9 Quick Card Inspirations

Sometimes you just need a quick bit of inspiration for last minute cards. Here are 9 cards ready to cut and assemble. Just pick your papers, stamp on a greeting if needed and there you go. You’ll be done in no time. Don’t hesitate to dress them up even more with ribbons, bling, paper flowers and more.

Fresh Tulip Bouquet Card

Brighten someone’s day with a bright bouquet. Room to add a stamped or hand-lettered message on front.

Musical Notes Handmade Card

These musical notes dance across the front of the card. Share a message with the song that’s in your heart.

Fresh Apple Cards

Use it with or without the fresh slice and seeds. U-Pick Always in season.

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Birds at Garden Card saying Hi

2 little birds meeting at the garden gate is a good theme to use for friendship, keeping in touch, new neighbors and encouragement.

Get Whale Soon

A light hearted play on words and suitable for any age. The playful whale sits in a layer of waves and brings “Get Whale” greetings.

Latte Cup

A shape card sure to perk up a friend or co-worker. Perfect for any coffee lover and latte fans.

Sunset (or Sunrise) Card

Layers of colored cardstock create a beautiful sunrise or peaceful sunset. Let your imagination play with the use of different types of prints and papers. Card is an A2 size.

Lady Bug

A 5″ square card that is super simple and quick to create. The Ladybug card design is a colorful addition to your spring cards.

Sweater Vest Card

A side folding A2 card for the men and boys in your life.



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Popular Cards for Teachers

We all like to know that we are appreciated from time to time. Especially when we put our heart and soul into what we are doing. Big expensive gifts are nice too, but often a heartfelt card that shows you took the time and effort to express your thanks is even better.

We have 2 cards that are really popular for those special teachers in your child's life. The School Paper Easel Card and The Teacher's Desk Easel Card.


School Paper Easel Card

 

 

 

 

The fun thing with these easel cards is they display beautifully on a shelf and are a perfect fit to a classroom decor. But it's when you add your personal note of thanks on the base that it becomes a treasured keepsake for the teacher.

Teachers Desk Easel Card

 

 

In your note you might want to add specific memories or special help that the teacher provided. If you child looked forward to school everyday, saw great improvement in a particular area, those are nice things to include also. 
The School Paper Easel Card




 The Teacher's Desk Easel Card

 

 

A Big Bouquet of Garden BUGS!



Send a hug in bug bouquet.

Who doesn't love bouquets of flowers, plants with cute pokes and encouraging notes tucked in among a cute arrangement of....BUGS! You might even add some paper flowers and make it the perfect summertime hostess gift. 

These goofy little garden critters are only to happy to join you at your BBQ, picnic or patio. And I promise they don't eat much either.

 Just tuck them in a plant or mason jar filled with shred.  They're guaranteed to bring smiles to the table.

Bugs and photos by Kristin Courtney

See some other ideas for making paper bouquets and using straws as colorful picks.

Find the each of the bugs here...

Bugs & Things and Dragonfly Wings

New Paper Pop Up Photo Frames

Sometimes a great idea comes from trying to solve a personal need. I've been restyling my office/craft space and have long wanted a classy way to display all the random photos of kids and grandkids.  



These look so real your friends will have to pick them up and touch them to believe they are actually made out of cardstock. My friends did!

I needed frames that were sturdy, that didn't look too artsy craftsy and would allow me to change out the photos from time to time. I filled a waste basket full of proto types before hitting on the right method and technique. The simplicity was a huge bonus. And I'm loving that I can make all the frames I need.

 Paper Pop Up Photo Frames

Paper Pop Up Photo Frames


These easy to assemble frames have a 3 dimensional look and don't require a lot of fuss. The use of Pop-Dots gives depth and that hand carved look of a wooden frame. One simple layer of chipboard backing provides the durability. This is a great pattern even if you are handcutting.

 The full color photo tutorial included in the download shows the simple hinge technique for the back layers. It creates an easy way to change the photos whenever you choose, yet the layers remain flat.

 Now I have a abundance of frames and will be making many more to fill my photo shelf. 

Paper Pop Up Photo Frames

My Scrap Chick Belly Box Tutorial

Meet our newest addition to the Belly Box lineup, My Scrap Chick.  She's our thank you gift to all of you after our big Belly Box giveaway on facebook where so many of you helped promote our popular Belly Boxes. We want everyone to win so we came up with this idea to share a belly box for free.

 

 

T U T O R I A L  for Belly Boxes....



Cut out all your pattern pieces. Pre-fold all the score lines for the box back and box front.  The box back will be a valley fold, the box front will be all mountain folds.



Now is a good time to ink the edges if you plan to. After inking I find it easiest to add all the parts and pieces to front and back sections of the box before putting them together. This allows me to work with the sections laying flat on my surface,

 



Once the front and back are decorated with the parts, flip the box front (belly) over as shown. The decorated side of the box will be face down. Add glue to the inside box bottom then attach the front flap of box back.

 

 



Now your box should be one piece as shown above and you are ready to glue the side tabs. This is a good time to re-crease all the folds and tabs before glueing.

Flip the entire box over as shown and add glue to the side tabs

 



Fold up the sides and the belly front and adhere tabs to box front. Then do the same with the tabs for back of box.





And now your box is ready to fill with goodies.

 

Now keep in mind, we just love the pink and black but this cute chick would be cute in any color you like. It's fun too, to mix things up with printed papers. Whatever you choose, have fun!!

My Scrap Chick Belly Box is available as a Free Download

 

No more white edges on print and cut images.

Print and cut images are a great time saver and fun option for paper crafters. They work great as embellishments or as the focal point of handmade cards, scrapbook pages and party decor.

 

 

We're all passionate about making our cards and projects look just perfect. Here's a little trick to help hide all those white cut marks along the edge and create a polished look. This is especially helpful when you plan to add your print and cut image to a dark background.

 

This is also a  really useful technique for those times your cutting machine leaves a bit of a white outline. It will save a lot of ink and paper not having to recut.

 

The image above is a print and cut with a brown outline. You can see the white edges that look prominent against a dark background.  And on the tip of the cone you can also see where I left a bit of a white outline. Below shows the same image after applying the quick fix. 

All the white cut marks disappear. Even the tip of the cone where there was white left along my cutting outline is now gone quick as a wink.

 

And here's the easy fix.....

 Use a copic marker or any colored marker with a bullet point to do this. Pick a color that matches closely to the image's outline. The Kawaii images I'm using here have brown outlines so I chose a brown copic marker.  Run the edge of marker around the edge of the image.

 

Using the wide edge of the marker lets you quickly run along, coloring the edges. The fine tip of the bullet point is great for getting in the corners and small spaces.

 

**I always work from the back of the print and cut so I have more control. This also helps prevent getting accidental marks on the front.

 Use this easy fix anytime you want to add a beautiful finished look to your print and cut images.

 

Cutting files used here are from MyScrapChick's  Kawaii Treatkins™

Enjoy!

Paper Bouquets

A big splashy bouquet full of well wishes is always a welcome gift. And this colorful PAPER bouquet will never wilt or drop it's petals.

 

 

 

 

We used our 3D stars, Easy Rosettes and Snowflake Rosettes to make these cheerful bouquets. Adding glitter to the snowflakes and rosettes added a touch of glitz!

 

We also added printed quotes mounted on cardstock and tucked those into the mason jars. You would be amazed at how simple and quick it was to put this all together. If you're wondering how to attach these pretties to a paper straw along with a few other tips check this tutorial on the previous post.

Tips for Creating Paper Bouquets

See how to easily use paper party straws like "florist picks" plus create extra tall "picks" and arrange it all in a mason jar.

 

 

Attaching straws to 3D Puffy Star....

 

 

 

Add height to your arrangement by creating taller picks using 2 paper straws together....

 

 

 

 

Using craft foam and mason jars to make your arrangement stay put....

 

 

Now that you have your straw picks all done up and the mason jar is ready, begin arranging your paper items into a bouquet by inserting the straws into the foam. Trim the ends of the straws as needed just as you would when arranging flowers. The craft foam will hold your arrangement in place. Top the jar off with a little more paper shred to cover the craft foam.

 

Spooky sweet inspiration for Halloween treats.

Our design team always comes up with such Boo-tiful Halloween treats. Stop for a spell and take a peek at their Spook-tacular ideas. Okay, I'll stop, I know this is starting to sound corny.

 

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Candy Corn Gift Box
 
Designed using Halloween Treat Boxes
Visit Kristin's blog Paper Creations by Kristin 

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Frankly You're Sweet Treat Box

Designed using Frankenstein Treat Belly Box
Visit Sandra's blog Luv Scrappin Together

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Fall Card

Designed using Fall Card
Visit Melissa's blog M. Miranda Creations

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Frightening Cute Fall Cute

Designed using Harvest Treat Toppers and Cards
Visit Cheryl's  blog at Dragonfly Designs.

If you're in need of a few more cute titles or quotes for your papercrafting designs here's a few that might just work like magic.

 
Spook-tacular

Eat, drink and be scary

Ghouls Night Out

Boo-tiful

If the broom fits, ride it.

Laughter shakes the sawdust out of stuffed shirts. (For scarecrows)

You put a spell on me.

"I'm so happy that Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year!" said no teacher ever. 

Frightfully Delightful

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Delicious Autumn Colors and Cutting Files

When you think autumn you think of color! Our designers, Cheryl, Becki and Kristin, provided beautiful samples of various color palettes for the fall season. Each one used the large box from the Blessings Trio. It's a great example of how one file can have so many looks with just different colors and papers.

 

 

Warm whites and brights.The lighter warm colors for the base and panels along with richer colors for the paper acorn accents provide a beautiful holder for the spray of autumn leaves. Cheryl's Blog

 

 

 Classy blues on browns.

The touch of blue is a nice addition to the traditional colors of fall. This classy color combo makes a nice host and hostess gift. As Becki says, "Perfect to fill and take with you to Thanksgiving dinner..." Becki's Blog

The Clean & Bright Fall Colors.

The bright colors just speak smiles and of good things inside. Kristin's Blog

 

 

My Scrap Chick Blessings Trio