We are so excited about our new Framettes and Florettes. They are so much fun and so versatile. They will be available in our regular dies. Don’t worry though Gazelle owners they are going to be available for you on a CD that has 20 Florettes and Framettes plus pictures of different projects using them. This is the first of several CDs we have in the works. I know you will love them.

The Florettes are great embellishments for all your customers paper crafts and scrapbooking. Add glitter or crystals to give them that extra bling. Combine them with our scroll dies for an especially elegant look. The Framettes make great journaling blocks, picture frames or can be filled with paper piecings or even a monogram.
Framettes and Florettes dies will be shipping Early September. The CD will be ready to ship late this week. Just putting the final touchs on it now.

This two page layout by Debbie Grommet combines Some of the Florettes with a Framette for Journaling and some of our scrolls. The large cutout in the background was a framette that was enlarged and then cutout on the Gazelle.

A few more samples using our new designs.

Wedding or Shower Invitation made using our New Tri-Framette. The Rose Bud Scrolls come with the frame. This Framette is only available on the digital CD.  The Bride and Groom are from our Wedding Collection designed by Karen Taglia. Debbie Grommet designed the invitation.

Wedding Portrait Layout by Phyllis Parkins

I used the Scalloped Framette and enlarged it and added holes for rhinestones on the frame in the Gazelle Software. Then I used one of the Florettes,enlarged it and cut it out on the Gazelle for the background. The words were created, welded and a shadow was made in the Software. The Picture is one that I painted in Corel Painter and just reduced it and printed it for this layout.

 Another Card using one of the new Framettes by Debbie Grommet. This is a fast and simple card and can be made with a few of your scraps. The rhinestones add some great bling. It is too bad they are so hard to photograph as they really add sparkle.

Here is a sample of our Framettes for you to try out. Snag it now as it will only be up for a week and we would love to see what you create with it. Just register on our blog and you can upload a picture.

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The Gazelle does a totally awesome job cutting vinyl.. this piece was done in several parts and then put together on the wall.

Make Your Own Wall Art with the Gazelle

We are really excited about the introduction of our NEW Boss Kut Gazettes. I have been wanting to do these for a long time . These fun journaling books will be available in dies for our crafters that love their respective die cutters and also as digital designs for our customers that prefer an electronic cutter.

The first two we are introducting are #4000 Fairy Tales by Karen Taglia and #4001 Lattice by Phyllis Parkins.  As Karen said in her post we are having a Gazelle contest right now and if you are a Gazelle owner then you can download the Lattice Gazette in the Owners forum and enter the contest.

Here are a few samples of the new journaling books.

 is is a perfect journal for all your princess pictures
 Disney Trips or that Fairy Tale Wedding

You can add as many inside  pages as you want.
Use some for journaling and some for pictures.

 Our back page was cut from Best Creations coated Glitter paper. One of my personal favorites. It doesn’t shed any glitter and that is a big plus for a craft cutter. We carry a large varitey of colors at www.bosskut.com
We didn’t use chipboard on this book it didn’t need it. We  chose heavy double sided cardstock and the glitter paper is very heavy also.  The carriage was embellished with small flowers and rhinestones. If you haven’t used one of the rhinestone heat setters you should try one. They are awesome for small projects like this and much neater then gluing. Just be sure you use hot fix rhinestones.  Thank you Debbie for putting this pretty sample together.  

   Wedding Album created by Debbie Grommet
This was created to give as a gift to the bridesmaids in a wedding and a few other special guests.

 As you open each page one is reserved for journaling and the other is matted for a picture.

Debbie added tiny red rhinestones as an accent to the pages which gives it a elegant touch.

 It is hard to see in the picture but she used a ribbon and swirled it from the butterfly tale across the bottom and through the rings.

The Wedding silhouettes are all from our Boss Kut wedding collection by Karen Taglia.  These are available in dies or digital down loads on www.bosskutdiecuts.com  The metal dies are all on www.bosskut.com or from one of our many dealers.

 Wine and wine glasses adorn this page the mats were cut from either Boss Kut Dies or made on the Gazelle using our scissor tool that allows you to make scissor edges in many sizes by just selecting your image and clicking on the tool. So easy !

 Debbie used a pen in the Gazelle and put the journaling lines on the journaling blocks then cut around them on the Gazelle. A little tip when doing that is to extend your lines out a little further then your cut line and that way it will be perfectly lined . She used the outline tool to put a mat behind some of her journaling blocks. This turned out beautiful and will be a very special gift to those that receive one.

There is a new challenge going on in the Boss Kut Forum… I thought I would show you what I made with the files..

This one  I call the Babe-ette Gazette.,.. It’s a brag book for Grandma.. small enough to fit in your purse, and you can add as many pages as you need to hold the photo’s you want to share. Glitter paper on the front  and back covers, and rhinestones give the little book plenty of sparkle.. little bows, just make it look cute…welded text  gives it dimension… graphics are my own, the challenge files can be downloaded from the forum if you are a Gazelle Owner and registered for the forum.

Grandma's Brag Book

Spring is surely just around the corner. I’m anxious to see the tulips breaking though the ground. Spring and Fall are my two favorite seasons. This bright and cheerful Easter Basket makes Spring feel closer.

Gazelle Basket Project
by Debbie Grommet

The basket was made using Grafix Clear Plastic Sheets.  The Heavyweight Sheets.  The whole project was cut on the Gazelle. Cut two sheets of plastic for each side of your basket and two for the bottom. You can make this any size you want.  Put holes on  3 sides of each piece of plastic.  On two of the sides you will need a hole in the middle close to the top for the handle.

Then cut background paper for each side it is slipped inbetween the two pieces of plastic. They will need holes also. Decorate each side and then slip inbetween the plastic pieces.  Next you are ready to use ribbon to lace your basket.

The handle was made using a ribbon. Run it though the two sides you have put the holes in and then fold over the end pieces and attach an eyelet to finish it off.

You have a adorable Easter Basket ready to fill with grass candy or anything you want.

Set your Gazelle settings to a speed of 2 and a force of 5 to 6. You may have to poke a little to get the holes out but once you push on them they should pop right out.
A standard blade was used and it should be adjusted just past the thickness of the plastic.

The  Grafix Plastic Sheets are available at www.bosskut.com
Debbie used the new Easter designs by Karen Taglia.  These are now available on www.bosskutdiecuts.com.  The metal dies will be shipping around the middle of April

I made this card for our annual Easter Egg Hunt.. with any luck, we will be snow-free that week! Hiding eggs in the snow is just not quite the same!  Graphics used are all my own and drawn in Funtime software, then cut on the Gazelle.. the egg is embossed to say Hoppy Easter and I also embossed a few flowers near the top. I chalked the edges of the embossed parts for definition.. Anyway, I think it turned out cute, so thought I would show you all.

I can’ t remember a winter ever like this! It has been snowing here close to 6 full months.. we have had snow just about every week, and sometimes, several times a week.. this week is no exception! But on a good note.. with all this snow, came many great photo’s marking the winter of 2010.. ( that actually started in 2009)… so I thought this motif  could double as a snowflake.. I embossed the flake on different colors of card stock on the Gazelle.. using the embossing mat and blade.. I flipped the design over after embossing and used the back side. I chalked the edges and various spots on the motif to give definition.   The Motif is available for download for a limited time.  Click on the preview for a larger view.

When you open the WPC file in Funtime,  use the black lines to emboss and the red line to cut it out after you emboss. These are really pretty in person, the photo just  does not do it justice.

Embossed Snowflakes created on the Gazelle

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There are so many ways to use the Gazelle.. every day I discover more and more things I can make!  Today is no exception!

The Gazelle makes these  a snap to make  and they are gifts well received!  I used one of my own alpha’s and chipboard..turned the letters into print and cuts, that I cut out on the Gazelle. I also cut a drop shadow for the letters out of green paper and a simple frame out of turquoise paper to give the plaque some depth. Added a little glitter to the bear and the letters for some glitz.. A few  cute papers behind the alpha and a ribbon to hang it and Ta-dah! A personalized name plaque.. unique and at a fraction of the cost of what’s out there.

ALPHA BASEBALL BEARS NAME PLAQUE

Karyn

I feel like I should be posting a snowman instead of flowers and a Valentine as we are still covered in snow and more is on the way.  I wanted to share these beautiful flowers sent to me by a friend and a Valentines card I made for my husband. The flowers were a real pick me up as it made me feel spring is getting closer.

The card I created  with our new software using the lattice feature. If you haven’t tried it yet you need to. It is so easy and quick and really turns a plain card into something  elegant. The silhouette was designed by Karen Taglia and is part of our new Reflections Collection coming soon. It will be a metal die as well as a digital die cut.  This card can be used many ways. A wedding, anniversary, or engagement by just changing paper colors.  I have added the file with all the designs to make the Lattice Valentine so I hope you enjoy creating something with it.

I used Best Creations glitter paper. I love their glitter papers because they have a light coating and don’t shed any glitter and are excellent for using on a cutter as the glitter doesn’t get into the cutter or the blade holder. All the supplies are available at www.bosskut.com.  I use Preciosa rhinestones to add bling to the flower center and on the card.

Again Happy Valentines Day and check back soon for more new ideas and projects. We will be adding a tip a day for the next 365 days. Some of the tips will be working with the metal manual dies, some with using the gazelle and some with decorating with rhinestones so stop by often as the shared files will change often .

Phyllis

Click here for The Lattice Valentine design

Hi All,

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and the new year is starting off in the right direction!

Lots of new and exciting things are happening at Boss Kut! If you have been waiting to buy a personal die cut machine, our Gazelle is now shipping with the new Funtime 2010 Software! There are so many improvements in this version, plus you can create your own rhinestone templates! Rhinestones are hot right now and you can use the templates to create apparel, scrap pages, embellishments, cards and so much more!

If you are ready to have fun, and start creating things you never thought you could.. check out the Gazelle! No cartridges needed! Plus, you can cut a number of items, such as heavy cardstock, textured papers, acetate, chipboard, thin rubber stamp material, lightweight metals, glitter papers, heavy metallic papers, magnet sheets, vinyl, fun foam, balsa wood and now you can also cut your own rhinestone templates!  And that’s not all! You can Draw, Emboss, Engrave &   The Gazelle also does Print and Cuts,..  a great timesaver for scrapper and also for crafters and artists!  Let the Gazelle do the cutting which will leave you with more time for creating!

One of the new features of Funtime 2010 is the Rhinestone Feature! Do you have teens at home? The cost of designer jeans and jackets and t-shirts, can set you back quite a bit! Buy plain jeans and decorate the pockets or the legs using Funtime to create the designs and the Gazelle to cut the templates for a truly unique pair of designer jeans!  Works just as well for purses and other items! Your teens will be the envy of all their friends!

Here are a couple of pockets that were created in funtime and cut on the Gazelle!

Besides decorating apparel.. you can decorate cards, shoes, bags tags scrap pages! So many other things! You are really only limited by your imagination!

The list is endless! Let your inner diva out! Create something sparkly and unique! ( just like you!)

If you already own a Gazelle, you can purchase an upgrade to the software you already have! Visit Boss Kut’s Site Here.

And be sure to check out our manual diecuts too! We have many new springtime designs!  Want a sneak peak at some of them? How cute are these?

If you are planning on attending CHA, please stop by our booth  2076 and say Hi! You can pick up one of adorable FREE tote bags to take home, plus we can show you all the wonderful things we have been creating!

We are looking  forward to seeing you all at the show!

The Boss Kut Team