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HELLO mini slimline

3/22/25 Weekly Favorite at Splitcoast Stampers!

Hey everybody, happy middle of the week! The weeks sure are rolling by fast… and I sure wish some warmer weather would follow. Our southern friends are having heat waves and we have snow on the ground! In all honesty, we’ve had a very mild Winter so I’m really not complaining. I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a fun friendship card featuring the Spellbinders Sunset In A Glass die set that I’m totally in love with! I actually had another project created and scheduled to go live this morning, but since our Lessebo cardstock is 10% off throughout the month of March (and it happens to be my favorite), I decided to switch gears and share this mini slimline card instead. Good choice, right?! I used six colors from our Lessebo line as well as light and medium shades of kraft.

I cut my go-to size of 3-1/2″ x 6″ mini slimline card base from Lessebo Coffee Bean as well as a layering panel from Desert Storm cardstock (the lighter one) and a die cut panel from Twine cardstock (the slightly darker one) using a Kat Scrappiness Mini Slimline Stitched Rope Die. Then I went to work creating the focal image. Using the Spellbinders Sunset In A Glass die set, I cut the pieces from Lessebo Coffee Bean, Lessebo Brick Orange, Lessebo Sunset Orange, Lessebo Cherry Red, Lessebo Arctic Blue, Lessebo White, Twine and Desert Storm. Once I completed the assembly of the glass, the finishing touch was adding several Freckled Fawn Enamel Dots.

I used the same Kat Scrappiness Mini Slimline Stitched Rope Die to cut the inside panel from Twine cardstock and then added a slightly smaller panel of Desert Storm cardstock. The sentiment is from the Pinkfresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments stamp set which I stamped in Catherine Pooler Icing on the Cake ink.

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CutCardStock products used:
Lessebo Coffee Bean cardstock
Lessebo Brick Orange cardstock
Lessebo Sunset Orange cardstock
Lessebo Cherry Red cardstock
Lessebo Arctic Blue cardstock
Lessebo White cardstock
Twine cardstock
Desert Storm cardstock

Other products used:
STAMPS: Pinkfresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Stamp Set
INK: Catherine Pooler Icing on the Cake ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Spellbinders Sunset In A Glass Die Set, Kat Scrappiness Mini Slimline Stitched Rope Dies
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares, Freckled Fawn Enamel Dots

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,

Thanks

Hi everyone! Happy Wednesday – I hope you’re having a great week! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a pretty watermarked thank you card. Our Lessebo cardstock is on sale this month and I used Salt Water Blue, Amazon Dark Teal, Coffee Bean, Aubergine, Lilac and Amethyst from that line, along with Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, to make this card. I’ve mentioned previously that Lessebo is my favorite cardstock. It replaced the Basis line last year, and the weight and colors are glorious. It makes THE best cards! I love a teal and purple color combo, so that’s the direction I went. I also did a little Versamark watermarking on the front and inside – a detail that’s really subtle but sure adds to the ‘wow’ factor!

I cut a standard A2 side-folding card base from Lessebo Salt Water Blue. I masked off the top portion of the front of the card base and stamped a leaf image from the Altenew Mini Delight: Celebratory Banner stamp set in Versamark ink randomly over the bottom portion. I know that Versamark is a watermark ink but in all the years I’ve been crafting, I’ve never used it for watermarking! I’m serious… can you imagine?! I added a narrow strip of Lessebo Aubergine cardstock across the top of the watermarked portion.

Next, I die cut the banner and floral elements from Lessebo Amazon Dark Teal, Lessebo Coffee Bean, Lessebo Lilac and Lessebo Amethyst cardstock. I heat embossed the Thanks sentiment (from the same stamp set) in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder. I gave the flowers some highlights with a BV31 Pale Lavendar Copic Ciao alcohol marker, assembled the banner, and adhered it to the card front. The finishing touch was adding a few small teal gemstones.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, masked off the bottom three-quarters of the panel. and stamped the same leaf image on the top portion of the panel. I added two narrow strips of Lessebo Lilac and Lessebo Amethyst cardstock, and then another flower. I had the Altenew Mini Delight: Watering Daisies stamps and dies out on my desk from another project, and used the ‘hugs’ stamp for the inside sentiment on this card. I layered the panel on Lessebo Aubergine cardstock, which completed the card.

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CutCardStock products used:
Lessebo Salt Water Blue cardstock
Lessebo Amazon Dark Teal cardstock
Lessebo Coffee Bean cardstock
Lessebo Aubergine cardstock
Lessebo Lilac cardstock
Lessebo Amethyst cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock

Other products used:
STAMPS: Altenew Mini Delight: Celebratory Banner Stamps; Altenew Mini Delight: Watering Daisies
INK: Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black ink; Copic Ciao- BV31 Pale Lavender, E33 Sand , E35 Chamois
DIES/PUNCHES: Altenew Mini Delight: Celebratory Banner Dies
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Mini MISTI, Big Shot, Hero Arts White Embossing Powder, Milwaukee Heat Tool, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares, small teal gemstones

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,

Thinking of you

Happy Wednesday, everybody! I hope you’re having a great week. I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a hexagon shaped card to send a little cheer. As you know, fun folds are my most favorite kind of cards to make, and next in line at the top of that list are shaped cards. They are so fun and really pack a punch. I used our Neenah Fluorescent White Cotton cardstock for the stenciled climbing rose panel. Next up are Pop Tone Tangy Orange and Pop Tone Jellybean Green. And, of course, I used my studio staple Neenah Classic Crest Solar White (110# and 80# weights) for my card base and inside panel. Oh, and there’s a tiny bit of our Glama Natural Translucent Vellum under that front sentiment. ;)

Using the Honey Bee Climbing Rose stencils and Ranger crackling campfire and peeled paint distress inks along with a couple blending brushes, I created the focal panel. I gotta tell you that the Neenah Fluorescent White Cotton cardstock is FABulous for inking. Next, I used the Sizzix Belinda Stitched Hexagons Fanciful Framelits to cut the card base and a layering panel from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White, the inside panel from 80# Solar White, a couple layering panels from Pop Tone Tangy Orange, and a couple layering panels from Pop Tone Jellybean Green.

Using the same hexagon die set, I die cut a stitched hexagon panel from the stenciled climbing rose piece. Then I trimmed a 1/8″ frame from the outside of the leftover negative space of the hexagon shape for a little interest. I adhered the extra Solar White panel to the front of the card base, and then one of the Tangy Orange panels to the back of the card base. I layered a Jellybean Green panel and the frame to the other orange panel, popping it up on foam strips.

Next, I stamped a sentiment from the Honey Bee Fall Swags stamp set in Memento Morocco ink on a scrap piece of Solar White. I cut it with the coordinating die and added it to a scrap of Glama Natural Translucent Vellum, trimming around the die cut and popping it up on a foam strip. The finishing touch was adding a few clear gemstones.

I embellished the 80# Solar White panel for the inside with a leftover piece of the stenciled climbing rose panel and a very thin strip of Jellybean Green cardstock. I stamped another sentiment from the Honey Bee Fall Swags stamp set in Morocco ink and layered the panel on the remaining green panel.

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CutCardStock products used:
Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock
Neenah Fluorescent White Cotton cardstock
Pop Tone Tangy Orange cardstock
Pop Tone Jellybean Green cardstock
Glama Natural Translucent Vellum

Other products used:
STAMPS: Honey Bee Fall Swags stamp set
INK: Ranger crackling campfire and peeled paint distress inks; Memento Morocco ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Sizzix Belinda Stitched Hexagons Fanciful Framelits, Honey Bee Fall Swags die set
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Ranger-Wendy Vecchi Make Art Stay-tion 12″, MISTI Sticky Mats, blending brushes, Honey Bee Climbing Rose Stencils, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Mini MISTI, Big Shot, Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape White 54 ft, clear gemstones

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,

Do small things with great love

Hey everybody, Happy Valentine’s Day! Do you have someone special that you’re spending the day with?! Ed and I are home on this fine Friday doing our own thing. It’s awesome that we have our own hobbies so we stay out of each other’s hair, lol! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a gorgeous floral friendship card. This card is 5-1/4″ square and only uses three kinds of cardstock. I used Neenah Classic Crest Solar White in 110# and 80# weights along with our Beetle Black Canvas Textured cardstock which I absolutely love.

I cut the 5-1/4″ square card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White along with layering panels from 80# Solar White and Beetle Black Canvas Textured cardstock. I stamped the large image from the Honey Bee Beautiful Blooms stamp set on the lighter weight white panel, colored it with alcohol markers, and set it aside. Using a die in the Sizzix Yvette Interlaced Squares Framelits set, I dry embossed a pretty interlaced outline on the front flap of the card base. I layered the image on the black cardstock layer and added a stamped sentiment (from the same Honey Bee stamp set, stamped in black ink) which I cut with the coordinating die and popped up on adhesive foam squares. I adhered the image panel to the card front, popped up on black adhesive foam strips.

I dry embossed the interlaced outline on the inside panel as well, and added a stamped sentiment and greenery (from the same Honey Bee stamp set) which I cut with the coordinating dies. I layered the panel on the Beetle Black cardstock, which completed the card.

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CutCardStock products used:
Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock
Beetle Black Canvas Textured cardstock

Other products used:
STAMPS: Honey Bee Beautiful Blooms stamp set
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends- GY2/3/5, BO1/2/4, EB1/2/3, DR1/3/4, BP1/2/3, OR1/2/3, CR7/8/10, LG1/3/5, DG1/2/3
DIES/PUNCHES: Sizzix Yvette Interlaced Squares Framelits, Honey Bee Beautiful Blooms die set
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Mini MISTI, Big Shot, Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape Black 54 ft, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares (white variety pack)

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,

Sending our love

Hey everybody, happy Friday! I hope you’ve had a great week! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a a postage floral silhouette card. Yep, I’ve jumped on the postage collage bandwagon and have collected a few sets. For this card, I used our Savoy Brilliant White Cotton cardstock for the postage collage panel which takes ink blending very well. Then I added some Yellow Jacket and Beetle Black Canvas Textured cardstock to the mix. And, of course, I used some Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock for the inside panel. I totally love how this turned out!

Using the Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die, I die cut the focal panel from Savoy Brilliant White Cotton cardstock and inked it using the coordinating Waffle Flower Postage Collage Coloring Stencil, a few blending brushes, and Ranger mermaid lagoon, twisted citron, cracked pistachio and fossilized amber distress inks. Then, using the Waffle Flower Wild Flower Silhouettes stamp set, I stamped images in each section in Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Next, I cut a standard A2 size side-folding card base from Yellow Jacket Canvas Textured cardstock and adhered a die cut postage edge panel (cut from Beetle Black Canvas Textured cardstock using the Pinkfresh Studio Postage Edge Nested Rectangles). I stamped a sentiment from the Honey Bee Fall Swags stamp set on a scrap piece of Solar White in Versafine Onyx Black ink and cut it with the coordinating Honey Bee die. The finishing touch was adding several gold pearls from the Kat Scrappiness Gold Pearl Mix.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White and embellished it with a strip of the Yellow Jacket cardstock. I stamped another sentiment from the Honey Bee stamp set in Onyx Black ink as well as an additional floral silhouette image, and layered the panel on another Beetle Black postage edge panel like I cut for the front.

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CutCardStock products used:
Savoy Brilliant White Cotton cardstock
Yellow Jacket Canvas Textured cardstock
Beetle Black Canvas Textured cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock

Other products used:
STAMPS: Waffle Flower Wild Flower Silhouettes stamp set, Honey Bee Fall Swags stamp set
INK: Ranger distress inks- mermaid lagoon, twisted citron, cracked pistachio and fossilized amber; Versafine Onyx Black ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die, Pinkfresh Studio Postage Edge Nested Rectangles, Honey Bee Fall Swags die set
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Ranger-Wendy Vecchi Make Art Stay-tion 12″, MISTI Sticky Mats, Waffle Flower Postage Collage Coloring Stencil, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Mini MISTI, Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape 54 ft, Kat Scrappiness Gold Pearl Mix, Trinity Pick Up Stick

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,

Love & Thanks Postcard

Hey everybody! I hope your new year has started off on a nice note and it’s not too cold where you are. We’ve gotten a little more snow out here in southwestern Colorado but our Winter has been so mild we have absolutely zero complaints. And today is my dad’s birthday in Heaven – he was born 112 years ago and I sure do miss him. I was a daddy’s girl and he left us when I was only 16, leaving a gaping hole in my heart.

I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a postcard. A postcard, you say? Well, we need to thank those who sent Christmas gifts, so I thought this would be a fun way to do it! I used the awesome Classic Crest Epic Black and Beetle Black which I paired with our Brilliant White Cotton. I also used Silk Glitter Opulent Opal and 80# Solar White. The Sizzix Dash Away All die set was included in the prize pack I recently won on Instagram and I really wanted to use it even though the Christmas season is over. ;)

I started by inking a piece of Savoy Brilliant White Cotton cardstock with a variety of Ranger distress inks. I punched a 1-3/4″ circle into a piece of masking paper and inked the moon with fossilized amber and vintage photo. Then I masked off the moon with the punched circle and inked the sky with stormy sky, prize ribbon and villainous potion. I cut the inked panel with a Love From Lizi Stitched Rectangle Nested Cutting Die. I die cut the star trail directly into the inked panel using a die in the Dash Away All set and backed it with a Silk Glitter Opulent Opal scrap. And finally, I splattered Copic Opaque White paint over the panel.

Next, using the Pinkfresh Studio Postage Edge Nested Rectangles Dies, I cut the postcard base from Neenah Classic Crest 130# Epic Black cardstock. I also die cut three Santas with reindeer using the Sizzix Dash Away All Thinlits and a cityscape using the Memory Box Cityscape Nightline die, all from Beetle Black cardstock. Project assembly is always the most fun and I loved watching this one come to life. I adhered the cityscape across the bottom, trimmed it and ran the panel back through the Big Shot with the stitched rectangle die. I stacked the three Santas and reindeer for dimension and adhered them in the sky. The final touch was stamping the sentiment from the Keep It Simple Thank You Sentiments stamp set in Versafine Onyx Black ink.

I die cut an additional stitched rectangle for the back from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock using a Love From Lizi Stitched Rectangle Nested Cutting Die and stamped another sentiment from the Keep It Simple Thank You Sentiments stamp set in Versafine Onyx Black ink.

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CutCardStock products used:
Savoy Brilliant White Cotton cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest 130# Epic Black
Beetle Black Canvas Textured cardstock
Silk Glitter 12×12 Opulent Opal cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock

Other products used:
STAMPS: Keep It Simple Thank You Sentiments stamp set
INK: Ranger distress inks- fossilized amber, vintage photo, stormy sky, prize ribbon, villainous potion; Copic Opaque White paint; Versafine Onyx Black ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Stampin’ Up 1-3/4″ circle punch, Pinkfresh Studio Postage Edge Nested Rectangles Dies, Love From Lizi Stitched Rectangle Nested Cutting Dies, Sizzix Dash Away All Thinlits, Memory Box Cityscape Nightline Die
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, mini MISTI, MISTI Sticky Mats, Ranger-Wendy Vecchi Make Art Stay-tion 12″, Big Shot, Rabbit Hole blending brush, Waffle Flower Shader 1+ blending brush

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…

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,

Merry Christmas

Hey everybody! A big ol’ Happy Tuesday to you! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a super easy mistletoe Christmas card. Seriously, y’all, this is probably one of the quickest cards I’ve ever made. I recently won a very cool 3D embossing folder and two sets of dies in an Instagram giveaway, and this card features the embossing folder and one of the sets of dies. For my cardstock, I used Jupiter, Fairway and Eris (all from the Stardream Metallic line) along with Scottish Highlands Green, Habanero Red and Solar White. Although I’m a huge fan of non-traditional colors, nothing shouts ‘Christmas’ like traditional red, white and green!

I cut a standard A2 size side-folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock along with a layering panel from Stardream Metallic Jupiter cardstock. I spritzed the shimmery red panel with water using my Ranger Distress Sprayer, placed it in the Sizzix Leaf Pattern Textured Impressions 3D Embossing Folder, and ran it through the Big Shot. OMG, look at that embossed detail!

I die cut all the pieces for the focal image using the Sizzix Mistletoe Leaves Thinlits – the bow from Stardream Metallic Eris, the mistletoe leaves from Stardream Metallic Fairway and Scottish Highlands Green, and the berries from Habanero Red. I stamped the sentiment from the Waffle Flower Inside Christmas Sentiments stamp set in Memento Olive Grove ink and cut it with a Keep It Simple Stitched Ovals Nested Die. The finishing touch was adding a few iridescent gemstones.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with leftover strips of the Habanero Red and Scottish Highlands Green cardstock used on the front as well as a couple extra mistletoe berries. I stamped another sentiment from the Waffle Flower Christmas Sentiments stamp set in Memento Olive Grove ink, and this completed the card.

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CutCardStock products used:
Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock
Stardream Metallic Jupiter cardstock
Stardream Metallic Fairway cardstock
Stardream Metallic Eris cardstock
Scottish Highlands Green cardstock
Habanero Red cardstock

Other products used:
STAMPS: Waffle Flower Inside Christmas Sentiments stamp set
INK: Memento Olive Grove ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Sizzix Mistletoe Leaves Thinlits, Keep It Simple Stitched Ovals Nested Dies
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Mini MISTI, Ranger Distress Sprayer, Big Shot, Sizzix Leaf Pattern Textured Impressions 3D Embossing Folder, Scrapbook.com Double-Sided Adhesive Foam Squares, iridescent gemstones

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,

best friends furever

Howdy, peeps! Can you believe tomorrow is Thanksgiving already? Where has this month gone?! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making an adorable BFF card. This interactive card features our Sandcastle and Lessebo Cement Gray cardstock along with my trusty studio staple, Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White. I also used the Waffle Flower Intertwined Pups Die, some super cute papers from the Keep It Simple Max & Daisy Collection, and stamps and dies from the Keep It Simple Build-A-Doghouse stamp set. I’ve never owned any lab pups but these are absolutely adorable!

I cut an A2 size flat card base from Lessebo Cement Gray cardstock along with a layering panel from a print in the Keep It Simple Max & Daisy Collection. Using the Waffle Flower Intertwined Pups Die, I cut the pups from Sandcastle cardstock and colored their noses with a Copic Ciao E47 alcohol marker. I cut their bandanas from a couple more prints in the Max & Daisy Collection. I stamped a sentiment from the Keep It Simple Build-A-Doghouse stamps in Catherine Pooler Daydream ink on a 80# Solar White cardstock scrap and tore it across the top and bottom. I added a couple enamel dots from the Keep It Simple Hello Adventure Enamel Dots which completed the card front.

I cut the back panel from 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with a scrap of the teal print used on the front. I stamped another sentiment from the same stamp set in the Daydream ink. I die cut a bone using the KIS Cuts Build-A-Doghouse die set, colored it with a Copic Ciao W-0 alcohol marker, and adhered it to the lower left corner.

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CutCardStock products used:
Sandcastle cardstock
Lessebo Cement Gray cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock

Other products used:
PAPER: Keep It Simple Max & Daisy Collection Pack and Flip Sides Pack
STAMPS: KIS Stamps Build-A-Doghouse stamp set
INK: Catherine Pooler Daydream ink; Copic Ciao E47 and W-0
DIES/PUNCHES: Waffle Flower Intertwined Pups dies, KIS Cuts Build-A-Doghouse die set
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Keep It Simple Hello Adventure Enamel Dots

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,

Furever In Our Hearts

Hey everybody, Happy Friday! I hope you’ve had a great week! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a sweet pet sympathy card. Sympathy cards for humans or pets are typically difficult for me but this one came together fairly easily, probably because of my favorite Lessebo cardstock and the awesome Waffle Flower Gradient Heart Panel Dies I used. Our Lessebo cardstock is on sale this month, so be sure to stock up! I used Cherry Red, Brick Orange, Sunflower Yellow, Hunter Green and Navy Blue, all from the Lessebo line.

I cut the card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock. I then used the Waffle Flower Gradient Heart Panel Dies to cut all the heart-shaped pieces for the focal panel from the Lessebo cardstock in rainbow colors. I used a Paper Smooches Cat Icons paw die to cut the shape from the center of the heart and backed it with blue cardstock. I assembled the panel, added foam strips to the back and adhered it to the card base. I stamped the sentiments from the Kat Scrappiness Rainbow Bridge stamp set in Catherine Pooler Juniper Mist ink. I added a few iridescent gemstones which completed the card front.

I cut the inside panel from 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with varying sizes of strips cut from leftover pieces of the Lessebo cardstock used on the front. I stamped another sentiment and the angel pup image from the same stamp set in the Juniper Mist ink and added the halo stamped in Catherine Pooler Shea Butter ink.

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CutCardStock products used:
Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock
Lessebo Cherry Red cardstock
Lessebo Brick Orange cardstock
Lessebo Sunflower Yellow cardstock
Lessebo Hunter Green cardstock
Lessebo Navy Blue cardstock

Other products used:
STAMPS: Kat Scrappiness Rainbow Bridge stamp set
INK: Catherine Pooler Juniper Mist and Shea Butter inks
DIES/PUNCHES: Waffle Flower Gradient Heart Panel dies, Paper Smooches Cat Icons dies
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, 1″ double-sided foam strips, iridescent gemstones

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,