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TUESDAY IS ALL ABOUT TIPS & TECHNIQUES IN CARD MAKING

It often seems a ‘waste’ to only use one side of the double-sided designer papers.

This simple technique allows you to show both sides.

You can choose anywhere on a DSP panel to cut a straight line and fold each side back to reveal the other side.

Cards that have the cut line starting in top or bottom corner also look great.

TIP: Use your bone folder to create a clean, sharp fold in the paper.

I really liked the way the Poppy Parade and Very Vanilla DSP coordinated with some of the envelopes on the other side of the DSP>

I used another one of the embossed and die cut greetings I created using the Christmas Words Collage Hybrid Embossing Folder.

The North Pole Delivery 12″x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper includes two sheets of precut designs. I used these to decorate the card.

The card insert and envelope were also decorated with the precut designs.

I added some of the Pecan Pie Earthy Matte Dots to the card front.

Tomorrow I will update you on the latest from Stampin’ Up! and also share another project.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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STOP BY HERE FOR MEMORY KEEPING MOST MONDAYS

This week is all about Christmas projects and I will be using a variety of new products.

I will be using the Christmas Words Collage Hybrid Embossing Folder most of this week.

Today’s scrabooking layout also features the North Pole Delivery 12″x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper.

For this layout I decided to include DSP matts for 4″x 4″ photos. These were adhered to one of the 12″x 12″ DSP sheets.

I was inspired by the one of the curved top letter boxes to create my own. I used one of the larger Everyday Arches Dies.

The Christmas Words Collage Hybrid Embossing Folder creates 20 amazing embossed and die cut Christmas words and phrases. I used four of them on this layout.

I fussy cut four envelopes, from the DSP, to add to the letter box.

This layout was fun to create and I’m looking forward to finding some Christmas photos from when my daughters were young.

Tomorrow I have a clever little slider card to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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FRIDAY IS ALL ABOUT FUNFOLD CARDS

I’m not entirely sure what to call this card – if you have a name for it, please let me know.

After starting with a Basic White cardbase, I embossed a panel of Pool Party card, using the Damask Designs Embossing Folder, and adhered it to the base.

I cut a 9″x 4 1/4″ piece of Pool Party card and scored it at 3″ and 6″. This was then folded and burnished to create a z-fold.

Then I secured a length of White Ribbon behind the z-fold and added Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop it up on front of the card.

I used one of the Traditional Labels Dies to cut four Basic White shapes. These were then embossed with the same embossing folder and popped up on the card front and added inside the z-fold panel.

Using one of the Christmas Greenery Dies I cut four of the floral arrangements to use to decorate the card.

I added some of the Opal Rounds from the Assortment pack to the front of the card.

I stamped the greeting inside the z-fold area of the card.

These projects were fun to create – I hope you like them.

Next week I will have more fabulous projects to share with you.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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