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Mothers Day Bendy Card

Hi There!

I have some house news, we have a date for moving now which is within the next fortnight so we have made a start on the packing. My craft table and stash are being packed away today so I won’t be able to do any crafting for 2 or 3 weeks but I have managed to do a few projects in advance which will be posted over that time. I’m hoping that you won’t see much difference here, I’ve been burning the candle at both ends for a couple of weeks to make sure that my design team post is ready and that you will have a few things to look at here too along with the usual freebies.

I’ve been designing my craft room in my head for so long now and dreaming about all of the projects I’ll be able to do in it, I’ll finally be able to get filming some videos again and I’ll have enough room to do more picture tutorials too. Apart from being my first ever craft room, this is our first home of our own so it’s a very exciting time for us :)

Onto your freebie, I have a Mothers Day Bendy Card for you today, Mothers Day is celebrated on different days around the World but ours is in a few weeks time so we need to start thinking about it now. I added a stenciled rose and leaves to the top and bottom of the sentiment and gave them a stained glass look by sandwiching some coloured vellum between the card base and the front layer. If you were thinking of doing the same be warned I found it to be quite fiddly, using just one colour of vellum would have been simpler ;)

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

Mothers Day Bendy Card Digital Cutting File by Bird

February 14, 2013February 15, 2013 by Bird

Free Digital Sentiments, Free Digital Stamps

Teddy Digis

Good Morning!

Remember this little cutie cut file I posted last week? Well I have some digital stamp versions for you today in case you don’t have an electronic cutting machine or like me, you just enjoy colouring. There are 5 different digis below which can be used for Baby projects and also for Birthdays, the circle digis can be easily cut out with your metal dies or punches.

I made a Tag to attach to a little Boys Birthday Present today, I printed the image then coloured it with Inktense Pencils in blues and teals. I cut a piece of black cardstock and rounded the top corners then embossed it in an embossing folder. I popped an eyelet into the tag and threaded it with some aqua ribbon. I trimmed around my Teddy and Balloon images ignoring the string and ran a black marker around the edges to prevent any white card from showing then stuck them down to my tag with 3d foam pads. I used a thin black pen to draw in the balloon string then my last step was to print a sentiment onto some teal cardstock and trim down adding some ribbon ends.

Here are your Free Digi Stamps/Sentiments:
(click on the image to expand before saving to your computer)

February 11, 2013 by Bird

Free Digital Cutting Files

Hexagon Backgrounds

Hello There!

I have a new addition to the Mix and Match Cards and Sentiments, this time there is a Bee theme. There is the little Bee that is used in the Bee Mine sentiment square and the backgrounds have a Honeycomb look with their Hexagon Patterns. The sentiment was made with Valentines Day in mind but the background panel and background card can be used for any occasion.

To show a slightly different way to cut the mix and match cards, I opened both the card and the sentiment square in my cutting software (Make the Cut), I ensured that my square was perfectly placed in the center of the patterned area of the card then removed the outside line only of the sentiment square. This allowed me to cut the patterned card with the sentiment as part of it, all at once, from one piece of card. This does produce a decidedly 2 dimensional card but it does save on card stock and time if you are in a rush.