Super Cuts

The day before the Super Bowl, my mom and I were working on snacks for Super Bowl Sunday while we cut out some cartouches with her Stampin’ Up curly label die and Cuttlebug. Well, actually, it worked out that my mom did most of the die-cutting:

And I made these (and went just a little overboard on cake batter):

We had two sets of cartouches to cut out. One set, on Eames Furniture Weave 120# cover stock, is for escort cards and table numbers. (I wanted to do it all with the Arturo soft white, but I couldn’t buy any standard-size sheets of that paper [like 8.5"x11"], so I had to choose another paper for some of the details.)

The others, on various scrapbooking papers, are for the bags that will hold the favors.

The process was straightforward, like any other die cutting. It’s all about having the right tools. And, of course, my mom has that covered. I should take photos of her scrapbook/stamping studio sometime… It’s pretty amazing. But anyway, I digress. Despite my great DIY ambitions, my home toolset consists of an X-acto knife, two hole punches, a sewing machine, and a rotary trimmer, so mom came to the rescue.

Then all you need to do is trim down the paper to fit in the Cuttlebug… (I find it necessary to clarify that she did not cut her finger during this bout of craftyness… That was a fajita-related injury from the night before.)

And run it through: