Would you like to see how to create 2 cards using the Candy Cane Dies by Stampin' Up!?

 

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The Sweet Candy Cane bundle from the J-D Mini Catalogue from Stampin' Up! is a lot of fun to use.

It is the focus of our Sweet Candy Cane Mega Stamp Camp this month.

Leanne Livingstone and I created 8 great projects and we will be sharing them with our fantastic "Peeps" in our classes in September.

I was playing with the Candy Cane dies and came up with a way to use all of the pieces when you die cut the large background die.

As you can see, there are several strips that are die cut that you wouldn't use on one card. So I die cut a second one, and mixed them together to create these 2 pretty cards ....

 

The one above was first cut using the Lights Aglow Specialty designer paper (the outside frame)

Then I saved the strips to add to the second card .... 

 

The second one was cut from some of the Gold & Silver Specialty paper that was available during Sale-a-Bration.  I saved the strips and added them to the first one.....

 

If you add Adhesive Sheets to the back of the designer paper before you die cut them, it makes creating these 2 cards so much easier.

I finished them off with the Merriest Moments stamp set and Merriest frames dies, along with the Lights Aglow dies, and Stylish Shapes dies.

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Here's what you will need to create these cards (cut one set per card):

  Base - Evening Evergreen 8-1/2 x 5-1/2

  Basic White 5-1/4 x 4 (inside),     3-1/2 x 4 (x 2 for pieces),    2-1/2 x 3-1/2 (sentiment)

  Gold Glimmer 2-3/8 x 2-3/8

  Designer paper  5-1/4 x 4

I also used : Festive Pearls, and Brightest Glow stamp set

Ink:  Real Red, Evening Evergreen, Melon Mambo, Soft Succulent

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Would you like a video tutorial on how to reduce wasted designer paper when using Stampin' Up!s new Candy Cane dies?

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I shared these 2 cards during my Catalogue Launch Party on August 2nd.

 

Two cards made together to maximize use of the "cast off" pieces from the background die cut in the Candy Canes die set.

I first cut the background die from the Lights Aglow 6x6 Specialty designer paper - saving the strips that are cut out.

 

 

 

Then I cut the same die from some White Glimmer paper, also saving the strips.

If you add Adhesive Sheet to the back of each of the pieces of paper, you will not need to add glue to them as I did 😉

 

 

Then I put both of the cut outs onto Evening Evergreen card bases, and using the strips from the other die cuts, I filled in the wider strips.

 

 

Voila! Two card fronts that do not waste much of the cut offs. I did not use the real small strips, but I think if you did 3 die cuts and mixed and matched all of the strips, you would have zero waste.

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