Hello

Hey my crafty friends. I had another surgical procedure where the doctor goes in and burns several nerves. The recovery is rough but hopefully it will help with the nerve pain for several months.

It will be a little while before I feel like working on craft projects. In the mean time, I am going to be working on simple video tutorials to help crafters learn about digital die cutting machines and cut files. I will be posting them on my Cuttin' Up With Class blog.

If you would kike this set of "hello" captions and shadows cut files...

... You can download them for free over at the CUWC blog.

Lattice Edged Cards

I have more lattice edged cards to share. 

This one has the lattice edge around three sides. I added one of my detailed butterflies and my tattered flower & pretty flower combinations. The butterfly and flower cut files are available in my Etsy shop.


It still needed something else but I knew I could not hide the edges of a ribbon and a bow would be too much. So I gathered some white seam binding in the middle and topped it off with a row of pearls. I showed how to gather the seam binding on this post.



Since you can see the other side of the card through the lattice I added a little ink to the front edges.

When I was making the cross and lattice edged mat for my other card, I made an extra set (well, ok...I made a mistake in my measurements the first time...but hey, why waste good die cuts...LOL)

I added a seam binding flower and added  a pearl.

You can download the free cut files for the cross from  this post.

But I was not through with my lattice edged files.

I had to make a card that had the lattice on both sides of the card.

This one is simple but all that cut work adds a great touch.

All I added was a mat, some patterned paper, and a caption.

You can download the "hello" script caption here.

One more thing to share...

I had to make a box to fit the card I made in the last post.

I used the lattice mat and one of my detailed butterflies to decorated the gift box I made.

I show how to make the box on this video and the cut files for the box can be purchased here.

The entire Lattice Edged Design Package is available here.

Shutter card/step card measurements

Here are the measurements for a shutter card. (also called a step card)

You start with a piece of paper that is 12 inches long and 5 1/2 inches wide. Make a 5 1/2 score line (from top to bottom) at 2, 4, 8, & 10 inches from the left side of the card. Between the 2 inch and 10 inch score lines, make an 8 inch cut line 1 1/2 inches from the top of the card. Repeat this cut line 1 1/2 inches from the bottom of the card.

Refer to pictures to see how to fold.

You are welcome to the cut files, but NOTE:

The finished card is 12 inches long. You will need to resize the image so it will fit on the page. These are just the cut lines. You will need to score the card by hand.

Cut files:

Without score lines:   SVG   SCAL2   EPS   DXF

Measurements and info: PDF

Embossed Birthday Card

I made several birthday embossed cards for all my brother-in-laws. (3 with b-days in Feb) I cut the caption out 4 times, stacked, and glued them. I embossed that by itself but it looked too plain. I left the caption on the back and embossed it again with an old Fiskars embossing plate called "stones". The border is made of 4 different pieces embossed with a Cuddlebug Organinc Flourishes folder.

Happy Birthday (Subway font):

SVG  SCAL  EPS  DXF

Enjoy :)



Love Note

My Valentine's Day card for my hubby and a Stampin Sisiters In Christ Challenge # 75entry.



Scripture for this challenge: 1 John 3:18 "Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth."

The challenge is to make a wordless card or project that communicated love.

I shared a few weeks ago that I am now disabled. I can no longer shop, cook, or , clean. You may think that sounds pretty good, but believe me when you can't do any of those things for your family you miss them. My husband works long hours and then does all the shopping, cooking, and cleaning now. (at least he attempts to clean :) He rarely ever complains and even goes in craft stores for me! (you know that is dedication) I watch him showing his love for me everyday by taking care of me. He tells me he loves me all the time, but cheerfully puting my socks on and picking out patterned scrapbook paper from the "wilds" of the craft store for me speaks VOLUMES. He shows me he loves me everyday in all the things he does to take care of me or to make me more comfortable.  I am so thankful for him!

I made a side step card and used the Baroque Motifs stamp set from Stampin Up for the background. I cut several hearts anf flourishes out and made a pretty red Poppy.

I'll share the cut files for the flower and a few of the hearts. (did not make all of the heart cut files) 

 

Sorry, these files are no longer available. If you would like a similar file, email me at papercompulsions@gmail.com