Paper Crafting Ideas

I love the Dressed to Impress stamp set and matching dies in the annual catalog, but I have to admit, I don’t wear lipstick. I don’t even wear make-up for that matter. When I was younger, I thought sleeping that extra 30 minutes was worth not wearing make-up.

Before the coronavirus hit, I would head to the gym first thing in the morning to swim laps. Sometimes I would swim at lunch so I guess I just never had time to do make-up. And now that we wear masks most of the time who is ever going to notice. Right?

So while I don’t really wear lipstick, I had fun making this card and I do hope you enjoy it. The first image is a clean and simple version and the second image is a bit stepped up with an additional stamp from the Dress to Impress set. Note, the black border around the card is just for viewing purposes and is not part of the actual card.

Which one do you like the best? Feel free to leave me a comment!

• Begin with a Basic White base that measures 5½ x 8½. In landscape position, (aka the long side) score at 4¼”.  Fold and burnish.
• Cut a 2¾ x 4” piece of designer series paper from the True Love designer series paper pack and attach it to the left side of the card base leaving a small white border all around.
• Next cut a 2 ½ x 3 ¾” piece of Basic Black cardstock and layer it near the bottom right of the card front overlapping the designer series paper.
• Stamp the greeting on a scrap piece of Basic White cardstock in Memento Black ink and punch it out with the Rectangular Postage Punch. Stamp the accent in Poppy Parade ink.
• Stamp the perfume bottle in Memento Black ink on a scrap of Basic White cardstock and the colored accent stamp in Poppy Parade ink. I stamped off first to give it a lighter look. Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine and the perfume matching die from All Dressed Up to crop the bottle.
• Stamp the lipstick in Stazon ink and use the water painters with Poppy Parade ink to color the lipstick. It is important to use Stazon ink when working with the water painters so the color will not bleed.

Card #2 is exactly the same, I just added the black dots with memento black ink and a stamp included in the set to the right side of the card front.

I hope you have a blessed day and are filled with confidence to create something beautiful to share with others.

The Snailed It Bundle in the January – June 2021 is just so cute and I love all the bright colors. It really does make for some happy mail! The paper is so colorful and some of the dies cut out the figures on the designer series paper. How cool is that?

Today’s card is made entirely from the designer series paper, no stamping at all!

• Begin with a Basic White card base that measures 5½ x 8½. In landscape position, (aka the long side) score at 4¼”.  Fold and burnish.
• Cut a 4 x 5¼” piece of the Bermuda Bay cardstock and attach to the card front. 
• Cut a 4 ¼ x 3 ¼” piece of Real Red cardstock and a 3 x 4” piece of DSP from the Snail Mail paper pack and attach to the Real Red panel and attach to the Bermuda Bay panel on the card front.
• Use the Paper Snips to fussy cut several mushrooms from the designer series paper and attach to the left side of the real red/designer series paper panel. 
• Next use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine and the Stitched So Sweetly Dies to cut two rectangles, one in Basic White and one using Bermuda Bay cardstock and attach to the card front.
• Use the dies from the bundle to cut a snail and the hello bubble from the Snail Mail Designer Series paper pack and attach to the Basic White rectangle.

• For the inside, cut a strip of designer series paper that measures 1 x 5½” and attach to the bottom of the card. 
• Cut a small snail and attach to the left side of the card. 

This was a really fun and easy card to make, no stamping at all! This bundle is available through June, so have fun!

Today’s card features the Tasteful Touches Bundle and the In-Color 2020-2022 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper pack, specifically Just Jade.

• Begin with a 5 ½ x 8 ½” piece of Just Jade cardstock.  In landscape position (AKA-long side), score at 4 ¼”, burnish and fold.
• Cut a 4 x 5 ¼” piece of Basic Black cardstock and attach to the card front.
• From the 6 x 6 pack of Designer series paper (2020-2022 In-Color), choose a Just Jade design and cut it to measure 3 x 4”. 
• Now cut the 4” side in half at 2”.  You should now have two pieces that measure 2 x 3”. 
• Position these pieces of designer series paper to the Basic Black panel at the top and bottom with an even edge on all sides, leaving a small gap in the center.  Don’t worry about the gap we are going to hide it with the greeting.
• Use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine and the Tasteful Labels Dies to cut a design from Just Jade cardstock. 
• Use the Stamparatus to add a greeting from the Tasteful Touches stamp set in Memento Black ink.
• Attach to the greeting with Stampin’ Dimensionals to the card front covering the gap between your designer series paper. Add three Matte Black dots to the greeting panel.

This is a fun technique that I learned from fellow demonstrator, Christine Fracchia. I hope you will give this technique a try. It is fun and also a great way to save on our designer series paper.