AccuCut Craft Blog

Ready-to-Go Boxes Are Quick and Easy

Posted by Tara Smithberg

Throughout the past year, we've had several requests for boxes that are cut and ready to assemble. And now they are here! We are happy to now offer ready-to-go stationery and favor boxes that are self-closing, easy to assemble and a cinch to decorate. The great thing about these boxes is that they are affordable, and now you can spend even more time decorating and personalizing them with your own style. Plus, no adhesive is required!

Stationery Boxes

Our Clear Stationery Boxes are available in two card sizes, A2 and A7. Here is a beautiful A2 box decorated with a gorgeous ribbon. They are sold in sets of 24 and boxes include lid and base. The A2 box fits approximately 8 cards with envelopes and the A7 box fits approximately 10 cards with envelopes. Now it is easier than ever to display and sell your stationery in a stunning package that is all your own.

Favor Boxes

Creating a large number of favor boxes is quick and easy when you use our ready-to-go boxes. All favor boxes are sold in sets of 20.

Clear plastic Pillow Boxes make wonderful favors and look great filled with small candies. This one here looks great personalized with a seal made with the Pinnovation Escort Cards die. 

Tuck Top Boxes are available in Clear Plastic and in White. Their simple shape and size make them easy to dress them up or down for any occasion. They are 2"w x 2"l x 2"h.  I love the flower on top of this fun one.

And last, but not least, we have Gable Boxes available in White and Kraft. The little handle make these cute for all sorts of occasions and their larger size allows you to pack them with all kinds of goodies. Assembled, these boxes are 2 1/2"w x 4"l x 5 3/8"h. This one here was decorated with the Flowers #22 and 3 1/2" x 2" Seals (Business Cards) Pinnovation die.

 

Check out all of the new boxes on our site.

Also, I added our photo album from the National Stationery Show. Take a look at some great pics by clicking on the photo album on the right. Enjoy!

Back in Nebraska...

Posted by Tara Smithberg

Hello everybody! What a busy week we had last week at the National Stationery Show! We had a great show, and it was wonderful getting to meet so many of our customers in person. It was also wonderful to introduce AccuCut and the GrandeMARK machine and dies to a brand new group of stationery-minded folks. I'm always amazed at the first time people see the machine in action and get a feel for how easy it is to use.

At the show, we introduced a brand new idea book full of beautiful stationery ideas to spark your creativity. Everybody loved browsing through the wonderful ideas and seeing which dies were used to make each project.

  

The book is now available for download on our website. Or you can request to receive a hard copy in the mail. Click here to download or to request the new May Supplement & Idea Book.

I've posted a few more photos here of our booth and our team.

 

Here is our team--starting from the left: Tammy Miller, Tara Smithberg, Leanne Dorathy, Joni Greunke and Traci Armbrust.  

 

Custom dies were also very popular at the show and many of you are taking advantage of this great service. With quick turnaround and affordable pricing, you can't go wrong if you need a specific shape quick. This service gives you the ultimate freedom to meet your clients' specific needs. If you need a custom die created, please contact us at 888.317.0093, ext. 369 or send an email to custom@accucut.com. Stay tuned for more on custom dies soon.

We are also proud to congratulate Someday Designs, winner of a prestigious LOUIE award for Personalized Invitation/Announcement above $5 who used AccuCut dies to create their design! I will be posting more about them soon!

Greetings from New York City!

Posted by Tara Smithberg

Today marks day #2 of the National Stationery Show in the Big Apple! So far it's been a great show and we have met so many wonderful people. Our booth has been buzzing with lots of excitement as many people have never experienced our GrandeMARK machine and Pinnovation dies!

This year, we have introduced a brand new idea book packed with beautiful projects to inspire you. It will be available to request off of our website soon. Here are a few photos from our booth of some of the wonderful stationery pieces our designer Traci Armbrust has designed.

 

All of these new projects will be up on our site soon. We are also introducing ready-to-go stationery and favor boxes to make it super easy for you to mass produce and assemble in seconds. Here are a few photos of some of our new items. They're so easy to put together--all that is left to do is add your own style!

Here are some of our new stationery boxes that make it easy for you to package up a set of cards and sell.

Here are some of our cute clear tuck top boxes that look beautiful decorated with flowers, seals, ribbon and colorful candy.

 

These items will be up on our site soon. I will post more later! We are off to the show! 

Techniques with Traci: Border Bonanza!

Posted by Tara Smithberg

Sometimes, a project just needs a little something extra to make it absolutely perfect. Designer Traci Armbrust showed me how easy it is to use border dies to give projects some extra pizzazz. Here, we take a look at some amazing projects that include the Crown Border #2 die.

This album cover just wouldn't be the same without this "blinged out" crown border that is decorated with gems and ties all of the colors together. This album was created using the 6 1/2" x 9" Album die. Nameplates #12 is also shown here on the cover.

On this sweet scrapbook page, Traci used just a piece of the Crown Border #2 die to add more interest and bring attention to the message above the photo. Other dies used on this page include the 11 1/2" Portrait page background, mini Flowers #5 and the 2" Uppercase Stencil alphabet.

Here's the same crown border used on a lunchbox tin. Notice you can use it with the crown "points" facing up or down. Dies used to decorate this tin include the Lunch Box Album #1 and the Lunch Box Album #1 Dividers and Page.

And last but not least, here is a card that Traci created using the crown border as a card wrap. Tie with a ribbon, attach a little tag and you have a beautiful, original card. In addition to the Crown Border #2 die, it was made with the A7 Card Center Foldout #5, A7 Card Mats #1, Circle & Band Gift Tag #2 and the mini Flowers #6.

 

In addition to using this crown border on cards, boxes and scrapbook pages, you can actually use this border (and other borders) for many other interesting items. Cut and adhere ends together to create custom napkin rings and cupcake toppers. You could also string together to make party decorations.

And retailers, borders like this one will also help you sell other products in your store, like gems, ribbon, small embellishments, pre-made cards, boxes and more!

To see more versatile border dies, visit our website.

Let's Make an Album... or Two... or Three!

Posted by Tara Smithberg

If you've been in the album-making mood, today is your lucky day. We have put together a fabulous limited-time die set called "Let's Make an Album" that includes the 5" x 3 1/4" Album, 9" x 9" Album and 6" x 6" Round Tabs Album dies. Retailers, these albums can help rejuvinate your die cutting center at a low cost. Plus, these would all make great class projects.

This set is only available for a limited amount of time, so be sure to grab one before its too late! Priced at only $195, you get three adorable album dies, and you save a whopping $160 when you buy all three of these together. All of these albums already include the holes in the pages so you can easily bind with rings, ribbon or other materials.

5" x 3 1/4" Album

This little album packs a big punch. It comes with two page shapes, one with a rounded edge and one with a scalloped edge--so you can mix and match pages to create all sorts of different albums, or even cards, like the one shown here made by Traci Armbrust. The sweet mom and baby elephants were created using the small Elephants die.

In addition, this album fits perfectly with a cute gift bag die, Bag #7.

9" x 9" Album

This album die comes with three shapes to cut the two pieces for the front cover, inside page and back cover. Here, designer Virginia Tillery used a combination of fabric and paper to create a beautiful and unique album that flips open to leave plenty of space for journaling and fun photos.

She used the Flowers #24 and Flowers #22 dies to create a gorgeous fabric-covered flower as the focal point on the cover. She also used the long cut Flourishes #3 die to add even more pizzazz. Virginia brings in the black accent color by incorporating scalloped edging using the small Scallops Border #2 die.

 

Here's a shot of the inside so you can see how it folds open. This gives you so many options to combine colors and patterns, photos and journaling into one fabulous book. 

6" x 6" Round Tabs Album

And last, but not least, this 6" x 6" album comes with two tabbed pages, a cover and a spacer to allow you to add as many pages as your heart desires.

 

You can do so much with these tabbed pages. It's easy to incorporate round design elements into your page designs, like designer Traci Armbrust did here on this Christmas album below.

This album has several coordinating dies, such as the 6" x 6" Album Pockets, shown here and also works with the Convertibles™ 6" x 6" Album Cover to allow you to customize your cover even more. Other dies used on this album include the jumbo Clear Cuts™ Scalloped Circle, Circle Bands, Borders #1 and Borders #2.

   

Check out all four Limited-Time Die Sets on our website.

Happy National Scrapbooking Day Eve!

Posted by Tara Smithberg

In honor of National Scrapbooking day tomorrow, I have compiled some of my favorite scrapbooking projects we've created during the past few months.

Our page background shapes make it really easy to add a little "something extra" to any page. This page here uses the new 11 1/2" Victorian page background die.

And retailers, you know how wonderful these dies are for helping to move older paper off your shelves. What's old is new again when you cut older paper into new shapes!

Another die used on this page is the Antique Accents--such a great a value. This die is so versatile with three sizes of the same shape, you can create frames of multiple sizes and use the negative cut outs for accents or photo backgrounds.

And who doesn't love the new Cupcake #2 shape?

I just think this next page is precious. The combination of colors and accent shapes work together to showcase a sweet photo. Designer Traci Armbrust used the Flourishes #3 die to add interest around the jumbo Bird #10 shape. Other dies used on this page include Nameplates #12 and Flowers #28.

And this last layout is simple and beautiful. The 11 1/2" Blossom shape really brings this page to life. Other dies used on this page include the Borders #3, Nameplates #13 and Flowers #27. All three of these dies include multiple shapes on one die to give you the most bang for your buck.

 

So, I hope these projects inspire you to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day in a grand way! For more scrapbook page ideas, visit our website.

And don't forget! We have great deals on Limited-Time Die Sets right now! These deals are amazing. Be sure to check them out--you can save up to $160! They're only available for a limited time, so don't wait too long!