Hi crafty friends!! I'm back this month with these cards I decided I would create because there is always crafters who are just starting out and are looking on how to create a simple card. I know that when I was starting out, I always loved coming across blog posts or even videos that were simple but beautiful cards. The ones I made here was using the beautiful papers from Mintay Cozy Evening . Here is the quick look at how I made this.
This card is a great size because you don't waste any of the paper you use for the base which is the 8.5 X 11 card stock. For this one I used some of the Brutus Monroe Not Your Mamas Heavy Whit e Card stock , I place my paper on my paper trimmer horizontally and cut down the center which would be 5.5, (5 1/2) you then take them and place onto a score board, I am using the Martha Stewart Score Board and Bone Folder Using the bone folder you will now score them at 4.25 (4 1/4) . Now you have your card base! On to the pattern paper.
So for these smaller cards I like to use my 6 X 6 paper pads and since we are having weird weather and its almost Fall, I thought I would use this paper pad from Mintay "Cozy Evening" . I had purchased this one last year around December and so since I already had newer Christmas themed papers I never got around to this one. I love the color combinations on this collection.
Once I chose the papers I wanted to use on the base, I cut it just 1/8 smaller than the card base itself. I actually messed up the size on the second card I made, but I don't like throwing away something that isn't too noticeable. Anyhow I then used Helmar Tacky Glue to adhere my pattern paper to the base. One thing I have heard a lot of people say that they don't like using any sort of tacky glue or any white glue because it creates air bubbles on their paper projects, what I have actually found so that don't happen is don't add too much of it to your paper and another thing you can do if you aren't rushing is have a small paint brush specifically for this and brush it on. Then keep your brush in water so it doesn't harden. This is my tip for you.
I then took another sheet from the paper pad that had some cute cut outs with different images. So I cut them out and I then picked out some American Crafts Textured Card Stock from the "Spring" pack, in a similar color that was in the image, which is a light peachy/pink color. I cut the colored card stock just a little bigger than the images I had cut out. Once I had them all cut, I then used some Tim Holtz Distress Ink Gathered Twigs around the edges of the cut images as well on the edges of the colored card stock. I then used the same Helmar Tacky Glue to adhere the images to the card stock. I then took one of my other favorite products from Helmar , Liquid Scrap Dots and I added a couple dots onto the small squares I put together , this products works just the same as foam tape. What I like best about it though is that you can add as much dimension to your project as you want. They then got added to my card base , (4) on each card. One one of the cards I added a small punched piece of the same colored card stock I used on the squares. Just to make it a little different. Lastly as you may have noticed I didn't add a sentiment to these. I like to keep some cards or note cards like this just in case I need one that I can just write something short on the inside.
Well crafty friends, this was the project I created for this month. This is actually my last project for Helmar Creative Team. I have been on this team since Fall of 2017, so almost 3 years. I have absolutely LOVED creating for them. Not only do they have great products but they are an amazing company to design for. Due to the Covid-19 issues, they can't ship to anyone in the USA, so this time around their design team call was only for the Austrailia/UK area in which this call just finished yesterday so I hope you got your application in, those of you over across the pond!!
I am saddened that I will not be here for another term but hopefully this crazy Covid will pass soon and they can have USA Crafters back on their creative team. Until then, I hope you will still follow me on my other social media sites, here is my Instagram if you would like to follow me there where I post most of my projects. Thank you again to our Design Team Coordinator Jessica and CEO Mark for having me a part of your company, I loved representing it!! See you all again soon!! Hugs, Jeanne
