DIY: Paper Bows
Paper bows make my crafty-loving heart swoon! Love these new die cuts from Maggie Holmes. It’s a wafer die that you can use over & over and works with most die cutting platforms. (Just need the right plates.) The “love” die below is from my Dear Lizzy set.
Packaging up gifts for people I love is one of my favorite things.
For the first one, I sewed a burlap bag and added tags inside then layered a bow with a Dear Lizzy wood shape clothespin.
The middle one I started with a bag, added a Dear Lizzy label, DL project life card, a tag and “love” bow die cuts. For the last one I embossed a kraft bag and added a bow and a tag inside.
I just learned THE best tip for using metal dies—
At CHA we were messing around with using wax paper so the paper will pop out easier after it’s cut. That didn’t really work out. I was trying to leave a few sheets of paper in it too but I still ending up using the holes to have to poke paper out and usually ended up poking all the paper out.
So instead of using a tool to push through the tiny holes on the dies every time you cut try adhesive backed foam. You cut a piece to fit the foam take off the adhesive backing and place the die on it then run through the die cutter. You then have to peel some of the foam off of the plates that stuck to it BUT the die is awesome now and the foam will stick inside so the paper just pops right out each time you use it.
Remember that one time I made a video to go along with this post and now I am not even going to post it? haha! Next time…!
You can still enter the Instax Fave Things giveaway I posted about for the next couple hours… and try for the new giveaway below because sharing is caring!
***Leave a comment below to win all three dies by Amy Tan, Maggie and Dear Lizzy (me)!! I will post the winner on Saturday.
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