Best Birds / Oh So Eclectic Partial Die Cut card Stampin' Up!

Hi Stampers

Welcome to my Weekend Blog on

 World Card Making Day 

Today I am making a beautiful card using the Best Birds Bundle and the Oh So Eclectic bundle. The bundles includes the stamps and the matching dies. You could make this card with any set of matching stamps and dies. 
I am using the partial cut and I saw this done by Gina K in an online video

First prepare your cardstock and stamp sets and dies and then look at the video below. 
See below for the items needed to make your card

Follow THIS link to see the Video

I hope you enjoy the technique and try it out for yourself with different stamp and die sets.

Happy Stamping!

Card Recipe:

Very Vanilla card - 6" x 5 3/8"

Black card - 5 1/2" x 3 1/8"

Black card - 5 1/2" x 3"

Pink Pirouette card - 5 1/4" x 2 7/8"

Best Birds Stamp set and Dies

Oh So Eclectic Stamp set and Dies  

Birthday Blooms stamp set or other suitable sentiment 

Ink - Basic Black, Pink Pirouette, Pear Pizzaz and Old Olive

Multi Liquid Glue

Snail glue

Product List

Very Vanilla A4 Thick Cardstock [144238] £6.50	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] £7.25	Pink Pirouette A4 Card Stock [116203] £7.25	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] £6.50
Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Pad [126956] £6.00	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180] £6.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] £6.00	Best Birds Photopolymer Stamp Set [141525] £19.00
Oh So Eclectic Clear-Mount Bundle [145356] £43.00	Birds & Blooms Thinlits Dies [141477] £24.00	Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140658] £17.00	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] £6.25
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] £3.75

Making a mask from a Stampin' Up! metal die - Oh So Eclectic Layers Thinlit die

Hello fellow Stampers
 Welcome to my mid-week blog

Welcome back to my Blog spot. Today I will show you how to make a mask out of acetate, a metal die and your paper crafting die cutter. I am using a Big Shot die cutter and the Big Shot plates. I tried a few times and failed until I got the right "sandwich" of plates.

First choose a die to use. Some dies will cut out the pattern in the middle of your sheet and others will cut out the shape ie a rose, on its own. You will have to try them out on scrap paper to see how they work. I am useless at knowing just by looking at the die.

The "Sandwich"

1 - Sizzix magnetic platform

2 - Sizzix Precision Base Plate

3 - Sheet of acetate

4 - Your choice of Metal Die

5 - Big Shot Die Cutting Machine

Once you die cut the acetate, this is what you will get

Hold the acetate in place where you want the pattern to be on your card. With a sponge dauber or a piece of sponge, use circular motions to ink the pattern on your cardstock.

Once you are happy, you can continue to put your card together as usual.

I hope you have a go at making your own free stensils from the dies that you already have. 

Happy Stamping

Jenny