Today we're Using Larger Paper Scraps for Handmade Cards. Tuesday we were creating with 1" strips of designer paper...if you missed it check it out here Click here to see Tuesday's card.

Again, we're using the Flowering Zinnia Designer paper

Here's today's featured card...

and a closer look at the focal point...

The central square is using the color on color Melon Mambo paper from the set...the square is 3 X 3 which is slightly larger than we've been using, however, it is a size that shows up in our scrap bin quite frequently.

Today's design is a simple card but that's what makes it so useful--you can use almost any designer scrap for a card like this.

As our base we selected the matching Melan Manbo cardstock and we embossed an overlayer with the Dashing Designs folder. This is one of those great designs that is "all over" but doesn't really pop out at you--it stays in the background.

Our true focal point is one of the larger Paper Butterflies--of course, you could use any of the sizes and shapes in this set. Another reason this is such a useful card design.

The greeting is from the Simply Said set--great versatility and simple scripts. So this card is also super for using any of these greetings.

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Directions:

1. Cut Melon Mambo cardstock 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, score long side at 4 1/4 (card base).

2. Cut Melon Mambo cs 4 1/8 X 5 3/8; put through Dashing designs embossing folder; adhere to card front.

3. Cut the following
    *3X3 designer paper
        *stamp greeting in black ink in bottom lower right
    *Cut 3 1/4 X 3 1/4 white cardstock; adhere to back of DSP
    *Cut 3 3/8 X 3 3/8 black cardstock; adhere to back of white layer; adhere to card front.

4. Adhere 1 large Paper butterfly to designer paper; adhere 4 medium Basic Jewell Rhinestones to butterfly body.

Your card is ready for sending!

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MELON MAMBO 8-1/2 X 11 CARDSTOCK
$11.50

BASIC WHITE 8-1/2 X 11 CARDSTOCK
$13.00

SIMPLY SAID MIX & MATCH PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH)
$17.00

TUXEDO BLACK MEMENTO INK PAD
$8.00

RHINESTONE BASIC JEWELS
$6.00

BASIC BLACK 8-1/2 X 11 CARDSTOCK
$11.50

DASHING DESIGNS 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER
$10.00

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Today we're Using Up Paper Scraps to Make Handmade Cards. For a couple of weeks we've been creating some great cards with designer paper and learning some neat tips & tricks to use up our scraps. This is our final week of this series with 2 more super fun and easy cards.

The designer paper we're using this week is the Flowering Zinnia Designer Series Paper--it's one of the most colorful and vibrant papers with which we are currently working...

Here is today's card...

& a bit closer look...

The Flowering Zinnia DSP is wonderfully coordinated with colors and designs which made our scrap selections quite easy for today's creation.  The ones we chose were small designs with great blending colors.  The strips were so easy--I'm sure your scrap bin has tons of 1" strips! You can even use designs from different designer paper series.

We layered these strips on Lemon Lime Twist and underlayed all with the Old Olive base card.

One of the design colors was Lemon Lolly which is quite light making it great for stamping our greeting.

Then our focal accent is the adorable Paper Butterfly. As you know these arrive in white and this makes them absolutely perfect for shading any color to  match your current project. We daubered this one with Pumpkin Pie ink and they "painted" it with gold Metallic Enamel Effects--that gives it a lovely shiny rich sheen. This was then embellished with 3 sparkly rhinestones and the card is ready for sending!

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Directions:

1. Cut Old Olive cardstock 4 1/4 X 11, score long side at 5 1/2 (cardbase)

2.Cut Lemon Lime Twist cS 3 1/2 X 4 3/4; adhere to card front

3. Cut 3 pieces of coordinating scrap designer paper 1 X 4 1/2; adhere here these vertically on the Lemon Lime layer leaving equal borders all around each one.

4. Cut Lemon Lolly CS 1/2 X 2 1/2; stamp greeting (Simply Said) in black ink (e.g. Memento) to the righthand end; adhere to card front--see sample for placement.

5. Dauber a small white Paper Butterfly with Pumpkin Pie ink; brush on (or use dauber) gold Metallic Enamel Effects; adhere butterfly to left end of greeting strip. Adhere 3 medium rhinestones to butterfly body.

Your card is ready for sending!

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FLOWERING ZINNIAS 12 X 12 (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
$12.50

OLD OLIVE 8-1/2 X 11 CARDSTOCK
$11.50

LEMON LIME TWIST 8.5X11 CARDSTOCK
$11.50

LEMON LOLLY 8-1/2 X 11 CARDSTOCK
$11.50

Paper Butterfly Accents
$8.00

PUMPKIN PIE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD
$9.00

METALLIC ENAMEL EFFECTS BASICS
$15.00

SPONGE DAUBERS
$7.50

RHINESTONE BASIC JEWELS
$6.00

TUXEDO BLACK MEMENTO INK PAD
$8.00

SIMPLY SAID MIX & MATCH PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH)
$17.00

 

Today we're creating Another Card Using Designer Paper Scraps. Tuesday we used 6 designs of paper to create our card--if you missed it check it out here Click to see Tuesday's card.

We are using the same pack of designer paper, Take a Bow, for our scraps on todays card...actually you could use all the designs in this pack to make today's cards...it is a super versatile set of designer paper.

This is today's card

With a closer look

Today's design is very simple--just select 2 pieces from your scraps---either the same design or use coordinating designs.  We chose to use the same design at top and bottom.

The center white piece is perfect for stamping a focal point and your greeting. We stamped the tree from Peaceful Evergreens and then layered on the greeting. It was cut from red cardstock (Christmas labels). We then stamped Merry in red and hand cut this to layer over the trees to give it a nice scrip appearance.

The trees are topped with gold stars and we've sparkled it up with small rhinestones.

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Directions:

1. Cut Granny Apple Green cardstock 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, score long side at 4 1/4 (card base).

2. Cut 2 pieces of scrap designer paper 1 1/4 X 4; adhere to top & bottom of card front

3. Cut Basic White CS 4 X 2 3/4

    *Stamp 3 trees in Granny Apple Green ink
    *Die cut 3 stars (Merriest TRees from gold paper; adhere to tree tops
    *Adhere 3 small rhinestones--see placement in photo

    *Die cut Christmas (Christmas Labels dies) from Real Red cardstock; adhere to lower part of trees.
    *Stamp Happy (Christmas Labels stamps) in Real REd ink on white cardstock; hand cut & adhere above Christmas.

4. Adhere this unit to card front between designer papers.

Your card is ready for sending!

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TAKE A BOW 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
$12.50

REAL RED 8-1/2 X 11 CARDSTOCK
$11.50

GOLD FOIL SHEETS
$5.00

MERRIEST TREES DIES
$37.00

PEACEFUL SEASON BUNDLE (ENGLISH)
$52.00

DECORATIVE TREES PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH)
$20.00

GRANNY APPLE GREEN 8-1/2 X 11 CARDSTOCK
$11.50

GRANNY APPLE GREEN CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD
$9.00

RHINESTONE BASIC JEWELS
$6.00

BASIC WHITE 8-1/2 X 11 CARDSTOCK
$13.00

 

Today we're going to have fun Using Up Your Designer Paper Scraps! If you are a paper crafter you understand that we all accumulate tons of Designer paper scraps...that we just can't throw away---because we might need them one day! Sound familiar? Of course it does.

So this week we're designing some fun cards using our scraps.  I'm using up some scraps I have from the new pack Take a Bow...this was designed to create those cute gift bows...but I love it for card-making because you get 12 sheets of each design (2/side = 8 designs)...this is wonderful when you are making more than one card...you have plenty to create multiple of a design

Here's the DSP

This is today's card...

& a closer look...

This card begins with a red base and a layer of white.  Ths white between our rectangles gives us that crisp definition between the designs just perfectly.

You can see how this designer paper fits this type of card so well...all the designs are small and the colors all blend together so nicely. Just a perfect set for using multiple deisgns for a card.  We've only used 3 of the papers--front and back to give us the 6 coordination colors & designs in this creation.

Our focal point is a row of trees stamped in the white space as a background. Over the trees we've stamped our greeting in Real Red to make it pop nicely.

Then just a touch of sparkle with the 3 small rhinestones!

What a fun and simple card---imagine how many of your scraps you can use in a card design like this!

Stop back Thursday to see another stunner!

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Directions:

1. Cut Real Red cardstock 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, score long side at 4 1/4 (card base).

2. Cut Basic White cardstock 4 X 5 1/4; adhere to card front.

3. Cut 4 pieces of coordinating designer paper 1 1/4 X 2 1/2 ; cut 2 pieces of coordinating designer paper 1 13/16 X 1 13/16.

4. Adhere these to the card front as shown in sample

5. Stamp line of trees (Peaceful Evergreens) in Granny Apple Green ink in open white space.

6. Stamp Be Merry (Christmas Label) in Real Red ink over tree line.

7. Adhere 3 small rhinestones as shown in sample.

Your card is ready for sending!

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TAKE A BOW 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
$12.50

REAL RED 8-1/2 X 11 CARDSTOCK
$11.50

BASIC WHITE 8-1/2 X 11 CARDSTOCK
$13.00

GRANNY APPLE GREEN CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD
$9.00

REAL RED CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD
$9.00

CHRISTMAS LABELS PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH)
$24.00

PEACEFUL EVERGREENS CLING STAMP SET
$26.00

RHINESTONE BASIC JEWELS
$6.00

 

Today we're learning Another Fun Trick with Leftover Strips of Designer Paper to Create Fun Cards.  Tuesday we designed a birthday card just using strips of designer paper. If you missed it check it out here  Click here to see Tuesday's card.

We're creating this week with the Regals papers---all 10 family colors in the pack and 4 designs (2 different sheets with a design on the front & back of both).

Here's today's card...

& a closer peak...

As with Tuesday's card we are cutting strips again..multiple widths in differing designs...the trick is that we are not cutting diagonal strips--we're just applying them diagonally.

We cut all 4 designs in a different width from 3/4 upto 1". These are then layered diagonally on a base rectangle so they cover the entire surface of the base...the parts that hang over the edges are trimmed with paper snips so you end up with clean edges all around.

The circle label is from the Spotlight on Nature as is the "thanks" greeting. 

Then we underline the greeting using Blueberry Tinsel Gems (4 pack).

Stop back next week to see what we're up to!

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Directions:

1. Cut Thick Basic White cardstock 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, Score long side at 4 1/4 (card base).

2. Cut Basic Whtie CS 4 1/8 X 5 3/8; put through Dashing Designs embossing folder; adhere to card front.

3. Cut Blueberry Bushel CS 4 1/2 X 3 1/4; adhere to card front center

4. Cut Blueberry Bushel 3 X 4 1/4; on the long side place a pencil mark at 2"; on the adjacent verticle side place a pencil mark at 1"

    *Cut floral design dsp 6 X 1"
    *Cut stripe design 6 X 3/4
    *Cut circle design 6 X 5/8
    *Cut diamond design 6 X 3/4

5. Adhere the floral design so that the bottom of the strip hit's both marks--this will create the diagonal base. Follow this by adhering successive scrips (see sample) until the entire blueberry piece is covered.

6. Turn this to the back side and trim off the extending pieces so the edges are even with the cardstock.

7. Adhere this unit to the blueberry layer on the card front.

8. Die cut the 1 1/2 circle (Spotlight on Nature) from Basic White; stamp greeting (Spotlight on Nature) in Blueberry Bushel ink. Adhere to lower left with dimensionals.

9. Adhere 3 small Blueberry dots (Tinsel Gems 4-pack) under the 'thanks'

Your card is ready for sending!

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BLUEBERRY BUSHEL CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD
$9.00

TINSEL GEMS FOUR-PACK
$8.00

SPOTLIGHT ON NATURE BUNDL
$52.00

BASIC WHITE 8-1/2 X 11 THICK CARDSTOCK
$11.25

BASIC WHITE 8-1/2 X 11 CARDSTOCK
$13.00

DASHING DESIGNS 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER
$10.00

BLUEBERRY BUSHEL 8.5X11 CARDSTOCK
$11.50

REGALS 6 X 6 (15.2 X 15.2 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
$12.50