What's New at Cre8ive Cutz

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]

I remember when I was little, my grandma used to make me those knitted mittens on a string, the string went up one arm, across my back and down my other arm with a mitten on each end, so I would never lose them.  They worked!  Those mittens were the inspiration for the Mittens cutting file and the little card I made using the file.First the card. I used some bulk white and blue cardstock to make the card. The background is embossed using a ProvoCraft swirly embossing folder (love my Texture Boutique!). The mittens were cut out of white...

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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]

These are a couple more cards I made last weekend. I thought it would be fun to make a Christmas present card, the printed paper is from K & Company. I used Make the Cut! to create the tag, grunged it up a bit with some Tim Holtz distress ink and embossed the sentiment and little holly. The ribbon is wired, which makes it nice and easy to give the bow its shape.For this card, I used printed paper by K & Company again (they came out with a couple mini paper pads for Christmas that are perfect for cardmaking)....