5 Cards from 5 Sheets of Paper

Hello all! Today I have a quick post sharing 5 cards that I made out of 5 sheets of 6x6" paper from the Echo Park Salutations No. 2 paper pad. 

I picked out sentiments that I knew I would readily use. Three of them were thank you cards.

The other two were birthday themed. I simply arranged papers on card bases however I thought they looked best with the sentiment panels! 

Adhesives used include Bearly Art precision glue and ATG. The only embellishments I used were Park Lane 3mm gold and silver adhesive gems.

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

GIU Gal Day#2

Hello all! Welcome to Day 2 of my Growing in Unity week. I am thrilled to be able to showcase Unity Stamp Co. products every day this week. Make sure you follow along and comment on my blog each day for a chance to win $20 Unity gift certificates sponsored by Unity Stamp Co!

Today my project is a bee themed thank you card.

The focal point of this card is an image from the May 2023 KOM, Bloom in Color. I stamped it with Scrapbook.com hybrid black ink, then colored it with Artify alcohol markers and die cut around it with a GMD wonky stitched rectangle die. The sentiment was also from the same stamp set. Patterned papers are from DCWV's Honey Dear paper pad. Adhesives used include Bearly Art precision glue and ATG. To embellish, I added a trio of GMD New Years sparkle enamel dots.

Make sure you leave a comment here before you go and come back tomorrow for another project!

Here is the previous post for my GIU week in case you missed it: Day 1

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Trendy Bakers Twine~Fall Thank You Card

Hello all! I am posting on the Trendy Twine blog today with this fall thank you card. I love how elegant fall colors and leaves can be and that was my vision for this card.

The patterned papers are from The Paper Studio's Joyfall Gathering paper pack. Before adhering the decorative paper strip to the middle of the card, I wrapped Orange Truffle Trendy Twine around it several times, then tied the ends into a bow. For the maple leaf focal point, I used a Cuttlebug die and embossing folder combo, then distressed it with SB.com Leather ink. I wanted to make the leaf pop off the paper without occluding the view of the patterned papers, so I chose a patterned vellum, and die cut it with a GMD double sitched hexagon die. I also used that die set for the other hexagons on the card. The sentiment was stamped with SB.com Orange Cream ink using the APB Happy Thanksgiving stamp set. It was popped up with foam tape. Adhering a trio of Autumn Sequins with Bearly Art precision glue was the finshing touch.

Here's what I used from Annie's Paper Boutique:

Orange Truffle Trendy Twine

APB Happy Thanksgiving stamp set

Autumn Sequins

If you don't need a full spool of Orange Truffle Trendy Twine, check out the Orange Truffle Sampler that includes 10 yards in length each of Totally Chocolate, Orange Truffle, and Totally Pumpkin Trendy Twines hand wound on a wooden clothespin for easy use and storage.

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day! 

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Scrap Thank You Cards

Hello all! I am once again sharing a grouping of cards that I created months ago and just hadn't gotten around to blogging about. These were created using scraps from THIS SET of cards. I really like how these turned out!

Products used include BoBunny Celebrating Freedom 6x8 paper pad, Unity Everything More stamp set, Scrapbook.com Cardinal Red and Midnight Blue inks, Brother Scan N Cut, ATG, foam tape, Bearly Art precision glue, GMD patriotic sparkle enamel dots.

Two of the cards were horizontal and two vertical. It simply depended on the direction of the print on the papers.

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Trendy Bakers Twine~Thanks Snow Much Cards

Hello all, I am on the Trendy Twine blog today sharing a set of thank you cards perfect for sending out for those holiday gifts you received. The focal point of these cards are the adorable Round Holiday Snowman Tags which are great for all winter projects.

The layout sketch of these cards is the December 2023 SheetLoad of Cards sketch. patterned papers are from Bo Bunny's Candy Cane Lane 6x6 paper pad. I loved the soft color palette on those papers!

I did trim the Round Holiday Snowman Tags down a bit with a Cottage Cutz stitched circle die just to make them fit within the GMD Doily die better. I laced Raspberry Cupcake Trendy Twine through the doily on the first one and tied it into a bow at the bottom of the circle.

For the second card, I laced Twisted Lime Trendy Twine around the doily die. I adhered a sentiment stamped in gray ink from the APB Let It Snow stamp set under the doily. A trio of small gems were the finishing touch.

I also made a few more cards in the same style, same supplies, but without the Trendy Twine on these. Two of the snowman tags were more Christmas-y so I did add a Christmas sentiment to those and they will go into my stash for 2024 Christmas cards! It is never too early to start on those.

Here is a full look at the second set of cards.

Here's what I used from Annie's Paper Boutique:

Raspberry Cupcake Trendy Twine

Twisted Lime Trendy Twine

Round Holiday Snowman Tags

APB Let It Snow stamp set

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day! 

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Tag Tuesday~Scarecrow Tag

Hello all! For the remainder of the year, I am going to be on the Trendy Twine blog featuring quick tag ideas using products from Annie's Paper Boutique.  This week, I am sharing a simple fall tag with a sweet scarecrow on it.

I started with a Kraft Chunky Tag-It and stamped a sentiment from the Happy Thanksgiving stamp set using Twilight VersaFine Clair ink.  I used a Round Scarecrow No. 2 Vintage Inspired Tag as the focal point.  It was matted with navy blue paper that was die cut with a GMD x-stitched circle die.  Isn't that scarecrow adorable?!  It comes with lovely inked edges that add such a sweet vintage feel to it.  I popped it up with foam tape onto the tag.  At the top of the tag, I added Dark Citrus Trendy Twine and a bow of Totally Navy Trendy Twine, then finished it off with Blue Berry sequins and Chocolate Truffle sequins adhered with Bearly Art precision tip glue.  Didn't it turn out cute? 

Here's what I used from Annie's Paper Boutique:

Dark Citrus Trendy Twine

Totally Navy Trendy Twine

Kraft Chunky Tag-It

Round Scarecrow No. 2 Vintage Inspired Tag

Happy Thanksgiving stamp set

Blue Berry sequins

Chocolate Truffle sequins

Don't forget to check out the sampler of the month that is currently on sale!

Aqua Trendy Twine Sampler

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day! 

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Trendy Bakers Twine~Lemonade Card

Hello all!  It has been a while since I have had a blog post.  Different things in life have been very challenging lately, which necessitated the break.  Hopefully, I will be able to post a little more now, starting with a post for the Trendy Twine blog.  This month we are are featuring the summery twists of Lemon Peppermint Trendy Twine and Cherry Lemonade Trendy Twine.  My lemonade card has Cherry Lemonade Trendy Twine on it. 

I personally think lemonade is a sign of summer, so my mind automatically went there with these colors of Trendy Twine.  Luckily, I had these stamps from Unity's Totally and Utterly Amazing set that were perfect for that theme!  Once the image was stamped with VersaFine Clair Nocturne onto watercolor paper, I watercolored it with Distress Inks in Mustard Seed, Weathered Wood, and Mowed Lawn.  I corner chomped the corners and glued it to a Lemon Bracket Card.  Those cards are flat, so they also work perfectly as layers on cards or scrapbook layouts!  After putting a thin line of Bearly Art glue around the image, I lined it with Lemonade Trendy Twine and added a bow in the bottom right corner and popped it onto the card with foam tape.  The sentiment panel also had Lemonade Trendy Twine wrapped around it and was popped up with foam tape.  The finishing touch on the card was a trio of Frosted Cranberry Sequins adhered with mini Glue Dots.

Here's what I used from Annie's Paper Boutique:

Cherry Lemonade Trendy Twine

Lemon Bracket Card

Frosted Cranberry Sequins

You can also get the twine I used in the Cherry Lemonade Sampler.

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day! 

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Disney Inspired Cards (UFO Post #7)

Hello again!  I am back with more UFO!  I'm telling you, it feels great knocking these projects out of the way :)  If the layout of these look familiar, it is because I made THESE CARDS with the same cuts.  I loved these papers, but couldn't think of a way to finish them off, so they sat on my desk for too long.

I based the cutting design of the patterned paper off of THIS One Sheet Wonder die. It was unavailable to purchase when I was looking to utilize it for cards, so I simply cut the papers in the general same way as the die.  The patterned papers are from Simple Stories Say Cheese.  I used black tape to line the center strip of paper for more definition.  The image panel was die cut using Pink Fresh Studio label dies, and SVG for the Minnie (and Mickey).  The stamp was from Echo Park's Smiles from Ear to Ear stamp set and was stamped in Scrapbook.com Cardinal Red ink.  I added metal stars to embellish.

The remaining banners of paper from the above cards were turned into these simple thank you cards.  

Adhesives used for all cards include Bearly Art glue and ATG.  The stamp used on these three cards is a retired Victorine Originals stamp.  If you are interested in checking out my other UFO posts, you can do so HERE.

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Thanks Scrap Card

Hello all!  Today's quick post is simply to share a card I made using leftover strips of patterned paper from THIS set of cards.  I thought the scrap papers were too pretty to throw out!

I simply centered the .75" scraps of Jillibean Soup Grandma's Lima Bean Soup 6x6 patterned papers onto a navy cardstock panel using Bearly Art Glue.  A strip of thin blue tape went straight down the center to cover a slightly rough edge on the paper.  I added a length of vellum horizontally, then glued the Thanks die cuts from Pink & Main onto the top.  The only embellishment was red pearl pen dots.

I think this card turned out great for only using scraps!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

 

25 Cards

Hello all!  Today I am sharing a group of 25 cards that I recently created.  I purchased a set of card bases and envelopes a few years ago from Michaels when it was on sale.  I didn't realize at the time that the card bases were not actually A2 size, they were only 4" wide by 5.5" tall.  So they sat for a long time until I decided to just use them all up at once.  This is the result!

There were 16 thanks cards created.  I was trying to make great use of a 6x6 pad of Fancy Pants paper called Happy-Go-Lucky as well.  As you can see, I cut the paper 3.75" and then cut it 5.25" long.  The extra .75'' paper strip went onto a coordinating paper to create the card base.  I matched up the papers before I started cutting to make sure they would look nice.  I added strips of thin colored tape around the thin strip to keep the layers at a minimum. The thanks die is from Pink and Main.  Two dots of pearl pen in the top right corner finished off the cards.
Next up, I made 8 birthday cards using scraps from the earlier cards and other scraps I had in the paper pad.  

These cards were made with mostly the same elements and embellishments except the sentiment.  These utilized Unity Say It Big stamps and dies.  The stamped portion was stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed with white powder.

For card #25, I took a piece of white cardstock and added the scrap strips from ALL of the previous cards onto it, then trimmed off the edges.  The circle was a patterned vellum and I die cut it with a GMD x stitched circle die.  The Heartfelt Sympathy die was also from GMD and was popped up with foam tape.  I also embellished this card with pearl pen dots, just like all the other cards.

I hope you enjoyed seeing how I utilized the set of irregular card bases and also knocked out over half of a 6x6 paper pad!

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Coffee Themed Cards (UFO Post #2)

Hello all!  I am back with another Unfinished Object (UFO) post today!  I had both the crimped kraft backgrounds and the stamped panels sitting on my craft room table as parts of random past projects, and I took the time to make them into cards.

I used patterned paper from Echo Park's 6x6 Coffee paper pad since the one stamped sentiment had a coffee theme.  The patterned papers were all scraps that were sandwiched between the pages of the paper pad.  

The top card features a stamp from Unity's I Consider You Special stamp set and was stamped in Scrapbook.com Midnight Blue ink.  GMD slash stitched round square dies were used on the focal point.  I embellished with GMD strawberry shortcake enamel dots.  The bottom card had a Stampabilities "Have Faith" stamp used on it and was stamped in black ink.  I embellished that card with GMD sunset colors enamel dots.  Adhesives of Bearly Art Glue, ATG, and foam tape were used on both cards.

If you missed my past UFO post, you can view it HERE.  There will be more of these posts coming up soon!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Heartfelt Thanks Nurse Cards

Hello all!  Today is finishing off Nurse's Week.  It is always the first full week in May.  I am a nurse, so when I saw the BB Call the Shots stamp set from MFT, I knew I had to grab it!  I also purchased the set with the male nurse on it (my husband is also a nurse) called BB Super Hero in Scrubs.

These poor cards have been finished for a long time, I just never took the time to photograph them.  Therefore, I am not counting them in my UFO postings/counting because technically they were finished already, but I am happy to have them off my crafting area all the same.  The patterned papers are from The Paper Studio's Watercolor Daydream paper pad.  I used Totally Sky and Totally White Trendy Twines on the blue cards and Pink Midnight Trendy Twine on the pink cards.

Stitched heart dies were cut and adhered to the card next.  The white heart was popped up with foam tape.  I stamped the nurse from BB Call the Shots with Scrapbook.com hybrid ink, cut them out with my Brother Scan N Cut, and colored them with my Artify Alcohol markers.  The sentiment was actually from the BB Super Hero in Scrubs set and was also stamped with black ink.  Additional adhesives used include Bearly Art Glue, and ATG.  A single red gem inside one heart was the finishing touch.

Here is a look at all the cards I created.  I had fun making different looks just by changing what colors of markers I used.

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!