Step-by-Step Summer Lemonade Stand Card with Simple Stories Pink Lemonade Stand Dies

Hello Crafters! Nancy Leppek here from Scrapper at Heart.com. I am delighted to be back as a guest on the Spellbinder’s Blog. Today, I am sharing a step-by-step tutorial using the new Simple Stories Pink Lemonade Stand Dies.

Let’s get to it, shall we! Here is the card we will be making. It sure has me itching for Summer, how about you?

Die cutting

The first thing you want to do is get all your dies and color cardstock ready to go. Set up your die-cutting sandwich using the Platinum 6 and this die-cutting sandwich: Platform Base, Platform Top, C plate, and then your cardstock and dies facing down, and then your final C plate on top. Run this through your machine. I recommend you use the Best Ever Craft Tape to hold your paper and dies in place, especially if you are cutting many dies at one time.

I keep my cut-out dies together in a Craft Stax Tray while I work, so I don’t lose any.

Ink Blending

This is an optional step depending on your preference. Take the dies that you wish to add some shading to and ink blend them with your favorite inks and a blending brush. Add color to your small strawberries, the orange slice, and the lemonade inside the glass and inside the pitcher. When ink blending, you want to make sure you work your way from the corner towards the middle. Plus, you will want to take your brush and remove some of the ink onto a paper or surface before you begin, so you don’t get a heavy ink spot.

I find using a smaller brush gives me more control. I am using Mini Blending Brushes and Hero Arts Inks.

Prepare Card Base

Take a piece of 4 ¼ X 5 ½ Classic White Cardstock and a 1 ½ x 4 ¼ piece of Cascade Cardstock and glue the blue piece on the bottom of the white piece.  Run it through the Platinum 6 using a stitched rectangle from the Nested Postage Label and Tags die set to make a nice edge all the way around.

I sometimes do two of these rectangle bases because I like my cards to be a bit sturdier.

Now you have all your pieces inked, cut, and ready to go.

Assemble Die cuts

Using Bearly Art Glue, adhere the pieces together and then also onto the stitched base, building your scene one item at a time. You do not need as much glue as you think. A little dab will do you!

Foam Squares

Put 2 Foam Squares on the glass and pitcher and put them in place.

Glue Down Both Sentiments

Final Step

Glue the Stitched Panel to an A2 card base that I created from a full piece of Classic White Cardstock. I prefer top folding, but that is a personal preference. The cardbase dimensions are (11” x 4.25”, scored at 5.5”).

I want to thank Spellbinders for the opportunity to guest here today, and a big thanks to you for sticking with me.  Feel free to reach out to me on my blog Scrapper at Heart, my IG Page, and or my Facebook page and say hello.

Happy Crafting, Nanc’

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