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Oh, happy day—TODAY’s the day! Back by popular demand, we’re dropping even MORE Simon Says Stamp exclusive coordinating dies that perfectly match your favorite Tim Holtz stamps! This time, highlighting the holiday season!
Join our fearless founder Heidi LIVE as she reveals each brand-new design and shares some fun tips and tricks along the way.
PLUS… we’re giving away a $100 gift card to one lucky commenter! See you there!
Textured Plaid Christmas Tags
Hi friends! Heather Hoffman here today to share a couple of festive holiday tags that I created with some fun pattern paper and textures, and all die cutting – no stamping at all!
I cut the largest Luggage Tags die twice from Simple Stories Vintage Flannel pattern paper, and twice from white cardstock. That way I could l layer them together, since the pattern paper really wasn’t sturdy enough to stand alone as tags. But before I adhered them together, I wrapped around a couple pieces of vellum. I tore the edges on them, and varied the width, then adhered them behind the pattern paper, then sandwiched the pattern paper and white tags, so the ends of the vellum were sandwiched in the middle.
Next, I cut two of the lovely Large Snowflake dies from Tonic Sugar Crystal glitter paper, added foam adhesive strips to the back, and then layered those over the top, trimming the excess off the edge on one side. They are so pretty and sparkly cut from glitter paper!
For the sentiment, I die cut one of the sentiments from Holiday Duo die – using Honey Gold cardstock for the main layer, and black cardstock for the shadow layer. I originally was going to cut the shadow layer from vellum or white cardstock, but it just didn’t pop on the background, so I tried it with black. I ended up loving it! I layered those over the top with even more foam adhesive strips – since they are tags, I figured I couldn’t have too much dimension, right?
And finally, I added some May Arts white ribbon at the top, held in place with my Tiny Attacher stapler, then tied a little bow from Black and White Baker’s Twine, and adhered that with liquid glue. Then it was time for some sparkle – lots of Dazzling Gems in Gold layered on the snowflakes were the perfect way to do that!
Do you make holiday tags for gift giving? Or do you tend to stick to Christmas cards?
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EZ with CZ: Tips for Grid-Based Designs
Hi friends! Happy Wedesday! 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 pretty card and enjoy!!
It’s Cathy Z. Here and today I’m sharing some fun tips for lining up die cuts and repeated exact patterns on multiple die cuts. My A2 Grid dies cut out many basic shapes, along with a delicate grid designed to be placed onto a card panel. I’m using the die to emboss onto the card panel to give me an easy placement guideline.
Then, I’m using a little template to stamp the exact same pattern onto all of my heart shapes. Check out the video to see how these work:
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Using the embossed panel to place the delicate grid die is so helpful! It was actually someone on my YouTube channel who saw me using this die set who suggested that I try it.
Also, if you have some pattern stamps you love, try stamping on die cut shapes as I did for this card to give new life to your stamp and to add a little something extra to your die cuts.
Thanks so much for stopping by and I’ll see you back here next month!
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ENDS TONIGHT!!
