October 20, 2022

Craft Dies & Stencils

 

Craft Dies & Stencils



Craft Metal Dies, Stencils and Embossing Folders are innovative creative accessories to help make your paper crafting projects look spectacular. If you are new to paper crafting, or haven’t taken the plunge yet, read on. I will list below, a few places to find these readily available “must-haves”.

Craft Metal Dies

Craft dies are metal shapes that cut, paper, fabric, and other materials. To cut the shapes, you simply sandwich your cardstock and the metal die shapes between two cutting pads and run it through a die cutting machine. 



You can probably find thousands of metal craft dies al over the internet, but beware of imitators who produce an inferior product which are most often imported. You may attracted to the price, but cheaper quality dies will bend and not hold up over time. 


Places I find my quality dies, to name just a few, are:

Stencils

Stencils are a pattern or design that is cut out of a thin piece of plastic, which come in all shapes, sizes and designs. Through the openings of the cut design, you can apply color and texture. 

No machines are necessary to use stencils to achieve beautiful results. All you only need to apply color, or texture, to your stencils are blending brushes, sponges, palette knife, or paint brushes. and a little imagination.




Just a couple of places I find my stencils:

Embossing Folders

Embossing Folders are translucent plastic folders with an embedded design on both sides. To transfer the design to paper, you simply place your paper in the folder and run it through a die cutting or embossing machine according to manufacture instructions.





You can read more about Die Cutting Machines HERE

Just a couple of places I find my embossing folders: 

IMHO

I hope I may have helped you in some way in considering the stencils, die cuts, and embossing folders to use for your fabulous crafty, and artistic, projects.

I’ve only attempted to help you learn a little more about the creative techniques I use, and why they are my favorite must-haves.

Tip: Some things are worth the investment. In order to achieve the best results, try to choose quality products, over price, whenever possible. After all, you work hard on your projects, right?

Happy crafting…

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