Partial Die-Cutting for Teapot Shaped Cards

After getting lots of questions about how I made my cute little Teapot shaped cards I said I would do a tutorial (click here if you missed the original blog post).

A few days later my little Grandson had a bleed on the brain and needed lifesaving surgery.  Everything was put on hold so that I could spend time with my family.  My grandson is getting better but it’s going to be a long recovery.

This tutorial has lots of photographs to help explain the partial die-cutting technique. There is also a gallery at the bottom of this post, click on any of the pictures in the gallery to enlarge the image.

I hope you find this tutorial helpful, if you have any questions please let me know and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

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To die-cut the Teapot

To partially die-cut the teapot I tried several different ways.  Just having the knob on the lid above the card fold worked but the card was very flimsy because only a few millimetres of it was attached at the top.

Having part of the lid and handle above the fold line was the best way I found to partially die-cut the teapot, see picture below.

I held the die in place with some washi tape.  Because this is cutting through 2 layers of cardstock I ran it through my Big Shot a couple of times.

Moving the die up that little bit meant the majority of the card fold was uncut which gave a really sturdy card base.

The photos below show the card base folded and open.

Assembling the Teapot Shaped Card

I stamped the teapot image onto the 5 different colours of Gingham Gala DSP and fussy cut them.  I also die-cut 5 teapots from the same colour cardstock as the card base. 

I adhered the DSP teapot to the die-cut with multi-purpose liquid glue and then glued the die-cut onto the card base.

TIP: To make the die-cutting quicker and easy you don’t need to stamp the teapot image onto the cardstock.

To die-cut the Cup

With the cup I left most of the top cutting edge of the cup and part of the handle above the card fold, see image below. 

To hold the die in place I used some washi tape.  Because this is cutting through 2 layers of cardstock I ran it through my Big Shot a couple of times.

The photos below show the card base folded and open.

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Tea Time Framelits Dies [149697] £0.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £7.25	Tea Together Cling Stamp Set [148779] £20.00
Gingham Gala 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [148554] £10.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] £5.50	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] £3.75

Have yourself some crafting fun.

Dee x

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