What's New at Cre8ive Cutz — Video Tutorials

I love using Make the Cut! to design and cut greeting cards, it makes the whole process so simple. In my last post, I showed you a Valentine card that had a heart shape cut from a paper strip. In this video tutorial, I show you how to create that effect in Make the Cut! But before I show you the video, here's another card I made using the same technique. You'll notice I added a little background border to this card as well (which isn't shown in the video but is created using the exact same technique.  I think...

Yesterday I posted some free Gift Tag cutting files, and I've challenged myself to get a little creative with them, and hopefully inspire you a little bit as well! So here is my first gift tag. If you want to play along, the supplies you will need are: Card stock to cut the gift tags, preferably two coordinating colors Embossing folder & embosser (I used the Swiss Dots folder by Provocraft and my Sizzix Texture Boutique) A large square of tulle A snowflake embellishment (I used the snowflake from this gift tag freebie, the video explains how I dressed it up)...

I've been experimenting a lot lately with creating my own backgrounds from plain cardstock to design something totally unique and it's a lot of fun!  In this video, I show you how to use embossing (I use my Sizzix Texture Boutique) and some Tim Holtz Distress inks to create a fun effect.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drEoFRbk2Rc?rel=0]

With Christmas fast approaching, many of you might be thinking of gift wrapping ideas, and that includes beautiful tags.  Make the Cut! makes it easy to design your own tags to include on gifts.  In this tutorial, I walk you through how to use the basic shapes included with Make the Cut! to design your own, one-of-a-kind gift tags. Enjoy![youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbVWtL19LDU?rel=0]

In addition to designing my more elaborate files (purses, etc.) I often turn to Make the Cut! to quickly create simpler shapes for my card making projects, rather than spending a ton of money on large punches. For this card, I've created a simple nested shape that I used on the front and inside of the card to stamp my image and greeting on. This video tutorial demonstrates how to create nested shapes in Make the Cut! Enjoy!