This week at
it's Chrissy's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Cut It Out!" which just means that she would like to see die cuts on your Christmas/winter project!
This is what I did.....
The
be jolly die cut (cut from glitter fun foam) is from
Stamplorations, as are the rectangle dies. Now, I know, you're probably looking at the screen right now saying, "But, JanR, don't rectangles have 2 x 2 equal sides, not 4 equal sides? Are you sure you didn't use a square die?" Welp, let's just say this is a bit of a Frankenstein's Monster card. I had originally intended to make this card rectangle shaped using the new yummy dies I just received from Stamplorations. But then I found this PERFECT reindeer paper and HAD to use it...but there was only scraps of it left. If you look closely at the right side of the card, you'll see that, not only did I not have enough paper for height, I also didn't have enough paper for width so I had to trim a different scrap and line it up with the first scrap, and then tape it onto a scrap piece of cardstock to have enough width. Then, I had to cut that scrap into smaller pieces so I'd have two pieces to "stretch" it or else I would have ended up with a card that was....let me see here....just slightly taller than my middle finger in height. [Someone stole my ruler so we're going with finger-length units of measure today. Plus, I am LOVING thinking that at least some of you will be giving yourself (or my blog post) THE finger while you visually figure out how tall the card would be.] Of course, if I had of known with all that finagling I'd end up with a card that was basically the same size as my stitched square dies, then I would have just went with those instead....though I do love the "wonky" stitches of this die.
I used die cuts for the reindeer too. I got this package of Mama Elephant clear stamps and dies from Michaels at an insane discount....I believe it was $5 for the nine stamps with matching dies. I KNOW! Even though digis will always be #1 for me, I could not pass up that deal. I'm pretty sure these are the only clear stamps with matching dies I own.....probably? I know one should know what they have in their stash but hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. I do have a good handle of what's in my crafty supplies but it's not like I've taken inventory. I'm willing to bet this is the cutest set though.
Why not give our challenge at go this week and join us? And, if you'd like more inspiration, be sure to check out what the
Girlfriends have made.
Also for:
As You Like It: stencils or dies - Dies! I love using dies. Everything from word dies to shape dies. I hardly ever use stencils because I'm terrible at inking!
