Jungle Elephant Card - DRU

 Happy Friday everyone,with a fun jungle card that uses an elephant die and stamp set. First, create your card base, I used brown cardstock and matted it with dark green cardstock. Set aside. To create the die-cut panel first dry emboss it, I used a woodgrain folder. Offset the die on one edge and run it through your machine. 

Now stamp the elephant toward one edge on cardstock and color. 

Now stamp the leaves and die-cut it. I usually have to do this step twice since I always do this step backward. 

Adhere the stamped cardstock, emboss/die cut panel, and add the finishing touches (sentiment, die-cut, and gems). 

 

 Dies R Us Product Used:

Stampendous - Stamp/Die Set - Elephant

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Pocket Card - Dies R Us

Today's blog post is a fun how-to to create a card with an inside pocket. 

   

I created a little diagram to help visual learners.  Once you got the card base cut and scored place the die on the card front and die cut it. 

  As you can see I used the love word die from Paper Smooches. Keep the die-cut handy since we will be using it in a minute. I wanted to keep this card simple so I just fussy cut a watercolor stamped image and used foam tape to pop it up on to the card. 

   Cover the angle piece with your desired paper. Now fold the card so the angle cut is on the inside of the card. Glue along the inner and bottom edges. With the card close glue the love die-cut on the inside of the card by placing it in the negative area of the card front. Accent the sentiment with a Funky Floral #3 die-cut. 

   For the finishing inside touch, I added the same Funky Floral #3. With this inside pocket, it is great to hold a gift card. 

  Here is the completed card. 

 Dies R Us Product Used:

Sizzix Tim Holtz Funky Floral #3

Paper Smooches Love word 

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Christmas Table

   Hello everyone, today I will be sharing Christmas project since it is Christmas in July. Today I will be sharing how-to create simple place setting cards.

   Step 1. Fold cardstock in half. Tape the die the cardstock making sure the top of the die overhang the fold. Run it through the die cutter, this will create the card base. 

    Step 2. Die-cut next smaller size in the nesting die set.  Also, at this time die cut the Sizzix Tim Holtz Funky Floral #3  flower. For the flower center, I used a sequin. Adhere everything to the place card. 

 Step 3. Type names on cardstock, trim strips, and tuck it under the flower. To make the cards stand up straight just trim off the bottom to create a flat edge. 

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Sizzix Tim Holtz Funky Floral #3

 

Spellbinders Layered Labels 

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How To- Spinner Card

 Today's card that I will be sharing with you is a spinner card. This type of card is perfect to showcase a die-cut. 

   The first thing I did was use temporary adhesive to hold the cardstock onto the card base. Tape the die in place and run it through your machine. You might have to add a shim to the die-cut plate sandwich to be able to cut through both layers. Remove the paper from the card base. 

  

 Die-cut the layered Jeanine's Art Classic Butterflies twice but make sure to die cut the image once on with the right side of the paper facing up and once when it is facing down. This ensures the when glueing the die cuts backs together that it lines up perfectly. 

   Now glue a piece of string to the center of the card base. Adhere to the die-cut pattern paper to the base, making sure to match the negative die-cut space. 

  

 Last, this is to add the die-cut. Once it has dried spin the die-cuts around a few times. While holding the wound up die-cut close the card and slide it into the envelope. When the card is removed from the envelope and open the die-cut will spin. 

Here is a little video of the card spinning and how to prepare it for the envelope. 

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 Jeanine's Art Classic Butterflies 

Spellbinders Layered Flower 

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Edger Birthday Card

   Hello everyone, I am stopping by today with a simple birthday card. 

    I used an Impression Obsession celebrate edger die. If you are new to these here is a quick tip on getting it right every time.  First, create a scoreline in the card base, make sure the cardstock is wider than the die. Line the die's score line on the card's fold scoreline. Use a low tack tape to hold it in place, Don't over tape the die to the card since the tape becomes more "permanent" once it is through the machine.

 
   Here is what the back of the card looks like once the edger is popped out. 

I used the bunting die from Frantic Stamperbelow the edger to mimic the banner embossed cardstock. The die might be little but cuts through the glitter and mirror cardstocks easily.

   

   Then it comes to making cards I love to create a matching envelope seal, I figure it is a great way to use some of the scraps that I have from creating the card. I punch a 1" circle from cardstock and glue a die-cut, in this case, a little party hat. 

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Impression Obsession - Dies - Birthday Top Edgers

Frantic Stamper - Dies - Party Icons Set

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Stamping with Die Cuts

   It is Friday, May 22, 2020, for those who need the reminder. Today, I will be sharing with you how to create stamps with your dies. 

   All you need is some thin craft foam to create these foam stamps. I used these fun party icons by Frantic Stamper.

   With the foam die cuts, I attached them to a stamping block with a repositionable adhesive. When stamping a word make sure the word is backwards on the stamping block. Treat these like normal stamps. 

   This "Make a Wish" die is amazing since creates is an edger die so that means all those letters stay attached to the bottom part of the cardstock. 

Here is the end result. A custom stamp pattern paper card using dies. 

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Impression Obsession - Dies - Birthday Top Edgers

Frantic Stamper - Dies - Party Icons Set

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