This cute little bear would work for many different occasions, but he's extra cute on cards and projects for Mother's Day. Loaded up with gifts and flowers he's all ready to show his Mama how much he loves her!
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Showing posts with label My Mama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Mama. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 21
Monday, April 12
Tutorial - Lever Fold Card
This is one of those fabulous cards that gives you lots of bang for your buck! Although it looks somewhat complicated, and includes a clever lever action in the front, it's actually very easy to put together and folds nice and flat for postage. Yep, it's one of those great cards that really has it all!
TEMPLATE:
1. To create a card the same size as I have, you'll need two pieces of card stock measuring 5" x 10". Place one of the pieces of card stock horizontally on your score board and score at 5". Fold the card along the score line to form the card blank.
2. Cut a 3" square window in the centre front of the card blank. The window will be 1" from the top, bottom and sides. Refer to the template above for correct placement. Set the card blank aside.
3. To create the inner piece, place the second piece of card stock horizontally on your cutting mat and make a 3" cut down the left hand side, starting 1" from the top and 1" from the side. The cut should stop 1" from the bottom. Turn the card 90 degrees and make a 11/2" cut starting from one end of the first cut line. It should stop at 21/2". Make another 11/2" cut from the other end of the first cut line, also stopping at 21/2". See the template above and the photos below for correct placement.
4. Place the inner piece horizontally on your score board with the cut end on the left hand side. Score at 21/2", starting from the top of the card and ending at the cut. Score another line at 21/2", this time starting from the bottom of the card and stopping at the bottom cut. Refer to the template for correct placement.
5. Fold along the score lines beginning with a valley fold, followed by a mountain fold and then another valley. See the image below.
6. Now it's time to join the card blank and the inner piece together to form the card base.
7. Fold the first section of the inner piece back and apply some liquid glue.
8. Open the card blank and place the inner piece over the top. Carefully line up all the edges and adhere the inner piece to the card blank. Allow to dry.
9. Fold back the other end of the inner piece and apply more liquid glue. Line up the edges and adhere in place to form the card base.
10. To decorate, close the card and work on the 3" square in the centre. This area is on the "lever" portion of the card and will be visible from both the inside and outside of the card. Take care not to place anything over the edges or you may obstruct the lever action.
Once you understand how the card works it's quite simple to alter the size to suit your needs. Just make sure the two pieces of card stock are the same size and that the measurements for the window in the card base are the same as the cuts for the inner piece.
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Saturday, April 10
Judy's Projects
Judy is sharing two adorable cards she created with the My Mama set of digital stamps. Both images are beautifully coloured with Prismacolor pencils and then layered on pretty papers and card stock. She even created her own little floral embellishment by printing, colouring and fussy cutting the tiny flowers from one of the other images in the set. Cute!
Tuesday, April 6
Karin's Cards
Karin has created two cute projects with the images from the new My Mama set of digital stamps. On her first project, the little bear peeps over the top of some pretty paper decorated with a beautiful punched and embossed card stock strip. Her second project is a lovely tag that will look fabulous decorating a beautifully wrapped gift or hanging from a bouquet of fresh flowers.
Thursday, April 1
New Releases
We have two new sets of digital stamps in the store this month - Tree Scapes, which is perfect for those who enjoy creating colourful backgrounds or have lots of fabulous patterned paper to print on, as well as My Mama, a tribute to all the sweet mothers and mother-figures in our lives. We also have a new die release, the long awaited Girls' Night set to accompany the clear stamps.
Tree Scapes
digital stamps
My Mama
digital stamps
Girls' Night
cutting dies
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