Savvy Saturday ~ Tinkering With Borders
March 20th, 2010After reading Beth’s post on how the Borderabilities® can create a wonderful 12” border on her layout. It made me think how Borderabilities® made my card making a lot more interesting than just a straight line card. See what I did with one of our newest releases, S4-241 Jumbo Scalloped Borderabilities® Petite?
For those who are unfamiliar with Borderabilities®, it is a set of two Die Templates. The Border cuts on one edge and has embossed details above the cut edge. It also allows you to repeat the cut/emboss process to make longer borders from one Die Template. The Accent cuts and embosses a complete piece that coordinates well with its Border counterpart.
Today, I will be using the S4-241 Jumbo Scalloped Borderabilities® Petite, S4-263 Easter Fun Egg, S4-251 Big Scalloped Oval LG #4 (smallest being die #1) and S4-110 Classic Oval LG #3.
Take a 4″H x 5.5”W card base using The Paper Company Shimmer Collection and flatten it with the outside of the card facing up. Then place the Magnetic Spacer Plate on top of the back side of the card (make sure the White Master Mat is underneath). Fold the card front over the Magnetic Spacer Plate and position the S4-241 Jumbo Scalloped Borderabilities® Petite Border (cut ridges up) so that it will cut the edge. Place the White Master Mat on top and cut.
To emboss, I gently took out the Magnetic Spacer Plate and with the S4-241 Jumbo Scalloped Borderabiliites® Petite Border Die Template still in the cut card. Fold the card back to its original format and sandwich the Tan Embossing Pad inside the card. At this point, the Border Die Template should be outside of the card with cut ridges facing in toward the Tan Embossing Pad.
After cutting/embossing the card base edge, I stenciled Clearsnap Queue Ink to highlight the embossed area.
Next, take the S4-241 Jumbo Scalloped Borderabilities® Petite Accent Die Template and cut/emboss a 2 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ piece of My Mind’s Eye Penny Lane Collection. Highlight the embossed area by stenciling again with the Clearsnap Queue Ink. Then thread a piece of ribbon through the holes and tie it into a bow. Make sure to align the edges to give it a layered look and adhere. Set aside.
With the JustRite Stampers Times New Roman Font and Horizontal Wood Stamper, I stamped the word “HOPPY” in 25 pts on Core’dinations Aruba Cardstock and the word “EASTER” in 50 pts on Core’dinations St. Valentino Cardstock. With “HOPPY,” I cut S4-263 Easter Fun Egg by lining up the words inside the egg and taping it in place with household tape (note: I tapped on my jeans to take some of the tackiness off for easy removal). Repeat with “EASTER” using S4-110 Classic Ovals LG #3.
To mat the “EASTER” oval, cut/emboss S4-251 Big Scalloped Oval LG #4 with My Mind’s Eye Penny Lane Collection and adhere the “EASTER” oval. Center and adhere onto the card front. Using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares, adhere S4-263 Easter Fun Egg to the card and finish off by applying glitter on each embossed/chalked dot as seen below.
Here are some wonderful projects that our talented Design Team Members created using the Borderabilities®.
Design Team Member Heidi Blankenship made this “Good Wishes For Easter” card by using S4-237 Easter Borderabilities® Petite.
Design Team Member Debbie Seyer used S4-239 Classic Scalloped Borderabilities® Petite to create this “Let Your Dreams Grow” card.
So “spring” into action and show us your projects made with Borderabilities®!
Have a wonderful Saturday!
MargieH























































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