Designing with AccuCut clear plastic sheets

Posted by Traci Armbrust, AccuCut Sr. Designer

I am so excited to get the opportunity to share some ideas and tips for making your projects using AccuCut die cuts truly fabulous.

My first tip is to cut shapes using AccuCut's clear plastic sheets. It comes in both 12" x 12" and 9" x 12" sizes in a variety of sheets per package. Some of my favorites projects to make with our plastic are bags and boxes (see Button Box and Flower Box)...

and of course albums (see That's My Boy 5" x 8" album)... 

I also love to cut out flower shapes because you can bend the flowers into 3-D shapes for a nice effect. Another technique is to use Opaque StazOn Ink by Tsukineko to add color to the flowers. You can actually stamp on your flower or simply use it as an accent tool. Here are a few of my favorite projects using this technique.

In this 12" x 12" scrapbook page called Pals Forever I simply cut out the flowers using our Flowers #6 (F1445LC) die and took my StazOn™ Cotton White ink pad across the petals using a swiping motion.  I swipe from the inside of the flower to the outside of the petal. Experiment using all different colors or even combining them.

On this 6" x 6" album called Natural Beauty I took a foam stamp and simply stamped a flower image right onto the plastic using the Butter Cream StazOn™ Opaque Ink.

The plastic sheets are a lot of fun -- just start experimenting! For more inspiration, here are more than 50 project ideas using clear plastic. Have fun!