I’ve always altered/embellished a purchased card or made my own greeting cards from scratch. I love that my KNK die cutting machines allow me to explore and create in entirely new ways. They also significantly speed up the process!

I like clean and simple, and this card style adapted from a Pin fits my requirements perfectly. It uses our machines’ ability to write, emboss, and cut in a three step file.

I used a simple rounded rectangle for the reverse side of the card front. In some of the cards, it is simply card stock that shows through the ornament shape, but in others I used Christmas fabrics and then covered them with the rounded rectangle.

Materials:

• WorldWin CutMates card stock
• Christmas card stock and/or fabric
• Gel Pen
• Pen Tool
• Embossing Tool
• Standard (red cap) blade
• Double Sided Adhesive

Settings (Maxx Air):

• Writing (Pilot G-2 0.7 Gel Pen)
  • f = 30
  • v = 200
  • p = 2
  • offset = 0
• Embossing (WorldWin CutMates)
  • f = 150
  • v = 300
  • p = 3
  • offset = 0
• Cutting (WorldWin CutMates)
  • f = 50
  • v = 300
  • p = 1
  • offset = 0.35 (old blade) or 0.25 (new blade)

Steps:

1. Open the Christmas Ornaments Cards/Tags file.
2. Hide the emboss and cut layers. Insert the gel pen into the Pen Tool, then into the KNK.
3. Send the “Write” layer to the machine using the appropriate settings.
4. Exchange the Embossing Tool for the Pen Tool. Unhide the “Emboss” layer, hide the “Write” layer.
5. Send the “Emboss” layer to the machine using the appropriate settings.  
6. Exchange the Blade Holder for the Embossing Tool. Hide the “Emboss” layer and unhide the “Cut” layer.
7. Send the “Cut” layer to the machine using the appropriate settings.  
8. Adhere the fabric and/or card stock to the back of the card front, covering the ornament cut-out shape.
9. Fold at the embossed fold line. Press with a bone folder.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas (a little early)!