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Using Die Cut Scraps

Welcome to Monday everyone! It’s Taylorhere today, sharing a quick and easy way to use your die cut scraps to make a one layer card. Of course, your final card doesn’t have to be just one layer – you can make it however you’d like! Take a look at my finished card, so you know what I have in mind:

I have a serious love of the quick, one layer card. They are great for gift sets for people, easy to mail (no extra postage), and fun to make. The key is create depth on them, so they are still visually interesting. That’s where the negative of your die cut shapes comes in! I have seen lots of people do this, so please don’t think this is my original idea. But someone was kind enough to pass the knowledge on to me (so I’m paying it forward!). For the longest time I threw away the scraps of card stock around my die cut shapes, which always felt like a waste. Now, here’s what I do instead:

Lay your scrap on the card base, wherever you would like the shape to be. To keep the card base clean, I use post-it notes to hold it in place. The piece I am using here happens to have lots of excess card stock around it, but sometimes I don’t. That’s when the post-it notes are super handy! The nifty oval shape I’m using is from the newest set of dies, called Decorative Plaques, from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps.

For this step, you can choose to add as little or as much as you’d like. I started by inking up a background stamp (Friendship Script), stamping it off once on scrap paper, and then stamping it right on to my card base. Then I sponged on two colors of distress ink, starting from off near the post-it notes and dragging the ink towards the center of the die cut space. Finally I added a silhouette image from the Nature Silhouettesset near the bottom of the space.

When you remove the post-it notes and scrap card stock, you are left with a beautiful image! You can then add whatever you’d like around it – I chose to add a sentiment and another floral silhouette. Stamping over the die cut area you’ve created helps add a faux-layer to the card!

This technique is not limited to just shapes – you could use die cut butterflies, clouds, border shapes….anything, really! I hope you’ve been inspired to create a card of your own!

Supplies:
Stamps: Nature Silhouettes, Friendship Script, Kindness (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Card Stock: Kraft (Neenah)
Ink: Memento Peanut Brittle, Rich Cocoa, Bamboo Leaves (Tsukineko); Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy (Ranger)
Tools:Decorative Plaques dies (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

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Comment by Maria Garcia on October 28, 2012 at 11:51am: Love your Ideas I think and doing one like yours Thank you!

Comment by Margaret Gilmer on August 15, 2012 at 12:57pm: What a great idea. Now I know what to do with all the shapes that I have just been tossing.

Comment by Teresa Arsenault on July 25, 2012 at 7:30am: Taylor, I have been spreading the word about this tutorial. It is my new favorite technique. Blessing hugs, Teresa

Comment by Charlene Mitchell on July 25, 2012 at 7:16am: So glad I remembered where I read this! Thanks for sharing this Taylor. It sure does seem a waste to throw away all those scraps! Looking forward to trying this!

Comment by Teresa Arsenault on July 20, 2012 at 6:35pm: Thanks again for this wonderful tutorial, Taylor. I used the technique right away and you can see my creation here with a link back to this page. Blessing hugs, Teresa

Comment by Teresa Arsenault on July 20, 2012 at 3:25pm: This is an awesome idea. I hate throwing away those scraps. Now I know what to do with them, too. Thanks bunches.

Comment by Annette Sullivan on July 19, 2012 at 10:35pm: Thanks Taylor, you make it look so easy.

Comment by Grannymama on July 19, 2012 at 9:48pm: I had seen this earlier, and thought it was from a catalog I rec'd in the mailbox today, and search that catalog from front to back and couldn't find it. Of course, it was this e-mail...I am so happy to find it b/c I am going to try this after I get caught up with my DT duties. Thank you for sharing this information/tutorial.

Carolyn

www.grandmacarol46580.blogspot.com

Comment by MARSHA ALBERTY on July 19, 2012 at 5:58pm: Thanks for reminding me why I've been saving my die cut scraps!

Comment by Karen Shirey on July 19, 2012 at 12:55pm: [smacking myself in forehead] Well isn't that just one of those "Now why didn't I think of that?" things!!! :) Thank you so much for sharing this. Brilliant idea!!!