Pop that Cork! Using Die Cut Words as a Background: EZ with CZ
Hi friends! Happy Monday! Please join me in welcoming special monthly Guest *CZ herself*, Cathy Zielske in the latest of our EZ with CZ blog series! Be sure to watch the video to learn all the details on this cute card and enjoy!!
Hey everyone, it’s Cathy Zielske back with another installment of EZ with CZ. Today I’m using a fun celebratory die to create a tone on tone textured background along with one shiny gold version to make the card really pop, pun intended.
This is a fun way to stretch your supplies and get more use out of word die cuts. When you use the same color cardstock for your background and your words, it creates a very cool textured look. I’m using my Pop That Cork die set to create a fun New Year’s card, plus I have some EZ Strips for my subgreeting that work perfectly with this word die.
Here is my tutorial showing you how this card came together.
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Think of all the possibilities to put your word dies to use in new ways!
Give this technique a try today! Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you back here with a new installment of EZ with CZ next month.
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to CZ for being our guest!
Did You Know? December 2024 Edition!
Hello crafters, it’s Nina-Marie Trapani here with you! Today I have a new edition of our popular Did You Know series!
With it being DieCember® (our month-long celebration of dies!), I felt it was only fitting to focus this month’s feature on die cutting. I’m going to showcase a few of my favorite die cutting tools and techniques in this post—and I hope you are inspired by what I will be sharing!
EZ Strips Sentiments and Die!
Who doesn’t love products that make our lives so much easier? Our newest line of sentiment strip products called EZ Strips are a crafter’s dream! The EZ Strip die coordinates with any of our EZ Strips branded sentiment strips and allows you to cut out the ENTIRE sheet of greetings in one pass of your die cut machine. This makes creating a breeze!
Once you die cut all your EZ Strips, we recommend storing them inside one of our Simon Says Stamp Clear Storage Pockets! They can fit full sized sheets, plus the cut pieces you have yet to use. And with the pockets being clear, you can easily see what’s inside.
Ink Blending Die Cuts on a Craft Tacky Mat!
Do you love to color die cuts with ink blending but find yourself constantly bending your intricate little pieces? Our Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Craft Tacky Mat is the perfect surface to hold your die cuts in place as you work—the tacky surface also keeps them flat so as you blend over top it eliminates the problem of die cuts getting bent. The 8×8 sized mat fits beautifully on top of our Simon Says Stamp Magnetic Glass Mat (as does the Small Craft Tacky Mat!), which is a great surface to stick it to!
New Cardstock Colors—Perfect for Die Cutting!
We love die cutting cardstock—and how awesome are the new colors we have added to our Simon Says Stamp collection?! There are 6 new shades, including Creamsicle, Honey, Sage, Steel, Eggplant, and Rainforest. All of them are high-quality cardstock and die cut beautifully—even with the most intricate of dies!
Pawsitively Perfect Craft Pad + Place and Pierce Tool!
When you are die cutting, it’s REALLY helpful to have a surface you can work on to “weed” your die cuts. All those little inner pieces of the die cut can be tricky to remove without bending your delicate paper. But the Pawsitively Perfect Craft Pad and Place and Pierce tool combine together to form a powerful duo! The Craft Pad is a soft surface that you can use under your die cut to remove the inner pieces; the spongy material gives a little as you press into it, preventing the die cuts from getting bent. The Place and Pierce tool is the device that you’ll use to press the inner pieces out of the die cut. Be sure to watch our quick tip video below to learn more about these two awesome tools!
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Card Kit Reveal and Inspiration: Get Yeti!
Our January 2025 Card Kit—Get Yeti—will make you grin from ear to ear!
Inside this wintry kit are NEW exclusive products from Simon Says Stamp: the Get Yeti 6×8 stamp set, the Illuminated Jacks embossing folder, and the Get Yeti and Balloon die.
There are 12 sheets of adorable double-sided 6×6 patterned papers from Photoplay Paper, a cute Yeti sticker from Doodlebug Design, and even an Action Wobble to make your yetis interactive!
Rounding this kit out are 1 sheet each of Simon brand cardstocks in Holographic Lava, Lipstick Red, and Sage, plus 2 sheets of Neenah Solar White cardstock, 1 Simon brand sentiment strip sheet, and an A2 Metallic Sea Glass envelope!
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Ideas to INSPIRE!
Enhance your kit with the coordinating die set that goes perfectly with the theme and vibe of the kit (sold separately!)
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