What's New at Cre8ive Cutz — Cards

Wow, I just spent about 3 hours getting this card just the way I wanted it, it's a wonder my husband doesn't send me to a 12 step program!  LOLAnyways, here's my latest creation using Make the Cut!, some texturizing, a little stamping, some painstaking cutting to get that dimension on the butterfly, and a little bling to bring it all together.  Would love to hear what you think!

I love the way this card turned out!From the original Make the Cut! design which you can download right here, all I actually needed to cut was the heart frame (the inside of the frame turned into the overlapping solid heart), the heart border piece and the "i heart u" saying.I ended up using a slightly wider ribbon than I had put in the design, so I overlapped the I love you to make it a bit more balanced. I embossed the large solid heart with my Texture Boutique and the Swiss Dots folder from Provocraft.  And instead of a...

Seems like everyone is in a Valentine's frame of mind now, so here's another one to add to your collection!  This sweet little card was designed completely in Make the Cut! using basic shapes, and features a pretty lacy heart trim.  Just cut the pieces you need to make your card, use your imagination, add a little bling and ribbon for a one of a kind creation!  I'll be posting my take on this design in the next couple days.  In the meantime, you can download the MTC file by clicking on the preview image.  Have fun!

In my last post, I promised pics of the card I designed with Make the Cut! as well as how I made it, so here goes. :-)First the pictures: And a close-up of the detail: And the instructions: To create the cutting file of the vine and bird, I imported a photo of the Cuttlebug Birds & Swirls embossing folder into Inkscape, then used the Inkscape tools to trace the pattern and create the shapes. The ribbon shape was created using Inkscape shapes and adjusting the nodes to create the point. In Make the Cut!, I added a 5 1/2"...

I'm a big card maker (I got into making cards after I switched from paper to digital scrapping, because I missed the hands-on aspect of paper and embellishments) and now that I've found Make the Cut! it has become an indispensable part of my card making process.When I'm getting a file ready to cut in Make the Cut!, it's obviously pretty important to get the sizes right for the card I'm making. And although I don't usually cut the card base itself in Make the Cut! unless it's shaped, I've found that it is really helpful to design my card...