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Yana Smakula is sharing a video tutorial for making this stunning card she made using a combination of die cutting and embossing using several different large background and label dies from Spellbinders . You can watch the video tutorial here … Read More ...
Don’t just add a sentiment on the inside of your cards, the inside can be just as much fun as the outside! Like with this beautiful summer window card from Echo Park Paper. A scalloped die cut circle was used … Read More ...
This pretty card has a surprise inside, a niche opening containing hanging paper flowers, how lovely is that? The Cut @ Home blog has a video tutorial showing how to use stamps and die cuts for this stunning 3D card. … Read More ...
Have a friend who’s a coffee lover? This colorful mixed media coffee themed gift card holder is perfect for that coffee “addict” in your life 🙂 Anita Houston designed this card using lots of different mediums like paint, stencils, ink … Read More ...
Do you have any chipboard coaster laying around, I have a huge stack I use for parties. You can recycle those coasters into art buy die cutting a shaped hole in them, layering them and making a niche’, add some … Read More ...
Die cuts, stencils and embossing plates aren’t just for paper you can also use materials like this metal sheets for stunning results. This beautiful vintage style card is also a gift, the lovely cameo is a pin that can be … Read More ...
Make yourself some unique jewelry using aluminum metal flashing, found at the hardware store. Shelley (aka the Stamptramp) used it with a dog tag shaped die to cut out the perfect base for a pendant. She used a cool double … Read More ...
Ellen Taylor created this stunning butterfly by adding fantasy film behind a die cut butterfly shape. This add such a lovely shimmery touch! Visit her blog The Serendipitous Stamper for all the details.
-Heather
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Add some interest with die cuts. Melissa Phillips shows how to make a beautiful background design for tags and greeting cards using various die cut borders cut from different pattern papers. Visit her blog LilyBean Paperie for more info.… Read More ...
Susanne Rose has a stunning home decor project she made over on her blog. She designed a Sihouette Studio die cut file for the lamp and decorated it with die cut shapes and stamped images for a wonderful beach themed … Read More ...
Cheryl used a combination of rubber stamps, paints, die cuts, tissue paper, ink, rub-ons and more for this lovely mixed media tag project. She shares step step directions for making it over on her blog Cheryl’s Paper Artz.
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This beautiful card looks like raised metal instead of paper! Mama Dini’s Stamperia has directions of using layers of black gesso, paints and metallic medium over intricately cut die cut paper shapes for this lovely gilded relief technique. Click for … Read More ...
The Simon Says blog has a video from Andrea Walford, she’ll teach you how to make a card with a cool inlaid die cut technique with a water color background using Twinkling H2O’s. Click here to watch.
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Designer Karolyn Loncon shares two wonderful card projects on the My Favorite Things blog. The first is a fantastic use of dies, she got wonderful texture and pattern by layering an intricately cut floral die cut out of white onto … Read More ...
Do you have any die cuts that you wish were actually stamps instead? Well, guess what, in many cases you can make a stamp from a metal die using thin crafting foam, how cool is that?! The Card Making Connections … Read More ...
