Dual Purpose Die Cutting! 2 Retro Birthday Cards by Donna Idlet

Same Die Cuts, 2 Fun Retro Cards!

Today we are sharing an TWO fun retro themed cards by Donna featuring our fun new stamps and dies!

These cards use the following products:
Newton's Mix Tape Stamp Set
Newton's Mix Tape Die Set
Puppy's Mix Tape Stamp Set
Puppy's Mix Tape Die Set
Party On! Stamp Set
Card Layout 7 Die Set
New Retro Paper Pad
Music Notes Stencil

To start out, Donna created fun backgrounds with die cuts, paper and stencils. She inked up a rainbow with distress inks and then added black music notes over the top using our new Music Notes Stencil. She cut the panel out using our Card Layout 7 Die Set. Then she picked a piece of patterned paper from our New Retro Paper Pad and cut that out using the same die set. These die cut pieces will be used on both cards. 

CARD 1: Newton's Purr-fect Mix Birthday Card!

For the first card she used the die cut patterned paper for the border and the die cut stenciled pieces for the insides of the frames. She stamped that adorable kitty holding the giant cassette tape from the Newton's Mix Tape Stamp Set. She colored the image with alcohol markers, making the cassette a fun mix of bright colors! She added the message "purr-fect mix" onto the label of the cassette and cut the image out. 

For the message she stamped "Happy Birthday" from our Party On! Stamp Set and trimmed it into a thin banner. She adhered the kitty and the birthday message over the background to finish the card.

CARD 2: Puppy's Rockin' Birthday Card!

For the second card, Donna used the remaining die cut pieces to create a card background that is opposite the one on the first card. The die cut stenciled pattern was used for the frame and the die cut patterned paper was used for the insides! This is such a great way to use both pieces of a die cut with a frame!

For the main image on this card she used the cute doggie holding the giant cassette tape from our Puppy's Mix Tape Stamp Set. She colored the tape in similar colors to the first card with a fun bright palette! She added the "You Rock!" message onto the label of the cassette. She stamped a few music notes and then cut out all the images using the coordinating die. 

On this card she used the same "Happy Birthday" message from the  Party On! Stamp Set but this time she stamped and embossed it in white onto black cardstock. She adhered the dog, music notes and birthday message over the background to finish the card. 

Both of these cards are so fun! We love how she used all of the die cut pieces to create cards with opposite patterns. This dual purpose die cutting is such a great way to use all of your supplies and to get TWO fun birthday cards! 

To see more beautiful creations by Donna, you can visit her blog, Creative Lady!

Floral Thank You Card by Larissa Heskett

Beautiful Blooms for a Cheerful Thank You!

Today we are sharing a gorgeous thank you card by Larissa! She used a bunch of our favorite floral sets to create whole garden of blooms!  

Larissa cut out a stitched rectangle using our Basic Frames Die Set. She used this as a background for her main images, making it into a scene by inking the bottom in brown and the top in blue. She added fun blue and black paint splatters for a bit of texture. Then she added on all of her flowers to the scene. She stamped and colored flowers from several different sets. She used the beautiful bloom from our Hyacinth Stamp Set for the centerpiece of her garden. Then she added sunflowers on each side from our Autumn Fields Stamp Set. She also layered in a little tulip from our Easter Postage Sampler Stamp Set and little flowers and butterflies from Newton's Blooms Stamp Set.  This creates such a beautiful garden! 

Under all of the blooms she added the thank you sentiment from the Floral Roundabout Stamp Set. The message was stamped and embossed in white onto a black banner that was cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set

Last, she layered everything onto a fun blue check pattern from our Bright Basics Paper Pad. She cut the paper out using our Framework Die Set to give it the fun postage edge. What a beautiful floral card! 

To see more projects by Larissa you can visit her on her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Get the Most out of your Foil! ATC Cards by Diane Morales

Adorable ATC Mix Tapes! 

Today are sharing an adorable ATC (artist trading cards) by Diane!

These projects us the following products:

Retro Mix Toner Card Fronts

Solid Black Toner Card Fronts

Newton's Mix Tape Stamp Set
Newton's Mix Tape Die Set
Puppy's Mix Tape Stamp Set
Puppy's Mix Tape Die Set

Diane created two fun foiled backgrounds for her cards using the cassette tape toner sheet from our Retro Mix Toner Card Fronts along with our Solid Black Toner Card Fronts. 

Here's how to create two patterns from one sheet of foil:

1.  Apply colored foil onto the printed toner sheet using a heat laminator or other heat transfer machine. After applying heat, peel off the foil. The foil adheres to the black toner pattern (shown below on the left) and you will also have the reverse image on the piece of foil that you peeled off (shown below on the right).
   
   
   
   
2. Take the reverse or "spent" foil sheet and layer it over a piece of black toner from our Solid Black Toner Card Fronts. Run these two pieces through your heat transfer machine. Since the whole black sheet is toner the foil leftover foil will stick to the whole sheet and you will have the reverse image, this time on black where the toner shows through (see image below on right).

This is such a great way to get the most out of your supplies! Plus, you have two amazing shiny backgrounds to use! 

Diane used her backgrounds to make little Artist Trading cards. For the first card she used the original toner card front from the Retro Mix Toner Card Front pack for her background. Then she stamped and colored that cute kitty with the giant cassette tape from the Newton's Mix Tape Stamp Set along with some music notes. She cut all the images out and also cut out a label to go onto the tape (the extra label die is included with the coordinating die set). She used the title "Meowy Mix." So cute! 

For her second version she used the pattern that was created using the leftover foil piece with our Solid Black Toner Card Fronts. Then she stamped and colored the pup from our Puppy's Mix Tape Stamp Set. This time she used the fun label title of "woof Jams." She used the coordinating label die cut then cut a  flag shape out of one side using a scissor. Such a RAD idea! 

We hope you enjoyed seeing these cute little cards today and learning how to create using both pieces of foil! 

To see more creations by Diane, you can visit on her blog, 2sisters project.

Cookies Make Everything Better Card by Amanda Wilcox

Cookies Make Everything Better!

Today we are smiles (and cookies) on this adorable card by Amanda! 

This card features the following products:

Newton's Cookie Jar Stamp Set

Newton's Cookie Jar Die Set

Natural Basics Paper Pack

Amanda started by stamping that sweet kitty peeking out of the cookie jar from the Newton's Cookie Jar Stamp Set. She colored the image in soft neutral colors, matching the colors to our Natural Basics Paper Pack. 

This set has several fun sentiments that fit on the front of the cookie jar and for her card Amanda chose "cookies make everything better." She also stamped and colored some cookies, adding gloss to the chocolate chips! 

Amanda used two different striped papers from the Natural Basics Paper Pack. She cut one stripe vertically and one hoizontally to add onto her card. A few heart embellishments and some twine finish out the fun layout! 

This card would be perfect to send someone a smile, especially if they need a bit of cheer. Even better, send it along with some cookies! 

We hope you enjoyed this tasty card today! To see more of Amanda's work you can visit her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Totally Rad Birthday Card by Zsofia Molnar

RAD Birthday Greetings!

Today we are sharing a Totally RAD birthday card by Zsofia featuring items from our new Retro Party! release. 

This card uses the following products:

Party On! Stamp Set

New Retro Paper Pack
Frames & Tags Die Set

Circle Frames Die Set

To create this card Zsofia chose a fun retro patterned paper from the New Retro Paper Pack. She cut out  the zig zag edged panel from white cardstock using the large outer frame die from from our Frames & Tags Die Set. She then cut the patterned paper piece to fit inside, adding a thin black border around the edge. 

Next, she stamped the words and sentiment form the Party On! Stamp Set, embossing them in white onto black cardstock and trimming them into thin strips. She cut out a large yellow circle using our Circle Frames Die Set and cut a smaller circle from the center using the same die set. 

Then she layered everything together to create a fun retro-themed birthday greeting! A few shiny gems create the perfect finishing touch. 

We hope you enjoyed this fun card by Zsofia today! You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

Totally Rad Birthday Card by Samantha Mann

Have a RAD birthday!

Today we are sharing a super RAD birthday card by Samantha using some of our new 80's inspired products!

This card features:

Retro Mix Toner Card Fronts

Party On! Stamp Set

Card Layout7 Die 

Samantha created a gorgeous rainbow of geometric shapes using the toner printed sheet from our Retro Mix Toner Card Fronts with a heat laminator and a piece of rainbow foil! She then added inks over the top, fading from dark blue to light blue. 

She next cut out the black frame with the fun angles using our Card Layout7 Die and layered that over the foiled background panel. 

To create the RAD birthday message she stamped words from the Party On! Stamp Set onto black cardstock and embossed them in white. Then she cut them out into little rectangles and layered them onto her card. A few white dot embellishments add the finishing touch! 

This retro themed card is sure to send a birthday smile! 

To see more beautiful cards by Samantha you can visit her over on her blog, Sam' Scrap Candy!

Purr-fect Day Card by Jen

Purr-fect Day!

Hello! Jen here today and I'm sharing a card that is purr-fect for sending to a cat loving friend!  

This card uses the following products:

Cat Silhouettes Die Set

Cat-itude Stamp Set

Postage Stamp Layout Die

Circle Frames Die Set

Pawprints Stencil

I started by using our Pawprints Stencil with some white texture paste onto a kraft colored card panel. White the paste was drying I worked on the rest of my card. I cut out a trio of cats from dark brown cardstock using our Cat Silhouettes Die Set. Then I thought it would be fun to put them inside some postage stamps so I pulled out our Postage Stamp Layout Die and cut it out of white cardstock. This die creates a full panel of stamps but I just snipped them apart with a scissor to get individual stamps. I used the same die set again and used just the insides of the die cut for the pink centers.

I arranged my stamps onto the stenciled panel, moving them around until I liked the layout and then glued them into place. For the senimtent I chose "Have a purr-fect day" from the Cat-itude Stamp Set and embossed it in white onto the same brown cardstock that I used for the cats. I used a scissor to cut around the words and then added it to my card, layering it over a vellum circle. I also added a little stitched heart to balance out the card. The vellum circle and heart were both cut out using the Circle Frames Die Se

If you know a cat lover, this would be a purr-fect to send to them! 

You can find more fun cat themed products over in the Newton category on our website! 

Have a wonderful day!