What a fabulous idea

Hello blogger friends, today and in fact all this week I am sharing with you cards made with some new dies from Crafters Companion which I think will be on sale at Hochanda on 30th January. The idea is that you get regular corner dies which come with an inner and outer separate cut edge so you can add this or leave it off. Then you also get 3 edge pieces in different sizes and these come with an inner and outer cut edge. So the complete die set is basically a frame that you can break down into component parts and be as creative as you wish with

This card shows some of the individual frame components from one of the sets which I have cut out separately and then stuck onto a card to form a frame. You will see from the other samples I will share with you this week that this is just one of many ways these dies can be used.

I wont go into a product list as I don't know what this die set is called and this card is quite a basic one to make. I will say that as soon as I got the dies unwrapped I lost two of them on the carpet and soon realised that they needed to be kept on a magnetic shim, don't worry as you can see from the picture I did find them again. I don't know if they will come on a magnetic shim when sold but I do recommend you use one for storage.

I love the idea of these dies but I have to say they are fiddly to use and you absolutely need to tape them in place when die cutting. The tape I used was Scotch Magic Tape and I find this is great for die cutting as it peels away easily after being run through the die cutting machine. I used a Gemini die cutting machine for these dies and I`m not sure how they would work with less powerful die cutters but I would recommend that you use a Gemini (big or small) for these dies.

I think there are six sets in total and I was allowed two sets to make samples with but after seeing the samples made by the design team using the other sets I know I will be buying the rest when they are launched.