Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Fancy die cut

I've been watching some tutorials on getting partial cuts with dies, and so of course I had to have a go.
This was my first effort.




And then I tried it with a fancier die


I love this die, and so pleased to discover it's the same shape as my label dies. 
In theory it's quite easy to do - just stick your die to the card with removable tape, and then run it through your die cutter with half the die/card  sticking out beyond the plates. The tricky bit comes next. With your die still attached to the card, run it through the cutter again (with the whole die between the plates this time), with a combination of plates and shims which is just enough to emboss the pattern, without cutting out the shape. Score where you want to fold the above and below the die cut shape.

happy crafting

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11 comments:

  1. Clare Lloyd31 July 2013 at 15:11

    beautiful cards jan.

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  2. Kathyk31 July 2013 at 15:19

    Two lovely cards, Jan, and I applaud your choice of the natural colour scheme

    Kathyk

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  3. serendipity31 July 2013 at 15:45

    Thank you both. I did the second one to fit the Natural challenge, but couldn't enter it in time.
    j xx

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  4. mags2131 July 2013 at 22:00

    beautiful cards again Jan. xx

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  5. serendipity31 July 2013 at 22:31

    Thank you Margaret xx

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  6. Kathyk1 August 2013 at 16:27

    Hey - the natural challenge runs till tomorrow night, Jan!

    Loving your new whizzy background and profile pic.

    Kathyk

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  7. serendipity1 August 2013 at 16:38

    Ah, the new whizzy background! It's a detail from Gaudi's park bench (Parc Guell) I t's a bit too eyeboggling I think, but it took me so long to find out how to resize it correctly, I can't face starting again, just yet

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  8. Lilian3 August 2013 at 08:37

    What a lovely card Jan. Love the idea. I mighht give it a go. Hugs lilian

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  9. serendipity3 August 2013 at 12:10

    Thank you Lilian. looking forward to seeing what you do with it. I've been looking for the tutorial I used, but can't find it, but I did find this. I haven't watched it through, but the end product is similar, so it might be helpful. Sorry I don't know how to make it a link

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzu98COvkuI

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  10. The Dolphin Inn19 August 2013 at 11:05

    Stunning cards Jan, I have been playing with this technique on and off for a little while but so far lacked your patience in working it so beautifully, must draw inspiration from you once again and give it another go, thanks for sharing xxx

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  11. serendipity19 August 2013 at 13:01

    Thanks Tracey, not patient, just lucky it worked on my second go (it must have known it wouldn't get a third!)
    jxx

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