This How to Use the Eyelet Blooms Die Video will show you how to remove your cardstock from the Die easily. We use the Balloon to make a Birthday Card.
This Video is 9 minutes long.
SUPPLIES:
Cardstock: Coastal cardstock
Lemon Lolly cardstock
Basic White cardstock
Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine: Eyelet Blooms Die
Balloon Festoon Dies (part of a Bundle)
Words & Wishes Dies (part of a Bundle)
Embellishments: 2026-2028 In Color Butterflies
Tools: Take Your Pick Tool
Take Your Pick Tool Die Brush Tip
Other: Wax Paper
Adhesive: Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue
(Optional) Adhesive Sheets
INSTRUCTIONS:
1-Cut Your Papers:
~Lemon Lolly Card Base: 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″. Score and fold at 4-1/4″.
~Coastal Cabana for Balloon: 4-1/2″ x 5-1/2″
~Basic White for Word Layers: 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″
~Hydrangea Hue for Words: 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″.
2-Balloon:
~Use the 2nd largest Balloon Die to cut your Balloon from Coastal Cabana cardstock.
~Tear off some Wax Paper as shown in the video. Make it wider than I did: about 1-1/2″ wide.
Eyelet Blooms Die:
~Optional: Put an adhesive Sheet on the back of your Balloon cardstock.
~Lay your Die on your Cut & Emboss Machine with the cutting side up.
~Place your Balloon Die-Cut on your Die where you want it.
~Slip the Wax Paper under the cardstock. Make sure that part of the Wax Paper is hanging over the Die’s edge.
~Make sure the Die is at an angle so you don’t have to crank as hard.
~Die cut. I usually go forward, back, forward, back.
~Use your Take your Pick Tool with both the Die Brush Tip and the poky Paper Piercer tip.
~Run the brush over both the Balloon and the Die to remove the little bits.
~Use the Paper Piercer tip to finish removing the smallest bits.
3-Words:
~Cut three of each layer for thicker, more impressive Words.
~(Optional) Put Adhesive Sheets on the back of your cardstock before cutting.
~Cut three of the Word Layers from Basic White cardstock.
~Use the Hydrangea Hue cardstock to cut the actual words.
~Attach all the Basic White Layers together.
~Now, attach the Words to the Layers.
~Attach a Small Butterfly to dot your i.
4-Finish Your Card:
~Glue your Balloon to your Card Base.
~Lay out your Words where you want them.
~Attach your Words with either Glue or Stampin’ Dimensionals.
~Add some Butterflies.
Your How to Use the Eyelet Blooms Die Birthday Card is finished.
