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Too Much Space

Hey everybody, Happy Tuesday! I hope your week has started off on a nice note! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a front flap card which is one of my most favorite fun folds. All of our red, white and blue cardstock is on sale this month, so I used Navy Blue and White cardstock from our new Lessebo line to make this outer space themed ‘missing you’ card. How stinkin’ cute is this guy in his space craft?!

I don’t have any written instructions for this fold because I’ve been making these for years, but it really is a very simple card to make. In a nutshell, the base is a flat A2 size embellished with a patterned paper layering panel. Then a narrower top folding front flap card (any width you want) is adhered to the front. You can embellish this smaller card with the same patterned paper that you used on the base or you can use a coordinating print. The focal image can be a stamped image, a die cut, or a large sentiment, and is positioned partly off the flap for a little interest. A white panel is adhered to the inside for a sentiment and signature. That’s it! ;)

I cut the card base and front flap card from Lessebo Navy Blue along with layering panels from the Craft Consortium Ink Drops-Vivid 6×6 paper pad. I stamped the Milky Way image and sentiments from The Project Bin in Catherine Pooler Juniper Mist ink on Lessebo White cardstock, cut the image with the coordinating die and trimmed the sentiments into strips. The finishing touch was adding several Eyelet Outlet 5mm blue pearls.

I cut the inside panel from Lessebo white and added the stamped sentiment.

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CutCardStock products used:
Lessebo Navy Blue
Lessebo White

Other products used:
PAPER: Craft Consortium Ink Drops-Vivid 6×6 paper pad
STAMPS: The Project Bin Milky Way stamps
INK: Catherine Pooler Juniper Mist ink
DIES/PUNCHES: The Project Bin Milky Way die
ACCESSORIES: Cricut Paper Trimmer, Elmer’s Craft Bond Tape Runner, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Eyelet Outlet 5mm blue pearls

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out all the awesome cardstock and other goodies at CutCardStock (adhesives, labels, stickers, pens, watercolors and ribbon to name a few). And head on over to the CutCardStock Facebook Page and for more inspiration! Also, be sure to join our Creating with Card Stock Facebook Group for even more crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

Halloween Hi fun fold

Hi friends, Happy Monday! I’ve popped in with another Pajama Crafter Stamps project to share created with the super cute Prickley Pear Stamps Bats and Bats 2 stamp sets along with the Bat die. This is another one in the pile of projects I created prior to leaving the team at the end of February and hadn’t yet showcased. It’s not too early to share a Halloween card, is it?! You know how I love me some fun folds, and I found a new one to try! My inspiration for this angled slide and lock card came from Lisa Curcio’s blog. She’s a fellow fun fold fanatic and I just love how she thinks. This interactive card was such fun and I see more of them in my future!
UPDATE: I have since made another slide and lock fun fold card with a hand-cut track for the sliding mechanism and a shaker as the focal image. I wrote instructions and have added them to the Freebies section of my blog HERE if you’d like to learn how to make this fun fold.

I cut the card base from CutCardStock Lessebo cardstock along with layering panels from coordinating papers in the Keep It Simple Mango 12×12 Collection Pack. The track for the sliding mechanism was cut with a Spellbinders Fancy Framed Tags One die, and the circles were cut with the Keep It Simple Stitched Circles Nested Dies. Using two of the circle dies, I cut a moon from Lessebo Sunset Orange cardstock. I pulled some iridescent star shaker bits from my stash and adhered them randomly over the stars on the patterned paper.

The front sentiment is from the Bats stamp set, stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I stamped the bat (also from the Bats stamp set), used the coordinating Bat die to cut it, and adhered it to the stitched circle with a black foam square. I cut the inside panel from Solar White and embellished it with orange and black strips cut from the papers used on the front. The inside sentiment and small bat are from the Bats 2 stamp set, also stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

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Pajama Crafter Stamps products used:
Prickley Pear Stamps Bats stamp set
Prickley Pear Stamps Bats 2 stamp set
Prickley Pear Stamps Bat die

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Lessebo Pitch Black and Lessebo Sunset Orange cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, Keep It Simple Mango 12×12 Collection Pack
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Spellbinders Fancy Framed Tags One dies, Keep It Simple Stitched Circles Nested Dies
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Elmer’s Craft Bond Tape Runner, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares (large black), iridescent star shaker bits from stash

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps, dies and other goodies at Pajama Crafter Stamps which is the new home of the Prickley Pear Stamps brand and the Pajama Crafter Stamps line! Keep up with news and sales by following Pajama Crafter Stamps on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest, and join Pajama Crafter Stamps & Friends for lots of fun crafty ideas and to share your creativity! And finally, be sure to visit the Pajama Crafter Stamps blog and sign up for the newsletter to stay in touch! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

You’re my Cup of Tea

Hey everybody! Happy Saturday – I hope you had a great week and you’re looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend! I’m stoked to be back with another Keep It Simple DT inspiration project to share today created with papers, stamps and dies from the new Belle Collection. This collection is darling and I thought another pop-up window card was warranted to show off this little gal. I really love this fold – it’s so easy and really packs a punch! This is actually the second one of these I’ve made and I can’t remember where I originally saw it. Just cut an aperture (of any shape) into the front flap and save the die cut shape to use for the focal image. Add a pop up mechanism (simple tubular box) to the top back of the focal image so it stands up when the card is opened.

I cut the card base from CutCardStock Lessebo Misty Blue along with layering panels from coordinating prints in the Belle 12×12 Collection Pack and CutCardStock Cougar Smooth 80# White cardstock. I cut the oval aperture into the front flap using a Back To Basics Stitched Ovals Nested Die and also cut an oval from Cougar Smooth 100# White cardstock.

I stamped the princess, the tea pot and the tea cup from the Belle Collection Stamps in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Cougar White, colored them with alcohol markers, and cut them with the coordinating dies. I stamped the front sentiment from the same stamp set in Catherine Pooler Cove Blue ink and cut it with the coordinating die. The finishing touches were adding a couple Back To Basics Lemon Enamel Hearts and stamping an additional sentiment (from the Back To Basics Thank You Sentiments stamp set) inside in the blue ink.

Keep It Simple products used:
Once Upon A Time: Belle 12×12 Collection Pack
Once Upon A Time: Belle Collection Stamps
Once Upon A Time: Belle Outline Dies
Back To Basics Stitched Ovals Nested Dies
Back To Basics Thank You Sentiments stamp set
Back To Basics Lemon Enamel Hearts

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Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Lessebo Misty Blue, Cougar Smooth 100# White, and Cougar Smooth 80# White cardstock
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Catherine Pooler Cove Blue ink, Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends- TB2/3/4, GB1/3/5/6/7/10, FS6/7/8, BP3; Pentel Slicci Gold Pen
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Elmer’s Craft Bond Tape Runner, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, 1″ double-sided foam strip

I hope you’ve loved seeing this project as much as I loved creating it and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out ALL the fun goodies in the Keep It Simple online store! Save 10% on your entire order when you shop online using code LoveToScrap2 at checkout! There is no minimum purchase requirement and no usage limits, AND it combines with product, order, and shipping discounts! Is that cool, or what?! Be sure to Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest for lots of crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

You make me happy

Hey everybody! Happy Friday – I hope you ‘ve had a great week! The weeks seem to be whizzing by… did it go by fast for you, too? I’ve popped in with another Pajama Crafter Stamps project to share today created with the adorable Build An Umbrella stamp set which I paired with the Umbrella die set and the Ducks in a Row and Rain Cloud Die set, all from Prickley Pear Stamps. How stinkin’ cute is this?! This clean and simple card is another one of the projects I created prior to leaving the team at the end of February and hadn’t yet showcased. It’s a super easy design that came together pretty quickly. I see so many possibilities using this umbrella! ;)

The card base was cut from CutCardStock Cougar 100# Smooth White cardstock. The umbrella base was cut from CutCardStock Basis Gray cardstock using the Umbrella die set. The umbrella panels (from the Build An Umbrella stamp set) were stamped on Pop Tone Red Hot, Pop Tone Blue Raspberry and Pop Tone Limeade cardstock and cut with the coordinating Umbrella die set. The ducks (from the same stamp set) were stamped on Pop Tone Lemon Drop cardstock and cut with the coordinating die from the Ducks In A Row and Rain Cloud die set. I die cut the rain cloud (also from the Ducks In A Row and Rain Cloud die set) directly into the front flap of the card base and backed it with a piece of CutCardStock Blue Hydrangea cardstock. The final step was stamping the sentiment (from the same stamp set) in the lower right corner.

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Pajama Crafter Stamps products used:
Prickley Pear Stamps Build An Umbrella stamp set
Prickley Pear Stamps Umbrella die set
Prickley Pear Stamps Ducks in a Row and Rain Cloud die set

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Cougar 100# Smooth White, Basis Gray, Pop Tone Red Hot, Pop Tone Blue Raspberry, Pop Tone Limeade, Pop Tone Lemon Drop and Blue Hydrangea cardstock
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Bic Ultra Fine Point Marker- Yellow Blaze; Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen- Orange Glaze
DIES/PUNCHES: Kadomaru Pro Corner Rounder
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot

Scrappy hugs,

lucky

Hey everybody, Happy Wednesday! I hope your week is going well! I’m delighted to share one more Keep It Simple DT inspiration project created with the adorable Lucky Day Collection. This was an extra project I made (sometimes I can’t help myself) and even though St. Patty’s Day is long past, I wanted to show it off. Collage style cards are so fun to make, layer after layer, and I love how this one turned out!

The landscape side-folding A2 size card base was cut from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock along with a frame and layering panel from coordinating papers in the Lucky Day 6×9 Collection Pack. I used the Stitched Rectangles Nested Dies to make the frame and popped it up on double-sided foam strips. Then the fun began… I chose a bunch of die cuts from the Lucky Phrases and Lucky Day Die Cut Pieces and began layering them, gluing some flat and adding foam squares behind some. When I was finished, I added several Jade Enamel Dots which completed the card front.

I cut the inside panel from 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with another coordinating print from the 6×9 Collection Pack and more die cuts and phrases.

Keep It Simple products used:
Lucky Day 6×9 Collection Pack
Lucky Day Lucky Phrases Die Cut Pieces
Lucky Day Die Cut Pieces
Back To Basics Stitched Rectangles Nested Dies
Back To Basics Jade Enamel Dots

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Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Elmer’s Craft Bond Tape Runner, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Big Shot, 1″ and 1/4″ double-sided foam strips, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares (small white)

Scrappy hugs,

Sweet Treats for a Sweet You

Hey everybody! Happy Tuesday – I hope your week has started off on a nice note! I’ve popped in with another Pajama Crafter Stamps project to share today created with the super cute Build-A-Cupcake – Christmas stamp set and Cupcake Die, both from Prickley Pear Stamps. This is another one in that pile of projects I created prior to leaving the team at the end of February and hadn’t yet showcased. This side panel pillar card is one of those fun folds that has made it to the top of my list of favorites – it’s basically a front step card in a vertical orientation.

I cut the card base and step panel from CutCardStock Twine cardstock along with layering panels from CutCardStock Kale Green cardstock and coordinating prints in the Carta Bella Christmas Collection Kit. I stamped the cupcake and sentiment from the Prickley Pear Stamps Build-A-Cupcake – Christmas stamp set in Memento Espresso Truffle ink on Twine cardstock. I colored the image with alcohol markers, cut it with the coordinating Prickley Pear Stamps Cupcake Die, and cut the sentiment with a Keep It Simple Stitched Ovals Nested Die. The finishing touch was adding several green gemstones.

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Pajama Crafter Stamps products used:
Prickley Pear Stamps Build-A-Cupcake – Christmas stamp set
Prickley Pear Stamps Cupcake Die

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Twine and Kale Green cardstock, Carta Bella Christmas Collection Kit
INK: Memento Espresso Truffle ink; Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends- DR1/3/4, JG4/5/7, EB1/2/3
DIES/PUNCHES: Keep It Simple Stitched Ovals Nested Dies
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Elmer’s Craft Bond Tape Runner, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, green gemstones

Scrappy hugs,

SUMMER banner

Hey everybody! Who is ready for SUMMER?! I am, I am! I sure do love the Summer months – the vitamin D, the beach, day rides, and the smells and sounds of Summer. Warm is okay but definitely not hot… I don’t do extreme heat in my old age. I’m stoked to be back with a Keep It Simple DT inspiration project to share that I created to celebrate Summer! I had it hanging on a wall in my studio before I took it down to send to the KIS owner, but it would be super easy to reproduce. Banners are so much fun and can be made in any size or shaped flags, and this one was no exception!

I cut the flags from assorted patterned papers from the Back To Basics Royal, Mango, Lemon, Rose, Jade and Lilac 12×12 Collection Packs along with a layering panel for each one cut from CutCardStock Pop Tone Black Licorice cardstock. I punched two holes in the top of each flag with my WRMK Crop-A-Dile II Big Bite. The letters were cut from the same Black Licorice cardstock using the KIS Cuts Twinkling Stars Font.

The leaves and flowers were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on scraps of Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock using stamps from the Simply Spring Collection Stamps. I colored them with alcohol markers and added some details with a Clear Star Gelly Roll pen. I cut them with the coordinating Simply Spring Outline Dies and adhered them, along with the letters, to the flags. I used an assortment of Back To Basics Enamel Hearts and Dots to embellish each flag, and then wove a length of Back To Basics Lemon Ribbon through each one, which completed the project. See how easy that was?!

Keep It Simple products used:
Back To Basics Royal 12×12 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Mango 12×12 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Lemon 12×12 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Rose 12×12 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Jade 12×12 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Lilac 12×12 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Lemon Ribbon
KIS Cuts Twinkling Stars Font
Simply Spring Collection Stamps
Simply Spring Outline Dies
Back To Basics Royal Enamel Hearts
Back To Basics Rose Enamel Hearts
Back To Basics Jade Enamel Hearts
Back To Basics Clear Enamel Dots

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Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Pop Tone Black Licorice cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends- LG5, OR3, LY3, PP6, PL4; Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen
DIES/PUNCHES: We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile II Big Bite
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot

Scrappy hugs,

Just a Note fun fold note card

Happy Saturday, friends! It’s June 1st already! I’ve popped in this morning with another Pajama Crafter Stamps project created with the beautiful Flourished Oval Sentiments and Scalloped Oval 4-Floral stamp sets by Prickley Pear Stamps which I paired with the Flourished Oval Die and Flourished Oval Nesting Dies (also from Prickley Pear Stamps). This is another one of the many projects I created prior to leaving the team at the end of February and hadn’t yet showcased. I designed this double easel note card around the patterned paper this time which I rarely do… usually I have a design in my head, grab the paper and go from there. I have to say I’m really digging this color combo!

I cut the main card base from CutCardStock Cougar Smooth #100 White cardstock along with the second part of the card base, a layering panel and a flourished die cut from CutCardStock Lessebo Misty Blue. The patterned paper is from the Spellbinders Petite Patterns 6×9 paper pad. I then cut slightly smaller and larger flourished die cuts from CutCardStock Lessebo Sweet Mint. I stamped the focal image on the smaller one, colored it with alcohol markers and added some light green gemstones. A few blue gemstones completed the card front.

I cut the inside panel from CutCardStock Cougar Smooth 80# White cardstock and embellished it with leftover strips of the patterned paper and Sweet Mint cardstock used on the front. Since this is a note card, I left the inside panel blank.

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Pajama Crafter Stamps products used:
Prickley Pear Stamps Flourished Oval Sentiments stamp set
Prickley Pear Stamps Scalloped Oval 4-Floral stamp set
Prickley Pear Stamps Flourished Oval Die
Prickley Pear Stamps Flourished Oval Nesting Dies

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Cougar Smooth 100# White, Cougar Smooth 80# White, Lessebo Misty Blue and Lessebo Sweet Mint cardstock, Spellbinders Petite Patterns 6×9 paper pad
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends- TB2/3/4, AG5
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Elmer’s Craft Bond Tape Runner, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, light green and blue gemstones

Scrappy hugs,

Hey Cookie, What’s Bakin’

Hey everybody! Happy first day of June! We’re almost officially half done with the year – can you believe it?! My baby girl romper card won a Top 5 spot over at Scrapping4fun Challenges several weeks ago and I was invited to guest design for Challenge #236 – Anything Goes! I created another box card with a ‘bun in the oven’ theme using the same Spellbinders 3D Vignette dies that I used to create the baby boy card last month. I couldn’t very well make one for a boy and not one for a girl, right?! There is one very subtle difference between the two, and that is the placement of the cookie sheet and mitt on the oven top. I was adding this project to my spreadsheet and noticed that it’s been almost 10 years since my first guest spot with Scrapping4fun Challenges – it’s amazing how fast the time flies when you’re having so much fun!

Using the Spellbinders Pop-Up 3D Vignette What’s Bakin’ Oven dies, I cut all the pieces from CutCardStock Lessebo Bubble Gum Pink, Lessebo Blossom, Lessebo Ivory, Lessebo Pitch Black, Lessebo Coffee Bean, Lessebo Cherry Red and Stardream Metallic Silver cardstock. I used Grafix Crystal Clear Acetate for the ‘glass’ in the oven door, along with pieces of Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares to pop up the cookie sheet, oven mits and utensils.

I always say the assembly of 3D projects is the most fun and this was a blast watching it come together. I used the Keep It Simple Stitched Rectangles Nested Dies to cut a panel from Lessebo Ivory cardstock for the back of the oven. I stamped a sentiment from the Stampin’ Up Happy & Heartfelt stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink which completed the card.

Here are a couple angled shots and one more showing that the top of the oven opens so the card can fold flat for mailing. The details on this are amazing!

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Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Lessebo Bubble Gum Pink, Lessebo Blossom, Lessebo Ivory, Lessebo Pitch Black, Lessebo Coffee Bean, Lessebo Cherry Red and Stardream Metallic Silver cardstock
STAMPS: Stampin’ Up Happy & Heartfelt stamp set
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Spellbinders Pop-Up 3D Vignette What’s Bakin’ Oven dies, Keep It Simple Stitched Rectangles Nested Dies
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Grafix Crystal Clear Craft Plastic, red liner tape, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares (small white)

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up an ‘anything goes’ project this month! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Alphabet ATCs

Hi friends! Happy Thursday and almost end of May! Can you believe the year is almost half over?! I’m absolutely delighted to share another Keep It Simple DT inspiration project created with items in the new Floral Baby Collection! It’s been a minute since I made any ATCs so I crafted a set of six alphabet cards and coins. We have a Bunny, Jellyfish, Snail, Elephant, Turtle and Crab, all featuring Floral Baby Papers, KIS Cuts Land Babies and KIS Cuts Water Babies along with KIS Cuts Melody Stories Font. I love how these turned out!

I created the four 2-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ card bases and two 2-1/2″ coin bases from CutCardStock Cougar 100# Smooth White cardstock. I then picked out an assortment of patterned papers from the Floral Baby 6×9 Collection Pack for the backgrounds. Then the fun began… die cutting all the pieces for the Bunny, Jellyfish, Snail, Elephant, Turtle and Crab from cardstock using the KIS Cuts Land Babies and KIS Cuts Water Babies.

The assembly is always the most fun! I’ll list the cardstock used for each one below. I had some small CutCardStock Sandcastle scraps so I scribbled them with a black Copic Sketch marker and cut the six letters from the KIS Cuts Melody Stories Font. I used an assortment of Enamel Hearts and Dots on each one.