Friends for Life 5-3-1 part 4

 Today I'm sharing part four of my 5-3-1 formula card mini series. For the final card I've chosen to share a fun die cutting technique which I called an inlay technique. The dies are from a stamp and die bundle called Friends for Life.  I love the mix of fonts and elements that those bundle has. It is such a fun bundle.

If you've seen the previous projects in this mini series you'll know that I've been on a bold and bright colour fix . Today's day card is no different except it's a monochromatic colour palette!  The beautiful turquoise colour I've used is called summer splash . It's vibrant colour brings to mind the beautiful seas of the Caribbean ..well in my imagination it does having never had the joy of going myself 😉

To create the inlay effect I cut a mat of white cardstock and a a mat of summer splash the same size 10cm x 14.4cm. I then took the leaf die from the Friends for Life dies and die cut 5 stems starting in one corner and working outwards.  I have gone over the edges to creat a more relaxed flow to the panel. 

Now keep the die cut pieces to one side. Adhere the summer splash panel to the white panel lining everything up at the edges. 

Now the tricky part take the die cut leaves and adhere them back into the spaces on the cardstock panel. There are lots of ways to apply adhesive to finer cuts one such way is to put a small amount of wet glue onto a silicon mat and either dab the die cut onto the glue. Or take a sponge and gently dab in the glue and then onto the die cut.

This is the 5 element on the card but of course I had to die cut another leaf to decorate the inside 😉.

The 3 element on the card are these gorgeous iridescent gems 💎 add the perfect sparkle ✨️. 

The sentiment is stamped onto white using the summer splash ink and the just die cut out using another die from the Friends for Life dies. 

Do you like the simplicity of a monochromatic colour palette ? Do you like this vibrant shade of turquoise?  I really like how versatile the 5-3-1 formula can be.. Well that all for this mini series I do hope you've enjoyed the inspiration.