PAPER CUTS #43

PAPER CUTS: Basic Black (5) 1" circles

Very Vanilla (5) 3/4" circles , 2 x 2 piece of scrap paper, 4 x 5 1/4,

8 1/2 x 5 1/2 card base

DIRECTIONS: Draw three basic black lines on bottom 1/2" of 4 x 5 1/4 very vanilla card stock

Score lines. Add a black ribbon

Stamp images on the 5 very vanilla circles and adhere to black circles

Adhere to card.

Stamp leaf image on very vanilla. Color in with black. Cut out and adhere to card

Stamp Sentiment

Done!

Stamp Sets: Autumn Splendor, Autumn Days

Paper Cuts #41

PAPER CUTS:

Very Vanilla 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", 3 1/2" x 4 3/4", 2 1/8" x 2 1/8"

Bordering Blue 3 3/4" x 5", 2 1/4" x 2 1/4"

Elegant Eggplant 4 1/4 x 5 1/2, 2"x2"

DIRECTIONS:

1.Fold Very Vanilla 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" inhalf to make card.

2.Stamp stamp pad randomly onto small elegant eggplant cardstock, add snowflakes

3.Layer small elegant eggplant to small very vanilla, and then to small bordering blue.

4.Layer these onto Very Vanilla, and then layer that to brodering blue, and elegant eggplant.

5.Layer all onto very vanilla card base.

6.Stamp sentiment

7.Done!

I used the following stamp sets: Four the Holidays and Serene Snowflakes you can order them here

PAPER CUTS #40

PAPER CUTS:
8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Very Vanilla folded in half to create card base, piece of scrap very vanilla for sentiment
3 1/2" x 4 3/4" whisper white
3 3/8" x 4 5/8" creamy caramel
3 1/4" x 4 1/2" Glossy White

DIRECTIONS:

Use chalks to color a background on glossy white paper
Stamp your images
Layer Whisper White paper, creamy caramel paper and glossy white paper to make framed layers.
Adhere layers to Very Vanilla card base.
Add Bow
Add sentiment
DONE!!!! Enjoy!
I used Stampin' Up! Stamp sets, Lovely as a Tree and Four The Holidays for this card

PAPER CUTS # 39

PAPER CUTS:

Very Vanilla 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 folded in half to make card base 3 3/4 x 5; and 3 3/4 x 2 for inside sentiment

Basic Black 4 x 51/4; 3x3; and 4 x 2 1/4 for inside sentiment layer

Sage Shadow 2 7/8 x 2 7/8

DIRECTIONS:

Layer black and very vanilla together and adhere to card base, layer basic black and sage shadow together and stamp image on sage shadow. Adhere to card base.

Stamp images around sage shadow layer

Adhere 4 x 2 1/4 layer to co-ordinating vanilla layer and stamp sentiment on very vanilla. Adhere this layer to inside of card and stamp images to decorate interior

Add ribbon bow and brad here I used the clear portion of the Build A Brad product.

PAPER CUTS #38 and KIT!!!!!

PAPER CUTS:

Pumpkin Pie 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" folded in half

Old Olive 5 1/4" x 4" and Large Oval

Elegant Eggplant 3" x 4 1/4"

Basic Black 2 3/4" x 4"

Designer Paper 1" x 2 3/4"

DIRECTIONS:

Layer Old Olive cs to Pumpkin Pie card stock

Layer Basic Black cs to Elegant Eggplant and adhere to Old Olive front

Layer designer paper to the center of basic black layer

Stamp image onto oval and adhere across designer paper......add sentiment if desired!

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$9.95 plus $4.95 s/h
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offers expire on the third Saturday of each month
Kits are mailed out on the following Monday or sooner!
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PAPER CUTS #37

PAPER CUTS:
Very Vanilla 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 folded in half for card base
Basic Black 51/4 x 4 for card layer
DSP 4 1/2 x 3 plus a co ordinating piece of scrap for a label punch or 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 square

DIRECTIONS:
1.Layer basic black onto very vanilla
2.Cut DSP in half length wise to 4 1/2 x 1 1/2
3.Cut each strip at 3" to make a 3" piece and a 1 1/2" piece
4.Layer pieces on black card stock
5.Add label buttons and any other embellishments you'd like
Here I used Great Friends stamp set and Razzleberry ribbon
Enjoy!

PAPER CUTS #36

PAPER CUTS:
Sage Shadow 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 folded in half , 2 1/4 x 3 1/4
Basic Black 5 1/4 x 4
More Mustard 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 , scallop circle punch
Very Vanilla 1 3/8 square punch and 1 3/8 circle punch

DIRECTIONS:
1. Layer Basic Black to Sage Shadow Base
2. Stamp images on Sage Shadow layer, I used leaf from Autumn Days and stamped it twice once in Basic Black and once in More Mustard
3.Stamp image and sentiment on Very Vanilla and punch out with 1 3/8 square punch
4. Layer Very Vanilla Square to Sage Shadow square
5. Stamp image on Very Vanilla and punch out with 1 3/8 Circle punch. I used Autumn Days and layered the pinecone 3 times in different colors. I stamped the pinecones once on the very vanilla circle and then used sahara sand and more mustard. I frayed a ribbon for the pine needles.
Add a sentiment to large center rectangle. I used On Your Birthday
Done!

Paper Cuts #35

PAPER CUTS:

VERY VANILLA 8 1/2" x 4 1/4" folded in half for card base 5" x 3 3/4" plus scrap for window punch
Night Of Navy 5 1/4" x 4" , 1/4 x 5 1/2" strip , plus scrap for label punch and 1/4" circle punch

DIRECTIONS:
1. Layer Night of Navy on front of card base
2. Layer Very Vanilla on front of Night of Navy
3. Layer 1/4" strip about a half of an inch down from the top of the card front as seen
4. Stamp image on front of Very Vanilla Card layer
5. Stamp sentiment on Very Vanilla and punch out with window punch
6. Punch modern label punch from Night of Navy and layer window sentiment to it
7. Adhere to front of card
8. Add punched 1/4" circles for polka dots cutting some in half!
DONE!

PAPER CUTS # 34 Monthly Kit Option

PAPER CUTS:
Sahara Sand 8 1/2 x 4 (this is a narrower then usual card)
Basic Black 3 1/2 x 5 1/2, 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 medium punched oval
Very Vanilla 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 , 2 x 2 1/2 small punched oval
Kraft 2 1/4 x 2 3/4 small 1/2 punched circle for button
DSP Perfect Plum 1 /2 x 5 1/2
Mellow Moss 2 1/2 x 4

DIRECTIONS:
Fold Sahara Sand Cardstock in half to create your card base
Layer larger Basic Black and Very Vanilla pieces together
Layer Perfect Plum DSP in the middle of Very Vanilla
Run Mellow Moss through your Big Shot and texture plate (textured cardstock included in kit)
Layer smaller Basic Black and Mellow Moss together and add to plum layer
Layer Kraft cardstock with smaller very vanilla cardstock. Stamp image (included in kit)
Add this layer to mellow moss layer
Punch a 1/2 circle and add holes to make a faux button (included in kit)
Punch two holes to make button holes
Add a strip of basic black cardstock to make a knot (included in kit)
Layer ovals togehter and stamp a sentiment
Add this layer to the bottom of your card

KITS

• are offered once a month
• you will receive all the materials needed to make 8 cards
• $9.95 plus $4.95 s/h
• US RESIDENTS ONLY PLEASE
• offers expire each month on the third Saturday
• Kits are mailed out on the 28th of each month
• Kits are mailed to the ADDRESS POSTED ON THE ORDER FORM
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PAPER cuts # 33

PAPER CUTS:
Bravo Burgundy 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" folded in half
Certainly Celery strip 1 1/2" x 4 1/4" punched with scallop punch
Certainly Celery scallop circle with center punched out and edges punched with 1/16" punch
Certainly Celery 1 1/4" x 4 1/4"
Whisper White 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

DIRECTIONS:
1.Adhere Whisper White Paper to inside of card
2.Punch a 1 3/8" hole in center of bravo burgundy card front
3.Adhere Certainly Celery scallop circle around punched hole
4.Stamp an image on the inside whisper white cardstock so it peeks out from behind the punched circle.
5.Adhere certainly celery strip to top third of card front
6.Tie a ribbon around the certainly celery portion of the card front
7.Trim the scallop strip to a desired proportion and adhere to card front on the bottom third of card
DONE!
STAMP SETS:
Hostess Level Three THE MORE THE MERRIER

PAPER CUTS #32

PAPER CUTS:

Pixie Pink 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 folded in half 2 1/2 x 3 1/2

Whisper White 5 1/4 x 4 , 2x3

Pretty in Pink 2 1/8 x 3 1/8

DIRECTIONS:

1. stamp an image on small white card stock, I used a cupcake and stamped it three times to layer together. Also stamp a background on large white card stock here I used itty bitty backgrounds

2. Layer to pretty in pink card stock

3. layer to pixie pink card stock

4. layer all to large whisper white cardstock

5. Add ribbon. here I dyed it using pixie pink to match the card

6. add this layer to card base

7. stamp sentiment

DONE

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PAPER CUTS #31

PAPER CUTS:
Very Vanilla 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 5 1/4 x 4, 1 3/8" circle for image
Basic Black 5 3/8 x 4 1/8, 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 , 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 or die as shown and (included in kit), scrap for embossed image (included in kit)
Certainly Celery 3 1/2 x 3 1/2

ACCESSORIES
Certainly Celery 5/8 ribbon, taffeta ribbon

DIRECTIONS:
1. Layer basic black to card base
2. attach both ribbons to very vanilla card 5 1/4 x 4 in a layered fashion as shown
3. Adhere very vanilla to basic black layer
4. Layer 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 Basic Black square, with certainly celery layer and either 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 black square or lattice die (in Kit)
5. Layer very vanilla circle and add embossed cut out image as shown (in kit)
6. stamp sentiment to circle
7. add embossed image to upper corner of circle (in kit)
Finished

KITS

• offered once a month
• receive ALL the materials to make 8 cards!
• $9.95 plus s&h $4.95
• US RESIDENTS ONLY PLEASE
• offers EXPIRE each month on the third Saturday
• Kits are MAILED out each month on the 28th of the month
• KITS ARE MAILED TO THE ADDRESS POSTED ON ORDER FORM ONLY
• ORDER HERE

PAPER CUTS #30

PAPER CUTS:
8 1/2"" x 5 1/2" sahara sand folded for card base
4 1/8x 5 3/8" blue here I used Baja Breeze but Bashful Blue would be just as nice
3 3/4" x 5" sahara sand
3 5/8" x 4 7/8" blue
3 1/4" x 4 1/2" sahara sand
3 1/8" x 4 1/2" whisper white embossed in an embossing folder or plain
scrap blue and sahara sand

Directions:
1.Layer all card stock in order as shown in the picture
2.Punch a border in scrap blue and layer to bttom front of card.
3.punch a sentiment using the word window and layer to card.
4.Add a cut out heart, butterfly, star or some other image of your choice. Here I used the
heartfrom ALWAYS and stamped it on vellum and water colored the back side of it.

Paper Cuts #29

Paper Cuts:
4 1/4" x 5 1/2" certainly celery card stock folded in half to make a card
4 x 5 1/4 basic black
3 7/8 x 5 1/8 certainly celery designer paper
3 5/8 x 5 pretty in pink
3 1/2 x 4 7/8 certainly celery designer paper
3 1/2 x 2 1/2 whisper white

Directions:
1.Stamp and image onto whisper white in a design pleasing to you. Here I have used certainly celery and pretty in pink with the stamp set
Greenhouse Garden
2. Stamp another image on a scrap piece of white cardstock and cut out
3. Punch a circle to fit your cut out image and layer together
4. Punch a scallop circle out of Pretty in Pink, and layer together add embellishment if desired. Also punch accent
holes
5. Layer whisper white 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 paper with 3 1/2 x 4 7/8 certainl;y celery designer paper
6. Add ribbon across center either at this point or to any of the next couple of layers. Here I
dyed the ribbon with certainly celery
7. Layer this to pretty in pink, then certainly celery then basic black. Layer all to Certainly
Celery card
8. Stamp sentiment and punch out. Here I used the window punch and the new Modern Label
Punch
Enjoy!

PAPER CUTS 28

PAPER CUTS:

5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Whisper White cardstock folded in half to make a card

(2) 1 5/8" x 5" pieces of Designer Paper

3 3/8" Only orange

3 1/8" Bashful Blue

3" Sage shadow

2 7/8" whisper white

Directions:

1. Layer designer series paper to frot of card

2. Layer Only Orange, Bashful Blue and Sage Sahdow paper together and adhere to fron tof card

on top of designer paper as shown

3. Stamp image on Whisper White and color

4. Adhere image to card layers.

DONE!

Stamp Set: Bloomin Beautiful

PAPER CUTS # 27

PAPER CUTS:
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 whisper white cardstock folded in half
(4) 1 1/4" punched squares. One of each of the following colors Gable Green, Real Red, Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie
(4) 1 3/8" punched squares in Basic Black
(1) die cut scallop in black
(1) 1 3/4 Punched circle in White with a stamped image
(1) medium punched oval in real red
(1) small punched oval in whisper white with a stamped sentiment

DIRECTIONS:
1. Layer colored sqaures to black squares, and circle to circle, and oval to oval
2. Layer stamped white circle to black scallop circle
3. Arrange squares and adhere to card like shown in picture
4. Add circle layer to top of square layer
5. Add oval layer to bottom right side of square layer
6. Add ribbon ( real red polka dot from SU)

STAMP SETS:
Of the Earth
Short and Sweet

PAPER CUTS #26

PAPER CUTS:

5 1/2 x 8 1/2 very vanilla folded in half for your card

2" x 4" DSP tall tales whale

3 1/4" x 4" tall tales yellow stripe

2 1/4" x 2 1/4" soft suede

2" x 2" dsp tall tales stripe

DIRECTIONS:

1. Layer striped paper to top section of card front

2. Layer whale print to bottom section of card front

3. Stamp Itty Bitty Backgrounds stamp onto square striped paper

4. Stamp whale onto square striped paper

5. Stamp sentiment from curvey verses to square striped paper

6. Layer image striped paper to soft suede cardstock

7. Layer to card front

see here for ordering info search for papercuts #26

PAPER CUTS #25

PAPER CUTS:

Very Vanilla 5 x 10 folded in half

Basic Black 4 1/2 x 4 12/

Metallic Brown (DSP) or chocolate chip 4 1/4 x 4 1/4

Very Vanilla 4 x 4

Basic Black 3 3/4 x 3 3/4

Very Vanilla Oval from Bigz Die for Big Shot

Very Vanilla oval and Really Rust oval layers

New Soft Suede ribbon available here July 1st

DIRECTIONS:

Layer all cardstock as shown in the photograph.

Stamp an immage onto Very Vanilla Oval. Here I used Autimn Days pheasant available here July 1st.

Stamp sentiment and cut out using the small oval punch

Layer Sentiment to Really Rust medium oval punched cardstock

Add ribbon as shown

STAMP SETS:

Autumn Days 115452 $23.95

Sincere Salutations 115068 $23.95

PAPER CUTS # 24

PAPER CUTS:

8 1/2 x 5 1/2 whisper white folded in half

4 1/8 x 4 1/8 basic black

4 x 5 1/4 Baja Breeze

scrap piece of whisper white to stamp flower image onto

DIRECTIONS:

1. Layer Baja Breeze onto Basic Black Square so that Baja Breeze is on top of the Black Square!

2. Adhere Basic Black Ribbon ( I used Valet) around Layers where they intersect. Add a bow or knotted accent ribbon.

3. Adhere this to Whisper White Card Base

4. Stamp images like shown in the example.

5. Cut out white cardstock image and tuck it into the ribbon and use dimensionals to adhere it to the card.

6. Write or stamp a sentiment in the lower left corner. FINI !!!!!!!

order info: click here to order

Baja Breeze cardstock $5.50 111352 (only until June 30, 2009)

Embrace Life Stamp Set $25.95 114958

PAPER CUTS #23

PAPER CUTS:
6 3/4 x 5 3/4 whisper white card stock folded in half to make a 3 3/8 x 5 3/4 card
3 3/8 x 5 1/4 whisper white
3 3/8 x 5 3/4 basic black (finished size; make a bit larger and punch border before cutting)
3 3/8 x 6 mellow moss (finished size; make a bit larger and punch border before cutting)
1 1/4 whisper white circle
1 3/8 basic black circle
square scallop punch mellow moss
1 1/2" x 1 1/2" basic black square

DIRECTIONS:
1.Fold card in half to make a card 3 3/8 x 5 3/4 this will fit into a standard bill envelope!
2.Punch a lace border on the short edge of both the mellow moss and basic black strips of paper.
3.Trim to finished size as noted above
4.Layer together to create a double edge
5.Cut a swirl using a die from in the corner of the whisper white strip. If you do not have a big shot please just use a stamped image in this area.
6.Stamp an image near swirl cut out. I used the branch from Autumn Days available July 1st
7.Emboss ribbon with Big Shot or leave plain
8.Attach ribbon to white card.
9.Stamp an image onto the whisper white circle. I used the owl from Animal Stories available 7/1
10.Layer the white circle black circle green scallop and black square together.
11.Attach layered square to card front.
12.Attach card front to card base!

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