Creating Decorative Card Edges To Step Up Your Handmade Cards

Welcome friends. I’m glad you’ve stopped in today to see a simple technique for changing up your card projects, which is to create decorative edges on the front flap of the card. There are a few different ways to do this, and I’ll share them below.

Creating Decorative Card Edges

There are several ways to create unique edges on your cards. Here are a few ideas.

One way to create nice edges is to use a die set created for this purpose. Another way is to use a standard die, but only to cut part of it out. Watch along with today’s video for more details on this.

Another idea is to lay a die cut on top of your project, and use it as a guide to trim a nice edge.

My last and simplest way to create pretty edges is to stamp the front, and then use it as a guide to trim around with scissors.

After You’ve Trimmed…

After you have created a nice edge, you can leave it as is, or add a bit more detail to make it stand out more. Here are a few more ideas to try.

Lay a strip of paper attached to the inside of the card, to make the decorative edge stand out more.

Add a piece of paper, attached to the front, behind the trimmed edge.

Use the trimmed piece as a guide. This can be attached to the inside flap, or used as a guide to trim another piece to add.

Creating Decorative Card Edges Video

Watch along here to learn more about this technique and these cards!

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