From My Heart

A cute and easy card layout that can be done in your favorite color, with any greeting. You need an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4. In your paper trimmer, line the right edge at 2 3/4 and cut down to the score line. Take out of the trimmer and cut up the score line to the top of the card. Take the cutout piece and run it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine with and Embossing Folder and the Specialty Plate. I used the March Online Exclusive Paradise Garden Folder. Attach the embossed piece to the inside of the card base. Adhere a Basic White piece to the lower inside, to write your message.  Die cut an arch from Everyday Arches, stamp the large branch image toward the top of the arch, reink and stamp again at the bottom, just to fill in the area. Give a second to dry, then run through the Stamp Cut and Emboss Machine with an embossing folder. I use a favorite Timeworn Type; you can use any you have in your inventory.  Stamp the greeting in Memento Tuxedo Black and fus...

After viewing this card layout on another Stampin' Up! Demo's blog, I pulled out a few packages of Designer Series Paper and looked for a paper with a pattern that worked on sides, bold/large on one side and small on the other side, also watching if the paper pattern has a direction. I selected a paper from my retired stash, Wildflower Celebrations.  Cutting Pretty in Pink - 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, score at 4 1/4 Bubble Bath - 5 1/4 x 4 Basic White - 5 1/4 x 4, 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 Wildflower Celebrations Designer Series Paper - 5 1/4 x 6, score at 1 1/2 and 4 1/2 Assembly On the same sides as the score lines on the Designer Series Paper, make a tick mark at 2 5/8 on both sides. Fold the sides together and adhere to the Bubble Bath cardstock and then to the Pretty in Pink card base. Now comes the fun fold,  with your finger over the tick mark fold the corner to the side of the card base Repeat on all the four corners, gently press down. It will not matter if the fold are not even the sentimen...

This card is so CUTE! Here is another time the Designer Series Paper, Cute as a Bug; does the work for you!  The Demo I cased this from calls it a Double Joy Fold, will post samples using other Designer Series Paper. The belly band is the centerpiece of the card, shows off the Ladybug and raindrop elements. Without the belly band Fully open Cutting Poppy Parade- 8 1/2 x 11 scored at 4 1/4 and cut into two 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 pieces, 3 x 10 1/2, score at 5 1/4, 1 x 10, scrap Basic White - 5 1/4 x 4, 3 x 5 Very Vanilla - 2 1/4 x 4 (die cut rectangle) Designer Series Paper pattern 1 - 3 x 5 Designer Series Paper pattern 2 - (2) 4 x 5 1/4 Designer Series Paper pattern 3 - 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 Assembly Cut the 2 pieces of 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 Poppy Parade, put each piece in the Paper Trimmer top fold at the cutting track and lower right corner in the track, cut piece away. Leaving 2 pieces that will fold like this Layer and adhere the centers one on top of the other, making sure it will fold flat. Adh...