Natalie, you are so amazing and creative!! I know I have said this before!! But I am always learning something new!!! I love that you show how to do make a card using things that were meant for something else!!! You are truly the BEST!!!
You are the first person I've ever watched who used mica powders with glue. It seems like such a simple idea, but its genius! I have tubs of mics powders from my soap making ventures. I didn't think about bringing them into card making. I love all of your suggestions in your video!! I want to go look through my dies to see what I have. I bought a mishmash bundle of dies on eBay and am learning as I go. This type of video is perfect for folks like me. Thank you, thank you!!
i like the idea of using the basic shapes and making them into something different! another great tip to hold the pen at the top tyvm for sharing this interesting video! its a neat idea to put all the flower dies together on a big magnetic sheet too
You are amazing! Your designs and thought processes are amazing! We really do not think enough about how to get the most out of our crafty stash. Beautiful cards. Thank you!!❤️xx
hello! a really great video showing the 'use your stash' alternatives! i have been inspired. sorry i can't share as i'm not on facebook. i think the dies you used today for the vases could also be inverted. have the decorative part of the rectangle ones on the bottom and the straight edge on the top. i'm so excited to try it out!
Fabulous look from ‘what you have supplies’! 🧡 I make succulent pots using a circle punch and snipping off a top and a bottom for a low wide rounded side bucket.
I love these, Natalie really beautiful. I only have a couple of The Shack mica powders but not in those colours, I might try painting with some metallic watercolours that I have. See how that goes. Thanks again!
Love your use what you have, but rather than just say, you go the whole hog and recreate the card. Please never change, I am so fed up with the new release and buy buy buy here on TH-cam. I am so easily influenced when I see a pretty card😂
Sadly, I often fall into the same trap. I Love, Love, Love your attitude of use what you have. Then you show us How to use what you have. Many utubers say the same words but Always use the newest release. Sigh. I do love pretty things. Your cards are among the pretty things I must have. So ... Off to search my stash and make some of my own. 😊 I had taken the teeny, tiny flower dies and put them all on one magnet sheet. It made it easier to actually use them. It made me so happy to see you do the same.🥰@@ematthews3267
Great ideas to use what you have . Reminded me of watching Natasha Foote . You’re both full of crafty goodness so we don’t buy everything out there to make lovely cards . I think gold , bronze or brass looking twigs , using metallic pen would look good too .
The “masquerade” card looks fantastic. I did see someone make a beautiful card recently using some vase dies & was lamenting that I didn’t have a set, but this is a fantastic alternative! I can also emboss my own patterns on my handmade vases using a dotting tool or bone folder or just an embossing folder. Thank you 😊
I really love that you show us how to use what we have in our stash. I love those vases and that you you added the butterflies. Bith cards turned out so lovely. TFS❤
Natalie, you are truly a crafting genius! Brilliant ideas using what we have! I appreciate that about your videos, that I don't need to "purchase" items in order to create your beautiful cards! Thank you again! ❤🎉
I love that you showed how to repurpose basic dies as vases. I also love the look of the mica powders as the vases, a use for mine languishing in the cupboard!
It's so wonderful that you offer a lot of alternatives! I love your creative eye for spotting new uses! I have this same die set, but now that I've seen your video, I want to try some pigments to get a pebbled look on the vases. Thank you! 🩷
Love your home made pots! I made planter boxes to put tiny succulent dies in,after embossing the brown box with a timber folder. Was really easy,thanks for your tip!
Another lovely card. Your creativity is amazing - I would never have thought of using a balloon or tag as a vase! Thank you for showing us easy alternatives.
Your creativity is amazing. I love that you show us the alternate method. This is very unique in our paper arts world. I so appreciate your videos. Thanks, Natalie.
That is a lovely card again. Thanks. I often use die cuts to add some texture to my watercolour painting that I turn into cards for family and friends.
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Your dupe card turned out great! Thank you for the advice to look at our dies with fresh eyes 🤓
My pleasure. :)
I love your ingenuity when you use other ways to use dies. gives me a lot of ideas. thank you
You're most welcome! Thanks so much for watching. 😀❤️👍
Fantastic technique & card.
Thanks so much!
This is amazing. Love how you show us how to make do. So beautiful.
Thank you! Cheers!
Lovely again Natalie. Amazing selection of 'vases' !!
Thank you! 😊
Love this card idea-those vases look like patina copper!! So pretty! TYFS 🌻
Thanks! x
Great use of the shape dies which produced a very pretty card. Thanks for the inspo Natalie x
Thank you, Mandy! x
Hiya, the look is stippled as I used to make sml models. Love the card. Suzanne
That's the word I was looking for! :)
So many tips! I particularly love the one about how to hold the marker to make wonky branches.
Thanks, Jo! x
More amazingly clever ideas from you Natalie! You never cease to amaze with your creative thinking! TFS and have a great day! 👍💖
Thank you! You too!
Natalie, you are so amazing and creative!! I know I have said this before!! But I am always learning something new!!! I love that you show how to do make a card using things that were meant for something else!!! You are truly the BEST!!!
Aww. Thanks so much, Michele! :)
You are the first person I've ever watched who used mica powders with glue. It seems like such a simple idea, but its genius! I have tubs of mics powders from my soap making ventures. I didn't think about bringing them into card making. I love all of your suggestions in your video!! I want to go look through my dies to see what I have. I bought a mishmash bundle of dies on eBay and am learning as I go. This type of video is perfect for folks like me. Thank you, thank you!!
My pleasure!
Beautiful! I live that you demonstrate ow to make these without dies.
Thanks!
Great ideas. Using other shapes is genius. Thanks for all the ideas.
My pleasure! x
i like the idea of using the basic shapes and making them into something different!
another great tip to hold the pen at the top tyvm for sharing this interesting video!
its a neat idea to put all the flower dies together on a big magnetic sheet too
Thanks! Keeping all my dies of a kind together helps me use everything as I can see it at a glance and don't have to remember what I have! :)
So grateful I came across your channel. Love these, look forward to going through my stash and seeing what I can come up with. 😁
Great! Have fun. x
What a genius you are, Natalie! Thanks so much for showing these tips. A great way to save money and still produce beautiful results 🦋
You are so welcome!
Love what you created with the Sizzix Ikebana die set. The metallic finish is so elegant.
Thanks! The die set I used for the first card was from Globleland, not Sizzix. amzn.eu/d/fP9eeDJ
Brilliant cards! Love the idea of using shaped dies for vases, fab! Thank you. xxx💖💖💖
Thanks, Christine! x
Awesome Natalie!! Both cards are beautiful. Love the use of shape dies for vases!!
Thanks, Debbie! x
Love the tips you give so we can use what we have, maybe in a way we had not thought of…thx so much for sharing your creativity!! Have a great day!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching. x
You are amazing! Your designs and thought processes are amazing! We really do not think enough about how to get the most out of our crafty stash. Beautiful cards. Thank you!!❤️xx
Thank you so much!
Hi. Thank you so very much. I've always loved these but don't have vase dies. You definitely rock! Love and hugs from Cape Town, South Africa ❤❤❤
My pleasure!
They turned out awesome Natalie ❤❤❤
Thanks, Tonia! x
So glad you posted this as I've often wanted a vase and haven't got the die for and the technique with the hammered glue and mica was cool to. X
Thank you!
I was so impressed with these.
Thank you!
hello!
a really great video showing the 'use your stash' alternatives!
i have been inspired. sorry i can't share as i'm not on facebook.
i think the dies you used today for the vases could also be inverted. have the decorative part of the rectangle ones on the bottom and the straight edge on the top.
i'm so excited to try it out!
That's a great idea! Thanks for sharing. x
Fabulous look from ‘what you have supplies’! 🧡 I make succulent pots using a circle punch and snipping off a top and a bottom for a low wide rounded side bucket.
Great tip! Thanks for sharing. x
Creative and beautiful! Can’t wait to try this. Thank you!😊
You are so welcome!
Works of art! Just beautiful!
Thank you!😃❤️
I love these, Natalie really beautiful. I only have a couple of The Shack mica powders but not in those colours, I might try painting with some metallic watercolours that I have. See how that goes. Thanks again!
Glad you like them!
@@nbcascards Uh oh, I have actually ordered myself some new mica powders...I will blame it on you, lol x
Love your use what you have, but rather than just say, you go the whole hog and recreate the card. Please never change, I am so fed up with the new release and buy buy buy here on TH-cam. I am so easily influenced when I see a pretty card😂
Thanks for the feedback. That's really encouraging. X
Sadly, I often fall into the same trap. I Love, Love, Love your attitude of use what you have. Then you show us How to use what you have. Many utubers say the same words but Always use the newest release. Sigh. I do love pretty things. Your cards are among the pretty things I must have. So ... Off to search my stash and make some of my own. 😊
I had taken the teeny, tiny flower dies and put them all on one magnet sheet. It made it easier to actually use them. It made me so happy to see you do the same.🥰@@ematthews3267
Great ideas to use what you have . Reminded me of watching Natasha Foote . You’re both full of crafty goodness so we don’t buy everything out there to make lovely cards . I think gold , bronze or brass looking twigs , using metallic pen would look good too .
Fab idea! Thanks for sharing, Julie. x
This is another great idea, and it's so kind of you to share it with us 😊
You are so welcome!
The “masquerade” card looks fantastic. I did see someone make a beautiful card recently using some vase dies & was lamenting that I didn’t have a set, but this is a fantastic alternative! I can also emboss my own patterns on my handmade vases using a dotting tool or bone folder or just an embossing folder. Thank you 😊
Absolutley! Have fun. x
I really love that you show us how to use what we have in our stash. I love those vases and that you you added the butterflies. Bith cards turned out so lovely.
TFS❤
Thanks, Teresa! x
Natalie, you are truly a crafting genius! Brilliant ideas using what we have! I appreciate that about your videos, that I don't need to "purchase" items in order to create your beautiful cards! Thank you again! ❤🎉
Thank you so much!
Oh how creative! I think I like your hand-drawn branches even better than the die-cut branches. 😮
Oh thank you!
Super! your approach awakens my imagination. thank you ❤
My pleasure. x
I love that you showed how to repurpose basic dies as vases. I also love the look of the mica powders as the vases, a use for mine languishing in the cupboard!
Thanks, Kathy! x
It's so wonderful that you offer a lot of alternatives! I love your creative eye for spotting new uses! I have this same die set, but now that I've seen your video, I want to try some pigments to get a pebbled look on the vases. Thank you! 🩷
Thanks, JH!
Absolutely fabulous! You did a great job on the total tutorial!!!
Thank you so much!
Love your home made pots! I made planter boxes to put tiny succulent dies in,after embossing the brown box with a timber folder. Was really easy,thanks for your tip!
Great idea! Thanks for sharing. x
Wow! This is so creative and beautiful. Thanks so much for this clever idea!
My pleasure! x
Loved the video the little vases looked so pretty 🤩
Thank you! 😊
Great ideas Natalie, thank you very much. Greetings from Morelia México
Thank you!
Great video Natalie.
I love those vases!
Thanks, Sharon! x
I ran to Temu to buy some vases dies. I loved these cards. They can be used for so many different occasions.
Thank you!
Ingenious use of your shape dies! Love these cards!
Thanks, Donna! x
I lo e the vases! The color .using of the pigment powders turned out beautifully! I have some and need to go e it a try. Thanks for the inspiration!
You are so welcome!
Another lovely card. Your creativity is amazing - I would never have thought of using a balloon or tag as a vase! Thank you for showing us easy alternatives.
You are so welcome!
What an amazing card, wonderful idea thank you ❤
Thanks so much!
Your creativity is amazing. I love that you show us the alternate method. This is very unique in our paper arts world. I so appreciate your videos. Thanks, Natalie.
You are so welcome, Jan! I thoroughly enjoy trying to think of dfferent ways of making things. Creativity breeds creativity, I think. :)
Amazing! Thank you for teaching us to use what we have on hand😁
Glad it was helpful!
Beautiful! Thanks! From Cheryl in AZ.
You are so welcome!
Your cards are so lovely. Thanks for showing us a work around, too. You're always full of such great ideas. -Sarah
Thank you so much, Sarah!
Going to give this a try, I don't have vases, but I do have other shapes. Thank you!
You’re welcome 😊
Lovely vases. Thanks for the tutorial.
My pleasure! x
Another amazing idea. Thank you.🎉
Thank you! 😊
You come up with amazing ideas, thank you .
You are so welcome!
Absolutely love these ❤🤩😍
Thanks, Catarina! x
It’s so beautiful. I love so much.
Thank you! x
Great idea again. Such inspiration. Thanks x
You are so welcome!
Fantastic card. I really like how you made the vases. Very effective. Thanks for sharing 😊
Thanks so much 😊
Wow these are great! I love your creativity ❤
Thank you! x
I love these vases. I did go shopping on Temu for some vaxe dies also. Love these cards.
Thanks!
Great idea! Terrific card! I was just looking at that Amazon die. Now I can spend my money on something else! Thank you!!
My pleasure! x
Really pretty cards, you’ve made your vases look very Verdigris, well done.
Thanks so much 😊
I love the metallic texture you created for the vases - I want to try this technique with my Pearl X powders
Sounds like that would work! :)
great video on how use other dies for a different purpose. TYFS
My pleasure! x
Wow, so very talented and more great ideas!
Thank you! Cheers!
Simply amazing. Great video!
Thank you very much!
This is brilliant! Thanks for sharing this idea!
You are so welcome!
I actually like the basic shape die vases better. Much more interesting shapes! 😊😊🩸🕳️⭐💧🕸️🧇🌰🧄🍦🍯❤❤❤. Thanks for sharing this fun technique!
My pleasure. :)
Thank you for sharing another beautiful card with us xx
You are so welcome!
Love this! So creative!❤
Thanks! x
Oh to have Natalie’s skill and imagination. This card is beautiful.
Aww, thanks! x
love it, would like to see more ideas for simple dies.
Thanks! x
Great video, card is beautiful.
Thank you! x
Wow what a super idea 😊
Thank you so much 😊
Great alternative ideas. Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Two lovely cards.
Thanks! x
So pretty ❤
Thanks! ❤️
I have a lot of powders, this is a beautiful technique! I will try this!
Please do!
Superbe idée! Merci du partage...
My pleasure. Thanks for watching! ❤️🙏
I love the way you think outside the box!
Thanks, Lynette!
Superb ideas as usual x
Thank you! 😊
Beautiful!
Thank you! Cheers!
Brilliant thank you ❤
You’re welcome 😊
Love what you have done with powders!!!
Thank you!!
There's are lovely 🌺🌺
Thank you! x
Brilliant again x
Thanks, Christine! x
Great idea and tutorial!
Glad you liked it!
That is a lovely card again. Thanks. I often use die cuts to add some texture to my watercolour painting that I turn into cards for family and friends.
Sounds great! :)
Love this!
Thank you! x
So creative..thanks
Thank you! Cheers!
Great demonstration!
Thank you! x
You are amazing what a beautiful card . I would never have thought to use dies and repurpose them . My problem is I don't think outside the box .
Thanks, Susan! x
Brilliant!!
Thanks, Donna! x
Clever idea
Thanks!
Very clever!
Thank you!
Amazing 😍
Thanks 🤗