T’was the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for Julie making a last-minute card… Actually she’s also sharing some fun hacks for working with the Letterboard and Letterboard Large Alphabet Dies…
You get a gold star if you know which holiday movie her quote references!
TIPS:
- To bulk cut alphabets, keep the letters themselves tined* together and separate only the punctuation or symbols that you don’t need as many of. *Tines are the little pieces of metal that keep the dies joined together.
- Store letters in alphabetical order (like a bead organizer or a pill organizer with individual compartments) so you can quickly pull together a card when needed.
- Mount the interior of the Letterboard first to your card front, then the outer frame.
- Align letters as desired, using a straight edge, then use strips of Post It Tape to position and mount to card.
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Super cute!!! Happy Holidays too everyone at Ellen Hutson
Great card! Love your “ELF” hat! Can you give a link to the container you used for keeping the letters organized?
Thanks, Debra! I actually bought my storage container when I was in Japan last year at a Japanese “dollar” store.
After some “bead storage” searching on amazon.com, I did find this which appears to be very similar???
http://a.co/d/2B7iUc7
It says its for “diamond embroidery”/“diamond painting”—I don’t know what that is. There appears to be different brands of these, and they come in a variety of configurations—mine is a box of 28 small containers, connected 4 boxes to each other, making up 7 rows that fit into a larger/main box. Each of the tiny containers on mine appear to be just under 1” or so in size.
HTH!
Julie – you’re a genius – how did you know my daughter was going to give me a letter board for Christmas?! What a perfect Thank You card I can make with this die set – I’m SO excited!!!
Gini, So glad you found this project inspiring! Have fun with your Letterboard and with this die set! •hugs•