Hello crafty friends! I am excited to share with you the gorgeous new Windows with a View Collection from Spellbinders! My card today features the Vista View Window Etched Die Set combined with The Botanical Solarium Etched Die Set.

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To give my design some depth, I used inks to add some quick and easy shading to my die cuts. To start my card, I first die cut all of my pieces from a variety of Spellbinders colored card stock pieces. I then used distress ink to add some shading to each image before assembling them together.

Card Stock and Ink Combos Used:

• Greens: Peridot Card Stock + Rustic Wilderness and Black Soot Distress Inks
• Oranges: Persimmon Card Stock + Rusty Hinge and Gathered Twigs Distress Inks
• Teals: Waterfall Card Stock + Peacock Feathers and Black Soot Distress Inks
• Pinks: Fruit Punch Card Stock + Picked Raspberry and Black Soot Distress Inks
• Yellows: Beeswax + Rustic Hinge and Gathered Twigs Distress Inks

For my card base, I used two 4.25″ x 5.5″ pieces of Portobello Card Stock. I left the bottom piece as-is and layered it with an ink-blended piece that I had used for my sky (ink colors used listed below). I then die cut an arch in my second portobello piece and adhered it over my base piece that contained the ink-blended piece. Next, I die cut my window frame from some white card stock and adhered it into the arch cut out with some liquid adhesive.

Background Sky Color Blend:

• Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Ink
• Dried Marigold Distress Oxide Ink
• Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Ink
• Dusty Concord Distress Oxide Ink

Lastly, I adhered my die cuts with some 3D foam adhesive squares for a pop of dimension and then added a sentiment (from the Welcome Sign & Sentiments Stamp Set) that I had heat embossed with some Fine Detail White Embossing Powder onto a strip of black card stock.