Christmas Mini Slimline

Welcome

Today's card has more of a masculine feel to it.

I'm using up some scrap pieces to make this mini slimline.

Super easy to make but may be difficult to find the right size envelope so I will add how I made one at the end.

A standard Slimline card is size is 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 whereas a Mini Slimline is 6" x 3".

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I had these scraps of cardstock leftover so decided to use them on this card.  I had stamped it with the Plaid Turnabout stamp and Distress Oxide inks.  The colours I used were Iced Spruce, Uncharted Mariner, Brocken China and some Rustic Wilderness.  
• I cut the leftovers into strips to fit on the white panel that was 5 3/4 x 3".  
• Next, I die cut the sentiment outline in white and then the backing in some blue cardstock and glued them together.
• I glued the sentiment over the plaid flag background.
• I glued the finished panel to the slimline base.
• To add some interest, I punched out the holly leaves and added 3 silver gems.

ENVELOPE:

• The envelope to mail this card is very simple.  I used my Envelope Punch Board to create it.
• I cut my lightweight white cardstock to 8 1/4 x 8 1/4".  (I used the lightweight cs as it is easier to fold and not as stiff as the heavy.)
• I placed it into my Envelope Punch Board and punched the first mark at 3 1/8" and scored along the marked line.  I rotated my cardstock and followed the instructions, continuing around until my envelope was made.  It is so simple to do using this Punch Board.  You can make any size envelope. All the measurements are included on the front of the board.

For mailing purposes, I would mail it in a business size envelope so 

you wouldn't have to pay extra postage.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Paperminutes- WINTER/CHRISTMAS

The Sisterhood of Crafters- CHRISTMAS or WINTER

Supplies

Stamp- Plaid Turnabout (Concord and 9th)

Inks- DOX

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Merry Christmas die (Amazon); Misti; punch (Martha Stewart);

silver gems

Big Hello

Welcome

Today's card features just some of the many scraps I have in my stash.  

You know those little bits cut off from a larger piece...they are small but too good to throw away!

Some were done on the Gel Plate, some inked and some stenciled.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• First, I began by going through my scraps and I tried to find colours that would work together and were big enough for cutting down to make my strips.
• I cut the scraps into flag shapes in different sizes just to make the panel look more interesting.
• I took out a white card panel and stared gluing the strips onto it, fitting them together and leaving a bit of white space between them, until the panel was covered.
• Next, I die cut the letters with some white cardstock 3 times and glued those together to add more stability to the card.
• I glued a piece of lavender cardstock onto an A2 size card base, then added a white piece of cardstock over that.
• I used foam tape to pop the panel with the strips on it over that.
• I glued the letters in the center, then finally added 2 purple gems just under the hello.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- STENCILS AND DIES

Moving Along with the Times- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX, acrylic paints

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Gel Plate, Speedball Brayer; Bold Basic Alphabet (Scrapbook.com)

Birthday Wishes

Welcome

Today's card is made using some more of the many scraps I have saved to repurpose.

It made for a colourful, happy feeling card and was simple to create.

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I pulled out my container with all my paper strips and found the ones I thought would work well together.  Most of the strips were made by inking and on my Gel Plate.
• I cut a piece of white cardstock that was 4" square that would be my base.  
• I folded the strips in half and then cut the flag ends on each one.  I did have to cut some down in length to fit on the card base.  
• Next, I glued all the pieces onto the white cardstock in a circular shape, alternating the colours as I went around.  Here is what it looked like:

• When I was happy with the positioning of all the strip, I set it aside to dry.
• I cut a white cardstock circle and stamped it using the Snowflakes Texture in my Misti with lots of Distress Oxide ink colours that matched the paper strips.  I glued that onto a black cardstock circle that was slightly bigger.
• I used some foam tape to stick the circle over the paper strip background.
• I die cut the sentiment from Penny Black in some orange and then some white cardstock and glued them offset.
• I glued the finished panel onto a 4 1/4" square card base.

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- SIGNS OF SPRING

(Spring colours on my strips)

Crafting Happiness- ANYTHING GOES

Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Snowflake Texture (Nellie's Choice)

Inks- Distress Oxides

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.); black cs (Michaels)

Accessories and Tools- paper scraps, Happy Birthday die (PB); Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Paper Scraps- Use Your Scraps

Good Morning

I've decided to do a series of cardmaking over the next few weeks, showing how to use those paper scraps you know we all have hanging around in our craft space. 

I keep all mine in a container as I often have strips leftover when cutting down a Gel Plate print to make it card size.  I'm on a mission to use those scraps and hopefully, create some nice looking cards using them.

To see all the cards I will include in this series go to the tutorials bar above and find

USE YOUR SCRAPS

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by cutting 4 squares that were 2 1/4 x 2 1/4" from white cardstock to use as the base for gluing all the strips onto.
• I got out my container with all the paper strips that I save.  Like I mentioned above, they are stenciled, stamped, gel plate printed or just just plain inked pieces that I got when cutting down larger panels to make my card fronts.
• I cut the strips down; some are 1/2" and some are 1/4" wide.  I randomly glued them onto the 4 white cardstock squares that I had cut from above.
• I splattered the panels with my white Posca pen.
• While they dried, I stamped the sentiment and die cut it out.  I cut a slightly larger circle from some bliue cardstock and glued them together.
• I cut my card base- finished card size is 5"x 5".  
• I glued the 4 squares together onto another piece of white cardstock and then glued that onto my card base.
• I pop dot mounted the sentiment into the center of my card.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Circle Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair; (many Distress Oxide inks; acrylic paint etc used on strips)

Paper- white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Infinity Circle dies) HA; pop dots; white Posca pen