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:
- Open the Christmas Ornaments Cards/Tags file.
- Hide the emboss and cut layers. Insert the gel pen into the Pen Tool, then into the KNK.
- Send the “Write” layer to the machine using the appropriate settings.
- Exchange the Embossing Tool for the Pen Tool. Unhide the “Emboss” layer, hide the “Write” layer.
- Send the “Emboss” layer to the machine using the appropriate settings.
- Exchange the Blade Holder for the Embossing Tool. Hide the “Emboss” layer and unhide the “Cut” layer.
- Send the “Cut” layer to the machine using the appropriate settings.
- Adhere the fabric and/or card stock to the back of the card front, covering the ornament cut-out shape.
- Fold at the embossed fold line. Press with a bone folder.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas (a little early)!
They turned out awesome!
I love these!
Thanks! Enjoy.
Totally awesome, Michele!