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Fall Tiered Pop Up Cards Tutorial

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Fall Tiered Pop Up Cards Tutorial for Choose Your Own Adventure Wonderful Wednesday

Hello, Friends!  How you do feel about a Fall Tiered Pop Up Cards Tutorial?  It’s a Choose Your Own Adventure Wonderful Wednesday, which means we will be making two cards using two different paper collections and one unique card design.  This is fast becoming one of my favorite Wonderful Wednesday features.  I hope you are enjoying it, too.

This week we are working with Simple Stories Simple Vintage Autumn Breeze and Graphic 45 Celebrate the Seasons September papers.  It’s Autumn Fest at its best, and I think you are really going to enjoy the pop up feature on these pretty cards.

So let’s get started, shall we?

Card Adventure #1:  Graphic 45 Season to Celebrate September Tiered Pop Up Card

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The base for both cards today is a simple 6×6 top fold.  Each cover features an altered Prima Resin Frame, and the exact same layout.

TIP:  When working with bold colors, busy patterns and large images, it is often a good idea to keep your card design very simple.  For this card I matted layers of Patterns & Solids and 8×8 papers with plain cardstock to help separate the patterns.  Embellish a simple framed image with flowers, vintage button, postage stamps and a twine bow.

Inside the card folio, I’ve created a lovely pull down flap.  When the magnetic flap opens, this tiered pop up feature is revealed.  Once you learn how to make these, you’ll want to do it all the time!

Card Adventure #2:  Simple Stories Autumn Breeze Tiered Pop Up Cards

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Can you see how this card layout is identical to the G45 card?

TIP:  Need to save time?  Use the same card recipe on multiple cards and you’ll be amazed at how many cards you can create in a short time!

Here you can see the interior pocket and the front of the pull down flap.  The pop up feature is hidden behind.  I’ll show it to you and teach you how to make it in the video tutorial.

Tiered Pop Up Cards Tutorial on YouTube

If you’d like to take a closer look at this month’s Choose Your Own Adventure tutorial, please grab a cuppa and a snack and enjoy the video tutorial below.

I hope you’ll give this tiered pop up design a try as it’s loads of fun!

I’ll be back next week with our Wind Back Wednesday tutorial featuring Graphic 45 Autumn Greetings.

You can find a linked supply list below this post.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Choose Your Own Adventure Pocket Easel Cards

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Choose Your Own Adventure Pocket Easel Cards Tutorial with Simple Stories Simple Vintage Woodlands and Graphic 45 Season to Celebrate August Papers

Hello, Friends!  Are you ready for a  Choose Your Own Adventure Pocket Easel Cards Tutorial?  We’re going to make two cards with two different paper collections and one simple card design.  This has fast become one of my favorite Wonderful Wednesday series.  And today, as a bonus, I’m using one of the adorable Cluster Pocket Embellishments that we made together 2 weeks as my card front.  How fun is that?

Simple Stories Simple Vintage Woodlands Pocket Easel Card

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Our first adventure is this 7″ x 5″ easel card.  If the card front looks vaguely familiar, that’s because the focal image is one of the Cluster Pocket Embellishments we made 2 weeks ago.  Boy, does having a stack of those on hand ever make for a quick studio session!

Add a couple of ephemera pieces to the card background,  embellish with a few fall flowers and ribbon, tuck in a couple of wooden buttons and this card is done!

Here’s a peek at the inside.  The pocket doubles as the stopper for the easel mechanism.  It also gives me a place to tuck in a little journal card and tea envelope.

Graphic 45 Season to Celebrate August Pocket Easel Card

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Our second card-making adventure is a bold and bright summery number dressed up with G45 Season to Celebrate.  As you can see, the focal image is another little Cluster Pocket Embellishment.

Graphic 45-Season to Celebrate-Cluster Pocket Embellishment Card-Kathy Clement-Kathy by Design

TIP:  Stitch panels of patterned paper scraps over a cardstock base to make a custom card background.

Here’s a closer look at the Cluster Pocket inserts.  These are such fun to make!

The inside of this card also has tea and honey crystals tucked inside.  But I also added the August Journal Cards and a small image from the paper collection to round things out.

Choose Your Own Adventure Pocket Easel Cards Tutorial on YouTube

If you’d like to see how quick and easy these cards are to make, please grab a cuppa and a snack and join me over on my YouTube channel for the video tutorial.

It’s so nice when a pretty card comes together quickly!  I hope you’ll give this design a try, too.

I’ll be back next week with our Wind Back Wednesday card tutorial.  I hope to see you then!

You can find a linked supply list below this post.

Thanks for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Loaded Pocket Easel Card Tutorial

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Loaded Pocket Easel Card Tutorial with Ciao Bella Timeless Moments & G45 Season to Celebrate

Hello, Friends!  If you love easel cards, then I think you’re going to love this Loaded Pocket Easel Card Tutorial.  A simple twist in the basic design allows you to take this well-loved card base to a whole new level.

Because it’s another “Choose Your Own Adventure” Wonderful Wednesday, we’re working with two beautiful paper collections.  Both loaded pocket easel cards are the same size and follow the same card recipe. For those who love bright bold colors, we have Graphic 45 Season to Celebrate on the table.  If, like me, you love a shabby chic vibe, we’ll be working with Ciao Bella Timeless Moments.  And of course, you can always follow along using your own favorite paper collection.

Graphic 45 Season to Celebrate

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Do you recognize the teapot on the cover of the G45 card?  Yes, it’s the same Anna Griffin teapot that we used earlier this month.  This time, I die cut it without the box and turned it into a lovely focal image.  Don’t you just love a versatile die?

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Tuck the May journal cards in the loaded pocket.  Then create a cute rosette lollipop to keep it company.  Dress up a honey stick with a little banner flag and add it to the mix.  Pretty mulberry flowers in shades of pink come from Reneabouquets.

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Why do we need a honey stick? To sweeten the tea that’s tucked inside a lacy little tea wallet, that’s why!  Double pockets make me happy!

Ciao Bella Timeless Moments Loaded Pocket Easel Card

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Our second card is so sweet and shabby chic with stacked teacups, a shaker clock window, more pink posies and another lacy border.  This is my favorite.  Which one do you like best?

I did change the design up just a tad by adding a bookmark to the loaded pocket.  But everything else is the same as the first card.

Do you like the addition of lace panels on these cards?  I found a whole stash of lace when I cleaned out my ribbon drawers recently, and I’m having lots of fun using it!

Loaded Pocket Easel Card Tutorial on YouTube

If you’d like to learn how to tweak your favorite easel card base and add a loaded pocket to the design, please grab a cuppa and a snack while you enjoy this video on my YouTube channel.

 

Did you choose your own adventure yet?  Please let me know which card you decided to make in the comment section below.

I’ll be back next week with our Wind Back Wednesday feature.

You can find a linked supply list below this post.

Thanks so much for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Easter Shaker Easel Cards Tutorial

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Easter Easel Shaker Cards Tutorial with Peter’s Garden, Lavender Love, and Reneabouquets

Hello, Friends!  It’s Wonderful Wednesday and we’re sharing an Easter Easel Shaker Cards Tutorial that fits right in with our Bunnies and Blooms theme for March.  Yes, it’s another fun Choose Your Own Adventure project !  Once again, we’re working with Memory Place Peter’s Garden and Lavender Love collections.  I’ve invited some Reneabouquets paper pretties to this card making party, too.

Making Shaker Frames from Product Packaging

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Have you ever looked at the front cover of a paper collection and thought, “Gosh, that’s almost as pretty as the paper inside!”  Well, that’s what happened to me when I saw the cover sheets for the 12×12  Peter’s Garden and Lavender Love Collections.  After thinking for a few minutes, I realized I could fussy cut the the frames around the collection title.  Any odd holes can be filled in  with ephemera or fussy cuts.

Once you back the frames with clear cardstock, they are very sturdy.  Back them with foam tape, add a shaker mix, and you just stretched your paper stash!  Cool, right?

Easel Card, Shaker Card, and Pocket all in One

You’re also going to learn how to create a 6×6 easel card base using 8 1/2″ x 11″ cardstock.

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This neat technique allows you to create an easel card with a built in pocket.  It’s easy to do, and a real game changer.

Easter Easel Shaker Cards Tutorial on YouTube

Would you like to learn all these great techniques and see how I layered the elements on these sweet Easter cards?  Then please grab a cuppa and a snack and enjoy this tutorial on my YouTube channel.

Peter’s Garden Easter Home Decor Kit Coming Soon!

I also wanted to let you know that I’m in the middle of working on an exciting new kit for Button Farm Club.  This will be an Easter Home Decor Kit featuring the papers from Peter’s Garden and a really fabulous display piece that I  think y’all will really enjoy.  You should be seeing something within a week or so, so stand by!

I hope you enjoyed today’s Choose Your Own Adventure tutorial.  I’ll be back next Wednesday with our Wind Back Wednesday Bunnies and Blooms project.

You can find a linked supply list below this post.

Thanks for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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**Please note…these collections have sold out quickly!  I’ll link where I can.  Thanks for understanding!