2 Jul 25

Perfectly Pears fun fold

Tonight for my weekly live I did this corrner fun fold with the new Perfectly Pears bundle and coordinating Painterly Pears 12 x 12 paper.  I think it turned out so pretty.  I got the design idea on the front from a Gail Ellis design.  I also used a couple of other stamps and dies but you can definitely get by with whatever you have in your stash.  Even the pears could be used from one of the older sets we have.  The fold is super cool though so check it out even if you don't have any of the products I used.  You can see the video on YouTube here.  Below is the card I made on the video and the sample I made to show.

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Measurements:
base is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"
DSP is 6 3/4 x 8"
inside square is 2 1/2" and the white layer is 2 1/4"
inside panel is 2 3/4 x 5"
outside is 2 3/4 x 4 1/4", DSP is 2 1/2 x 4, white is 2 1/2 x 4"
scrap pieces for everything else

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30 Jun 25

Paper Pumpkin cards for Full of Charm kit

June Paper Pumpkin was called Full of Charm,  It coordinates with a suite in the July online exclusives,  Customers can get it tomorrow and I ordered it early so I could use it with my kit if I wanted to,  I designed the main cards with the kit and a few extra dies, then I did a couple of cards using some of the suite products.  You can see the YouTube videos on my Paper Pumpkin Alternates playlist or you can view them in the June album on my facebook.

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30 Jun 25

Catching up with cards- post 1

I just realized I have a bunch of cards I have not posted to show you.  I have the cards from my June birthday card class in this post,  I had class a couple of weeks ago and I think these were all a big hit.  I didn't hear any groaning at least.

This card is blackberry bliss with the sale a bration designer series paper.  The stamp set is Attention Shoppers. I cut the pieces with the everyday arches dies.  You just hang the die off the end of the paper so it doesn't cut the whole thing out.  Then line the die up and hang just a smidge over the end and cut just that little bit.  That will make the folded edge side rounded,  I did a video on this card a few weeks ago.  You can see it on here, on YouTube,

This card is made by punching different sized holes in a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4" piece oof white.  You layer the dsp behind the holes and adhere it to the front of the card.  The Happy Birthday is a really old die Stampin' UP! used to have.

 This card uses the Boho Vibes 6 x 6 paper and the softt waves embossing folder.  You glue the paper strips and the beige rectangle to the cajun craze layer and then emboss all of it together.  The sentiment comes from the Simply Said set.

 This card takes a little longer to make because all the flowers are two step stamping and a whole lot of colors!!  This might have been the favorite though,  It used the Spring Corners set and the Impressions Abloom.

This was it for class.  Now I'm prepping all occasion cards for the July class.

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27 Jun 25

Last week live was a Christmas card

Last Wednesday was the 25th so a Christmas card replaced my usual weekly video.  I think this fat bear is such a cute image!  I really need to use the moose on something too, iti s super cute.  It's been so hot the last several days, it seemed extra odd to be doing a Christmas card!  I do like how it turned out and you could use any papers and images in the center too.  I thought some bells would be really cute on there as well.  I know we have several bell sets from the past.  Just use whatever you have on hand to fill in the center area a bit.  It will look great.  You can view the video here on YouTube.

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Measurements:
Base is Garden Green 4 1/4 x 11"
white layer for front and inside is 4 x 5 1/4"
Granny Apple Green oval is 4 1/2 x 3 1/2" scrap
Christmas Tree came out of the oval left from the outter Granny Apple Green frame
DSP for oval is 4 1/2 x 3 1/2" scrap
scrap white for bear and sentiment

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20 Jun 25

Peaceful View for my live this week

Hi there!  This week I wanted to finally get some ink on my Peaceful View stamp.  I got it for prize patrol in Raleigh and have not gotten around to inking it up!  This week it fell right in my lap as I needed a quick card.  I also wanted to use the hybrid embossing folder for the sentiment so it all came together in a quick video.  I was busy most of the week helping at vacation bible school and then some work to do at home in prep for the painter.  It just pushed me back a day, and an hour, so I said quick itt is!  It might be quick, but that is what helps make it a great card.  The stamp is a stunning look with our papers we have available.  You can see the YouTube video here, just zip ahead to the card if you want to get right to it.

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Measurements:
Misty Moonlight base 4 1/4 x 11"
Pecan PIe layer 4 1/8 x 5 3/8"
DSP 6x6 stamp on it and trim to 4 x 5 1/4" (or cut ahead of time too)
Basic Beige inside 4 x 5 1/4"
DSP strip for inside 4 x 1/2"
basic beige scrap for sentiment

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12 Jun 25

Fractured Card Fun

Hey all!!  I did a fractured card on Wednesday night.  I'm sure you've seen one, maybe even done one.  I stumbled on a Pinterest post of a stepped up card with some embossing and more detail than I had even done, so I tried it.  Guess what?  I then decided to share it with you guys again.  You'll see the couple samples I did with the Sunshine Vibes stamp set and the a couple more I whipped up because I wanted to!  You can see the video on YouTube.

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Measurements:
base 8 1/2 x 5 1/2"
center square is 2 1/4"
top square if you want one is 2" 
strips you can go 5 1/2" long and the width I varied I liked 1/4" and 1/8" for the top but a little wider looks nice too
DSP varies in sizes....you can fast forward through the video to hear my reasoning there

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4 Jun 25

May Paper Pumpkin- Mountain Majesties

I finished my Paper Pumpkin cards and got the videos posted too.  You can view the album on Facebook or the videos are loaded to my YouTube channel on a Paper Pumpkin playlist.  I did use way more items this month that were not in the kit than I normally do.  If I can, I create with as few extra things as possible for those that don't have a lot of supplies on hand.  Not this time and I apologize 1000 times in the videos.  I do like how they turned out though, even if I did have to dig into the archives.

The kit cards were all cut in half for two cards each.  The "back" of the card I used flat and made my own scene.  The "front" portion I used the kit pieces and then did different things with it fromo there.  You probably could even use the kit pieces and made another card with it because it pretty much just covers up what's already there.  

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4 Jun 25

Stand Up Z Fold

This week for my live I wanted to show you a new to me fun fold I ran across.  The Tatted Stamper had posted it on Pinterest and I had to try one, and then I had to show you how to do it.  It is super quick and a lot of fun to make.  You can see the video here on YouTube.  Below are the photos of the card from tonight and also the version I created for my June card class.

Here are the supplies used for the video:

Measurements:
Base 4 1/4 x 11"
Patterned paper layers 2 @ 4 x 5 1/4"
Basic White for the back 4 x 5 1/4"
Z fold white piece 3 x 7 1/4"
Scrap white for sentiment

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