Shaped Cut and Emboss Folders post # 3 - Christmas themed and a tutorial

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope that by this stage you are all stuffed and sitting with a box of chocolates or your favorite tipple!

This post is long overdue and while some of you might be fed up with making Christmas cards, I know some of you start in the New Year and make them bit by bit, something I like to do and never got around to this year.

So I hope you like this little card... add a flame-less battery tealight between the front and back and it looks very festive!

Start off by making a card blank using the Cut and Emboss Moulins Frame

To achieve this, score and fold a piece of blue pearlescent card stock in half and place the fold inside the top cut line of the die, thereby retaining the fold and not cutting out the top most part of the die. In order to cut through both sheets of card, you may need to run through your machine more than once.

this is the result:

Next, run one sheet of blue card with blue side facing the right way this time, and use the centre cut out to emboss a Christmas greeting with white embossing powder and versamark ink.

(( The remaining frame will be used for the front. ))

Next emboss a piece of thin acetate with a dotty folder, Crafters Companion Snowfall Drift is a good choice as the dots vary in frequency, I cant find it in the CC store but check other shops online or use something similar.

Next run the piece of acetate through the cut and emboss folder (this helps mould the acetate to the same shape and =makes it easier for adhering, and neater too).

adhere the acetate to the top part of the frame

Next, cut another blue frame and adhere this and the sentiment part to the base, which helps hold the inner cut outs to the frame and makes a card blank - you will probably need to trim the top part of the frame down otherwise the card wont close..

add some snowflakes and organza ribbon and you're done!

So simple and so delicate. would be great in other colours too, gold, ivory, matt silver, lilac, pale pink etc or in black with silver or gold gilding wax..... imagine!

Will be back with some new border embossing folder ideas, so not finished with posts for the New Year just yet!

Shaped Cut and Emboss Folders post #2 - all about the golds and coppers

Evening everyone, hope you liked yesterday's post :)  Back with some more of the cut and emboss shaped dies. First up is this little box which I made using the hexagonal shape frame called Vichy frame.

I cut it out of copper centura pear twice - for base and top - and then once in white card, added versamark and embossed with copper embossing powder, cutting down and layering over the top of a piece of acetate which was added to the copper frame to make a window.

The box was made with Hexagon Gift Box die set and papers from Crafters Companion website, free papers called Autumnal Delight October 2017

and Flowers for all occasions 2

Some closeup photos for you. - make a smaller hexagonal strip and adhere to the box, moving the score lines a little, but using the box die as a guide.

I was chuffed with this simple little box and I think Fiona and the Hochanda presenters were too as they picked it up a few times during the shows LOL. I think it would make a fab gift box..

Secondly this evening I am sharing a wedding card in cream and gold centura with was patina highlights using the Biarritz Cut and Emboss Folder

I used the corners of the Frame to partially cut the layers - text is computer generated.

To achieve the multiple layered Frames, I cut the frame in gold and cream and hand cut the cream one slightly smaller to reveal the dotty ''studded'' gold layer underneath.

The inside has been made by cutting and replacing the cut bits - I really like this effect, it makes for an interesting insert.

Back later during the weekend with my Christmas card tutorial using the final Shaped cut and emboss folder, as I am working on new samples for up and coming products I know are going to be a hit. I am sooooo excited and so fortunate to work with other great designers for Crafters Companion, thanks everyone!

Phew ... then I can break for Christmas!!

Shaped Cut and Emboss Folders post #1

Evening everyone, hope you are enjoying all the lovely new goodies from Crafters Companion and are on time with all your Christmas card makes!

I'm dropping in with my samples for the Cut and Emboss folders, and first up is the Lyon Frame, a white on white very CAS card.

I was astounded by these folders, having looked at but not bought the Provocraft ones years ago or the Marianne D ones.. These are far better, and the product development shows. Who would have thought you had the sandwich and combination correct to cut and emboss in one pass through a machine and evenly at that!?

I used Centura white card with a hint of silver - one of my most used ones at the moment, and leaves from Sheena Douglass In Full Bloom Fabulous Foliage set. the leaves were inked with memento green inks for a touch of faint colour.

You can find that die here and the frame cut and emboss die here.

The embossing folder on the layer is an old 8x8  embossalicious regency swirls folder which you might find on ebay, but there is an updated one here .

Next up is that folder AGAIN! LOL I do love it... and this is with the Priovence Frame found here.

I used some glamour dust to and some distress ink to highlight the folder - luscious!

The flourish die is called Sumptuous Swirls and the Love word die from a set called Opulent Swirls - the Opulent Swirls came with my Gemini Junior, so not sure if it cane be purchased separately, will need to find out.

Some closeup photos...

The next card is a very masculine one using the Normandy Cut and Emboss frame . The words are a die'sire essentials mini die which I found in the Crafters Companion shop in Evesham in the sale.

So this was an easel card design and I used a wax creme / patina in silver to accentuate the embossing..

Hope you can pop back for some more tomorrow. Pop me a comment if you like these or want to give some feedback, and for one of my next cut and emboss cards I have a demo coming up :)

Crafters Companion Gemini Create-a-Card Dies - PATCHWORK

Oops I meant to publish this post a while back, and completely forgot!
I liked this challenge as I love everything 'patchwork', so you will see some contemporary designs and some traditional ones as well.

As usual, materials used are in a different colour.

Dies can be purchased HERE  https://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=patchwork+dies&order=relevance&dir=desc

First up is a wedding card, using my all time favourite colour combination..

Gemini Create a Card Dies - Heart Patchwork

Sara Signature Together Forever Collection Metal Die - Mr and Mrs

Die’Sire Essentials Only word Congratulations

Papers from Crafters Companion Download of the month December 2017

The inside was decorated using a diesire word die

The sample below is using patchwork dies to cut shapes and stencil with inks (used dotty card):

Gemini Create a Card Dies - Dragonfly Patchwork

Papers from Crafters Companion Download of the month April 2017

Distress inks Weathered Wood and Victorian Velvet

Textures 8x8 Hessian Embossing Folder

Partial embossing technique

the feminine card bellow is made with a pretty lilac and olive colour scheme, using the dies to make a window panel and cutting the roses twice in two types of card to make layered flowers.

Gemini Create a Card Dies – Rose Patchwork

Sentiment Stamp from Jayne Nestorenko Adorables’ Stamp/Die set - Secret Garden

 Papers from Crafters Companion Download of the month July 2017

Next up is a masculine card made with papers, inking, matt and shiny centura card and cut outs on the smaller of the two square panels.

Gemini Create a Card Dies – Cogs Patchwork

 Sentiment Stamp  from Jayne Nestorenko Adorables’ Stamp/Die set – Birthday Boy

Papers from Crafters Companion Download of the Month March 18 Spring Floral

Okay to I had an idea not to adhere the whole printed smaller panel onto the black, which means I cut away into the wooden printed papers to reveal the black underneath, debossed in a way - i didn't know if it would work but it did... if you try and it cuts through both layers, add a third small layer under where you intend to cut to keep the second layer intact and achieve more of a debossed effect with your die than cutting out a shape all the way through - hope that makes sense..

The next card is a black and bright yellow daisy card and I like the contemporary feel of it :)

Gemini Create a Card Dies – Daisy Patchwork

lastly, my favourite and one I enjoyed making the most - step by step photos to start with and I included a slightly smaller acetate box for the inside to stabilise the whole box..

Gemini Create a Card Dies – Butterfly Patchwork

I have some more exciting similar dies and designs to share along these lines, so if you liked this post, keep an eye out for the next batch!