Tag: Die cuts
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Quick & Easy, Clean and Simple Die Cut Cards
Hero Arts Die-Cut Butterflies from Glitter Paper Are you a fan of Clean and Simple (CAS) cards? I love that they can be impactful in their beautiful simplicity. These quick and easy die-cut cards did not take very much time to make. However, I don’t think they suffered for their ease. Penny Black Die-Cut Framed…
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Smile!
Penny Black Timeless Stars and Circles Die with Pinkfresh Studio Smile Die Just popping in with a new card made with two dies. There is no stamping on this very fast and easy card. My grandbaby moved in with us a couple of weeks ago. This means that I have been having too much fun…
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Washi Tape as a Background with Diecuts for Cards
American Crafts Houndstooth Glitter paper cut with Altenew Caps Bold Alphabet Dies It turns out that I have a lot of washi tape. It is beautiful and I love it. But it mainly sits in a drawer. As I was putting away some alphabet dies from another project, (pictured above) I decided to make a…
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Stenciling Card Fronts
If you are anything like me, you want to maximize your supplies and tools by getting as much use out of them as you can. I love stencils because of their versatility. Mainly, I use them for art journaling. They are fun for scrapbooking, too. Some stencils are scaled specifically for use on cards. However,…
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Making a Wellness Journal From My Stash and the Appeal of Timeboxing
One of the challenges I have with paper-crafting is using up leftover materials from previous projects. Throwing large scraps away does not seem like a good idea to me. In all honesty, there are some things in my stash that have been long forgotten or have never even been opened. As I was thinking about…
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A few more cards made with the Altenew Floral Cover Die A
Altenew – Layering Dies – Floral Cover A This card looks blurry. That is because the black die-cut image is layered on top of a gray one. In real life, it looks elegant. Online, it just looks blurry. Sorry that I can not fix this. I decided to include it because it really is nice…
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First Scrapbook Layout in Years
12 x 12 Scrapbook Layout It is true! I haven’t done a scrapbook layout in years. Because there were a million leftover hearts from all of the cards made this past week, I decided to use them on a layout. The cards can be seen here, here, and here. The Radial Hearts die cut a…
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Distress Oxide Background on Kraft and White Cards
There are a lot of photos in this post. It all started when I was making swatches for some Distress Oxide inks. I was curious about using a solid stamp on kraft and white cardstock. It is fun to compare the different ways that paper takes color and water. These backgrounds were made on one…
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8 One-Layer Cards with Altenew's Multi-Layering Stamps
A lot of pictures in this post! Have you used stamps that are designed to be layered on top of another? These sets create interest, depth, and color in a quick and easy manner. I bought a few Altenew stamp sets a couple of years ago that I was never able to use. That is…
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Steel Die Storage Update for Spellbinders, Sizzix, etc.
Wafer Thin Die Storage As my collection of tools grows, so does my need to find new ways to organize and store them. Today’s post is about using steel dies as artwork for the wall. No, not really. It is about the latest evolution of my storage system for dies that are used with die-cutting…
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