AccuCut Craft Blog

Love the new Maya Road dies

Posted by Jen Cramer, Craft Division Director

We're always on the lookout for products that make you say "Wouldn't it be great if there was a die for that?" When I saw some of the fun Maya Road binders and chipboard books that's exactly what I thought to myself.

So after a few months of working with Caroline at Maya Road I'm excited to say that we have EIGHTEEN new Maya Road dies that we released this week. You should see how fast you can embellish their chipboard books, binders and tins when you have the dies.

Here are some projects that were done by the MR Design Team that are featured in our new catalog. This one uses the Modern Purse Album 3-die set.

And this Moments album is the 4" square binder.

   

Here it is open... (I have to make one of these!)

   

And one more... here is the Maya Road Tea Break Chipboard Book. Love it!

   

New Creative Cafe dies

Posted by Jen Cramer, Craft Division Director

At the CHA Summer show last July, AccuCut rolled out new dies as part of the Creative Cafe launch. It's been a lot of fun working with Danelle Johnson and Creative Imaginations to see how retailers could use our products together as part of an entire program. I love seeing the amazing projects that Danelle's team creates -- their creativity is through the roof plus I just love the Spirit and Lucky lines!

Head over to Danelle's blog to hear how much she loves the new Creative Cafe dies (and her AccuCut system of course). For our latest release, Danelle has created nine new dies plus an Apricot alphabet! I know the butterflies are my favorites too.

      

Another CHA make and take sneak peak

Posted by Jen Cramer, Craft Division Director

I have to say this is absolutely one of my favorite new card samples for CHA, and it's going to be one of our make and takes (Booth #1651, 1-3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11). 

In her A Little Birdy Told Me card, Traci Armbrust did a great job featuring not one but FOUR new dies: Ribbon Card (NC227CJ), Birds #1 (B1416J), Vintage (V1004LC) and Flourishes #3 (F1347S).

You can't see the inside of the 5 1/4" square card here, but the coolest part about this die is that it has an inside page that has scallop on the right side. You could even use the card die to make multi-page albums. If the inside gets too big for the outside cover, then all you need to do is to cut the card in half at the spine. That way you can make the album as thick as you want.

All of us are looking forward to CHA and, like everyone else exhibiting, we're busy packing our booth and all of our projects. We can't wait to show you all of our new dies and the new catalog. I'll round up some more pics to share soon.

Welcome to the AccuCut Craft Blog!

Posted by Jen Cramer, Craft Division Director

We're jumping feet first into blog-land with our new AccuCut Craft Blog that is dedicated to providing creative inspiration and smart business tips for those using AccuCut products in the craft industry.

In case you've stumbled across our blog, let me explain who we are... AccuCut markets the GrandeMARK roller die cutting system including thousands of steel-rule dies. You'll often find our commercial die cutting machine and dies in scrapbook store crop rooms and it's also a great tool for designers who want to make and sell their own cards, invitations, bags, boxes, etc.

So what will you find in our Craft Blog?

• Lots of project ideas using AccuCut dies and related products for scrapbooking, stationery, bags, boxes, albums, home decor, gifts, etc.
• Smart business ideas for how to use the GrandeMARK system to increase sales in a retail store
• Sneak peeks at new products
• On location reports (with photos!) from tradeshows
• Product giveaways and challenges

I also hope that it's an open forum for our customers to share what has worked well for them and how they get the most out of their AccuCut die cutting centers.

And since I don't want to do all the talking, you'll also hear from Tammy Miller, our resident craft expert and tradeshow manager, as well as from Traci Armbrust, our sr. designer who creates hundreds and hundreds of craft projects each year that you will find in our Craft Catalog and online.

Speaking of Traci, let's go ahead and share one of her free make and takes at the upcoming CHA show: 

    

The Laugh Every Day Album make and take will be in AccuCut's Booth (#1651) from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10. Make sure you get there early! This project uses three brand-new dies: License Plate #3 (L1408L), Flourishes #3 (F1347S) and Vintage (V1004LC). And the three license plates were cut out of our new heavyweight 12" x 12" black chipboard.

If you like that project, keep checking back this week for more CHA make and take sneek peaks!

Jen