Masculine Makes #4 – Chess Board Cards

 

Thank you for joining me today for my Masculine Makes series.  For project No. 4 I have a couple of Chess themed cards, a Simple version and a Stepped-Up version.  

These cards may look time-consuming but honestly, they are quick and easy to make.  This is also a great way to use up some of those strips of cardstock that we tend to keep.

TIP: To speed up the process I cut strips of cardstock into squares rather than die-cutting each one.

 

For the Simple version the image was stamped onto a piece of White cardstock and die-cut with a 2 5/8″ square die. 

I made a Black frame for the image instead of putting it onto a Black cardstock mat.

 

There are no dies for this stamp set so I fussy cut the chess pieces for the Steppep-Up version and used Mini Dimensionals to give the image some dimension. 

This was a little fiddly but I think it was well worth it.  What do you think?

 

What do you think of today’s cards?  Please let me know in a comment below.  I had great fun making these and the end result was better than I imagined.

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Have yourself some crafting fun.

Dee x

To make these cards you will need:-

• Game On stamp set from Stampin’ Up! (Item No. 152646).
• White Cardbase: 5″ x 5″ pre-made cardbase or a piece of 5″ x 10″ cardstock scored at 5″ on the long side.  Fold and burnish using a bone folder. 
• 8 Black squares 1¼” x 1¼”.
• 8 White squares 1¼” x 1¼”.
• Scraps of White cardstock for the chess pieces image.
• Black cardstock for the frame on the Simple version.
• Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop-up the image.

TIP: The easiest way for me to align the 16 Black and White squares was to cut a 5″ x 5″ piece of grid paper and adhere the squares onto it before adhering to the cardbase.

Simple Version

I used the Layering Squares dies from Stampin’ Up! to die-cut the image and frame, if you don’t have square dies you can use a trimmer or a craft knife and ruler.

I stamped the chess pieces onto a scrap of cardstock and used the 2 5/8″ x 2 5/8″ die to die-cut the image. 

To make the frame I centred a smaller scalloped square die inside the 2 5/8″ die and ran them through my die-cutting machine.