Windy Robinson
Hello Friends! Is anyone out there a total tag and banner fanatic like me? I think that I could put one on every card that I make and be as happy as a clam.
From stamps and stickers to chipboard and wood veneer, you can find cute flags and banners in just about any material and collection out there.
But what do you do when you can’t find one with that exact sentiment in the perfect font? Or if you want one in that is in your favorite new color combination, but nothing else?
Well, you do what any crafter would do. You make your own.
Today I‘m going to share with you what is becoming one of my favorite ways to make sentiment tags by adding ink to my metal craft dies as I cut out my tag. I think of it as a reverse stencil because you are not inking the paper through the die, but the outside edge, with the die.
I first tried this technique on this card in the special issue Stamp it 3 Ways! I was looking for an elegant black and white tag, but didn’t have any luck finding one in my supplies, so I reached for my dies.
Elegant Thank You Card on p. 67
Want to see how easy it is to make this kind of tag?
All you have to do is apply ink directly to your metal die on the cutting edge side before running it through your die cutting machine. Then you cut and emboss your tag as you normally would. The ink will give a letterpress frame effect on your tag or banner.
And because you get to pick your own ink colors, you can have unique and perfectly matching sentiment tags for any project.
So are you ready to win some fun products that you can use to try your hand at this technique? Just leave a comment here by Friday, March 1st at 5 pm MST for your chance to win a set of Grommet Tags from Spellbinders Paper Arts and a ColorBox Chalk Queue from Clearsnap. Have fun!
Happy crafting!
Windy Robinson, Paper Crafts Go-to Gal
This looks soooo amazing!! I’m heading to the craft room right now to try this out!! Thanks for sharing!
Terrific hint! I’m going to give it a try immediately!
Who would have thought you can get such an amazing look by doing this to your dies. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve done this, but completely forgot about this technique! I’m ready to try again! Thanks for the reminder!
Windy! Love this technique. Thank you so much for sharing it, i am going to try it right away.
Thanks for the great tutorial. The cards turned out beautifully.
Your cards are amazing…can’t wait to try the new ones with the new spellbinder dies!
These cards are so beautiful! Great colours. Thanks for the tutorial.
how brilliant are you? that is an awesome idea. I love any tips or tricks that help me get more out of what I have already purchased!
What a great idea!! Who thinks of these things?? Wow, the endless possibilities…….thanks for sharing!
Beautiful cards! Love it!