Add different colors of Distress Ink pads to a large stamp for a lovely background for a fall card, add a stamped sentiment and some inked die cut shapes and you’ve got a wonderful card for Thanksgiving. The U Cut … Read More ...
Project: Fold Over Poinsettia Card
Monika Jakubowska shares how she made this beautiful holiday fold over card making the 3D poinsettia flower with die cut shapes, she’s also got a template for fold over card base. You’ll need to translate her blog but the step … Read More ...
Technique: Letterpress Note Cards with Dies
Letterpressing is a very old technique and it reminds me a bit of reversed embossing. Usually, you need special machines to do traditional letter press but you can achieve a very similar look by embossing die cut letters and images … Read More ...
Projects: Holiday Gift Tags using Die Cuts
Designer Laurie Schmidlin has some tips for turning die cut shapes into gift tags for the holidays. By folding over cardstock and not die cutting the top of a bulb die you can make an easy shaped tag. You can … Read More ...
Project: Halloween Card with Custom Stencil
This fun Halloween card was designed by Lizzy for Lawn Fawn. She combined lots of cool techniques like using Twinkling H2O’s for a gradiated painted background and used acetate and a die cut to make her own star stencil, then … Read More ...
Technique: Scalloped Circle and Twine Card Accent
I think most of us probably have either a punch or die cut scalloped circle shape and some twine, right? By wrapping twine around the scallop you can make a lovely card embellishment. Find complete directions at the U Cut … Read More ...
Tutorial: Inlaid Christmas Shaker Card
Carrisa Wiley added depth with this detailed die cut ornament shape by cutting it out of Fun Foam instead of paper. Then she turned it into an amazing shaker card filled with sequins. What a fun and festive card! You … Read More ...
Technique: Camouflaged Letters Card
Add a unique layer to your cards with this camouflaged letter technique from Power Poppy stamps. Stamp your main image, die cut out letters and then die cut multiples of the same letters, stack and glue them together, adding the … Read More ...
Project: Floral Die Cut Card
Combine a large sentiment stamp along with pretty die cut flowers and scrolls for a bright and beautiful card. The Spellbinders blog has a video tutorial, click here to watch.
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Projects: Birthday Cards
Maureen from My CASE Studies blog has two video tutorials to share focusing on birthday cards. She’s got a cute mini 3×3 card using a die cut with matching envelope and a fun cupcake card using dies, stamps and glitter. … Read More ...
Tip: Die Cut “Halfsies” Cards
Get more from your die cuts and add lots more interest to your hand made cards by cutting your die shapes in half. Betsy from Paper, Scissors and Superheroes has several “halfsies” card ideas to share on her blog, click … Read More ...
Trend: Burlap Die Cut
Burlap is really hot and trendy right now, it’showing up on all sorts of home decor and crafting projects, including cards. It can be a bit tricky to incorporate on your cards, it’ stiff, a bit hard to cut and … Read More ...
Tip: Die Cut Card Border
Take your die cut shapes and turn them into a border for your cards by only cutting out part of the dies. The Top Dog Dies blog shows you how to get more use from your die cut shapes with … Read More ...
Project: Nautical Sunset Card
The Paper Therapy blog (don’t you love that name?) has directions for making this beautiful nautical card using Distress Ink for a bold sunset background, click here for the how to.
-Heather
Looking for more Nautical-themed papers, stamps and embellishments? … Read More ...
Project: Bee Themed Tent Card
This cute dimensional tent card stands up on it’s own but folds flat for mailing. I love the sweet bee design! The Reverse Confetti blog has directions for making a tent card using a scoring board and some of their … Read More ...