Card Making with Tara

Hello it's Tara here. I hope you're enjoying the weather wherever you are in the world! Today I wanted to share a card I made using the October Pocket Life "Waverly" Kit. I love making cards, especially during this time of year. Since it's Autumn here, I reflect on the many reasons I am grateful. I had some extra papers left over so I made a fun card to send to a friend.

I used patterned papers from the kit. I loved cutting up the paper with the mini Polaroid-like boxes. I added a few embellishments from the October Sprinkles kit too.

Here is a closer look:

I had a couple of roller stamps - Maggie "Shine" roller stamp and an older Dear Lizzy stamp to add some sentiments.

I used one of the small glassine bags for layering and added the Maggie Holmes 'XO' rose gold sticker. I love the Pinkfresh puffy heart too! I didn't want to add too much dimension since it will be mailed out. That little unicorn was so cute, I had to include it.

How do you use your extra bits and bobs you have left over from making layouts and spreads?

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope this inspires you to make a card or two, or find new ways to use up your kit.

Have a lovely day!

Xxo, Tara

Card making with Janine

Hey everyone, it's Janine here. I hope you are all well and can enjoy the wonderful time before Christmas!

Today I'd love to show you a quick card that I made using the two coffee cups from this month's printable that came with the Scrapbooking Kit.

When I saw the coffee cups I immediately fell in love, aren't they the cutest? I knew I had to incorporate them in a layout, but as I am no coffee drinker at all, I couldn't find a way to use them. So I decided to go with a card instead. I have to tell you, I am having quite a hard time when it comes to creating cards, I don't know why. But that card came together so easily and I am sure it was because of the cups that I love so much.

I do have some dies for my Big Shot here, because I always want to create cards, but as I said, I just fell like I am a total failure when it comes to this ...

Anyway, I decided to just jump right in and create a little scene. I quickly colored the cups with Copics, cut two green stripes with a stitched border die as well as a circle out of white cardstock. The scene came together rather quickly, lucky for me, so I just had to add a sentiment. The stamp set this month was perfect for it! I stamped it with Versamark and heat set it with some white embossing poweder. I felt there was still missing something and I had some little red hearts left from another project, so I added those and used my Wink of Stella pen to add some glitter.

To finish it, I added some patterned paper to the card base, adhered my scene on it and added a paper strip (from the same patterned paper that I used on my card base) as well as some string.

That's it, quick, easy and cute. I like it. :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

Tuesday Tutorial with Tara

Hello lovelies, it's Tara here sharing a little tutorial with card making. I love making cards with leftovers or extra paper and embellishments I have laying around. I thought I would finally give it a go making shaker cards, thanks to some inspiration from Jennifer Maguire Ink on YouTube. 

Here are the supplies I used today:

- 1 Simple Stories page protector 

- sequins from my stash

- Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers tag 

  (Oct Sprinkles Kit)

- Dear Lizzy Documentary "Me & You"

- We R Memory Keepers Fuse Tool

- adhesive 

I cut out one of the 2x2 squares from the page protector and sized up how I would want it to lay behind the tag. 

Next, I trimmed down the pocket and fused it on the remaining sides. Make sure to allow your Fuse to get nice and hot before using and use it slowly. I was a little impatient and had to re-do some of the fusing. I filled up my pocket with embellishments and fused it shut. Don't worry about your fusing looking perfect or pretty! It should be covered up when you sandwich the shaker pocket between the tag and paper.

I secured the patterned paper first to some cardstock, then figured out where I wanted the tag and shaker pocket to go. Then I adhered the shaker pocket and lastly, the tag on top. Finally, I added some finishing touches like the fun twine (repurposing it from our packaging), a chipboard embellishment, and some alphas. 

Here is the finished card, awaiting a stamped sentiment and some writing inside.

Does anyone else make shaker cards or want to have a go at it now that the Fuse makes it much easier? I hope I inspired you to try something new! Please share your creations in our Gallery or on our Facebook Fan Page.

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

Xxo, Tara