by Richelle Naegle
I generally work on Cricut projects, but I am trying to branch out and try new things. NEW is always good, right? Well, lately, I’ve really liked what I’ve seen from the Sizzix product line. These Basic Step-Ups dies caught my eye.
I have done a step-up card before, and it wasn’t super hard, but it was really a lot of work to get the dimensions just right. So when I saw this new product, I thought maybe this would make creating these fun cards easier, and honestly, it did! I took all the tedious measuring, cutting, and scoring out of the picture and just did what I like to do best: create beautiful crafts with my Big Shot craft machine!
If you want to make these cards or want to do so without all the boring work involved, this set is definitely for you! You need the Step-ups Basic Card set, your favorite machine (I used the Teresa Collins eBosser), patterned paper, and glue! And don’t forget to include any other embellishments you may want. For this card, I also used the Tags w/ Stamps Framelits set for the Happy Birthday tag.
The Card-Making Process
There are really no dimensions or anything you need to worry about because it just cuts out the size, which is 5.5″ x 8.5″ (when flat), then you can cut out any of the step cuts (it even has one for the back) if you wanted to cut those as well. This set includes a ton of flowers. You could use anything resembling a stem, a toothpick, or a small stick for the flower stems. I used some wire covered with green string. For the centers of the flowers, I also used some Tim Holtz stickles by Ranger.
This card was easy to make, just like most Sizzix cutting/embossing projects go. What took me the longest was finding a paper I wanted to use and deciding how big I wanted my flowers. 🙂
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Happy creating!