For today's post you get a Three-Fer. What's that? Three cards from one simple Technique.
I like to call the technique "Stack & Cut". Stack several pieces of the same size designer series paper (or you could use cardstock) and then while they are aligned and stacked together, cut it into the same number of pieces as you have in your stack. For example, if you have 3 pieces of paper in the stack, cut the stack into 3 pieces. If you have 4 pieces in your stack, cut the stack into 4 pieces.
I've never tried more than 4, but I don't see why you couldn't. You just need to be sure your cutter will cut all the pieces in the stack at once -- while you keep them carefully aligned.
After you cut the stack into pieces mix and match the pieces to make card fronts. For today's card I used 3 designs from Peaceful Garden Designer Series paper cut to 5-1/2" x 4-1/4". I stacked them and then cut my stack into 3 pieces. After mixing and match, this is what I had.
Now the fun begins! Let's see the 3 cards I came up
using the above panels.
I decided to made a "beginner" level card, an
"intermediate" level card, and an "advanced" card.
Let's start with the beginner card.
I added a couple of tails of ribbon and Basic Rhinestones
for a bit of sparkle. I guess you couldn't stay it qualifies as a SIP
(stamps, ink & paper) card, but for my style, it definitely qualifies as a
"simple" card.
The inside is also clean & simple, but never
naked. A strip of coordinating DSP adds a bit of color. The
sentiment is also from the Shepherd's Care stamp set.
Now let's move to the intermediate level card.
For this card I die cut my stack & stamp background with
a die from Branching Out dies and layered it on a Night of Navy layer made with
the same dies.
The narrow Night of Navy die cut was also cut with Branching out dies. To make it narrower, I just die cut it twice -- one on the left side and then slid the same die over and cut the right side.
The two stems were die cut from Basic White cardstock using
dies from the Beautiful Motifs dies. I used a Blending Bush on the
"flowers" of one of the stems to add a little Misty Moonlight ink to
help them pop.
Since I die cut the 2nd technique sheet I used a leftover
"scrap" to decorate the inside of the card. The inside
sentiment is also from Banner Sayings.
The second card is still fairly simple as the only stamping
was the sentiments, but the die cut elements step it up a bit.
OK, are you ready for the next card?
For my "advanced" level card, I decided to use the
Party Banner Dies to create my card base to add a bit of fun interest.
This card base opens at the top and I slid a Party Banner Die just high enough
so the fold remained intact. The Petunia Pop Mat and the remaining
technique sheet were also die cut with the Party Banner dies.
The flowers and leaves were made with the Lifetime of Love
Bundle. The flowers were colored with Stampin' Blends and some depth was
added to the Old Olive die cut leaves by added Old Olive ink to the tips.
The message layer and Petunia Pop mat on the inside of the
card were also die cut with Party Banners dies. A leftover
"scrap" from the technique sheet was bordered with Night of Navy to
provide a finishing touch on the inside.
Use this link to download my tutorial.
Below is a list of the current products I used. The Banner Sayings Bundle that I used won't be available until November, so I didn't include links to those products.
Product List
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