Craft Night with the Lincoln Handmade Team
I'm a member of our local etsy team, Lincoln Handmade. Last night we all got together at my house for a craft night. We spent most of the evening using the Big Kick, eating, and chatting. You can read more about it at the Lincoln Handmade blog.
The Big Kick was the hit of the evening. I bought mine on sale a couple of months ago at Joann. It is a die cutting machine. It is great to use with paper, fabric, chipboard, felt, and whatever else you can run through it. You can make appliques like a dream! TIP: add your heat n bond to the fabric BEFORE you run it through the machine. Then you have a ready to iron on shape!
The dies can be purchased at craft stores. I have a few that are exclusive to Stampin' UP that match their stamp sets. The dies can get a little expensive. Most run around $15. Make sure to use your craft store coupons! Alphabet and other specialty dies can cost over $100. We were talking about maybe charging dues for our team and investing in some of these more expensive tools for the good of the group.
This is actually a pretty good price for the Big Kick if you're interested. Do you have one already? What are some of your favorite dies?
Labels: applique, big kick, crafts, etsy, fabric, lnkhandmade, review, scrapbook paper, stampin up, supplies, swap
posted by Christy at 2:24 PM
3 Comments:
I always thought it was just for paper. What fun with fabric. Thanks for the info and your evening looks like fun.
Marcy
My favorite is this heart one I just bought - I actually like the inside of the heart (the part you are supposed to throw away) better than what the die is for!
I also like the stars! Ok, I like them all!!
Maybe an investment in a cricut would be even better :) That is supposed to cut anything including special papers for all kinds of neat stuff.
Fun Fun Idea!
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