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Simpler One Sheet Wonder

A couple of weeks ago I shared a one sheet wonder technique which involved cutting up a piece of 12" x 12" (30.5 cm x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper to make ten cards.

There is of course a much simple way of cutting the paper and that means you will get six cards from it.  Basically, all you need to do is to cut the 12"x 12" (30.5 cm x 30.5 cm) into six pieces which are 10.0 cm x 14.4 cm. It does mean that there will be some waste - even I really didn't want to find a use for the strip that was 0.5 cm wide or the other piece that was 1.7 cm wide.

The basic cutting pattern looks like this. Please note that this is not to size, but gives you the general idea.



My plan was to make three cards using one side of the paper and three cards using the other but I got a little carried away with the glue before I realised I had done four of one side and two of the other! I am human and do make mistakes.

Anyway, these are the cards that I made.

These are more masculine and would make great cards for men
The Stampin' Up! supplies used to make the two cards above include one of the Sale-A-Bration items (the 2014-2016 In Colour buttons and thick baker's twine) that is no longer available (slap wrist), but I made these before I went away so can't change them now.

These cards and the ones below and more feminine
The cards above use Mossy Meadow ink for the greeting and the cards below use Blackberry Bliss. All of the flowers have been sponged with Blackberry Bliss and I made them using the Petite Petal Punch and also the small flower punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.


Here are a couple of the cards in more detail.




The basic Stampin' Up! supplies used to make these cards are as follows:

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So as you can see, one piece of 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper can give completely different looks depending on which side you choose to use. I am going to take more care when cutting my paper in future, as I love the fact that it's possible to make cards for both men and women out of the one sheet.

PS Just realised that I missed the Pear Pizzazz ink off the list - it was used for the two make cards in the top photo.
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Sneak Peek of next Tutorial

I know I've made this type of card before but I will be posting the tutorial for this Envelope Card on Saturday (assuming my travel plans go to plan).

Friday sees the start of my five day long trip back to the UK. No, I'm not travelling on some luxury ship (mores the pity) but heading first to Chicago to help my son move into his dorm at DePaul University. Three days in Chicago - one day to purchase stuff, one day to move all the stuff in and one day to hang around Chicago waiting for an early evening flight. That means, I'll be back in the UK the following day (next Tuesday).

I would like to say that I'm an old hand at this moving into dorm malarkey, because Jenny started college at Michigan State University last year, but each kid is different and has different needs. Jenny was more about buying lots of "bits" and there were three car loads of it when I moved her out. Michael is more about having to drag him shopping to buy him the bare minimum. He is sharing a room with three other boys (much to his disgust) so I am hoping that one of them will have have bought the big stuff such as the fridge and microwave.

Anyway, the tutorial should post on Saturday morning. It's nearly written, I just have to work my magic and turn the word document into code - don't worry there's an app for that. I am not that technically minded.

In the meantime, here's a couple of photos  - one of the inside and the other the outside (sorry for stating the obvious).



The inside and outside are stamped using two different techniques. For the outside, the image was stamped and then coloured in using a Blender Pen. The inside was stamped using Stampin' Write markers that I had used to colour the image itself.

Here's a list of some of the Stampin' Up! products used, the complete list will be on the tutorial.



The Hello Darling stamp set is one of the sets that we will be using in next month's All Day Event. All spaces are taken, but if you are interested in attending any of my other classes full details are available on the Events & Classes Page.
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It started with

a challenge. I was blog hopping yesterday and came across a challenge that took my fancy. I somehow also managed to loose a few hours in the process (no idea how that happened), and that was just the blog hopping!

I found the challenge on the Clean & Simple blog, and it was to use a large sentiment.


http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/300.html


I made what I thought to be a clean and simple card that meets the criteria, and this was what I came up with.


I did think that it looked too simple, so I then took it a stage further and made a stepped up version.


There are no winners for this challenge, it's just fun to take someone's basic idea and put your own spin on it.

Stampin' Up! products used to make these cards were:



As always, please feel free to leave comments.
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What a fun day

Thank you to everyone who came to yesterday's event.  The diehards who stayed for a little more crafting and take-a-way left at about 10.00 pm! Someone even suggested we have a pyjama party and do a 24 hour craft-a-thon.

The whole day was based around the Petite Petals Bundle - stamp and co-ordinating punch. There were four themes using the Fresh Print Paper Stack,  and the Retro Fresh,  Watercolor Wonder and Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper.

I can't make up my mind as to which of the DSP packs from the Spring/Summer Catalogue that I like the most, but in terms of value the Fresh Prints can't be beaten. There are 48 sheets (4 each of 12 designs) of double sided sheets measuring 11.4 cm x 16.5 cm (4.5 " x 6.5" ) for only £6.25.


I love making these file folder cards using the Envelope Punch Board. The next card has a closure made using one of the Tag Topper Punches. You can use both punches to give slightly different looks.  The Scallop Tag Topper was being used on a different project so I used the Angled Tag Topper Punch on this one.



I had a really fun day although I have to admit that my feet are hurting a little this morning. Today's plan is to relax once I've finished doing the tidying up. This means picking up all bits of backing from the red sticky strip and dimensionals that have travelled around the house. It never ceases to amaze me how they get about.

The above are only a couple of the projects from yesterday. I plan to share a couple more in my next post.

Stampin' Up! supplies used:

Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack
£6.25
Petite Petals Clear-Mount Bundle
£18.95
Angled Tag Topper Punch
£20.95
Envelope Punch Board
£17.95
Million & One
£11.95
Teeny Tiny Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set
£25.95
Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies
£22.95
Large Oval Punch
£14.25
Scallop Oval Punch
£15.50
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad
£4.95
Real Red A4 Card Stock
£6.25
Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana
£6.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock
£7.50
Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents
£4.50
Whisper White 3/8 Inch Taffeta Ribbon
£6.25
Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine
£2.50
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