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Make It Monday #270 Quilting With Scraps Part I

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Happy Monday my friends. I am here today with part one of a four part series that I am calling Quilting with Scraps. Over the next two weeks I will be sharing with you some fun techniques on how to use your patterned paper scraps to create some beautiful quilt looking cards. In today’s video, part one, I will be teaching you how to create the star quilting pattern look.

I stumbled across several video with this pattern piece, some of them actual quilting videos and some that used only paper. I liked Kristina Ree’s video and am using her template and technique to share with you today. Thanks Kristina for inspiring us! Whether you are a quilter, or a quilt admirer I am sure you will enjoy today’s video.

Let’s take a closer look at today’s projects!

I had so much fun creating these cards. It was very satisfying turning my scrap bin of beautiful patterned paper into something special. I hope today’s cards inspire you to think about quilting with paper. Be sure to check out the Stitched Stocking Bundle if you want to cut your scraps with a built in stitched look.

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Join me on Wednesday for part 2 of Quilting with Paper Scraps. Happy Stamping or should I say Happy Quilting!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Weekly Wed. #105 Faux Wood Carving Technique

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Happy Wednesday everyone. A few months ago I featured the Faux Wood Carving Technique at a stamp camp and one on my beloved stampers has reached out with a request to create a video technique. Today is that day, Mary, this one is for you. Enjoy! I hope you create an abundant of beautiful cards.

If you are in the St. Louis area and enjoy stamping with friends we would love to include you in our Stamp Camp group. We gather monthly on the 4th Friday of every month, except in November and December. Click here for a schedule and more information on these in-person classes.

Faux Wood Carving Technique

Step #1

Begin with a 3-1/2 x 4-3/4 piece of Basic White or Very Vanilla cardstock. Using a scoring tool, score along the 3-1/2 inch side at every 1/2″. Sorry my scanned image is so grainy and difficult to see, but you get the idea. Just be sure to score every 1/2″ with the cardstock in portrait postion.

Step #2

Drag a light colored ink pad over the scored cardstock using a light touch. Depending on how juicy your ink pad is and what side of the scored image you choose, will determine the outcome. The ink was applied on the debossed side of the cardstock in the image on the left and the embossed (raised) side in the image on the right. See video for details.

Step #3

Next choose an embossing folder, I am using the Sunflower3-D Embossing Folder. How you position your cardstock in the embossing folder will determine whether the raised image in on the inked side or not. See video for details.

Step #4

Next choose a darker ink to add color by again dragging the ink pad along the embossed or debossed image. I am using Early Espresso for my sample.

Step #5

If you so choose, add a bit more color to your project. Use the same dragging technique. See video for details. I have chosen Lost Lagoon for my sample, but Cloud Cover is also a great choice depending on how muted you want your end color to look.

Step #6

Finally assemble your card and add a greeting.

Project Measurement and Supplies:

  • Cloud Cover card base: 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 scored in half at 4-1/4, 1-1/4 x 3-3/4
  • Early Espresso cardstock layer: 4 x 5 1/4
  • Basic White cardstock layer: 3-5/8 x 4-7/8, 4x 5-1/4 (inside), 1-1/4 x 2-1/2 (greeting)
  • Early Expresso Ink
  • Cloud Cover Ink
  • Crumb Cake Ink
  • Stylish Shapes banners
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals

Stamp Camp Class Cards:

I hope you enjoyed this video technique. Let me know in the comments if you have any questions or please feel free to email me at BlessedByCards@gmail.com. I hope this technique inspires you to create something beautiful to share with others. Happy Stamping!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Make It Monday #256 A-2 Cards and Gift Bag

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Happy Monday everyone. I hope you had a glorious weekend. Today I am excited to share with you a fun gift bag that I created using one piece of 12 x 12 designer series paper. Plus you can use the left over strip to create 6 beautiful cards. I will be sharing with you 4 cards that I created with my left over strip. I want to give a shout out to Julie Dimiatteo at the Paper Pixie for her great tips on how to get perfectly even handles!

Here is a look at two of the bags I created:

Gift Bag Measurements:

  • Choose a 12 x 12 piece of designer series paper for your bag and matching cards. Cut your DSP to be 8-1/4 x 12 making sure your directional design is along the 12″ side.
  • Cut strip of 3-3/4 x 12 DSP into six 2″ strips to create your six matching cards.
  • Score on the 12″ side at 4-1/2, 5-3/4, 10-1/4, and 11-1/2. Rotate your DSP and score at 1-1/4 for the bottom and at 1″ for the top. See video on how to make cuts and fold bag and create the prefect ribbon handles.


Here is a closer look at the cards created from the 3- 3/4

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#256 A-2 cards and Matching Gift Bag

These bags are so much fun and I love Julie’s tip on how to create the perfect handle every time. I had a blast created so many of these bags for this year’s Mother’s Day. Although my mom is no longer with me, I had a good time creating them for some very special moms! Thank the Lord for He is good and always placing the right people in our lives at the right time. Let us rejoice and give thanks for all moms and grandma’s this week. After all, Mother’s Day is not just one day of celebration, it is a lifetime of love. Stop back on Wednesday for another video tutorial. Happy Stamping!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Make It Monday #251 ~ Strip Paper Piecing Technique

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Happy Easter Monday! I pray that our Risen Lord will bless you abundantly during this Easter Season. I thought it would be fun to go through my springtime DSP scraps to create a few fun cards for you. So dig out your leftover scraps and create something beautiful with me today.

Did you know that when you cut a 12 x 12 piece of DSP into six card fronts measuring 4 x 5 1/4 that you will have a strip of 1 1/2 x 12 left over? Fun, right? Well, when that happens, don’t throw them away or cut them down because today I am going to show you how to use them to create a strip paper piecing card. Check out the video below that explains how this technique works.

Here is a closer look at our cards for today!

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#251 Make It MOnday Strip Paper Piecing Project Sheet

I hope you enjoyed today’s cards and will have fun creating with your leftover scrap pieces of designer series paper.

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Masking Techniques Part One ~Make It Monday #248

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Hello my stamping friends. Due to the storms in St. Louis, this post may be posted a bit later that usual, but Praise the Lord we have power and this post will go out today. I pray that wherever you are the storms missed you as well. On Friday, I hosted a Masking Technique class and while I will not be sharing with you all of the techniques we learned. I am sharing a few masking techniques that I hope you will try. I will share a few more with you on Wednesday in the second part of this 2-part series.

One of the most important things you will need to know about masking, especially if you are creating a scene or staggering images, whatever you stamp first on your cardstock will be the image that is in front. Placing a mask on that image will allow you to stamp over the mask, thus putting the newly stamped image behind the first image you stamped.

Let’s take a closer look!

In this card I stamped the Cajun Craze pot and the leaves in it first (see video) and then the subsequent pots and leaves. I used colored pencils to create a table look and used a blender pen to smooth the lines. If you have not used the blender pens with your colored pencils, you are going to love them. Click here to check out our blender pens.

Blender Pens

The second important thing about masking, is to use high quality masking paper and to trim as close to the design as possible. Click here to check out our Masking Paper. This will minimize the gaps between your stamped images. If you do get a small gap, again the blender pen with a little ink will help hide those gap lines.

Masking Paper

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I hope you enjoyed today’s cards. Stop back on Wednesday for Masking Techniques-Part Two.

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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