Telescope Technique

 I love to see old techniques resurrected and used with current products! 

This technique has been around but has recently become very popular. It is called the Telescope Technique. You will need a set of nested dies for this technique - Countryside Corners, Deckled Circles or Rectangles, Stylish Shapes, or the Perennial Postage dies are a few of the current sets available. You will also need cardstock for a base and a mat to coordinate with the DSP that you have selected. That is basically all you need except maybe a sentiment and some embellishments. You will also need a cutting machine for your nested dies.

The card that I demonstrate in the video uses Splendid Autumn DSP (3 7/8" x 5 1/8"), Blackberry Bliss  cardstock card base (8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4") and Pumpkin Pie cardstock mat (4" x 5 1/4").  I used the Deckled Rectangles dies - the 3 next to the smallest. I cut these three dies, nested one inside the other, from the DSP. I then used Adhesive strips and dimensionals to adhere them back in place. I used Adhesive strips on the outside diecut piece, dimensionals on the next smallest and then glued the third piece (the rectangle) into the center. This creates the 'telescope' effect. I embellished with twine , a sentiment from Unbounded Love, and some random pieces of greenery.

The telescoping dies on this card spotlighted the sunset.

These are the other samples that I had made using this technique.

This sample uses the Nests of Winter DSP and the square Stylish Shapes dies. The sentiment is from Winterly Treetops in the new mini catalog.

This next sample uses Unbounded Beauty DSP and the Stylish Shapes circle dies. The flowers are fussy-cut from the DSP and the sentiment is from Unbounded Love.

 This card uses Wildly Flowering DSP and the Countryside Corner dies. The sentiment is from Unbounded Love and Have a Blessed Day is stamped on the inside.

Lastly I wanted to try a Christmas card and instead of telescoping in, I tried telescoping out. I used DSP from A Little Bit Festive and the diecuts from that set as well. The sentiment diecut came from Joyful Sayings Ephemera pack - all of this available in the new September - December 2024 mini catalog. To achieve the opposite telescope effect, I used the least amount of adhesive on the outside diecut piece, a little more on the 2nd diecut piece and the thickest amount on the center piece. The video goes into more detail how to do this! 

I hope that you will give this Telescope Technique a try! If you do not have a Stampin' Up demonstrator to help you, please e-mail me and I'd love to help! You can see all products at my on-line shop. 

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