Cards, Papercrafting

Winterly Tree Tops Level-Up Card

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This curved front card is made with the Nests of Winter suite using the Nests of Winter designer series paper and the Winterly Tree Tops stamp set from the Stampin’ Up suite. 

You will need the following supplies to make this card:

  • Gray Granite card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • The Nests of Winter designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
  • Winterly Tree Tops stamp set and dies (Stampin’ Up)
  • A scoring board or paper trimmer with a scoring blade
  • Paper trimmer
  • Real Red ink pad (Stampin’ Up)
  • Your preferred adhesive
  • Pop dot adhesive

Cut a piece of Gray Granite card stock in half to 4 ¼” x 11”.  Get your scoring board or cutting tool with a scoring blade and score this cardstock at 1 ¾”, 3 1/8”, 3 ½”, 7 ½”, 7 7/8” and 9 ¼”.  Starting from the center to the right side fold up, fold up and fold the last flap out and then the same from the left.   

Grab your Nests of Winter designer series paper and pull out the pinkish piece full of pussy willows and cut a piece 3 ¾” x 4” and adhere that to the center panel of your card stock.  Now cut two pieces of the light gray with the pussy willows and birds, make sure to cut so you get a bird for each, these will both be 1 ½” x 4” and adhere one of each to the front flaps. 

Now grab your Winterly Tree Tops dies or a pair of scissors and the designer series paper that has the gray and pink bird and either cut the bird out with the die or with scissors.

Put some pop dots on the back of your cut out bird and then hold your card flat and adhere the bird to the upper center of the middle section of the card.  Based on these measurements it just fits with a very small portion to go under the upper flaps. 

Also cut a 1” x 5 ¼” piece of just the gray from the light gray with pussy willows and birds paper and a piece of 1 ¼’ x 5 ½” out of the gray granite card stock.  Adhere these two strips together. 

Now put about 1 ½” of adhesive on the back side of the card stock and then fold your card flat at align the strip across the card.      

Get your Real Red ink pad and your stamp (I used the “A friend like you brings me happiness” you wisht to use, make sure it will fit nicely along the strip.  Ink your stamp pad and then “stamp off” on a piece of scrap paper to change the color of the ink from red to a more pinkish color to match the bird in the middle.   Now stamp onto a piece of white card stock.  Cut that piece of stamped card stock down to about ¾” x 3 ¼”. 


Adhere your stamped saying to the front strip of the card.  I put it to the left, but you could also center it.   

Flip the card over to the back side.  Cut a piece of white card stock to 3 ¾” x 4” and a piece of the light gray designer series paper cut to 1” x 3 ¾”.  Adhere the strip toward the bottom of the white piece of card stock.  If you would like to stamp a saying to the signature part of your card, stamp off using the Real Red ink again and then stamp your saying (I used “thinking of you always”). 

This is a different card style that is fun and fairly easy to make.  The hardest part was determining the scoring measurements which are now supplied so now it is easy for you.  I hope you have fun making this card.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchasing any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

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Cards, Papercrafting

Wildflower Birthday Level-Up Card

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This Wildflower Birthday set is such a girly and pretty set of paper, I am just obsessed.  It comes with two sheets of cut-out shapes as well, which I didn’t use for this card but have on others. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Wildflower Birthday specialty designer series paper
  • Mixed Labels stamp set and dies
  • Pretty in Pink card stock
  • White card stock
  • Pool Party ink
  • Scoring board or scoring blade for paper trimmer
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop-Dots

With the Pretty in Pink card stock cut a card base of 4 ¼” x 11” and score to 1 ¾”, 3 1/8”, 3 ½”, 7 ½”, 7 7/8” and 9 ¼”.  The center four scores fold up and the two outside pieces fold out. 

Grab a piece of White card stock and cut a piece to 3 ¾” x 4”, one to 1 ½” x 4”, 7/8” x 5 ½” and one to 3” x 3 ¾”.  Now grab the Wildflower Birthday specialty designer series paper and cut a piece of the pink and white gingham paper to 3 ½” x 3 ¾” and two strips to 1 ¼” x 3 ¾”.  The find the paper with the cakes and cut a strip of cakes to 1” wide making sure you are lining up to center the cakes and then cut to a length of 3 ½”, but making sure you are getting your cakes close to the top as the bottom area will get covered.  Then with the Pool Party banner piece cut a strip to 5/8” x 5 ¼” which should give you three banner stripes, and then another piece for the back of the card measuring 5/8” x 3 ¾”. 

Take a scrap piece of White card stock and your Pool Party ink and stamp the “You’re Pretty Wonderful” and then use the label die to cut it out. 

Now it is time to assemble it all together.  Take your Pretty in Pink card base and your 3 ¾” x 4” White cards stock piece and the pink gingham measuring 3 ½” x 3 ¾” and adhere the gingham onto the white.  Then adhere the white to the center of the card base.  Grab the label and adhere with pop dots to the upper center of the card center.  Take your two white strips measuring 1 ½” x 4”, the two pink gingham strips and the two cake strips and adhere the cake strips to the pink gingham and the pink gingham to the white strips and then adhere each of those to the front ends.  Now take the white strip measuring 7/8” x 5 ½” and the Pool Party strip measuring 5/8” x 5 ¼” and adhere to the white strip.  Then adhere that strip to the bottom of each end of the card flaps. 

Now take the last piece of white measuring 3” x 3 ¾” and adhere in the center of the back of the card.  Then adhere the Pool Party banner strip toward the bottom of the white piece.  You can add an additional greeting here in Pool Party ink if you choose to. 

This adorable card is ready to give to a good friend or sister or whoever else would enjoy receiving this cute card. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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