Cards with Cut-Files

Colour Wheel and Circle Border

I tend to think of cut-files going hand-in-hand with scrapbook pages, but if you pick the right ones they can be used for cards too. I made a couple of cards for February birthdays as my latest project for Twilight Crafts and Jenny Wren Cut-Files.

I chose the new Colour Wheel and Circle Border cut-file for the first card, turning it sideways and cutting it from grey cardstock. I covered a 5" x 7" card with a piece of patterned paper from my scraps box and backed the cut-file with  old mottled pink paper. I placed the letters H-A-P-P-Y on the five segmented circles, cut BIRTHDAY on my Big Shot and embellished with a selection of puffy flowers.

Stars Background 1

I made a second card using Stars Background 1, cutting it down to the first three rows to suit the shape of my card. This time I daubed distress ink over the card to colour it instead of using patterned paper. 

Rather than backing the file in the conventional manner, I cut it twice, using navy cardstock for the outline and a 6x6 star patterned paper for the stars, then placed each  patterned star inside the corresponding cardstock outline. I matted a sentiment banner on the same navy cardstock and attached it with foam squares.

Supplies

Cards - The Craft Place

Cardstock - Bazzill, Stampin' Up!

Paper - HOTP Garnet, Echo Park Magical Adventure 2

Letters - American Crafts

Sentiment - Craft Creations

Puffy Stickers - American Crafts/Amy Tangerine Late Afternoon

Ink - Ranger

Tools

Silhouette Portrait

Big Shot & The Works Alphabet Dies

Disclosure - I received the digital cut-files free of charge from Twilight Crafts. All other supplies are my own.