This layered die cut card is a great way to add a bit of dimension to your cards – and of course, because it’s here on the YamStamps blog, you know it’s an easy method! Featuring some products from the 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue.
Layered Die Cut Card
So – I liked the Hand Penned suite products, but in all honesty – I was resisting, and they actually weren’t on my “have to buy” list…until one of my Demonstrator team members, Arlene, shared some beautiful projects she’d made with it during one of our online team get togethers. I pretty much had it on my next order going in LOL!! (so for those of you who say that -I- enabled you in your crafty purchases, know that I am not immune!)
For this card, I added some adhesive sheets to the back of some Copper Foil Sheet strips before die cutting with the outline die from the Penned Flower Dies. I also die cut the same die from the centre of the backing piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock. (One of my favourite thrifty card making tricks!) The hole in the cardstock was covered by the piece of Hand Penned Designer Series Paper, and then I added additional strips of the other new 2021-2023 In Colo(u)r cardstocks.
close up detail layered die cut card
Having the adhesive on the back of the Copper Foil Sheet made it easy for me to adhere it onto the Evening Evergreen die cut – but I slightly offset the die cuts so it showed off the bottom layer and gave a bit more dimensional effect. I suppose I could have put some adhesive sheet on the back of the cardstock layer as well, but I didn’t…so I just used small dots of Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the back of the die cut. One tip I picked up recently was to let the liquid adhesive dry just a bit before setting the layer down so it doesn’t “ooze” out all over the place. Handy tip for a messy crafter like myself!
If you’re in Canada, I hope that you enjoyed your first long weekend of the summer(ish) season! We had our barbeque dinner on our back deck – after clearing so much pollen from our table and chairs – crazy! I saw a comment somewhere about people having to say “Pollen, not the plague!” whenever they sneeze or cough these days. True!!
This is a quick and easy mini fancy fold card disguised as a standard sized card! By adding a mini card on a 4.25″ x 5.5″ piece of cardstock, it fits into Stampin’ Up!’s Medium Sized Envelope for mailing, and doesn’t get lost on a gift.
This card is a single piece of Pool Party Cardstock cut to 4.25″ x 5.5″, and then I die cut the centre of the Designer Series Paper with one of the Stitched Rectangles. The Z folded Pale Papaya Cardstock covers the hole in the centre, and then the die cut piece fits on the front of that mini fancy fold card. The sentiment is another Stitched Rectangle on a Tasteful Label Die Cut. The sentiment and flower images are from the Free As A Bird Stamp Set.
I didn’t add any bulky embellishments to this card because I didn’t want to make it too thick for easy mailing – but you could easily add some ribbon or bling to further fancy it up!
We had fun making this easy mini fancy fold card together in Stampers Club the other evening. Our Zoom gatherings are usually filled with chatter and laughter, often with everyone laughing at me because I’ve messed up something when showing the construction of the card – I will often (unintentionally) demonstrate “What NOT to do when making this card”! While virtual card classes have their learning curve, some of the definite positives are the quick commute time for all and the quick class time – since I die cut and prep everything ahead of time for everyone! If you’re interested in joining us, new members can start their 6 months in club at any time – our next get together will be in June, so if you’d like to join us, please contact me! As we will still be virtual for a while, as long as you are located within Canada and can access the internet, you’ll be able to join us! I will most likely continue to offer an online version of club even once we can safely gather in groups again, because it’s nice to have options.
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Sale-a-Bration is ending on February 28th this year – which is earlier than previous Sale-a-Brations. There will be another Sale-a-Bration occuring in the summer, but this is your last chance to grab the January-February Sale-a-Bration items before they’re gone!
This curvy floral card was inspired by a swap I received from fellow demonstrator Kay Smith. While I do enjoy the design process, one of the things that Stampin’ Up! demonstrators do is share ideas – so then we can add our own twists (or not!). It’s great to see the beautiful work by others and get inspiration.
Curvy Floral Card
The floral paper is the Flower & Field Designer Series Paper that is a Level 1 Sale-a-Bration option. This means that if you place an order for $60 product, you could select it as your freebie. If you place an order for $120, you could get two packages…or one of the Level 2 Sale-a-Bration options (and so on, and so on…). The paper is cut with the curved edge die from the Curvy Dies. It’s layered on some Pool Party Cardstock that is embossed with the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder. A few layered Daisy Punch outs add some more floral accents. Can you tell what the centres of the daisies are? I actually used the centre of the “O” from the Playful Alphabet dies! Added a sentiment from the Dragonfly Garden stamp set onto a Stitched Shape oval. I love oval die cuts for sentiments. The Layering Ovals Dies are a great option as well. They tend to fit a number of sentiments and I always find that curved lines are more forgiving in terms of lining things up. Plus I figured the curved angle went well on this curvy floral card.
So – February 28th is your last chance to grab the Sale-a-Bration items of your choice with your qualifying product purchase – visit yamstamps.com/shop! Also – Feb 28th marks the last day to register for the March Online Card Class – so don’t miss out. Contact me to register for class or for assistance placing an order!
My Stampers Club and Card Classes are being held virtually right now, and one of the Stampin’ Up! rules about class kits that I send out is that I can’t pre-stamp anything. It makes sense, especially when you want to learn about card making and stamping, but it has been stretching my creative brain cells a bit at times! This no stamping required card thankfully came together fairly quickly so that was nice!
No Stamping Required Card
One thing that made this card easy was that I used items from the same suite. They’re all from the Fine Art Floral Suite Collection in the January-June 2021 Mini Catalogue. This is one of my favourite suites! (OK disclaimer, I’m not into the Gilded Leafing because I’m a messy crafter to start, and that stuff would be absolutely everywhere for a very long time). Anyway. I used my current favourite embossing folder, Painted Texture for the backing piece and then added some of the 3/8″ Fine Art Ribbon. It’s a subtle metallic – if there’s such a thing.
No Stamping Required Card
To finish the card, I simply die cut some Stitched Rectangles from Poppy Parade Cardstock and the Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper. I actually used my new Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine for this step – it’s such a cute little machine! It would be perfect to take to a crop (whenever we get to do things like that again). I also love that it doesn’t take up much room on my crafting surface – so I have more room to spread out my crafting supplies and mess LOL.
I really like putting main elements towards the bottom right of my cardfronts….I think it adds a bit more interest than always centering the focal image, which I otherwise tend to do.
No Stamping Required Card
Last but not least – if you’re missing card classes, join me in March for my Online Card Class. This is one of the no stamping required cards we’ll make together. I’ll send you the packet of precut class materials ahead of time, then we’ll get together on a Zoom conference call March 10th. If you can’t make it on that date, no worries! You’ll have access to the recording afterward so that you can watch at your leisure.
Class fee is $20 and includes postage of class materials to your home in Canada. You can contact me to register and to get payment links. Deadline for registration is February 28 to allow for postage time. You will need an adhesive of your choice and something that you can score and cut cardstock with, plus Stampin’ Dimensionals are a nice option. You can add stamping from your stash on hand after the class! When I had in person events, a lot of people would actually opt to leave the sentiments out at the time anyway and add them later, once they knew the occasion for which they would be using the card.
I hope you’re enjoying your Family Day (or whatever it’s called in your neck of the woods…). I’m looking to spending time with some of my crafty family tonight – aka the Stampers Club! It’s our online class, and it’s always fun to see each other and catch up a bit, while also getting to share some crafting. I’m off to make sure everything’s charged up and that I have a reasonably cleared worktop!
Do you remember the Sale-a-Bration set from the past, “Hey Chick!”? It was one of the most popular selections – and Stampin’ Up! has brought it back for a limited time, along with some additions!
Hey Chick – don’t forget – until the end of February, when you place a $60 product order (or multiples thereof…) you can select a Sale-a-Bration product for free! You can shop in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store (shortcut yamstamps.com/shop) 24/7 and have your choices delivered directly to your door – or contact me for assistance placing an order (or if you want to pay by etransfer).
This card is right up my alley – because it’s definitely got the “wow” factor and it’s really easy to make! This sparkly ombre card shows off a few Stampin’ Up! products that are guaranteed to make your projects stand out.
Sparkly Ombre Card
There’s a few stars on this card – the first being the Rainbow Glimmer Paper. It’s got a gradient of colour and stay put glitter so it makes it easy to make impressive paper crafting projects. For this easy but impressive card, I teamed it with some Bermuda Bay cardstock that was die cut with the large die from the Potted Succulents dies (this is the second star if you’re keeping track). I will freely admit that I bought the Simply Succulents Bundle (includes the dies and the coordinating Simply Succulents stamp set) on the basis of this die alone.
Seriously. I loved this die on first sight, and I often have ‘incompleteness’ issues if I buy one item without the coordinating other item….so the bundle. Even though I don’t have a green thumb and I can just barely keep succulents alive. BUT LOOK AT THIS DIE! It cuts the detailed centre portion and leaves the edges intact, so you could use this on the front of a card without an extra layer on top. Love it.
To complete the sparkly ombre card, I added a few Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels – I used the Coastal Cabana ones as the light blue shade complimented the colours from the portion of Rainbow Glimmer Paper used. We are going to be doing this card in February’s Stampers Club (though I think we may end up using Basic Rhinestones because I have more of those LOL).
If you’re looking for more paper crafting inspiration, you’ll want to be sure to be signed up for the YamStamps Newsletters! Each week, delivered to your inbox, you’ll get a newsletter with exclusive paper crafting tutorials, information and ideas. The first email of each month is the big projects newsletter, featuring three different tutorials – so if you sign up now, you’ll be sure to get the February edition next week!
