How to Make a Striped Birthday Card with the Stripe Right Etched Dies

Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using the new Stripe Right Etched Dies from the Just Eat Cake Add-Ons Collection. This fabulous die cuts four stripes of various widths. The stripes are 6” tall, so they can be used horizontally or vertically on an A2-sized card. The dies work perfectly with the contents of the Just Eat Cake Birthday Cardmaking Kit, but as you can see, they can be combined with any other supplies you have in your stash, too!

DIE-CUTTING THE STRIPES + CREATING THE CARD BASE

1. Pick five colours of ColorWheel Cardstock to use – this card uses (left-right) Seaside, Waterfall, Fairy Tale, Lavender, and Lilac. Cut cardstock into smaller pieces so that they are easier to run through die cutting machine.
2. Place Stripe Right Etched Dies face down onto the cardstock and hold in place with Best Ever Craft Tape.

3. Run through Platinum Six Die Cutting Machine using the following sandwich (bottom to top):

• A Platform Base
• B Platform Top
• C Cutting Plate
• Cardstock with die on top
• C Cutting Plate

4. Remove cardstock from die and repeat to cut all the cardstock colours twice.

5. Place cardstock stripes on top of an A2 (4.25” x 5.5”) sized white card base to give you a guide of where to adhere them.

6. Take the first stripe (cut from Waterfall ColorWheel Cardstock) and add Bearly Art Glue on the back.

7. Adhere to card.
8. Repeat the process with all the stripes, leaving a small gap in between them.

TIP: I often prefer to add stripes at a diagonal. This means that I do not have to worry about adhering them down straight! Once you get one in place, you can simply follow the line with the next one.

9. Open card and flip over.
10. Using Shears, cut the excess stripes off the edge of the card.

11. Die cut the largest of the rectangle dies from Bow & Bell Scallop Frame Etched Dies from Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock.
12. Add removable adhesive to the back of the panel.

13. Adhere to middle of striped card base.

TIP: Don’t have removable adhesive? Simply hold the panel in place with Best Ever Craft Tape.

14. Take the matching stripe (the same size and colour that you used on the card base) and add Bearly Art Glue to the back, but just in the middle.

15. Adhere to the rectangle panel, lining it up with the stripe on the card base.
16. Repeat the process to adhere the rest of the stripes, using the ones on the card base as a guide for placement.

17. Carefully remove panel from card base and flip over so that back is facing upwards.
18. Using Shears, cut the excess stripes off the edge.

TIP: Doing this from the back of the panel means that you can see the sides of the panel (white cardstock) and can cut along the edge easily.

19. Add thin foam tape on the back of the panel.
20. Remove backings off foam tape.

21. Adhere panel to card base, lining up stripes on panel with the stripes on the card base.

DIE-CUTTING THE DRAGONFLY + ASSEMBLY

Die cut Soaring Dragonfly using the same process as you did for the Stripe Right Etched Dies.

1. Die cut body of dragonfly, head, and outline of wings from Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock.
2. Die cut base of wings from Vellum.

TIP: When die-cutting vellum, add a piece of scrap paper underneath the vellum. This prevents getting marks on the vellum from the cutting plates but also helps to get a cleaner cut.

3. Add small dabs of glue on the back of the top body layer.
4. Adhere to bottom of body layer.
5. Adhere top layer of head above base layer of body.

6. Using pokey end of Tool ‘n One, pop out inside pieces of the dragonfly’s wings.

7. Add small dabs of glue on the back of the outline layer of wings.
8. Adhere to vellum base layer of wings.

9. Add glue to the end of the wings and adhere body on top, to adhere wings.
10. Repeat process for all four wings.

11. Add foam squares to the back of the dragonfly’s body. You may need to cut some smaller with scissors to fit.
12. Remove backings off foam squares.

TIP: Tweezers are really useful when removing the backings off foam squares.

13. Adhere dragonfly to card.

STAMP + HEAT EMBOSS SENTIMENT

1. Place piece of Raven ColorWheel Cardstock into Mini MISTI and hold in place with magnet.
2. Place ‘happy birthday’ stamp from Lasting Impressions Sentiments Clear Stamp Set onto cardstock, impression side down.
3. Close door of Mini MISTI to pick up stamp.
4. Ink up stamp using Versamark Ink.

5. Close door of Mini MISTI to transfer ink from stamp onto cardstock.
6. Remove cardstock from Mini MISTI.

7. Apply White Detail Embossing Powder.

TIP: I like to apply the powder a few times, tapping off the excess in between. This ensures good coverage of the powder.

8. Heat set the powder using heat tool. You will know when it is heated enough, as it will melt and go shiny. Make sure not to overheat the powder as it can turn grainy.

9. Cut sentiment into a strip using the die from Always and Forever Sentiment Strips Press Plate & Die Set (or other suitable die) - place die on top of sentiment, hold in place with Best Ever Craft Tape, and run through Platinum Six.

10. Pop sentiment out of die and cut the two edges using Guillotine Paper Trimmer.

11. Add a black foam square on either end of the back of the sentiment strip.
12. Remove backings off foam squares.
13. Adhere to card.

14. To finish, adhere Prism AB Color Essentials Gems to the dragonfly’s eyes.

There are lots of ways to add stripes to cards. I hope I have given you some inspiration on one way you can add them to use as a background. Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Other Supplies

Thin foam tape, Versamark Ink, Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder, heat tool