Nested Leaves Cover, Take 2

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I got to that point the other day where I actually acknowledged the need to clean up and put some things away.  Unfortunately it didn't last long because I was sidetracked by a big pile of die cuts left over from when I created these cards using my Nested Leaves cover plate.

I sat down and said I was going to make just one or two cards.....seven cards later, I decided I should maybe stop and go back to cleaning.  I still had a lot of die cut pieces, but my goal was not to die cut any additional cover plates, and I probably would have needed to if I wanted to keep creating.

Anyway, these were super fun to create.  I used the same inlay technique as on the last set of card, but just mixed and matched colors.  My last set of cards featured the Be Bold sentiment set, but for these I thought it would be fun to pull out some older products. 

This card uses the All About You set, one of my favorite sentiment sets.  I wanted a bolder puffier look, so the sentiment was embossed three times with white embossing powder.

This one also uses the All About You set, but was just stamped with Versa Clair black ink.

A very clean and simple version features the Love Ya die.  It was cut three times with black cardstock and once with Matte Silver and then adhered directly to the inlaid cover.

This is an older retired sentiment which was cut from Matte Silver and adhered to the shadow piece which was die cut in black and then popped up with foam tape.  A sentiment from the Reverse Yay Sentiment Strips was also popped up with foam tape to complete the look.

For this one, I die cut the Hi from adhesive backed white foam using the Altenew Tall Alpha Die set, one of my all time favorite alpha die sets.

Since the alternating red and black lines of leaves on this card gives kind of an off set look, I thought the Oh Crap sentiment die, which is on a bit of an angle would be perfect.  That was popped up with one layer of foam tape while the secondary sentiment from the Reverse Well Wishes Sentiment Strips set was popped up with two layers of foam tape.

I made a bunch of inlaid cards, but still had a bunch of the cover cuts left, so I did a riff on a card by Alli Frazier where she offset the covers.  I used three covers.  Two were cut in half, adhered slightly offset to one another and then to the whole piece.  This allows the cover to look symmetrical from he center out.

For the sentiment, I cut four of the Yay You dies and adhered them together.  I then pressed my Versamark ink pad over top and clear embossed.  This was done several times to get a more dimensional, glossy look.

A few moonstones finished things off.

I hope you enjoyed my crafty procrastination.  These were a lot of fun to put together, and yes, I did go back and do some cleaning up.