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Haunted House hidden compartment book

Hey everybody! It’s Thursday already and I hope you’re having a great week! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a fun Halloween-themed hidden compartment book. I used the Lori Whitlock Hidden Compartment Book Box SVG cut file with my Cricut, and cut the pieces from our Twine, Pop Tone Black Licorice, Stardream Metallic Antique Gold and Basis Dark Orange. I love a good 3D project and this was a fun one! There are all kinds of fun goodies that can be hidden inside. ;)

Using my Cricut Explore Air 2 and Lori Whitlock’s Hidden Compartment Book Box SVG cut file, I cut the box from Twine, the spine from Pop Tone Black Licorice, the front and back cover from a buffalo check print in the Echo Park Spooky Collection Kit, the frame for the inside hidden compartment from Basis Dark Orange, and the ‘pages’ from Stardream Metallic Antique Gold cardstock. I decorated the front and spine with stickers, chipboard and enamel dots from Echo Park and Carta Bella.

Here’s one additional shot of the hidden compartment inside. I added two small disc magnets to keep the book closed. The Basis Dark Orange cardstock I used for the frame is no longer in stock but there are other orange cardstock colors that could be used instead.

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CutCardStock products used:
Twine cardstock
Pop Tone Black Licorice cardstock
Stardream Metallic Antique Gold cardstock
Basis Dark Orange cardstock (no longer in stock)

Other products used:
PAPER: Echo Park Spooky Collection Kit (papers and stickers)
DIES/PUNCHES: Lori Whitlock Hidden Compartment Book Box SVG Cut File
ACCESSORIES: Cricut Explore Air 2, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares (large black), Echo Park Spooky Frames & Tags Ephemera, Carta Bella Halloween Chipboard Accents and Enamel Dots, Ranger Distress Collage Medium, small disc magnets

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,

Boo! Halloween Shadowbox

10/5/24 Weekly Favorite at Splitcoast Stampers!

Hey everybody, I hope you’re having a fabulous day! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a Halloween shadowbox. The actual shadowbox portion was cut with my Cricut in addition to the layered panels that make up the scene! So stinkin’ fun! I literally have thousands of SVG cut files (almost 13,000 to be exact) and I’ve been trying to pick random ones that I’ve never made before. This Halloween shadowbox is one in a bundle from Lori Whitlock and features our Brick Orange, Flame Orange, Sunset Orange and Pitch Black (all from the Lessebo line), along with our Basis Gray and Cougar Smooth White cardstock.

Using my Cricut Explore Air 2 and Lori Whitlock’s 8×8 Halloween Shadowbox SVG cut file, I cut the shadowbox pieces and the ghost layer from 12×12 Cougar Smooth 100# White. Next I cut the two black layers from Lessebo Pitch Black, the gray layer from Basis Gray, and the orange layers from Lessebo Brick Orange, Lessebo Flame Orange and Lessebo Sunset Orange.

I used Scrapbook.com double-sided adhesive foam squares for a little dimension between the layers. I die cut the BOO! sentiment from the Stampin’ Up Boo To You Framelits from a scrap piece of the Cougar Smooth White cardstock. The final touch was adding strips of Basis Gray around the opening and Keep It Simple Back To Basics Mango Enamel Dots along the mitered edge in each corner. I am totally in love with this project and will soon be making the other two shadowboxes in the bundle! ;)

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CutCardStock products used:
Cougar Smooth 100# White 12×12 cardstock
Lessebo Pitch Black cardstock
Lessebo Brick Orange cardstock
Lessebo Flame Orange cardstock
Lessebo Sunset Orange cardstock
Basis Gray cardstock

Other products used:
DIES/PUNCHES: Lori Whitlock 8×8 Halloween Shadowbox SVG Cut File, Stampin’ Up Boo To You Framelits
ACCESSORIES: Cricut Explore Air 2, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive, Big Shot, Scrapbook.com Double-Sided Adhesive Foam Squares, Keep It Simple Back To Basics Mango 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,

Wishing You A Beautiful Day

Hey everybody! Happy Thursday – we’re on the downslide to the weekend! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a gorgeous Fall-themed floral box card. I used the Flowers In Bloom Box Card SVG cut file from My Scrap Chick along with my Cricut Explore Air 2 and a variety of our cardstock, mostly from the Lessebo line. I’m in full-on Fall mode so with the colors of cardstock I chose, it definitely has some Fall vibes going on! ;)

I cut the card base from Lessebo Sunflower Yellow and the layering panels from Lessebo Coffee Bean and Basis Light Yellow. Next, I cut the baby’s breath from Lessebo White, and the flowers from Lessebo Sunset Orange, Lessebo Flame Orange, Lessebo Brick Orange, Lessebo Cherry Red, and Lessebo Dawn Maroon. And finally, I cut the flower centers from Lessebo Coffee Bean and the greenery from Lessebo Moss Green and Mantis Green. I printed the sentiment on Lessebo White (from a PDF included in the cut file) and trimmed it.

This was an absolutely beautiful assembly process, especially with these colors. Here is an angled view and a view of the back (with plenty of room to write a message and signature) and the matching A7 envelope cut from patterned paper.

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CutCardStock products used:
Lessebo White cardstock
Lessebo Coffee Bean cardstock
Lessebo Sunflower Yellow cardstock
Lessebo Sunset Orange cardstock
Lessebo Flame Orange cardstock
Lessebo Brick Orange cardstock
Lessebo Moss Green cardstock
Lessebo Cherry Red cardstock
Lessebo Dawn Maroon cardstock
Basis Light Yellow cardstock
Mantis Green cardstock

Other products used:
PAPER: Simple Stories Wood & Gingham Basics 12×12 paper pad
DIES/PUNCHES: My Scrap Chick Flowers In Bloom Box Card SVG cut file
ACCESSORIES: Cricut Explore Air 2, Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

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 Bus

Hey everybody, happy Wednesday! It’s the first week of September already and I have to ask just where has this year gone?! It’s crazy how fast the time is flying by! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a super cute box card. I used the Love Bus Box Card SVG cut file from My Scrap Chick along with my Cricut Explore Air 2 and quite a variety of our cardstock. Us Baby Boomers all have a lil’ hippie in us and this turned out so stinkin’ cute I can’t stand it! What a fun way to say hello to a friend!

I cut the card base and inserts from Cougar 100# White 12×12 cardstock. I used Basis Coral, Pop Tone Tangy Orange, Pop Tone Blue Raspberry, Poodle Skirt Pink, Cougar White, and Pink Tutu for the flowers. I also used Basis Coral for the LOVE word outlines on the inserts but unfortunately it’s no longer in stock. There are other coral cardstock options that could be used instead.

Next, I used Wild Salmon for the bus side panels and two flowers, and Poodle Skirt Pink for the LOVE word. Additionally, I used Lava Stone Gray and White for the head lights, Pop Tone Red Hot for the tail lights, and Jet Stream Blue for the windows. And finally, I used Pop Tone Black Licorice, Lava Stone Gray and White for the wheels, along with Wild Salmon and White for the signature panel on the back.

As I always say, the assembly is the most fun, and I totally enjoyed putting this box card together. Here are angled shots of the front and back – and I love all the details they’ve included!

Using the Keep It Simple Bizzy Hands Peace Gnomie stamp set, I stamped the peace sign (colored with alcohol markers) and sentiment on the back panel in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Like all box cards, this folds flat for mailing and fits in an A7 envelope cut from a gingham paper in the Simple Stories Wood & Gingham paper pad.

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CutCardStock products used:
Cougar 100# White 12×12 cardstock
Basis Coral cardstock (no longer in stock)
Pop Tone Tangy Orange cardstock
Pop Tone Red Hot cardstock
Pop Tone Black Licorice cardstock
Pop Tone Blue Raspberry cardstock
Jet Stream Blue cardstock
Poodle Skirt Pink cardstock
Pink Tutu cardstock
Wild Salmon cardstock
Lava Stone Gray cardstock

Other products used:
PAPER: Simple Stories Wood & Gingham Basics 12×12 paper pad
STAMPS: Keep It Simple Bizzy Hands Designs Peace Gnomie stamp set
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends- FS6/7/8
DIES/PUNCHES: My Scrap Chick Love Bus Box ard SVG cut file
ACCESSORIES: Cricut Explore Air 2, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Stampin’ Up Mini Dimensionals, Scrapbook.com Double-Sided Adhesive Roll, Me & My Big Ideas dotted washi tape

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,

Fall Is Calling

8/24/24 Weekly Favorite at Splitcoast Stampers!

Hi everyone! Happy Tuesday – I hope your week is going along nicely! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a truck-shaped Fall card! I used a variety of cardstock for this one – Solar White, Stardream Metallic Flame, Bright Gold Foil and Dolphin Gray, along with Hot Fudge, Red Hot, and Black Licorice from our Pop Tone line. I also used dies and die cut pieces from Keep It Simple.

Using the KIS Cuts Vintage Truck dies, I cut the card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White. Next, I cut the main truck body, rear end, and tail gate from Stardream Metallic Flame cardstock. I used Bright Gold Foil for the tail gate trim, bumper and license tag frame, along with Pop Tone Red Hot for the tail lights, Pop Tone Black Licorice for the tires, and Dolphin Gray for the window and mirrors.

I used the KIS Cuts Twinkling Stars Font to cut the F-A-L-L letters from Pop Tone Hot Fudge, and added the pumpkins and garland from the Keep It Simple Autumn Charm Die Cut Pieces. The sentiment on the license plate was stamped in Catherine Pooler Icing on the Cake ink using the Autumn Charm Collection Stamps. The finishing touch was adding a few small iridescent gemstones.

I cut the inside panel from Hot Fudge and added a die cut oval cut with the Stitched Ovals Nested Dies along with a sentiment from the Autumn Charm Collection Stamps and cut with the coordinating Outline Dies.

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CutCardStock products used:
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock
Stardream Metallic Flame cardstock
Bright Gold Foil cardstock
Pop Tone Hot Fudge cardstock
Pop Tone Red Hot cardstock
Pop Tone Black Licorice cardstock
Dolphin Gray cardstock

Other products used:
STAMPS: Keep It Simple Autumn Charm Autumn Sentiments Collection Stamps
INK: Catherine Pooler Icing on the Cake ink
DIES/PUNCHES: KIS Cuts Vintage Truck Dies, KIS Cuts Twinkling Stars Font, Back To Basics Stitched Ovals Nested Dies, Keep It Simple Autumn Charm Autumn Sentiments Outline Dies
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Argyle Embossing Folder, Keep It Simple Autumn Charm Autumn Hedgehogs and Autumn Foxes Die Cut Pieces, 1″ double-sided foam strip, Scrapbook.com Double-Sided Foam Adhesive Squares, small 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,

Fall Greetings

Hey everybody! I hope you had a good weekend and are keeping relatively cool. Our temps have reached the 90s here (while everybody else around us has been in the low 100s) and I’m now ready for Fall, lol! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a shaped Fall-themed card. Our orange, brown and gold cardstock is on sale this month so I used Coffee Bean and Brick Orange from our new Lessebo line paired with our Gold Glitter cardstock. I also used Lessebo Dawn Maroon and my studio staple, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White. This is the first time I’ve used this background stamp from Taylored Expressions and I really love how this card turned out. I see lots of different color palettes being used with this stamp for various seasons or holidays. ;)

I started by stamping the background in Catherine Pooler Icing on the Cake ink on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock using the Taylored Expressions In Bloom cling stamp. Then, using the coordinating clear stamps, I filled in the blooms and leaves using Catherine Pooler Daydream, Over Coffee, Peppermint Scrub, Tiara, Orange Peel and Eucalyptus inks. I added several small Eyelet Outlet clear glitter enamel dots to the center of three of the blooms.

Next, using the Scrapbook.com Nested A2 Arches dies, I cut the card base from Lessebo Coffee Bean and layering panels from Lessebo Brick Orange and the stamped Solar White cardstock panel. I die cut the F-A-L-L letters from Lessebo Dawn Maroon and Gold Glitter using the KIS Cuts Twinkling Stars Font which I layered together in an offset fashion. I stamped the second portion of the sentiment on a Solar White scrap in Icing on the Cake ink (using the Keep It Simple Autumn Charm Autumn Sentiments stamp set) which I trimmed.

Using the same arched dies, I cut the inside panels from Lessebo Brick Orange and Solar White cardstock and embellished the bottom with leftover strips of the stamped background and gold glitter cardstock used on the front. I stamped another sentiment from the Keep It Simple Autumn Charm Autumn Sentiments stamp set on a scrap piece of Solar White cardstock, fussy cut it and colored the word ‘Fall’ with an alcohol marker.

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CutCardStock products used:
Lessebo Coffee Bean cardstock
Lessebo Brick Orange cardstock
Lessebo Dawn Maroon cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock
Gold Glitter cardstock

Other products used:
STAMPS: Taylored Expressions In Bloom Cling & Clear Combo, Keep It Simple Autumn Charm Autumn Sentiments stamp set
INK: Catherine Pooler Icing on the Cake, Daydream, Over Coffee, Peppermint Scurb, Tiara, Orange Peel and Eucalyptus inks; Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends DR4
DIES/PUNCHES: Scrapbook.com Nested A2 Arches dies, KIS Cuts Twinkling Stars Font dies
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Eyelet Outlet clear glitter enamel dots, Scrapbook.com Double-Sided Foam Adhesive Squares

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,

Mr. & Mrs.

Hey everybody! Happy Monday – here’s wishing you a wonderful week! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a side step wedding card featuring our Lessebo Pitch Black and White cardstock. I totally love a black and white color combo with just a pop of color. B&W can be used for nearly any occasion but I think it’s most dramatic for a wedding card. I typically make center step cards for some reason so I made a side step card this time with standing panels which was a fun change!

I cut the card base and three standing panels from Lessebo Pitch Black cardstock along with layering panels from Lessebo White cardstock. I dry embossed the vertical panel on the left with the Cuttlebug Script Embossing Folder and tied a gray gingham ribbon. I stamped sentiments and images from the Stampin’ Up For The New Two stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on the three standing panels, adding just a little bit of color. The finishing touch was adding a few iridescent gemstones.

I added a panel to the back with an additional sentiment. I’ve included a side angle shot so you can see the construction. This is a fun one! ;)

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CutCardStock products used:
Lessebo Pitch Black cardstock
Lessebo White cardstock

Other products used:
STAMPS: Stampin’ Up For The New Two stamp set
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Sharpie Ultra Fine Point markers- blue, aqua, yellow, light green, medium green
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Fiskars 12″ SureCut Paper Trimmer, Elmer’s Craft Bond Tape Runner, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Script Embossing Folder, Really Reasonable Ribbon gray gingham ribbon, 1/4″ red liner tape, MISTI stamp tool, clear 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,

USA – Land that I Love

Hey everybody! Happy Wednesday – I hope you’re having a great week! Happy (almost) 4th of July to all my friends in the States. I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a slide and lock fun fold. Yep, I squeezed one more July 4th project in. This is a fun card to make and I also have the written instructions in the Freebies section of my blog HERE if you’d like to learn how to make it. My inspiration came from Lisa Curcio’s blog originally but I ended up putting my own spin on it. And I couldn’t resist using Keep It Simple Sprinkles and items from the new Stars & Stripes Collection which really complimented the cardstock! ;)

I cut the card base and a circle from Lessebo Misty Blue cardstock along with layering panels from coordinating prints in the Keep It Simple Stars & Stripes 12×12 Collection Pack. I gathered a couple die cuts from the KIS Stars & Stripes Die Cut Pieces and set everything aside to work on the shaker.

I made the shaker using Lessebo Misty Blue cardstock, a striped print in the KIS Stars & Stripes 12×12 Collection Pack, and the KIS Stitched Squares Nested Dies. The shaker mix consisted of five varieties of KIS Sprinkles. I stamped the girl gnome from the KIS Stars & Stripes Gnome of the Brave Collection Stamps on Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock, colored it with a variety of markers, and cut it with the coordinating Outline Die. I adhered the gnome to the shaker with 3D foam squares.

I cut the slide and lock track into the card base using my Fiskars SureCut paper trimmer. I affixed the shaker to the left side of the card base with 3D foam squares and the die cut circle on the back side. I added the two banner die cuts and a few enamel dots to the card front. The finishing touch was adding a couple small stars punched from Lessebo Dawn Maroon and Lessebo White cardstock.

I cut the inside panel from 80# Solar White and embellished it with a narrow strip of Lessebo Dawn Maroon cardstock and a leftover strip of the hearts and stars paper used on the front. I stamped a sentiment from the KIS Gnome of the Brave Collection Stamps in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I added a couple stamped and colored hearts, and a star punched from Lessebo White cardstock.

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Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock
Lessebo Misty Blue cardstock
Lessebo Dawn Maroon cardstock
Lessebo White cardstock

Other products used:
PAPER: Keep It Simple Stars & Stripes 12×12 Collection Pack
STAMPS: Keep It Simple Stars & Stripes Gnome of the Brave Collection Stamps
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends- AP2, FS6/7/8, TB3/4; Sharpie Ultra Fine Point Markers- light blue, medium blue, red and brown; Bic Mark-Its- Rambunctious Red and Honey Brown; Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen
DIES/PUNCHES: Keep It Simple Stitched Squares Nested Dies and Stars & Stripes Gnome of the Brave Outline Dies, Stampin’ Up Itty Bitty Star Punch
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Grafix Crystal Clear Craft Plastic, 1/8″ red liner tape, GKD Shaker Strips; Keep It Simple Sprinkles- Polymer Clay American Flags, Polymer Clay Baby Blue Stars, Polymer Clay Coffee Sprinkles, Beads 2mm Matte Red, and Beads 2mm Caviar Glass Blue Mix; Keep It Simple Stars & Stripes Die Cut Pieces and Enamel Dots, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares (large black)

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,

Red, White and Boom!

Hi everyone! Happy Wednesday – and can you believe we’re on a rapid downslide to the end of June already?! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a fun Independence Day card featuring strips of Cherry Red, White, and Navy Blue cardstock from our new Lessebo line which I paired with our Bright Silver Foil cardstock. The Lessebo colors and weight are wonderful, and it if you’re using it for a card base, it folds without cracking. Can’t say that about all the brands out there.

I cut a standard A2 size side-folding card base and layering panel (what, no fun fold?!) from Lessebo White cardstock along with a layering panel from Bright Silver Foil. Using the Scrapbook.com Slim Strip dies, I cut a variety of strips from Lessebo Cherry Red, White and Navy Blue and adhered them in diagonal fashion across the white layering panel. I stamped a fireworks burst in the top left quadrant in Catherine Pooler Juniper Mist ink and added a sentiment (stamped in the same ink) cut with a Keep It Simple Stitched Rectangles Nested Die. The finishing touch was adding several pearls from the Kat Scrappiness Silver Pearl Mix.

I cut the inside panel from Lessebo White and embellished it with strips of Bright Silver Foil and Lessebo Navy Blue. I stamped the sentiment from the same Red White and Boom stamp set in Catherine Pooler Juniper Mist ink and layered the panel on Lessebo Cherry Red.

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CutCardStock products used:
Lessebo Cherry Red cardstock
Lessebo White cardstock
Lessebo Navy Blue cardstock
Bright Silver Foil cardstock

Other products used:
STAMPS: The Project Bin Red White & Boom stamp set
INK: Catherine Pooler Juniper Mist ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Scrapbook.com Long Strips Decorative Die Set, Keep It Simple Stitched Rectangles 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, Kat Scrappiness Silver Pearl Mix

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,

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,