Craftroom Storage Solution - DIY 6” x 6” Magazine Holder Die for under $6.00

Where can you purchase a die for under $6.00?

Isn't that the reason you purchased a Brother ScanNCut? To save money on dies!

If you have a Brother ScanNCut (BSNC) and aren’t afraid to use it, it opens a whole new world of card making. You’ve seen my posts about my Crafts By Beth Faux Die Tutorial. With the high price of EVERYTHING, a purchase of a Brother ScanNCut machine is a wise investment. 

I purchased my BSNC machine CM250 in 2019 and it sat on my table for a year. I taught myself how to use it following many YouTube videos, and yet it sat mostly unused for another few years. I now have time and I’m putting it to good use and creating faux dies without the cost of individual sets of dies, which cost over $35 each. I LOVE Stampin’ Up! products: stamps, ink, cardstock and their new Designer Series Paper. My affliate for BSNC

Maybe it’s time for you to make the investment. Watch a few videos on the basics and purchase my tutorial for less than the cost of one die set. You will have all the steps you need to create your own dies. 

My first Brother ScanNCut file (fcm format) is now available…Designer Series 6” x 6” Magazine Holder.  No measuring, cutting…all you have to do is upload the file into your BSNC machine, place an 12” x 12” (or use two 8 1/2” x 11”) piece of cardstock on your mat and press cut . Scoring is easy, just apply glue and you’re set. For long lasting durability use a thicker piece of cardstock than DSP. Click HERE to purchase my Crafts by Beth Faux Die Tutorial at $24.95. 

How to purchase only the Designer Series 6” x 6” Magazine Holder.  The file is available for $5.49, click the Buy Now button below. I AM NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE AN SVG FILE. You may be able to find a free converter online, try finding before you buy.

Sneak Preview of my Craftroom Storage Solution - DIY 6” x 6” Magazine Holder Brother ScanNCut File

If you have a Brother ScanNCut (BSNC) and aren’t afraid to use it, it opens a whole new world of card making. You’ve seen my posts about my Crafts By Beth Faux Die Tutorial. With the high price of EVERYTHING, a purchase of a Brother ScanNCut machine is a wise investment. 

My FCM files and tutorial will be available soon. If you don't have the Brother ScanNCut, you can convert my files to use the format for your cutting machine. I am NOT ABLE at this time to provide an SVG file.

Helpful Tip

Is your card layer always moving around when you are trying to add another card layer? All you need is graph paper, laminating pouch, and repositionable mounting squares. I drew a rectangle that represents an A2 (5 1/2" x 4 1/4") card layer on both sides and laminated.

After laminating, I place mounting square on top to hold the cardstock down. You can also apply a mounting square to the back to hold it onto your work surface. Laminating machines are not terribly expensive: Amazon and Scotch brand. Currently Scotch brand has laminating pouches for a real bargain at $15.98 for 100 pouches.

I have seen so many YouTube videos showing how to think "out of the box" and use a laminator machine for your crafting. 

There is 1/8" graph paper available, I have that as well.

Please consider using my Amazon Affiliate links for your purchases. It is a way for you to support my work. Thank you. 

Checkout my other Helpful Tips HERE.

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Angled Fun Fold Card

My new Crafts by Beth Brother Canvas/Workspace Tutorial

Creating Faux Dies is NOW Available.  Check out the post HERE!

Stampin' Up! Products

• Basic White cardstock
• Crumb Cake
• Early Espresso
• Misty Moonlight cardstock
• Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
• Crafts by Beth CPP Sentiments
• Click HERE for more information
• Butterfly Gala stamp set
• Night of Navy ink
• Butterfly Duet, Modern Label and Word Window punches
• Pearl Basic Jewels
• Dimensionals

The Angled Fun Fold Card Tutorial is available FREE with your $50 Stampin' Up! purchasing using my Hostess Code.  The tutorial can be purchased for $3.95 by clicking the Buy Now Button below.

 

The High Cost of Card Making

Things that make you go hmmm

Take a Bow

One Die, Three Different Lengths, for $37.00

Plus Shipping/Handling 

$41.07 before tax

MAKE YOUR OWN!

Crafts By Beth Faux Die Tutorial

I have created a tutorial on how to create stamping layers and the "shadow" layer for your sentiment stamps. This was my first section in my tutorial. 

I had an “ah ha” when I was putting away a new photopolymer stamp set. Wait until you see how easy it is to create a Crafts By Beth Faux Die with my easy hack. 

The third part of the tutorial helps you create your own Faux Dies with your printer. 

These three tutorials are in my Crafts By Beth Faux Die Tutorial and will save you an incredible amount of money. For less than the price of one die set this is a game changer!

If you know the basics to using your Brother ScanNCut and the Brother CanvasWorkspace you will be able to master my tutorial in no time. If you decide to purchase my tutorial, you must need to understand how to scan and cut out an image using your machine. There are YouTube videos showing the basic steps for the beginner. To use this tutorial, again, you must know the basic steps in using your Brother ScanNCut and the Brother CanvasWorkspace software. I have never seen a video that creates sentiment and mat layers as easy as mine.

Click HERE for more information

Check out my affiliate link for the Brother ScanN Cut.  No need to purchase dies, just scan and cut. 

This is a PDF with instructions and picture illustrations. No need to stop and replay a video over and over again.

AVAILABLE NOW $24.95

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Showcase Fun Fold Card 2.0

I love to use the highlight the beautiful Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper as the focal point of a card. I created the Showcase Fun Fold Card Tutorial but wanted to step it up so that all the cut pieces of DSP follow the flow of the paper on each fold of a fun fold card. It took me over seven hours to design and try out to make sure my measurements were perfect. The problem I have is that my OCD carries into my crafting; this can be so frustrating. You can see examples of my Showcase Fun Fold Card HERE. This is my Showcase Fun Fold Card 2.0. I hope you like it.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Cardstock
• Basic White
• Wild Wheat
• Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
• Blissful Bird stamp set
• Misty Moonlight ink
• Bird Builder punch
• Black rhinestone

Stampin' Up! Products

• Cardstock
• Basic White
• Misty Moonlight
• Moody Mauve
• Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
• Blissful Blooms stamp set
• Paper Pumpkin - August 2018
• Misty Moonlight ink
• Wild Rose die
• Butterfly Duet punch
• Pearl Basic Jewels

My tutorial is FREE with your $50 Stampin' Up! purchase from me using my Hostess Code. It is also available for $4.95; click on the Buy Now Button below. You will receive two diagram files, my original Showcase Fun Fold and Showcase Fune Fold 2.0 along with written instructions for my original tutorial. Both tutorials are for the same card, the 2.0 version has the pattern continuity measurements.

 

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Perfectly Spaced Diagonal Strips Card Layout

I've received a lot of emails asking how I made this card layout with perfect spacing between the strips. I created a FANTASTIC tutorial that has a template that will help you perfectly space the diagonal strips on this card. It is very easy and no grid paper needed. The written tutorial has step by step instructions with pictures. Also included is an eight-page diagram. The tutorial is FREE with you $25 Stampin' Up! purchase with me using my Hostess Code. I can also be purchased for $3.95, see Buy Now button below.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Moody Mauve cardstock
• Basic White cardstock
• Early Espresso cardstock
• Misty Moonlight cardstock
• Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
• Delicate Wings stamp set
• Paper Pumpkin - April 2024
• Expressions of Color stamp set
  
• Paper Pumpkin - June 2021
• Night of Navy ink
• Crafts by Beth Faux die using  Delicate Wings
• Rhinestones
• Dimensionals

Custom Make Your Own Stamp Dies - Crafts by Beth Faux Die Tutorial

Wouldn't you love having a die for every stamp set image?  Who wouldn't!

©Stampin’ Up!

I created a Faux Die for the butterfly from the Paper Pumpkin Delicate Wings stamp set and it was so easy.The "die cut" for the butterfly was cut using my Brother ScanNCut and their free software CanvasWorkspace. It is so easy with my tutorial. You can create files to use for all your stamps, each stamp image can be made into a faux die in less than five minutes. 

There are so many YouTube videos that show how to stamp an image and draw an outline of it, closing in the "opened" lines and cut with your machine.  Sometimes you didn't get a perfect scanned image and you have to try again. Stamp ten butterflies and you have to outline and/or close the opened lines for EACH AND EVERY butterfly. With my tutorial, you can create a file, cut ten butterflies, stamp the "die cuts" and you are done! 

With my Brother ScanNCut tutorial, why have a die where you stand over your die cutting machine, line up the image with the die and crank EACH AND EVERY butterfly. That takes a LONG TIME! And you have the battle of the die slipping over the stamped image as you are cranking it through and you have to stamp and die cut another butterfly. There goes one stamped image into the trash and your wasted time. Think of the money you'll save not purchasing dies! Most stamp sets only have three to four dies created for it, with my method you'll have a "die" for each stamp image. Keep in mind a die set may have a die that is unique, if that is the case, you may want to purchase the die set.

©Stampin’ Up!

Oh my gosh....you can make faux dies for every Paper Pumpkin stamp set and every stamp set you own! You'll be the envy of
every stamper!

I have created a tutorial on how to create stamping layers and the "shadow" layer for the sentiment. If you know the basics to using your Brother ScanNCut and the Brother CanvasWorkspace you will be able to master my tutorial in minutes. If you decide to purchase my tutorial, you must need to understand how to scan and cut out an image using your machine. There are YouTube videos showing the basic steps for the beginner. To use this tutorial, again, you must know the basic steps in using your Brother ScanNCut and the Brother CanvasWorkspace software. I have never seen a video that creates sentiment and mat layers as easy as mine.

This tutorial is FREE with a qualifying Stampin' Up! order from me. The tutorial is also available for purchase. More information can be found after the directions for this card.

©Stampin’ Up!

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Diagonal Strips Card Layout

Stampin' Up! Products

• Moody Mauve cardstock
• Basic White cardstock
• Early Espresso cardstock
• Misty Moonlight cardstock
  
• Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
• Delicate Wings stamp set
• Paper Pumpkin - April 2024
• Expressions of Color stamp set
  
• Paper Pumpkin - June 2021
• Night of Navy ink
• Crafts by Beth Faux die using  Delicate Wings
• Rhinestones
• Dimensionals

Check out my affliliate link for the Brother ScanN Cut.  No need to purchase dies, just scan and cut.

The tutorial cannot be copy and/or distributed. I spent three weeks creating and perfecting this tutorial. Thank you for understanding. 

This tutorial is free with your $50 Stampin' Up! order placed with me using my Hostess Code. This tutorial is also available for $24.95. Click on the Buy Now button below.

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Free Five Strip Card Layout Diagram

Stampin' Up! Products

• Moody Mauve cardstock
• Card base measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
• Score at 4 1/4"
• Scrap for sentiment mat * and flowers
• Basic White cardstock
• Card layer (inside) measures 5 1/8" x 3 7/8"
• Scrap for circle (sentiment)
• Scrap for sentiment *
• 
  Early Espress cardstock
  
• Card layer (inside) measures 5/8" x 3 7/8"
• Scraps for leaf sprigs
• Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
• Card layer measures 4 7/16" x 3 7/8"
  
• Cut strips measuring 7/8" x 3 7/8"
• Scrap left over
• Card layer (inside) measures 1/2" x 3 7/8"
• Beautiful Autumn stamp set
• Early Espresso ink
• Crafts by Beth Faux die *
  
• Click HERE for more information
• Everything is Rosy dies
• Itty Bitty Accents punch
• Pearl Basic Jewels

* I created my own faux sentiment die cut and shadow using my Brother ScanNCut. Every stamp can be a die!

The card layout diagram with measurements for the card is FREE, please FOLLOW each step.  These steps must be followed completely. Any email request without FIRST posting a comment on this blog post will be discarded.

1. Follow my blog
2. Post a comment on my blog. Comment link is at the end of this post.
3. EMAIL me asking for the Five Strip Card Layout. If you post a "anonymous" comment on my blog you have to also state in the email that you commented. When you post anonymously I CANNOT tie it back to an email address.
4. DO NOT POST YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ON MY BLOG - Spam bots will find it.

Meandering Meadows Designer Series Paper - Standing Step Fun Fold Card

Have you ever spent hours trying to cut out a Step Card Fun Fold only to find that after you completed it, it doesn't stand up? Not anymore! This is not your complicated step fun fold with score lines and cut lines within the score lines. This is SUPER EASY! My tutorial has two layout options along with instructions on how to cut you DSP keep the pattern consistent across the entire card.

Click HERE for more Standing Step Fun Fold Card ideas.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Garden Green cardstock (cardbase)
• Basic White cardstock
• Crushed Curry Cardstock
• Melon Mambo cardstock
• Meandering Meadows Designer Series Paper
• All the Little Things stamp set
• Paper Pumpkin - April 2023
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• Sentiment die
• Pearl Basic Jewel

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Free Five Strip Card Layout Diagram

Stampin' Up! Products

• Moody Mauve cardstock
• Card base measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
• Score at 4 1/4"
• Card layer (inside) measures 5/8" x 3 7/8"
• Scrap for circle
• 
  Basic White cardstock
• Card layer measures 5 1/8" x 3 7/8" *
• Card layer (inside) measures 5 1/8" x 3 7/8"
• Scrap for circle (sentiment)
• Misty Moonlight cardstock
• Scrap for butterfly
• Mossy Meadow cardstock
• Scrap for sprigs
• Seaside Spray cardstock
• Scrap for butterfly
• Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
• Card layer measures 4 7/16" x 3 7/8"
  
• Cut strips measuring 7/8" x 3 7/8"
• Scrap left over
• Card layer (inside) measures 1/2" x 3 7/8"
• Everything is Rosy stamp set
• Early Espresso ink
• Brilliant Wings, Circle, Spotlight on Nature and Sunflower dies
• Pearl Basic Jewels
• Dimensionals

* I used 1/8" graph paper and ended up having to trim the Basic White 5 1/8" x 3 7/8" to 5 1/16" x 3 7/8". I love using graph paper, very inexpensive way for lining up projects.

Amazon Affliate Link

Graph Paper 1/8" HERE

The diagram with measurements for the card is FREE, please FOLLOW each step.  These steps must be followed completely. Any email request without FIRST posting a comment on this blog post will be discarded.

1. Follow my blog
2. Post a comment on my blog. Comment link is at the end of this post.
3. EMAIL me asking for the Five Strip Card Layout. If you post a "anonymous" comment on my blog you have to also state in the email that you commented. When you post anonymously I CANNOT tie it back to an email address.
4. DO NOT POST YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ON MY BLOG - Spam bots will find it.

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Seven Panel Card Layout

Which color combination do you like the best?

This so far has been the top, most tutorial I have sold  - Seven Panel Perfect Sections Tutorial. This is perfect for the Designer Series Paper that has a scenic design to it. This allows you focus on the pattern and keep the pattern throughout the sections. The tutorial can be purchased below. Check out my other post using this layout HERE.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Cardstock
• Basic White
• Crumb Cake
• Early Espresso
• 
  Misty Moonlight
• Moody Mauve
• Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
  
• All the Best stamp set
• Paper Pumpkin - December 2023
• Early Espresso ink
• Crafts by Beth Faux die *
• Click HERE for more information
• Itty Bitty Accents punch
• Sprig punch (non SU)
• Pearl Basic Jewel

* I created my own faux sentiment die cut and shadow using my Brother ScanNCut. Every stamp can be a die!

This Seven Panel Card Layout tutorial is FREE with your $25 Stampin' Up! purchase using my Hostess Code. It is also available for $3.95

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Bay Window Fun Fold Card 3.0

I contantly improve my diagrams and this makes my third Bay Window Fun Fold diagram. Introducing my Bay Window Fun Fold 3.0! A near seamless design using the DSP as the focal point.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Moody Mauve cardstock
• Basic White cardstock
• Early Espresso cardstock
• 
  Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
• Framed Florets stamp set
  
• Early Espresso ink
• Crafts by Beth Faux die *
• Click HERE for more information
• Brilliant Wings dies
• Lasting Elegance Thinlits (heart)
• Dimensionals

* I created my own faux sentiment die cut and shadow using my Brother ScanNCut. Every stamp can be a die!

The card layout diagram with measurements for the card is FREE with your $25 Stampin' Up! purchase with the Current Hostess Code.  It is also available for purchase, click the button below.

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Bookbinding Fun Fold Card

Stampin' Up! Products

• Misty Moonlight cardstock
• Card base measures 11" x 4 1/4"
• Score at 5 1/2" and 6 3/4"
• Basic White cardstock
• Card layer (inside) measures 4" x 4"
• Scrap for sentiment
• Wild Wheat cardstock
• Card layer measures 5 5/8" x 4"
• First cut 1" x 4"
• Second cut 4" x 4"
• Remaining piece (inside) 5/8" x 4"
• Die cut butterflies (two) inside the 4" x 4" layer
• Scrap for sentiment mat
• Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
• Card layer measures 4 3/4" x 3 7/8"
• First cut 7/8" x 3 7/8"
• 
  Remaining piece measures 3 7/8" x 3 7/8"
• Card layer (inside) measures 1/2" x 4"
• Special Moments stamp set
• Early Espresso ink
• Crafts by Beth Faux die *
  
• Click HERE for more information
• Brilliant Wings die
• Pearl Basic Jewels

* I created my own faux sentiment die cut and shadow using my Brother ScanNCut. Every stamp can be a die!

The card layout diagram with measurements for the card is FREE, please FOLLOW each step.  These steps must be followed completely. Any email request without FIRST posting a comment on this blog post will be discarded.

1. Follow my blog
2. Post a comment on my blog. Comment link is at the end of this post.
3. EMAIL me asking for the Bookbinding Landscape. If you post a "anonymous" comment on my blog you have to also state in the email that you commented. When you post anonymously I CANNOT tie it back to an email address.
4. DO NOT POST YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ON MY BLOG - Spam bots will find it.

Designer Series Paper - 12" x 12" Magic Hack

I created a new card layout and it uses a piece of Designer Series Paper that measures 6 1/2" x 5 1/2".  How many pieces can you get from a piece 12" x 12"?

The answer will surprise you! - The answer is 4! 

The 12" x 12" Magic diagram is FREE, please FOLLOW each step.  These steps must be followed completely. Any email request without FIRST posting a comment on this blog post will be discarded.

1. Follow my blog
2. Post a comment on my blog. Comment link is at the end of this post.
3. EMAIL me asking for the 12" x 12" Magic Hack. If you post a "anonymous" comment on my blog you have to also state in the email that you commented. When you post anonymously I CANNOT tie it back to an email address.
4. DO NOT POST YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ON MY BLOG - Spam bots will find it.

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Seven Panel Layout with a Change

This is my Seven Panel Layout with one change - I switched out one panel for a white sentiment. I am sharing my popular card layouts and how versatile they are with any Designer Series Paper.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Early Espresso cardstock
• 
  Basic White cardstock
• Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
• Everything is Rosy stamp set
  
• Misty Moonlight ink
• Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon
• Black rhinestones
• Dimensionals

This tutorial is free with your $25 Stampin' Up! product purchase using my Hostess Code. The tutorial is also availaable for $3.95; click on the Buy Now Button below.

Introducing Crafts by Beth Faux Die Tutorial - Brother ScanNCut

I've had my Brother ScanNCut for six years, making a sentiment layer was tedious. I learned the basics from YouTube videos. While creating this card, I had a lightbulb moment...I discovered a way to make sentiment layer and a sentiment mat for all my photopolymer stamps. And improved that one step by showing how to create files for my cling mount stamps. It took me over three days to create files for all my stamps, it was totally worth it. Previously it would take me up to thirty minutes or more to create one file for stamping just one sentiment. Now I can do it in under five minutes.

I have created a tutorial on how to create stamping layers and the "shadow" layer for the sentiment. If you know the basics to using your Brother ScanNCut and the Brother CanvasWorkspace you will be able to master my tutorial in minutes. If you decide to purchase my tutorial, you must need to understand how to scan and cut out an image using your machine. There are YouTube videos showing the basic steps for the beginner. To use this tutorial, again, you must know the basic steps in using your Brother ScanNCut and the Brother CanvasWorkspace software. I have never seen a video that creates sentiment and mat layers as easy as mine.

For my affliate link to Brother ScanNCut machines, click HERE.

This tutorial is FREE with your $50 Stampin' Up! purchase using my Hostess Code. The tutorial is also available for $25.95. Click on the Buy Now Button below.

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Classy, Delicate and Simple

Stampin' Up! Products

• Wild Wheat cardstock
• Card base measures 5 1/8" x 7 1/2"
• Score at 3 3/4"
• Basic White cardstock
• Card layer (inside) 3" x 4 3/8"
  
• 
  Die cut using #3*
• Scrap for sentiment
• Moody Mauve cardstock
• Card layer 3" x 4 3/8"
• Die cut using #3*
• Scrap for sentiment mat 
• Card layer (inside) measures 3" x 5/8"
• Wildly Flowers Designer Series Paper
• Card layer measures 2 3/4" x 3 15/16"
• Die cut using #4
• Card layer (inside) measures 3" x 1/2"
• Everything is Rosy stamp set
• Moody Mauve ink
• Something Fancy and Stitched Rectangle dies
• Embroidery thread

How do I get my layering so precise on my sentiment layer? Simply glue you straight-lined diecut/punch onto cardstock and allow to dry. Line the ruler guide across the edge and use a box cutter for a perfect layer. I use a cutting mat to protect my surface. I use temporary adhesive to hold the die cut in place.

We R Memory Keepers Layers Guide Tool

Amazon Basics Temporary Adhesive

Box Cutter

*Dies are numbered with the largest being number one.

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Gatefold Gone Wild Fun Fold Card

Stampin' Up! Products

• Misty Moonlight, Moody Mauve and Wild Wheat cardstock
• Basic White
• Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
• Butterfly Gala and Haunts & Harvest* stamp sets
• Paper Pumpkin* - September 2022
• Early Espresso ink
• Spotlight on Nature dies
• Butterfly Duet punch
• Pearl Basic Jewel

My five-page diagram with measurements is available for purchase. Just $3.95 or FREE with your $25 Stampin' Up! purchase from me using my Hostess Code.

 

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Window Pane Third Edition

Stampin' Up! Products

• Wild Wheat cardstock
• Basic White cardstock
• Early Espresso cardstock
• Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
• 
  Special Moments stamp set
• Early Espresso ink
• Crafts by Beth Faux die *
  
• Click HERE for more information
• White crochet thread
• Dimensionals

* I created my own faux sentiment die cut and shadow using my Brother ScanNCut. Every stamp can be a die!

The card layout diagram design is FREE, please FOLLOW each step.  These steps must be followed completely. Any email request without FIRST posting a comment on this blog post will be discarded.

1. Post a comment on my blog. Comment link is at the end of this post.
2. EMAIL me asking for the Window Pane Third Edition” . If you post a "anonymous" comment on my blog you have to also state in the email that you commented. When you post anonymously I CANNOT tie it back to an email address.
3. DO NOT POST YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ON MY BLOG - Spam bots will find it.