" square).  I thought about going the ombre route, but rainbow is just as fun!

For the sentiment, I took out my CSS Lowercase dies.  I love this alpha set because there are multiple dies for letters that are used more often.  {This is especially important for those who like to do reverse die cuts}  For a little subtle color, I double cut the letters once in white and once in the same colors as the borders.  The colored letters were glued behind each white counterpart slightly offset.  It's hard to see, but the sentiment is glued to a piece of vellum instead of directly onto the white card base.  By doing this, the background remains white but has just enough contrast to make the letters pop.  The rainbow borders covers where the vellum is glued to the card base.

Thanks so much for stopping in!  Go check out the CSS Design Team for more Beyond Borders projects!  

• Lori Tecler
• Kim Duran
• Laurie Willison
• Tracy Schultz
• Laura Bassen
• Dana Grothaus
• JJ Bolton (Guest Designer) ~ you're here:)
• CSS 

This is my last CSS group project for the month and it's been a blast!  I want to send out big, big thanks to Nicki and the wonderfully warm and talented crew over at CSS!  To have the opportunity to work with them has been tremendous:)   

Mahalo and Aloha,
jj