Good Afternoon!

Ok, so Halloween is over and that means one thing…it’s Christmas-a-go-go! I know that some people start a lot earlier than me but I feel that it is a good point to concentrate on the Festive period from Halloween onwards and it should give me time to get quite a few Christmas-y projects up before the big day.

I posted this digital stamp of a Santa stuck in a chimney a few years back and thought it was about time I made a cut file version, today’s the day :) I also have the next installment of my background designs, today you have a brick pattern, well it had to be for today’s project didn’t it? ;)

Pic.1. Here are all of the parts contained in the cut file, I chose a piece of shimmery black card for my card base as this will become Santa’s boots. I chose some terracotta coloured card for the chimney and the obligatory red and white for Santa’s trousers as well as the snow:

Pic.2. I used the brick background to emboss the larger chimney piece using the method I shared here. I applied a coat of Aged Mahogany distress ink over the surface of both pieces of the chimney to accentuate the embossed areas then applied some Walnut Stain to darken the edges:

Pic.3. All of the pieces are glued/taped into place except the smaller chimney piece which is attached with 3d foam pads to add some dimension:

Pic.4. Here is the finished card, I applied some Woodware fluffy stuff to the white areas which puffs up when you heat it with your heat gun:

Pic.5. A close up of the fluffy areas:

Here are your Free Cut Files – Formats: ai, dxf, gsd, mtc, pdf, studio & svg:
(click on the link below the image to download)

Stuck Santa Digital Cutting File by Bird

Background 13 Digital Cutting File by Bird

Background Card 13 Digital Cutting File by Bird

As an alternative to terracotta brick, how about creating a grey wall and covering it with vines and flowers?

Hiyah!

Do you remember when I attempted to make glitter masculine? Well today I tried to make a vintage metallic effect feminine, I’m not sure if I quite pulled it off, you can be the judge :)

First though is today’s freebie, I have some new pop-up inserts for cards to your parents, you have Mum, Mom and Dad. Look at that I even remembered the American spelling of mum this time, I must be learning! I will, no doubt, add some other family members in time to cover the most commonly used ones so keep an eye out for those.

Pic.1. Cut your insert and remove all of the interior pieces.

Pic.2. Carefully fold along all of the perforated (score) lines, they are all valley folds except for the line directly above the writing which is a mountain fold. This is a little bit fiddly but once you’ve folded your lines you’re home free.

Pic.3. I added double sided tape around the edge of the card and around the pop-up opening too.

Pic.4. Continue to add your tape around the edge of the card and the pop-up opening ensuring that the tape doesn’t overlap the pop-up element.

Pic.5. To add your insert, place it inside your card base then remove the tape on just one side at a time.

Pic.6. Decorate your card front.

The metallic effect: I used black card and some metallic brass craft paint for the whole of my card front, after I cut and formed my pieces in the black card I used a scrap of fabric to swipe the paint over each piece to highlight the raised areas. A similar effect can achieved using a gilding wax.

The elements: I used the flower background from my last post to create an embossed background just as I detailed in this post, it’s dead easy. I added some large snaps to the corners and created a plaque like element from a spellbinders labels 13 die. The flowers are the 5 petaled flower from Flowers 3 and the leaves are from Branches 1. I formed the flowers and leaves with an embossing stylus and a bone folder on a soft mat, the under side of a mouse mat is fine for this.

Here’s your Free Cut File – Formats include ai, dxf, gsd, mtc, pdf, studio & svg:
(click on the link below the image to download)

Parent Pop Up Inserts Digital Cutting File by Bird