A little birdie told me

A little birdie told me…

Howdy peeps! Happy Thursday – another week almost behind us. Time sure is flying by! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a super cute bird-day mini slimline card. This is another one of those cards that takes almost no time to put together once all the die cutting is done. I used Classic Crest Baronial Ivory along with an assortment of colors in our Lessebo line (my current fav). I also dug into my stash and grabbed some wavy borders, an enamel sun, and cloud and bird brads. Love how this turned out – and I think it could even be considered CAS-ish!

I cut my go-to 3-1/2″ x 6″ mini slimline card base from Classic Crest Baronial Ivory cardstock. I printed the Background Labs Cloud digital background on 32# HP copy paper on my new Canon color laser printer and trimmed it to fit the mini slim card base. I have a background story on printers but I’ll save that for another day, lol! Next, I die cut the bird houses from the Catherine Pooler Home Tweet Home Dies in seven of the eight Lessebo cardstock colors I had out. Since there were so many dies in this set, I left them connected so I wouldn’t lose any of them, and it worked out well. Now I have lots of extra pieces in all those pretty colors to assemble more bird houses for future projects. ;)

I used the Keep It Simple Wavy Borders to cut three layers of ‘hills’ from Lessebo Hunter Green cardstock for my little scene. After assembling the bird houses, I added an Eyelet Outlet bird brad to each one and adhered them to the card front on adhesive foam squares, then added the enamel sun and cloud brad. I heat embossed the sentiment from the Keep It Simple Build-A-Birdhouse stamp set in Hero Arts white embossing powder, fussy cut it and added it to the bottom of the card front which completed the card front.

I cut the inside panel from Classic Crest Baronial Ivory and embellished it with another bird house. I stamped another sentiment from the same Build-A-Birdhouse stamp set in Memento Cottage Ivy ink, and layered the panel on Cherry Red cardstock.

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CutCardStock products used:
Neenah Classic Crest Baronial Ivory cardstock
Lessebo Cherry Red cardstock
Lessebo Splash Blue cardstock
Lessebo Sunflower Yellow cardstock
Lessebo Aubergine cardstock
Lessebo Moss Green cardstock
Lessebo Brick Orange cardstock
Lessebo Bubble Gum Pink cardstock
Lessebo Hunter Green cardstock

Other products used:
PAPER: Background Labs Cloud Digital Background printed on 32# HP copy paper
STAMPS: Keep It Simple Build-A-Birdhouse stamps
INK: Versamark, Memento Cottage Ivy ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Catherine Pooler Home Tweet Home Dies, Keep It Simple Wavy Borders Dies
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Mini MISTI, Big Shot, Scrapbook.com Double-Sided Adhesive Foam Squares, KNC Essentials Enamel Sun; Pergamano Perforating Mat, Eyelet Outlet Cloud/Sun, Cardinal 2, Female Cardinal and Bird Set Brads; Hero Arts White Embossing Powder, Milwaukee Heat Tool, Spellbinders Detail Scissors

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 CutCardStock Facebook Group for even more crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

A little birdie told me…

Hey everybody! Happy Friday – I hope you’re having a great week! I have some wonderful news to share this morning – I’ve been invited to guest design again for Creative Creases Challenge! Debbie knows how much I love fun folds, so of course, my answer was a big YES! I used the Birdhouse Box Card SVG cut file from My Scrap Chick to make this adorable ‘bird-day’ card for Challenge #92. Box cards definitely fall under the fun fold category and this one was way fun! Be sure to come over and play with us – you know you love some fun folds!

Cyndy G is my favorite MSC designer (I have quite a few of her cut files) and her assembly video for this card is HERE. I wanted to mention that My Scrap Chick often includes a PDF to use to print on cardstock or patterned paper and then fussy cut the pieces. This is a nice option for those who don’t use a cutting machine or for those crafting with children.

Using my Cricut Explore Air 2 and the My Scrap Chick Birdhouse Box Card SVG cut file, I cut all the pieces with a variety of cardstock from CutCardStock. I used Amazon Dark Teal, Sunflower Yellow, Coffee Bean, Pitch Black, Moss Green, Bubble Gum Pink, Cherry Red, Granite Gray and White, all from the Lessebo line. I used the Keep It Simple Build-A-Birdhouse stamp set for the sentiment. The final touch was adding Eyelet Outlet yellow enamel dots to the flower centers.

I stamped another sentiment from the KIS Stamps Build-A-Birdhouse on the back, which completed the project. How stinkin’ cute is this?!

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Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Lessebo Amazon Dark Teal, Lessebo Sunflower Yellow, Lessebo Coffee Bean, Lessebo Pitch Black, Lessebo Moss Green, Lessebo Bubble Gum Pink, Lessebo Cherry Red, Lessebo Granite Gray and Lessebo White cardstock
STAMPS: Keep It Simple Build-A-Birdhouse stamp set
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
DIES/PUNCHES: My Scrap Chick Birdhouse Box Card SVG Cut File
ACCESSORIES: Cricut Explore Air 2, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares, Eyelet Outlet Yellow Enamel Dots

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

Scrappy hugs,

Hi everyone! A very Happy Saturday to you – I hope you’ve had a great week! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support! I’m stoked to be back on the Eyelet Outlet blog today with another awesome DT inspiration project! I created a super cute birthday card featuring our Female Cardinal Brads, Bluebird & Robin Brads and Mini Butterfly Brads! I cut the cherry blossoms (from SVG Cuts) on my Scan N Cut and they fit perfectly on this mini slimline card with very little edge trimming needing to be done.

I started by cutting the cherry blossom pieces from CutCardStock Basis Brown cardstock, CutCardStock Pop-Tone Cotton Candy cardstock and CutCardStock Raspberry Ice cardstock, and assembling it. I cut a 3-1/2″ x 6″ mini slimline base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110# cardstock along with a pink textured layering panel from the Core’dinations Vintage Collection 6×6 cardstock pad. I adhered the cherry blossoms to the textured layering panel and stamped the sentiment in brown ink in the lower left corner. I added the Female Cardinal Brads, a Bluebird & Robin Brad and a Mini Butterfly Brad, and adhered the panel to the card base.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, stamped the sentiment in brown ink and layered the panel on the Core’dinations textured cardstock used on the front.

And one more look… I really love these brads and I’m so happy with how this card turned out!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Place To Craft Open Challenge: #3-2022 – Anything Goes
2. Classic Design Challenge: March #3 – Anything Goes
3. Creative Moments: #232 – For A Special Lady
4. Wednesday’s Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog: March Challenge – Spring Flowers

Eyelet Outlet products used:
Female Cardinal Brads
Bluebird & Robin Brads
Mini Butterfly Brads

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Basis Brown cardstock, CutCardStock Pop-Tone Cotton Candy cardstock, CutCardStock Raspberry Ice cardstock, Core’dinations Vintage Collection 6×6 cardstock pad
Stamps: Stampin’ Up Hello Love stamp set
Ink: Catherine Pooler Icing on the Cake ink
Dies/Punches/Cut Files: SVG Cuts Cherry Blossoms cut file
Accessories: Brother Scan N Cut, Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, MISTI stamp tool

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project! Be sure to check out all the fun goodies at Eyelet Outlet! I can already see you drooling, lol! Be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ Eyelet Outlet Facebook Page to keep up with news and sales, and while you’re at it, join the Eyelet Outlet Fans Facebook group for lots of creative inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,