My friend Andrea (who I teach with) wanted me to make her some thank you cards that her son can give to his daycare teachers. Here's one of the ones I made for her:
I bought that Air Vent die a few weeks ago, and have not used it until now! I really like the look (and I added a light grey panel on the inside not only for contrast, but so when she fills it out she knows not to write below the white part) - the only problem was that I couldn't get it to cut all the way through in the center. Other than adding a shim (which I tried), do you have any tips?
I'm entering this to the Moxie Fab World's alphabet stickers challenge. :)
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Cute card! For your die, are you using a metal shim? I have found the metal shim to be the most effective in getting an intricate die to cut all the way through. Sometimes you still have to add a piece of cardstock as well. HTH
ReplyDeleteFun die and awesome card!
ReplyDeleteSo cool! Love that die!
ReplyDeleteLove that die... no clue on how to help.
ReplyDeleteOh fabulous...that die is beyond awesome!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful card, so beautifully balanced. Lately,I've been having a lot of trouble getting clean cuts with my dies and have tried both metal and paper shims and running the sandwich back-and-forth through the machine about 500 times. I think that I need a new machine since nothing helps.
ReplyDeleteAnother beauty. Maybe you need new plates? And I just read a tip in PC today about putting wax paper between the die and cs (I think that was it) to help with clean cuts. ??? I usually just take an exacto and finish off what didn't go through.
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