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Baseball hat card

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So does anyone else watch the Little League World Series? I’m pretty excited because my friend’s son is on one of the teams competing in Williamsport this year.

So I needed a baseball card and I used an image I found on a website selling hats to trace and create this shape card.

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Isn’t that a terrible image to trace from? MTC didn’t think so. I did very little clean up, duplicated the hat, mirror imaged it and welded it. Pretty cool, eh?

 

 

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I sized it so that it will fit in a standard envelope (4.25 x 5.5…think that’s A2? A4? Not sure), but I made an envelope out of some baseball paper I had left over. 20150813-IMG_8873

To get this card to “stand,” you bend the bills out a little bit and it gives it kind of a 3-Dish look as well. 20150813-IMG_8872 I originally planned to have it say “thank you” on the front, but I had this cute baseball stamp so I went that direction and glued a star button on the front. 20150813-IMG_8871

I used Worldwin Cutmates paper for the solid colors and some baseball patterned paper I picked up at Michael’s for the bill and the envelope. I used a swiss dot embossing folder for the blue part of the card.

I used the Zing

The settings were: 100 for the card stock, 80 for the patterned paper, speed 10 and red blade. 20150813-IMG_8869 Here is the file if you want to give it a go:

djm_baseball-hat-card.mtc

Until next time!

 

Flower Wrap Card

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Hi There fellow KnK-ers!

I thought I’d revisit the style of card I created for the Snow Scene Card I posted here but change it up for a spring/summer look, so instead of snowy buildings and trees I’ve opted for some bright sunny flowers. The card base has a cut away section and wraps around the card insert which then both become the front of your card. The cut file is available at the end of the post 🙂

These are the Materials I used:

These are the Zing Settings I used:

  • Blade = Standard
  • Blade Height = 25 post-it notes
  • Offset = 0.30
  • Speed = 10
  • Force =  100 (75 for cutmates)
  • Passes = 1

Pic 1. Here are all of the elements within the cut file, the 2 green layers were cut from Smooth & Silky Cardstock which is nice and sturdy and all of the other elements were cut from Cutmates which is great for more intricate cuts:

Flower Wrap Card 1

Pic 2. Using wet glue to give me some wiggle room time, I glued the 2 green layers together and popped the flower heads into place. While I had the glue out, I also glued the 3 sun layers together:

Flower Wrap Card 2

Pic 3. I flipped the card over and added one strip of double sided tape along the left edge of the back inside the card:

Flower Wrap Card 3

Pic 4. I folded my insert and lined up the fold line with the left edge of the double sided tape:

Flower Wrap Card 4

Pic 5. You can now fold your card base and add your sun to the top of the insert layer with a 3D foam pad:

Flower Wrap Card 5

Pic 6. With a few enamel dots popped into the middle of the flowers for some extra dimension, my card is finished:

Flower Wrap Card 6

If you would like to see more projects I have created with my Zing, access my Free Cut Files and read my Terms of Use, you can find my blog here: www.birdscards.com

Here is today’s Cut File:

Flower Wrap Card by Bird

Flower Wrap Card Cut File by Bird

Spring Birthdays

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Hi There fellow KnK-ers!

There are lots of Birthdays in my Family at this time of year so today I have made a Spring Flower card. I turned my card into a Birthday card but with a change of sentiment I think it could be suitable for many other occasions. Cutting the Latticed Daffodil was a breeze as I used CutMates Cardstock, it really is second to none when it comes to more intricate cuts. The Cut File is available at the end of this post 🙂

These are the Materials I used:

These are the Zing Settings I used:

  • Blade = Standard
  • Blade Height = 25 post-it notes
  • Offset = 0.30
  • Speed = 10
  • Force =  100
  • Passes = 1

Pic 1. Below are the 3 layers you will find within the Cut File, I cut my card base and card front layer from Smooth and Silky Card then cut my lattice detail layer from Cutmates Card:

Daffodil Card 1

Pic 2. I first adhered the larger layer directly onto my Card Base with double-sided tape:

Daffodil Card 2

Pic 3. Next, I adhered the detail layer with some wet glue to give me some time to wiggle it into perfect placement:

Daffodil Card 3

Pic 4. I cut a simple banner shape then I picked a font from my computer to cut and use as my sentiment. I popped some 3d foam pads behind the ends of the banner to give my card some dimension and with that my card was finished:

Daffodil Card

If you would like to see more projects I have created with my Zing, access my Free Cut Files and read my Terms of Use, you can find my blog here: www.birdscards.com

Here is today’s Cut File:

Daffodil Card by Bird

Daffodil Card Cut File by Bird

Minions!

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Howdy KNK-ers!

 

Today’s post is brought to you by the Minions. I love the minions and so I’ve been noodling around a project I want to do. I ended up making a card.

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This is where I downloaded the file:

http://www.okieladybug.com/2013/07/for-love-of-minions.html

Minion files in .svg and .mtc format

I cut the papers out of card stock at about 110 force, 10/10 speed.

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I glued the pieces together and lifted some of the parts with foam tape.

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I used little black buttons for the overalls. I typed “You’re one in a minion” in word, printed it out and stuck it on with foam tape.

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I love shape cards. It’s so easy to put a small shadow layer, copy it and mirror it and you have an instant card.

Here’s some other cool minions to check out. I haven’t opened them, but they looked cute.

http://www.grealishgreetings.com/assemble-the-minions/

Minion invitations in .svg format

 

http://halegrafx.com/vector-art/free-vector-despicable-me-minions/

minions in illustrator and pdf format

 

http://halegrafx.com/vector-art/free-vector-despicable-me-girl-minions/

girl minions

 

 

http://www.fontsplace.com/lasvegas-jackpot-free-font-download.html

font close to Despicable Me (used this for my card)

 

http://createdbymissie.blogspot.com/2014/02/minions-on-double-wall-tumblers.html

I so want to make these. I need to order the vinyl so I can.

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It would be super easy to do with the KNK Zing.

I’m not sure I’m going to give this card away. I like it and it’s sitting on my dresser right now 🙂

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Until next month KNK-ers!

Stay Classy.

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Motorcycle Matrimony

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We went to a wedding last weekend for some friends of Mr. Deb aka Mr. Krapikreate that belong to his motorcycle group. He asked me to make a card for them, so this is what I did. I forgot to take pictures of it before I gave it away, so all I have is this cell phone shot.

I took a couple of the card I gave Mr. Deb for his birthday one year because you can see the motorcycle a little better and how I had to make the shape card work. It’s not in the best condition because it’s a few years old and he had it stuck in the wainscoting in the wall. (yea, he’s weird).

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Sorry. Cell phone pictures again.

Materials

Cardstock (DCWV)

Worldwins

banner punch (ek success)…yea, I cheated. I could’ve cut them out with the machine…but I got it on clearance and used it.

 

Files:

Motorcycle and Mr. and Mrs. lettering from Lettering Delights

Machine:

KNK Zing

force: 120/10

red blade (that’s extremely dull, yet still cut this well).