From My Heart: April 2025

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Easter Cross

With a few folds and cut paper you have a cross shaped card, if you don't mind 1/8-inch measurements. Plus, the card folds down to fit into a standard envelope.

Cutting

Old Olive: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2, scrap for 2-inch circle punch, 5 1/8 x 7/8, (2) 5 1/8 x 5/8, (2)5 1/8 x 1 1/8, 3 x 1/8

Basic White: 5 x5 (score at 1, 1 7/8, 3 1/8, 4),3 1/4 x 5 1/4, 3 1/8 x 1 1/4, scrap for 1 3/4 circle punch, (2)5 1/8 x 7/8, (2)5 1/8 x 5/8, 5 1/8 x 1 1/8

Floral Delights DSP: 2 7/8 x 1, (2) 5 x 3/4, (2) 5 x 1/2, 5 x 1

Assembly

Adhere and layer the Floral Delights DSP on the Old Olive Cardstock strips, then adhere to the Basic White scored base. Fold and burnish each score line.

Apply adhesive to the left back side of the Basic White/ DSP piece and adhere to the Old Olive Cardstock, so the same with the right side, this will create a popped-up center piece.

Attach the remaining Basic White, Old Olive and DSP together and adhere to the popped-up section of the card base, more than halfway up to create the cross look.

Stamp the sentiment on the Basic White circle, three palm fronds in Old Olive and the light rays in Lemon Lolly. Adhere on the center of the cross. Layer on to an Old Olive 2-inch punch piece.

Adhere the large Basic White Cardstock to the back of the card to write a message.

All ready to send your Easter Greetings

Cindy Loen

Product List

Faith Collection Bundle (English)

[164796]

$36.75

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$9.00

Pecan Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

[161665]

$9.00

Lemon Lolly Classic Stampin' Pad

[161666]

$9.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100702]

$11.50

Floral Delight 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164700]

$12.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Simply Shammy

[147042]

$9.00

1-3/4" (4.4 Cm) Circle Punch

[119850]

$23.00

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Still in love with the Wildflower Birthday Designer Series Paper and thought it would be a perfect fit for a Girly Birthday card. Have your Paper Trimmer handy to make the cuts for this card, I will take you through assembly step by step.

Cutting instructions

Softsea Foam- 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, score at 4 1/4

Pretty in Pink- 4 1/8 x 5 1/8, 3 x 4 1/4, 1/2 x 6 1/4

Basic White- 4 x 5 1/4, 2 7/8 x 4 1/8

Designer Series Paper 1 - 4 1/4 x 2 1/4

Designer Series Paper 2 - 2 1/4 x 5 3/8

Assembly

Open scored card base and on top side make a tic mark at 2 1/8 on the right side

Next place it in the paper trimmer tic mark on the cut line and lower left worker on the cut line, trim off bottom right end and save for a future step.

Take smaller piece of Designer Series Paper and make a tic mark on the top left side at 1/2-inch

Put in the Paper Trimmer and cut from the tic mark to the lower right side.

Set the trimmed aside, flip piece over the add adhesive to the angle cut and attach the 1/2-inch Pretty in Pink strip to the underside leaving 1/8 approx edge.

Trim away cardstock from the top and bottom.

Take the Softsea Foam piece trimmed away above and attach to the back side of this piece. Trim away extra.

Adhere other Designer Series Piece to the top of the card base, there will be a tiny bit of hang over to be trimmed away.

Attach triangle shaped piece to the left side of the card base, careful with the adhesive on the lower right side of the piece.

Stamp the sentiment from With you In Mind, one of my favorite sentiment sets, in Pretty in Pink on the smaller Basic White piece and the banner in Softsea Foam ink. Attach to the smaller Pretty in Pink piece. Then attach to the card front, again minding where you put adhesive to not seal the card shut.

Stamp the banners on the larger piece of Basic White and adhere to the Pretty in Pink cardstock and then to the Softsea Foam card base.

Last step, attach Pretty in Pink Party Dots to the card front.

This card layout would be adorable with several Designer Series Papers.

Smile a lot today!!

Cindy Loen

Product List

With You In Mind Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[164747]

$20.00

Arched Wishes Cling Stamp Set (English)

[165428]

$25.00

Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad

[163807]

$9.00

Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad

[147102]

$9.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Wildflower Birthday 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[164591]

$16.50

Pretty In Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163793]

$11.50

Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146988]

$11.50

Party Dots

[164602]

$8.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Simply Shammy

[147042]

$9.00

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Smile

The Cute as Can Be Designer Series Paper is adorable and a wonderful background for this sweet Pattern of Friendship sentiment, I really like all the sentiments in the stamp set.

I also like the clean and simple layout of the card. The added dimension of the 1/4-inch Woven Ribbon adds to the cards look.

Cutting instructions

Petunia Pop- 5 1/2 x 8 1/4, score at 4 1/4

Designer Series Paper 1- 2 1/2 x 4 1/4

Designer Series Paper 2- 3 1/2 x 2 1/2

Basis White- 3 3/4 x 2 3/4, 2 1/2 x 2 (die cut banner), 4 x 5 1/4

Assembly

Fold and score card base, adhere largest piece of Basic White Cardstock to the inside of the card base.

Adhere Designer Series Paper 1 to the card front, 1/2 inch from the left side.

Adhere Designer Series Paper 2 to the middle Basic White cardstock. Attach the Woven Basic White Ribbon around this piece, attaching the ends to the backside with Glue Dots. Next attach this element to the card base with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Stamp the sentiment in Petunia Pop and attach to the card front.

Tie a bow with the Ribbon and attach to the card with a Stampin' Dimensional.

Lastly color 3 Iridescent Pearls with a Dark Petunia Pop Blends and add to the card.

Let's get outside and enjoy the spring weather

Cindy Loen

Monday, April 7, 2025

Textile Textures

Looking for a guy card, I think this card will work. The organic look of the of Woven Textures Designer Series paper makes a nice background for the card base and stamping directly on one of the pieces of Designer Series Paper continues the organic look.

The simple layout of the card makes it a snap to put together. The Textured Notes Bundle and Woven Textures are in the OnLine Exclusives for March 2025.

Cutting instructions

Thick Basic White: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, score at 4 1/4

Basic White: 1 x 3 1/2 (embossed piece), 1 x 2 1/2 (for sentiment. die cut)

Garden Green: 2 3/8 x 3 7/8

Designer Series Paper 1: 2 1/4 x 4 (die cut with 4th smallest die)

Designer Series Paper 2 - 5: 1 x 4 each

Assembly

Complete all die cutting listed above

Adhere Designer Series Papers 2 -5 on the card base, leave narrow margins between the papers.

On Designer Series Paper 1, stamp 2 long sets of leaves with Garden Green Ink. Adhere to the Garden Green cardstock.

Adhere the corrugated Basic White strip as shown on the card front. Attach the stamped element to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. Hint - before running the paper through the Embossing Folder give it a light spritz of water, this helps the paper hold together, not shred.

Stamp the sentiment and die cut then attach to the card front.

Top with Neutral Matte Dots and done!

Happy Monday!!

Cindy

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