Slim-line cards are very on-trend at the moment, and most companies bringing out dies are US based and suit US cards/envelopes. However, we can still use them to create cards with their sizing or altering them to create cards that fit in the standard UK envelopes. So today’s card uses the PinkFresh Studio Essentials: Slim-line Stitched Rectangles to create UK DL cards which measure 10cm X 21cm. These current dies measure 9.7cm X 22.5cm, so a tad too long for our cards! This length of the card also allows you to create CAS cards with a repetitive design horizontally, so let’s get started!
PRODUCED AS PART OF MY DESIGN-TEAM WORK FOR BUMBLEBERRY PAPERCRAFTS - SEE END OF POST FOR MORE DETAILS
Altering the length of your slim-line dies
To start off, position the outmost stitched rectangle from the PinkFresh Studio Essentials: Slim-line Stitched Rectangles and position this onto a piece of white cardstock. Next, place this between your cutting plates in your die-cutting machine.
Before running this through your machine, position the top plate so that at least 1.5cm of the card and die hangs outside of the top plate. When you run this through our machine, the die will only cut underneath the top plate, and not where it hangs outside of the plate.
Remove the die, and adjust to move the top end of the die so that it now lines up across the end where the card has not cut. The stitch cut lines in the die should ‘slot’ into the already cut lines. Now run this through your machine and this will now finish die-cutting the rectangle out for you with our altered size.
Creating the focal elements
For the rest of the card, die-cut three of the PinkFresh Studio Floral Circles designs out of white card 3 times to layer up for dimension. Next, smoosh an embossing ink pad down over the die cuts, cover with WOW! Metallic Gold heat embossing and heat set.
To create the background, use an Altenew ink blending tool to blend on All That Jazz Catherine Pooler Ink in the middle of the stitched die-cut rectangle. Next, use the tool to the blend on Mardi Gras Catherine Pooler Ink either side, overlapping the colours. For added interest, add ink splatter from one of the inks by smooshing down onto an acrylic block and spritz with water. Next, flick this onto the panel using a paintbrush of the edge of the acrylic block.
Assembling the card
Once the background is dry, foam mount the panel onto a white DL card base. Next, using liquid glue adhere the heat embossed floral circles onto the front over the ink blending.
For the sentiment, heat emboss a sentiment from the PinkFresh Studio Leafy Decor stamp set onto black card in white heat embossing and foam mount in the centre to finish the card off.
Supplies
Altering the length of your slim-line dies
Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you at these shops: Altenew (ALT), Scrapbook.com (SB), Hero Arts (HA), Picket Fence Studios (PF), My Favourite Things (MFT), and Craft Stash UK/US (CS UK/US).
All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP) and WOW! UK/US (WOW UK/US).
 Leafy Decor – PinkFresh Studio Shop at: SB | BP |  Floral Circles – PinkFresh Studio Shop at: SB | BP |  Essentials: Slim Stitched Rectangles – PinkFresh Studio Shop at: SB | BP |
 All That Jazz – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  All That Jazz Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  All That Jazz Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |
 Mardi Gras Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Mardi Gras Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | Mardi Gras Ink Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad & refill Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) |
 Opaque Bright White -WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Metallic Gold Rich – WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Premium White Cardstock: 8.5″ x 11 – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |
 Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Cardstock Shop at: SB | BP |  Original MISTI – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | CPD | SB | HA | BP |  Gina K Designs – Connect Glue Shop at: BP |
 Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Ink blending tool large – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP |  WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) |
WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: CPD | WOW (US) |  Teflon Bone Folder – Lawn Fawn Shop at: BP |  Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
 Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
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This post was produced as part of my design team work for Bumbleberry Papercrafts have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from Bumbleberry Papercrafts to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
3 thoughts on “Altering the length of your Slim-line Dies to suit your sizing!”
Thank you. I can use this methodology for several of my dies to make longer borders.
Thanks Kathy, glad it has been useful for you 🙂