Category: die cuts

The Cutting Edge Challenge: Guest Designer Search

There’s a new challenge blog – The Cutting Edge Challenge – and I’m delighted to be part of the Design Team! If you LOVE using die cuts on your cards, this challenge is for YOU! Each week we’ll be offering inspiration and you’ll be invited to play along sharing your AMAZING die cutting skills.

This week we’re looking for a Guest Designer to join us for our first challenge, which will begin on June 28. Please head on over to The Cutting Edge Challenge for all of the details- I hope you’ll consider entering! While you’re there, you can meet the rest of the Design Team.

You Anchor Me

Kristie Goulet of the Stamp Nation team regularly posts about paper crafting trends sharing tips, tutorials and projects! Kristie wrote about the nautical trend last year, when it was really at its high point. As a member, I can access those past articles. Even if the trend has cooled somewhat, I still enjoy making nautical-themed cards, especially in the summer.

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To create the coral striped background, I inked the Impression Obsession Thick Stripes background stamp with Distress Ink and misted it until the ink pooled. The anchor is cut from a brushed gold cardstock.

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As long as I was making one card, I decided to make another with a little variation! I heat embossed the Impression Obsession background stamp with gold embossing powder. The anchor is cut from a gold foil cardstock.

I’m also entering the second card in the Card Concept “Use A Nautical Theme” challenge. My style is Clean and Graphic.

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Penny Black Father’s Day

I couldn’t resist crafting a tie card for Father’s Day using  the Penny Black Amazing [#30-243] stamp set and coordinating Dapper [#51-049] die cut.

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I die cut the tie (with collar) first and then stamped it with the coordinating tie stamp using VersaFine Onyx Black ink. I machine stitched the gray cardstock panel. The patterned paper card panel is from my stash.

 

Penny Black Right Direction

Today, I’m sharing a friendship card that could be sent for a variety of occasions. It’s crafted using a recently released Penny Black stamp set and a die cut.

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To begin, I inked the sign post from the …Lost Without You  [#30-248] stamp set and stamped it  into the woodgrain stamp from the Inspiring [#40-113] set, which I had inked with a darker ink color. I then stamped it onto kraft cardstock. I fussy cut the stamped sign post and added distress ink to the edges. The sentiment is also from the …Lost Without You  set. To finish off the card, and to tie in the colors from the patterned paper, I cut a bird with one of  the Tweet Things [ #51-050] dies.

Poppystamps: A Perfect Summer’s Day

For me, summer begins in June, no matter what the weather. The ingredients for a perfect summer’s day? Blue sky, a few puffy clouds, and a bike ride!  My card celebrates summer with a combination of Poppystamps dies and a stamp.

Poppystamps: A Perfect Summer's Day

 

I stamped the Poppystamps Basket Bicycle in pink and cut it out with its companion die. I cut the Wildflower Patch die several times, in green and in colors for the flowers, putting some in the bicycle’s basket and others along the picket fence. The bicycle and clouds are attached to the card with dimensional adhesive.

No matter what the season, I hope it’s sunny where you are!

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