6 Ways To Use A Cover Plate Die

In this video I'm sharing 6 ways to use a cover plate die to create a 6 different backgrounds for your cards.
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[@deb1623]

I turn plastic coated and lightweight plastic pocket folders and report covers from the dollar store into stencils from my dies.

[@JulianaMichaels]

This is such a great idea! I may have to give this a try!

[@kristinevencel2898]

Arent they kind of flimsy though? Unless i am thinking of the wrong kind of plastic. I have thought about using shrink plastic as it cuts well with thin dies.

[@elizabeththomas8657]

Love the tweezer idea to glue die cuts together! So much easier than using press n seal. Thanks for inspiration and tips!

[@JulianaMichaels]

So glad you found that helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@beckyeberts120]

This is so fun! Thank you for the great ideas and video.

[@JulianaMichaels]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@erinncerin9619]

You're naturally creative and a joy to watch

[@gwensimmons_gigi1629]

Just came across your channel, and realized you make cards like I do, very textured with layers galore. Beautiful , mixed media cards created… thank you! 🥰💜✨🎉 Yep you have a new subbie!😂

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thank you so much! Layers are a must! Glad to meet a kindred card maker!

[@peggydid]

I *love* all these cards and techniques! AND your intro music! Hugs!

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks so much!

[@myramoore7925]

WOW, not only did you show how to use cover plate dies, you ADDED in so many other helpful, time-saving TIPS. Thanks so much! Your art is beautiful! 🌷🌷🌷

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thank you so very much! I appreciate you watching and commenting!

[@Laura-zw2kn]

Awesome backgrounds and lovely finished cards! Thanks for sharing!

[@JulianaMichaels]

You are so welcome!

[@francinebeckett8365]

These cards are lovely. I love the homemade stencil. Thank yyou for these paper crafting tips.

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks so much!

[@theresabarrick6133]

Thank you Juliana! The squeezers technique to hold your die cuts together so you can glue them is genius 🤩🤩🤩 I am definitely going to try this ❤

[@JulianaMichaels]

I'm so glad! It has made the world of difference for me since I discovered it!

[@ellenmancuso2489]

Super awesome! Thanks for sharing this. 👏

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks for watching!

[@geriprior751]

Such a great video. Many tips I will use in the future like creating my own stencils and using my reverse tweezers to hold die cuts together. Thanks Juliana, your cards turned out really well!

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@sandrashaw8343]

Stunning cards. Thank you so much for sharing all your techniques, tips and tricks. X

[@JulianaMichaels]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@lisak3159]

Great video and a few tips I had never seen before resulting in beautiful cards. Thanks for for this Juliana 🌻

[@JulianaMichaels]

Glad it was helpful!Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@rduckster4727]

Wonderful cards and great tips! Thanks so much

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks so much!

[@anniegotakindlee]

A wonderful video. Very helpful.

[@JulianaMichaels]

Glad you think so!

[@kesami123]

TYSM for sharing! I love your style!

[@JulianaMichaels]

Oh thank you!

[@mzimany1]

Juliana this was fantastic. Thank you for a well planned tutorial. Not too long, not too short, just perfect 😍

[@JulianaMichaels]

You're so welcome! Thank you so much for watching!

[@bettyareson6098]

Love this tks

[@JulianaMichaels]

You’re welcome 😊

[@kandrews6356]

These cards are beautiful Juliana. Your stencil creation was genius, as well as using the paper you die cut out of as layer in your cards. A great tutorial/learning video and your creativity is very inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks so very much!

[@susanbcards]

Thanks for sharing! I like the reverse tweezer tip.

[@JulianaMichaels]

You are so welcome!

[@craftcreek4624]

Love the ticket booth stamps. I got the matching dies too. It’s fun to make tickets for no reason

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thank you! I agree about the ticket making. It is fun!

[@tonivince589]

Brilliant tip on how to keep a cluster of die cuts together once happy with it. ❤

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thank you! I've found it to be so helpful too!

[@khcrowley]

Each card is so beautiful and unique. Love the reverse tweezer idea. Thank you! ❤

[@JulianaMichaels]

You are so welcome! I appreciate all the comments!

[@beverlythomas9571]

Thank you Juliana for another informative video. Great tip re reusable stencil too. Great inspiration to urge me into being creative. Having a bit of a lull at present.

[@JulianaMichaels]

You are so welcome! Lulls happen to all of us and if my video helps you out, that makes me feel so very happy!

[@loribeck7496]

Great video

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks!

[@yteldee]

These cards are fabulous! Wish I was so creative.

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thank you so much!

[@craftcreek4624]

This is pretty, and interesting

[@tracylee4442]

These tips were so great, and many that I hadn’t heard or thought of before, and I’ve been papercrafting for a long time!

[@JulianaMichaels]

This makes me super happy! Thanks so much for commenting!

[@scrapscrapthat]

Love your awesome layered cards Juliana! Dolly

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks so much!

[@scrapscrapthat]

@@JulianaMichaels you’re welcome 😀😀😀

[@scrapscrapthat]

@@JulianaMichaels you’re welcome!

[@suetownsend1932]

So many tips and hints in one interesting video! Thanks so much for all the ideas. Your cards are beautiful.

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks so much!💜

[@silvermostamper]

You are a wonderful teacher, thanks!

[@JulianaMichaels]

Wow, thank you!

[@yelsyels]

Love your designs! Thanks and appreciated! ❤❤❤

[@JulianaMichaels]

Glad you like them! Thanks for stopping by!

[@rosyhortelano9896]

Love all the background ideas!!! Thank you so much for sharing 😊

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@karendejarnette6675]

These cards are incredible! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@JulianaMichaels]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@kristinluvsdogs]

So many great tips and ideas! Thank you!! #4 was my favorite.

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks for watching! I really like that one too!

[@kimwakeman2630]

So glad I've found your channel - love your cards - thanks for the inspiration

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks so much!

[@cindyhenry1410]

These cards are fantastic!! TYFS! ❤️🦋💜

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks so much!

[@kristinevencel2898]

Love your BG ideas! Some are new so i will give those a try. Thank you!

[@JulianaMichaels]

Glad you like them! Thanks!

[@STELTER51]

love these ideas so creative had to order them thank-you. did use your link

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thank you SO very much!

[@beckydosh1872]

So glad your video popped into my feed. Beautiful cards and great tips!

[@JulianaMichaels]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@user-vv1rs1hq6d]

love the techniques and your style !

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks so much!

[@vickienipp]

Great video!!! so many wonderful techniques to try. Thank you

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks for watching!

[@ckd2114]

Great ideas for cover plates. thank you

[@JulianaMichaels]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@functionoflightone]

Very inspiring. Thank you.

[@JulianaMichaels]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@markandcindihoskins6925]

These are all so pretty!!! I love your colors!!! ❤❤

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thank you so much!!

[@iliketocutandpaste]

These cards are beautiful! Thank you for showing the steps. And thank you for the inspiration! :)

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thank you so much!

[@veecee9536]

I'm not usually a fan of multi media cards etc but after seeing your cards here, i might have to buy a few sprays etc. Thanks for so many tips and ideas. Regards from UK 🇬🇧

[@JulianaMichaels]

I’m glad you were inspired! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@darlenegreen1089]

I Just discovered your channel and I'm so glad that I did period I was never a big fan of multimedia, but you put a whole new perspective on that! I love your techniques and I can't wait to see more of you in the future.

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thank you so very much for such a sweet comment!

[@stampjg]

Thanks Juliana! This is exactly the inspiration I needed today to create something. I loved your idea on creating reusable stencils.

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks for watching and commenting! I hope you'll try it out!

[@edwinamunday-keller1397]

Thank you Juliana for sharing these techniques. The cards are gorgeous and you have given me some inspiration craft today. I loved your technique for saving cut out plates to reuse it as stencils. 💕

[@JulianaMichaels]

You are so welcome! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

[@LynBell]

Thanks so much for all these ideas! Lovely cards. Loved the idea of using reverse tweezers when creating the ephemera!

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks so much!

[@sonnels57]

Thank you, great techniques ❤

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks for watching!

[@sugarhillcrafter1044]

What wonderful backgrounds you created! Simply beautiful, Juliana. Background #4 is my favorite!

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thank you so much! That is one of my faves as well!

[@gusterry1]

Clever use of the collage medium. Nice video, thank you❣️

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thank you! 😊

[@BeKindBePositive]

Loved this video! Great use of the tweezers I’m going to use that tip for sure! Love your style and overall tips.

[@JulianaMichaels]

Yay! Thank you! Glad you found it helpful!

[@christineb6524]

Pretty cool outcomes! I enjoyed watching every technique! I also learned the stencil reuse technique too-did not know that! Thanx for it all ✌🏽

[@JulianaMichaels]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@sibylleherbe8260]

Your cards and backgrounds are absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for such a great video. It is very inspiring.

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thank you so much!

[@Rockymtnbloom]

Nice cards and great tips like gluing diecuts and making f stencils!

[@JulianaMichaels]

Glad you liked it!

[@cathymorris8072]

Wow, love your versitile cards & color pallet. Can't wait to try background cover plate techniques with the only cover plate I have! I'm new to mixed media. The way you combine stamps, paper, texture & die cuts is so interesting! Thx.

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thank you so very much! I hope you will give it a try!

[@karenroberts4545]

Love these cards. I really like the ephemera you made yourself. Think I need to try this.

[@JulianaMichaels]

You should! It is totally addicting!

[@donnamovesian3440]

Beautiful cards! I believe this is the first time I’ve seen your channel and your ideas are very inspiring. I hit subscribe right away!

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks for subbing and commenting!

[@marusnak1113]

First time to see your channel -- very impressive!! Love the color pallet you used. And I definitely am a new subscriber after seeing your work and your training methods.

[@JulianaMichaels]

Awesome! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@rennieneasey-oconnell6064]

Fabulous tutorial… I’m coming back to visit!

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks so much!

[@julee0613]

Hi, I just found you and I'm so happy I did. This video was fun of good ideas i plan to implement immediately.

[@JulianaMichaels]

Awesome! Thank you so much!

[@reneeallen1118]

Great tutorial

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thank you!

[@wendyleung5137]

So many great tips, Juliana! I have trouble with floral and leave arrangements as well so I love the tip of holding the cluster together with reverse tweezers, gluing the bundle together first before attaching the bundle to the card. I have used die cuts as a stencil but the tip of using Collage Medium to turn them into re-usable stencils is genius. So many other gems I cannot name them all. I've learned a lot from this video and I love the resulting cards. Thank you!💗

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks! I'm glad you found some helpful tips as you watched this video!

[@skmoreau100]

Relatively new to your channel… I have been working with mixed media for a long time- but you shared quite a few great tips here! These are all great cards!

[@JulianaMichaels]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@49lucky]

Ahhh no newsletter. I don't do social media just newsletters. Beautiful cards and a great idea😊

[@JulianaMichaels]

I do have a newsletter if that's your thing! Thanks for watching!

[@49lucky]

It says not found 😢😢

[@JulianaMichaels]

@@49lucky Someone else pointed out that the link wasn't working so I just fixed it. Feel free to try again!

[@CreationsByChar]

New subscriber!! ❤

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks for subbing!

[@sweetsarah9702]

Great video and super ideas! Anxious to try some of these! I don't have any collage medium to strengthen a cardstock diecut, but as you were demonstrating, I started wondering if Mod Podge might do the same thing. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, so I think I will give it a shot! Anyone else tried this?

[@JulianaMichaels]

I tend to think Mod Podge would work. Definitely worth a try!

[@marusnak1113]

Thanks!

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thank you so much!

[@aliciakey9333]

yesterday I wondered what "clusters". You've shown an excellent reason on your 1st card for making clusters! Excellent idea using the reverse tweezers! And this is the 1st time i've seen those tim holz type stamps used. Awesome! in the last example, the green part was green card stock them stamped, correct?

[@JulianaMichaels]

Glad it was helpful! Yes I used the Ticket stamp with black ink and stamped on green cardstock.

[@gaylerobinson6224]

These are great. I love this style of card. Have you tried die cutting acetate to use as your stencil? If so, how you feel it compares to the paper stencil with the collage medium as "covering"?

[@JulianaMichaels]

I was going to try that, but it seemed to flimsy for my taste, but it might be worth a try!

[@3723tina]

Love ALL of these, Julianna! Can you explain why you used oxide spray vs ink sprays? I have many oxide sprays but don’t grab them often, but I’d like to. Ty for taking time to post these detailed tutorials 🙏😍

[@JulianaMichaels]

I could have gone either way with them for the way I used them on these cards. I am just trying to use my sprays a little more and just happened to choose the Oxides. The oxides do have a slightly more pastel or chalky look to them, so if you were to do these with the Spray Stains the colors might be a bit more bold. I don't think you could go wrong with either one though! Thanks so much for this great question and and watching!

[@3723tina]

@@JulianaMichaels great! Super informative. Thank you for responding and with such detail. Greatly appreciated 🥰👍

[@jacquiposener7262]

This is the first time I’ve seen your channel and I’m very impressed with your professionalism both as a crafter and on the video making! However, I’m not a big fan of these voiced over style and for me fitting six cards into a 20 minutes video was just a little too fast. There was a lot of useful information packed in there which just whizzed by. Loved the colours you chose. I’ve subscribed!😊

[@JulianaMichaels]

I do my best to find a balance with how long I make the videos. If I were to record live as I'm crafting my videos would be hours and hours long! LOL When they get too long, people just won't watch them. If you prefer a little slower pace you might try reading my corresponding blog post and see if that helps out. Thanks so much for watching and subbing!

[@veecee9536]

PS have subscribed.

[@JulianaMichaels]

thank you!💜

[@D.von.N]

why not making the stencil from a mylar sheet?

[@JulianaMichaels]

That’s a great idea! I don’t have any mylar though? Have you tried using it for this?

[@D.von.N]

@@JulianaMichaels Not sure I have tried it cutting with dies, but scan'n'cut did a perfect job for other purposes. Made myself a few stencils already this way.

[@kimm2274]

Great tips and beautiful cards. Thanks!

[@JulianaMichaels]

Thanks so much!