What can you die-cut?

Q What’s the best way to colour the backgrounds of die-cut shapes?

You candie-cut shapes in the same way that you’d colour any other card or background. Just choose a method that will tie-in well with the rest of your card. A really effective way to colour die-cut shapes that are going to have an image stamped onto them is to sponge ink onto them. Chalk ink pads work best for this, and the older the pad the better as new ink pads tend to be a little too juicy and cause excess inking.