Tutorial by Karen

Doubling up your Die Cuts

KAREN

The December Card Kit is full of amazing goodies-perfect for your holiday cards and beyond. Karen from The Bald Dragonfly here to show you a quick way to double up on your die cuts.  I was quite smitten with the twine wrapped deer die cut included in the kit (because of its shape and size) and wanted to make multiple cards!

I unwrapped the twine from the deer and peeled off the adhesive backing, going slow and careful as to not compromise the integrity of the chipboard.

The next step was to position and trace the die cut onto card stock. (For clarity purposes I'm showing this part on white card stock, but as you can see from the above card I used a piece of the lovely green card stock included in the kit) and trace around it with a fine tip marker.

I flipped the die cut and then traced around it, omitting the antlers to create a female deer. Once both deer had been traced, I filled in any missing lines and assembled the rest of the card with strips of patterned paper from the kit as well as a die cut heart. (The sentiment was stamped with a set from my own stash).

So that was one way to double up on your die cuts...but now I've got a card to show you that actually used the real die cut!

Here I customized the die cut to suite my own needs-- I wanted more of a rustic look to match some of the patterned paper included in the December kit.

 I started by sanding lightly some of the pattern off the die cut.

Then I came back with a distress ink pad and foam inker to cover up the scratches and assembled the card with a stamped background, red frill and a patterned paper sentiment-all from the kit! I hope that you'll be inspired to double up your die cuts as well, and this month's Artful Delight Card Kit has just the perfect die cuts to do so!