Hexagon Hive Thinlit

Birds on the Wire

These cards are made with the Hexagon Hive Thinlits die, new in the Occasions Catalogue.
They are so much fun!

Colour coordinate your diecut with some Designer Series Paper, add a few cut outs or a sentiment and you have an easy card.
I was on a roll with these.







The bird is stamped in Black Stazon-On on vanilla cardstock.  It is from the Hostess set 'Nature's Hello' and cut out with the Backyard Basics  framelits.  The DSP is Modern Medley.

Nature's Hello, Papillon Potpouri, Small Butterfly Punch

 The trick to using the Hexagon Hive Die is to place a piece of wax paper between the die and the card stock.


I found I also needed to turn the die around when rolling through the Big Shott, so the pressure hits the die at different points.  It took a few failures before getting it right!

The DSP on the right is from the Fresh Prints Paper Stack, the butterfly from the 'Nature's Hello' stamp set again, in Real Red, and the hexagon in Soft Suede.

Backyard Basics, Simply Celebrate

The die comes a bit shorter than your average card.  Now I thought originally this was so that it fits the US card size, however I just think like a lot of thinlits it is just a bit short.
Now you can either centre it on your card or you can just make your cards a bit smaller.  The card on the left with the bees has been trimmed and the Pacific Point card with the Watercolour Wonder DSP, shows the size of the diecut on a normal  A5 card.

Nature's Hello, Petite Petals

Nature's Hello

Scallop Tag Topper Cards

I don't know where the time has flown! It is half term and I have been Mums Taxi Services all week and there is still a day to go.  I really don't understand this half term business, in Australia we had 10/11 week terms and that was it, no time off for a ski holiday or to pick potatoes (which is what I think they were originally intended for).

I want to show you a card using the new Scalloped Tag Topper Punch.  This is available in the new Occasions Catalogue.  There is also available an Angled Tag Topper Punch.

Scalloped Tag Topper Punch133324Price: £20.95

Make a tag or topper any length you want! Makes creating bookmarks, tags, and bag toppers quick and easy.

Punched image width: 2"

Kaleidoscope DSP, Label Love, Simply Celebrate

The above are showcasing the new Kaleidoscope DSP, shown below.  Beautiful strong colours, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Strawberry Slush and Whisper White.

Some more DSP from the new catalogue, on the right is Retro Fresh and on the left is the DSP from the Sale-a-Bration catalogue.  To get your Sale-a-Bration freebie, spend £45 on Stampin' Up! products, visit my store NOW!

Perfect Pennants, Retro Fresh DSP, Sweet Sorbet DSP

To make these cards, take your normal card size (15 x 21cm), and firstly mark with pencil 1" in from the short side. Turn it over and mark 1" on the direct opposite side.

Place your tag topper punch as shown.  Ease your card stock

 carefully through the punch, until your mark is adjacent to the punch.  Punch.

Turn your card around and do the same, on the same side.  Don't worry about your pencil marks as you are about trim them off.

Line your card with the cutting line of your trimmer and trim the excess off as shown. Score one of the scallop sections in line with the edge of the card.

Score your card just under 10.5 cm.  Then when you close your card the two scallop edges will just touch.  

Trim a piece of white or pale card stock to the base of your card, this is for you to write your greeting.  The RHS can be left plain or it can be decorated as below or as I have done with the Black and White card, a strip of DSP can be adhered to it.

You're Lovely, Papillon Potpouri, Starburst Saying, Kaleidescope DSP

This style of card can be used for many occasions and I am sure we will see a lot of them in the future.  It is such a fun card to make.  The DSP does most of the design work. 

Feel free to leave a comment and I would love to see some of your creations.

 I was making a card yesterday and wanted to get the butterflies all lined up vertically. It was a challenge. However this is where Stampin Up!'s grid paper comes into its own.

I found the middle of the card and after squaring it up, I drew a pencil line down the centre of my page.

I was then able to position my Stamp-a-ma-jig with the sentiment image directly in the middle of card, where I wanted it.

 When I photographed this I didn't realise the 'Hello" would be so noticeable, oops. I have since found out that the Stamp-a-ma-jig has 2 sides a rough and a smooth, which I did know, what I didn't know was that the rough was for Craft or pigment inks and the smooth for die inks! Now to get the Stazon stamp cleaner out and rub hard!

Then I continued stamping the butterflies one on top of the other. Using the Stamp-a-ma-jig lets you place the image exactly where you want it.

This is my finished card. I added a punched Elegant Butterfly image and some Dimensionals to finish the card. These are very simple cards and they are going as Thank Yous to my customers.