More Made To Surprise Creative Cuts Edger Dies Unique Cards

As I show in my newest video, it is so easy to die cut, fold and tuck the Creative Cuts die cuts from Made to Surprise and Sam Calcutt to make a unique feature on the front of a card. This card was made with the Square Creative Cuts, pretty two sided paper and acetate butterflies from Paper Wishes and letter dies from Dies...To Die For. Here is another card I simply cut, folded and tucked with the Curves Creative Cuts die out of a 6 x 6 double sided paper and then I wove a ribbon down the center: 

This is one of my favorite cards that I share in the new video. I scored two pieces of two sided 6 x 6 paper from a pack of paper called Wildflowers from Paper Wishes in half, then die cut the Curves die down the middle. After folding and tucking (as shown in the video here), I folded on the score lines and created gatefold card gluing the pieces to a square piece of cardstock. There is a small magnet under the "love" rectangle that holds the card closed in the center of the gatefold. 

Of course there are many other edge dies on the market and in the video as well as in Thursday's blog post I will share many more cards made with other edger dies I have recently received. 

I am entering the 3rd card in the Feminine challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. 

On The Edge Cardmaking With Edger Dies and Patterned Papers

I recently discovered the Made To Surprise Creative Cuts Collection by Sam Calcutt at the Paper Wishes website and had so much fun creating cards with these edger dies and patterned paper for my newest video! There are so many ways to create unique cards with these edger dies and I share many tips for cutting them in the standard 6 inch platforms on most die cutting machines. The easiest way to add unique borders on a card is to simply cut, tuck and attach a strip of two sided paper as I did in this card I made in the video:

All of the two sided patterned paper on my cards in the video are from 6 x 6 paper packs available here at Paper Wishes. This paper pack is called Blue Persuasion and I cut the strip on the side with the Tall Arrows Creative Cuts die. I also show how to make the floating elements circle in the video which I attached over an embossed background. The sentiment die is from Tonic Studios and the leafy sprig die is from Gina Marie Designs. 

These edger dies from Made To Surprise can be cut in the center of a piece of two sided paper and folded in half to create a unique border on our cards. I made two mini slimline cards that way with 6 x 6 paper which does fit through my diecutting machine. I again used the Tall Arrows set on the card above and added a bow and sentiment from The Greetery on both cards. I also created a blue mini-slimline envelope with a die from Kat Scrappiness. The mini-slimline card below features the Circles Creative Cuts die on the edge:

I love how these cards turned out and show how to make them as well as many other cards with edger dies in my new video here. I hope you find time this week to play and be creative and then send some joy out into the world. 

I am entering the 3rd card in the Feminine challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. 

Cards 4 Dads or Special Guys at Send A Smile 4 Kids

It’s the first Saturday of a new month and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! The theme for this challenge is Cards 4 Dads or Special Guys, but you can choose to participate in our challenge with any card appropriate for a child.

My card is a fun guy’s shirt card made with several patterned papers and a perfect sentiment on the tie from Crealies. On the inside I added another perfect sentiment die, this one from Karen Burniston:

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the cards from TEAM SAS here and we would love it if you entered our challenge.

 

More Shaker and Interactive Cards From My Newest Video

The new Shaker Panes and coordinating die and stamp sets from Sizzix make shaker cards like this one so easy to make as I show in my newest video. This darling set is called Bunny Love and when I saw it I just couldn't resist it. But as I show in the video, all these die and stamp sets do not have to be used for shaker cards. I use each set to make interactive pop open cards like this one: 

I learned how to make this type of interactive card from a video by Jennifer McGuire and used each set to make a shaker card and a pop open card. Here are a set I made with the Memory Maker camera die and stamp set by Olivia Rose and Sizzix:

I made this interactive pop card open to the top, and used a "pull" die and circular stamp from Motion Crafts as well as a "Miss You" die from Karen Burniston on this card for my grandson.

I had great fun making shaker and interactive cards with the new Shaker Panes and dies from Sizzix for the new video and hope they encourage you to make an interactive card sometime soon. 

I am entering the first card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. 

Shaker or Interactive Cards or Both?

Which is your favorite - shaker cards or interactive cards? Of course shaker cards are interactive so that could be a trick question. I love both and show many shaker and interactive cards in my newest video here featuring new Sizzix Shaker Panes and coordinating stamp and die sets. 

My favorite of the new Sizzix die and stamp sets that coordinate with the Shaker Panes is the Blooming Heart set by Olivia Rose. As you can see it makes a beautiful shaker with the dies and a heart Shaker Pane. The background was created with the Hero Arts Flower Circle Stencil and green ink. But this die set also makes a gorgeous card that is not a shaker card:

Jennifer McGuire recently shared her favorite interactive card that requires no specialty dies to make and I tried it and it is now my favorite too. It is much easier to see the card pop open in the video here, but here is a still picture with it open (sentiment die from Sue Wilson): 

In the new video I show to make this interactive card and decided to make mine a shaker that pops open: 

I made the background with the same Hero Arts stencil and red ink, added a heart shaker pane to the Sizzix floral heart and this is what you see when the "pull" tab is pulled: 

Be sure to watch the video to see many more cards and how they shake and pop! I hope you have a great week and have time to be creative! 

I am entering the first card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. 

Spellbinders Medallion Stitched Die and No Heat Foiled Sentiments

When I saw all the stitching dies available on the market I knew I didn't want the very large ones that would take many hours to make a card with. This Stitched Medallion Etched Die from Spellbinders takes just a short amount of time to sew and is gorgeous on any card. I created this card with gold metallic thread and a gold "congrats" Deco Foil Adhesive Transfer from Unity and Therm O Web. 

I created this medallion card with silver metallic thread and silver foil on the sentiments from Unity and Deco Foil. I added a small stitched flower in the center and many gems to make a lovely wedding congrats card. 

I sewed a rainbow around the medallion die and added pinpoint stitched details on the background with an Altenew die. The sentiment was created with a Gina K Designs foil adhesive transfer. I show in my new video how to easily add foil to any card without heat and fancy hot foil machines or dies. I also show tips in the video on how to add stitched color on your cards with many Spellbinders stitching dies, and share many more cards with both these products that I have fallen in love with. 

I am entering the first card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. 

RubberStampMadness Summer Issue Salad Spinner Article

I have some fun news to share - I have an article I wrote and designed the cards for in the newest issue of RubberStampMadness! You can find the issue at their website or at local stamp shops and book stores. I wrote about how to use a salad spinner to create colorful unique backgrounds for stamped cards and here is the first card I shared:

The feather and birds stamp is from Visible Image, the sentiment stamp is from Penny Black and I used Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers, Wild Honey and Picked Raspberry Ranger Distress Oxide reinkers in the salad spinner. Here is another card I created for the article:

This card features the Baseball In Motion stamp from Technique Junkies and a sentiment die from Karen Burniston. 

I am currently playing with the floating strips technique for an upcoming video, and I tried it with a piece of salad spinner watercolor paper returned from RubberStampMadness with my card samples. The "hi" die is from Spellbinders and I used a pinpoint burst plate from Memory Box on the background of the card. 

I have written many articles in the past for Scrap and Stamp Arts (in addition to doing the card samples), but this is the first time I wrote the copy for an article in RSM so that was fun! I hope you will help print magazines stay in business by buying and reading them.

I am entering the first card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.