I was so excited when Stampin Up came out with these Thinlit flip-it style cards.  Each thinlit comes with various accessory dies.  I was super excited when I figured out that the scallop that comes with the circle thinlit bundle is exactly the same as the largest scallop punch (which I did not yet own)

Using the circle thinlit bundle, I made this card using the owl punch.  It is a bit of a learning curve to figure out how to cut the second layer, but once I figured it out I was quite happy with the result.

Once I make a few more of these cards, I will be posting a tutorial using these thinlits.  Be sure to stay tuned for that!

TIPS & TRICKS (PART 1)

• I have found that if you use a 12×12 sheet of paper you will have considerably less paper waste / scraps left over.
• For the base, if you do NOT have a magnetic platform for your Big Shot, cut a piece of paper 1/8″ longer than needed
• For the second layer – I cut the crumb cake at 5 ^1/2 x 5, then trimmed any excess of the top & bottom
• You can use your 2 ^1/2″ circle punch for the middle circle – it will leave about a 16th of an inch space as you can see below
• The scallop die is exactly the same as the 2 ^3/8″ scallop punch in the annual catalog

Stampin Up Circle Thinlit & Owl Punch

Here is what I used to make this card:

STAMPS:

• Wood grain background stamp
• Itty Bitty Banners

INKS:

• Chocolate chip
• Baked brown sugar (markers – on sentiment banner)
• Old olive (markers – on sentiment banner)

PAPER:

• Chocolate chip
• Crumb cake
• Very Vanilla
• Old olive (for leaves)
• WIld wasabi DSP (for owl vest)
• black (for eyes)

TOOLS:

• Owl punch
• 2 ^1/2 ” circle punch
• Little leaves framelits