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Stamperia Daisy Art Shaker Cards Tutorial

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Stamperia Daisy Art Shaker Cards Tutorial with Uniquely Creative Folding Ticket Frame Die

Hello, Friends!  It’s Wonderful Wednesday and time to share this Stamperia Daisy Art Shaker Cards Tutorial with you.  There are lots of wonderful tips ahead for streamlining your card making process.

One Basic Recipe for 4 unique cards

As a long time fan of spending time in the kitchen as well as in the craft room, I love it when a basic recipe can be used in different ways.  My all time favorite oatmeal cookie recipe uses the same base every time.  I’ve baked these cookies so many times I have the recipe memorized!  The thing I love about it so much is the fact that I can change up the add-ins (chocolate chips, raisins, coconut, spices, etc.) and have a totally different cookie.

That’s the approach I took with our card tutorial today.  Each of these 4 cards follows the same basic recipe.  I just changed up the ingredients (i.e. background papers and images) on each card.  This allowed me to pre-cut all of my card bases, cardstock liners, patterned papers, and even the shaker boxes all at the same time.  Talk about a time saver!

If you’ve never tried this approach before, I highly recommend it, especially if  you are short on time.

Daisy Art Shaker Card “Recipe”

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  • First, create the card bases.  For each base, cut (2) 5″ x 8 1/2″ panels of heavy cardstock.  Join the (2) 5″ ends together with 1/4″ Scor-tape or the adhesive of your choice. Score the long side at 7″ and 7 1/4″.  Fold on the 7 1/4″ score line and score again at 7″.  Fold the flap on the bottom up to form a pocket.  Score (2) 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ scraps of cream cardstock in half at 1/2″.  Fold and adhere to the pocket sides to seal.
  • Next, cut (3) 4 7/8″ x 6 7/8″ solid cardstock mats for each card.  Adhere one mat inside the card at the top.  Trim 2 3/8″ from the bottom of a second mat and line the pocket face.  Use the offcut to line the inside of the pocket.  We will use the third mat in the next step.
  • Cut a 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ panel of patterned paper for the cover. Stitch it onto the unused solid cardstock mat.  This will be the card cover.
  • Cut 2 additional 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ panels for the card interior.  Trim 2 1/4″ from the bottom of one panel to line the pocket face and inside the pocket.  Score a 1/2″ flap on a scrap piece of cardstock and adhere behind the other 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ panel.  Adhere on the top of the card.
  • Create the shaker frames as I demonstrated in the video.
  • Place all your elements for each card in a pile, then just glue everything together.
Stamperia Daisy Art Shaker Cards Tutorial on YouTube

If you’d like to view a start to finish tutorial for these Daisy Art Shaker Cards, please grab a cuppa and a snack and join me over on my YouTube channel.

I hope you enjoyed seeing the process for making these cards.  Once you have your design figured out (that’s the hard part!) it’s so easy to cut and prep all the pieces for each card.  Do you think you’ll give this method a try?

I’ll be back next week with our first June Wonderful Wednesday featuring 49 & Market The Looking Glass collection.  It’s going to be a “fairy” fun month!

You can find tagged products in the video, and linked products in the supply list below or in the description box below the video.

Thanks so much for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

 

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WOW As Many as You Can Card Challenge Tutorial

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WOW As Many as You Can Card Challenge Tutorial with Paper Rose Words of Wisdom
A “Use Your Scraps” Project

Hello, Friends!  Welcome to a Wonderful Wednesday As Many as You Can Card Challenge Tutorial.  We are going to have so much fun using up our beautiful bits and pieces of  the Paper Rose Words of Wisdom collection.  We will be creating 4 greeting cards using only our designer paper scraps, cardstock from my stash, and gorgeous Reneabouquets paper pretties.

Lately, I’ve been on a mission to “use up” the collection I’m working with instead of stashing it away in the Closet of Inspiration (formerly known as “The Closet of Shame”).  Why let those precious bits and pieces languish in the dark when you can use them to make tags and greeting cards?

So that is our mission for today.  Are you ready to get started?

Do Everything with Love Cut Away Card with Pop Out Box

Our first project is this gorgeous cut away shaker card featuring printed Beautiful Board from Reneabouquets.  Even the card base is made from scraps!  There’s a really sweet pop out box/gift card wallet hidden on the inside.  You’ll want to add this card design to your card making toolbox for sure.

Butterflies and Fairy Cut Away Shaker Card

Blue and yellow has to be one of my favorite color palettes for spring and summer card making.  It’s like looking at golden sunshine in a crystal blue sky, isn’ t it?

This square cut away card base is also made with scraps.  I sure do love clearing scraps off my work space instead of letting them pile up, don’t you?

Once again, I’ve featured Reneabouquets flowers and beautiful board on this shaker frame.  It’s a great way to create a “finished” card when you are running low on journal cards or focal images.

Bluebirds and Dragonflies Sympathy Card

Sympathy cards are in the category of “I hope I don’t have to make one”.  But when you do, you want it to be really special.  Even though I’ve used the same blue and yellow color palette here, the card still has a feeling of peace and serenity.  The smaller patterns from the 6×6 pad and the simple shaker frame contribute to that.

Botanical Birdies

What is it about sweet wee birds that always makes me happy?  This printed Beautiful Board image from Reneabouquets is one of my all-time favorites.  I’m excited to share the sneaky little tricks I used to turn “not enough paper” into a beautifully layered card front.  It’s one you’ll want to add to your toolbox for sure.

WOW As Many as You Can Card Challenge Tutorial on YouTube

If you’d like to see me meet the challenge of creating as many cards as I can from scraps, then please grab a cuppa and a snack and enjoy this tutorial on my YouTube channel.

Coming in May!

Next week is the first Wednesday in May.  How did that happen so fast?  We’ll be starting a new mini album tutorial series featuring the Stamperia Daisy Art collection. I shared a preview reel of the collection HERE.  You will find a linked supply list of the products we’ll be using in the description box below the product share on my YouTube Channel.

Can’t wait to get started!  How about you?

You can find a linked supply list for today’s projects below this post. The basic measurements are also posted there for your convenience.

Thanks so much for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Quick and Easy WOW Photo Folio Tutorial

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Quick and Easy Words of Wisdom Photo Folio Tutorial for Wonderful Wednesday

Hello, Friends!  I’m super excited to share this quick and easy photo folio tutorial with you today.  Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday!  Once again, we are working with gorgeous papers from Paper Rose Words of Wisdom…or as I like to call it WOW!

Folios are one of my favorite design projects.  It’s like putting the pieces of a puzzle together, trying to figure out how to fold and cut all the different pieces.  This photo folio, however is a One Sheet Wonder.  This means we use just 1 sheet of 12×12 cardstock to create the folio base design.  And that means the design comes together very quickly.

I think you’re going to want to make a bunch of these easy and elegant folios once you see how little time they take.  So let’s dig in to our Wonderful Wednesday project, shall we?

Reneabouquets Shaker Frame Cover

When you have a focal image as glorious as this Reneabouquets Bluebird Frame, there’s not a lot you have to add to the cover art.  Turn it into a shaker frame by adding acetate and foam adhesive to the back, and voila!  Almost instant cover art!

The Spine

Look at the lace on this pretty spine treatment!  Dainty floral buttons are the perfect accent here.  Once again, simple and elegant wins the day.

Pockets, Flaps and Waterfall

This simple folio has ample room for photos and journaling thanks to all the pockets, flaps and the waterfall feature.

I chose a wedding/anniversary/bridal shower theme for my folio.  But imagine how cute this would be made up in a back to school theme, or a holiday theme!  Since the folio uses just 3 sheets of 12×12 patterned paper and some scraps, it’s also quite economical to make.

New baby?  What a great way to showcase pictures of the  new family!  This project is only limited by your imagination.  Whatever theme you can dream up, it will work with this easy and elegant design.

Quick and Easy W)W Photo Folio Tutorial on YouTube

Grab a cuppa and a snack and please jjoin me over on my YouTube channel, I’ll show you just how quickly this lovely little folio comes together.

 

I hope you enjoyed that as much as I did!  You can find the basic measurements and a linked supply list in the description box below the video on my YouTube channel.  Products are also tagged within the video and in the linked supply list below for your convenience.

I’ll be back next week with a fun “As Many as You Can” card challenge that will use up all the bits and bobs of this lovely Words of Wisdom collection.  I hope to see you then.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

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One Sheet Wonder Loaded Pocket Tutorial

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One Sheet Wonder Loaded Pocket Tutorial with Paper Rose Words of Wisdom

Hello, Friends!  For this week’s Wonderful Wednesday, I have an amazing one sheet wonder loaded pocket tutorial to share with  you.  This design requires no cutting, no dies, no fuss and no hassle.  Just a few simple folds and you have a great 6×6 pocket base put together.  Add some designer papers and embellishments and voila!  You have a gift for any occasion.

We’re working again today with the glorious Words of Wisdom collection from Paper Rose, but you can use whatever papers you have in your stash.  It would make a wonderful baby shower, bridal shower, scrapbooking swap, get well or birthday gift.  Just alter the theme and you are good to go.  Wouldn’t this be fun filled with color-themed ephemera and embellishments for a scrapbooking buddy?

Party on Paper

Graphic 45 Ivory tags take center stage in my pockets.  I embellished with some paper pretties (linked below) from Reneabouquets and some Little Birdie Flowers that I found in my stash.  Both sides of the tags are decorated, with images and embossed die cuts from the Words of Wisdom Collection.

Take it Up a Notch with a Hidden Tea Party in a Box!

Add a flap to the back side of the pocket….

 

…then create a box pocket and fill it with lots of lovely gifts!

TIP:  Use your scraps to “gift wrap” tea bags, individually wrapped cookies and chocolate.  Tuck in a small spoon, ,a honey stirrer and some flower seeds for a wonderful Tea Party in a Box!

One Sheet Wonder Loaded Pocket Tutorial on YouTube

Would you like to learn how quick and easy it is to create this wonderful loaded pocket base with a hidden tea party in a box?  Then please grab a cuppa and a snack and enjoy the video tutorial on my YouTube channel.

 

You can find the basic measurements in the description box below the video.  I’ve also added a linked supply list there.  Many items are tagged within the video for your shopping convenience.  Simply click on the tags as  they appear in the video and you will be taken to a shopping site.

I’ll be back next week with another Words of Wisdom tutorial for you.  Until then, go get your craft on!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Time for Tea Tutorial with Prima Cherry Sweet

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Time for Tea Tutorial with Prima Cherry Sweet and How to Create a Floral Embellishment

Hello, Friends!  It’s Wonderful Wednesday and I have a lovely Time for Tea Tutorial with Prima Cherry Sweet.  Would you like to learn a tip that will help you stretch your patterned papers while still creating layered, dimensional card?  I hope you’ll follow along as I put my stash of dies and ephemera to work!

Some of you recently asked me to show  you how to create floral clusters like the one featured on this card.  I generally adhere my flowers directly to the card base.  But sometimes I want to have the freedom to move floral embellishments around to see where they look the best.  That’s when I build the clusters separately.  It’s a really helpful technique when you’re not exactly sure about placement.

Quick and Easy Layers

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It’s been a while since I created a card where the die cut layers take a leading role.  So easy, but so pretty, right?  Simply layer the die cuts with foam pop dots to create lots of dimension.  Then create a focal point with a pretty tea cup ephemera piece.  Of course, you could use any ephemera you like as the focal point for the card.  I just happen to love pretty teacups.

Use Your Scraps

Create a fun little flap element with a small scrap of designer paper.

  • First, score a 1/2″ flap on the left hand side of your paper scrap.
  • Next, adhere the flap behind the pink cardstock liner.
  • Then adhere tags on both sides of the flap to act as a turn tag.
  • Finally, dress up the front of the flap with cabinet card ephemera.

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Another great tip for stretching your patterned papers is to use your scraps.  I did not have a wide enough solid panel of paper for the top section of this card.  So I found two scraps that could be cut to the correct height and turned them into a side pocket.

  • First, adhere the wider left-hand panel to the card base.
  • Next, place adhesive on the top, bottom and right hand side of the narrow panel and adhere on the right hand side of the card base.
  • Now you have a lovely pocket.  Cut some scraps, mat on cardstock top with ephemera pull tabs and tuck into the pocket for a delightful surprise.
Time for Tea Tutorial with Prima Cherry Sweet on YouTube

Would you like to see how to create these quick and easy card layers?  Then please grab a cuppa and a snack and join me on my YouTube channel for this week’s Wonderful Wednesday tutorial.

Did   you learn some new tips and ideas today? Remember some dies from your stash that you’d like to pull out and have a paper party?  I’d love to hear from you in the comment section below.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

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**Please note:  Some items are currently discontinued or out of stock.  You can always search Ebay or Etsy for them, or substitute an item from your stash.