Circle cutting

In the card making world most of your shapes are squares and rectangles.  Circle cutting can add a softer, interesting element to your cards and it can be accomplished a number of different ways.  



I have experimented with quite a few different circle cutting tools and still don't have a go-to favorite for all projects.  

For this card I pulled out a Martha Stewart circle cutter which has a different concept, and takes a little getting used to, but it works quite well.  

I also enlisted the help of my handy scallop scissors which are so much fun to use!


Tools Needed:

• Self-healing mat
• Circle cutting tool
• Scallop scissors
• Black ink pad
• Stamp image
• Greeting stamp image
• Markers
• Ribbon
• Adhesive
• Patterned paper
• Layering paper
• Simple Card Base & Envelope

Step 1: Ink up your stamp image (this sweet girl is from Stamping Bella) with black ink and stamp her on white cardstock.



Step 2: Using your circle cutter (again, this one is from Martha Stewart)
cut a circle around the stamped image.

Tip: It helps to use a piece of sticky tape on the back of the cardstock to keep it from moving while you cut.  Especially when your cardstock is smaller than the circle cutter - they have a tendency to move around which makes for an uneven cut.



Step 3: Again, using your circle cutter, make a larger piece of layering paper.  Leave enough extra room to cut the layering paper with scissors - another half inch or so should do it.



Step 4: Now grab your scallop scissors and trim around the edge of the layering paper.  There's a good chance your scissor cuts won't line up exactly, but in my opinion that just adds to the unique-ness of the card!



Step 5: Keep the scissors handy, because you're now going to use them to trim another piece of layering paper.  Hold your patterned paper on top of the layering paper and cut in a straight line on both sides, leaving enough extra to see the scallops.



Step 6: Adhere the layers of your cardstock together.  For this project I first trimmed them down to 4 inches wide so they will layer nicely on my card base.  



Step 7: Tape a piece of ribbon down over the center of your patterned paper.  Wrap the ribbon around the back of the cardstock, tape it down, and cut off the extra ribbon - which you're going to use on the next step...



Step 8: Tie a knot around the first piece of ribbon and cut off the extra ends. (This is my favorite way to tie a fake knot.)



Step 9: Adhere your layers to the cardstock base.  Getting close now...



Step 10: Color in the stamped image with markers and adhere the white cardstock onto your scalloped circle layering cardstock.



Step 11: Adhere the stamped image to your card.  You can do this with adhesive, or little foam stickers for some extra dimension.  And finally...



Step 12: Ink up your greeting image and stamp the sentiment on your card.

Notice the acrylic stamp image and block - love those clear images. especially for sentiments which are typically lined up with something else.  It makes it so much easier to get things even.  

(Oh, and that particular greeting is from a Papertrey Ink set.)



Just gorgeous!  And so much fun to make!
 




 

 

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