Tamara's Paper Trail

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Three Strips can make a great card! MCM Layout Sept 29, 2025

Happy Tuesday! Did you catch MCM last night? I know MANY of you did ... and I thank you for that! I LOVE having lots of eyes and comments while I create/teach live! It makes it SO much more fun for everyone!

Last night I CASE'd a layout I found on EMK Creations FB page. She also has a blog. Check it out - some GREAT inspiration in there!

These are the cards I made using her layout. SO quick and SO easy!

Kintsugi Inspirations paper, Pattern of Friendship sentiment ...

Gather Together Paper and Amber Autumn sentiment ... (the wee leaves are from the Sept Paper Pumpkin Kit!) ...

Woven Textures paper and Simply Said Sentiment ...

Need for Tweed paper and Simply Said sentiment ...

Painterly Pears paper and the sentiment is from the Handmade & Heartfelt All

inclusive KIT (AWESOME stamp sets!!!) ...

Wanna make a card with this layout? Here is the "recipe" of the pieces you need to prep ... (apparently my camera lens needed cleaning lol) ...

These are the measurements of the strips you need to cut ... (taken from EMK Creations page) ...

... and here is the Mystery Card Monday (MCM) Facebook Live replay, showing you how to cut the papers and put all the pieces together ...

So that's it for this week. If you would like to join me LIVE for my MCM (Mystery Card Monday) sessions, you can catch me on my FaceBook Page here at 7:00 pm Mountain Time every Monday ... or on my YouTube Channel here at the same time (I stream live to both). Like and Follow my FB Page and/or Subscribe to my YouTube Channel. I'd love to have you - the live community is AMAZING and so much fun!

If you live in Canada and would like to purchase any of the items I used for my cards, just click any of the pictures below and you will be taken to my online store. Thank you! I appreciate your support!

Stay amazing!

Tamara

Product List

Simply Said Mix & Match Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163756]

$24.00

Amber Autumn Cling Stamp Set (English)

[165883]

$32.00

Pattern Of Friendship Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[165383]

$25.00

Handmade & Heartfelt Kit (English)

[166213]

$44.00

Perfectly Pears Dies

[166153]

$37.00

Woven Textures 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[165560]

$17.00

Gathering Together 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[165969]

$23.00

Need For Tweed 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[166144]

$17.00

Kintsugi Inspirations 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[165159]

$23.00

Painterly Pears 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[166146]

$17.00

Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146983]

$15.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$20.00

Basic Beige 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[164511]

$20.00

Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[133676]

$15.75

Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[122925]

$15.75

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

$12.25

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

[153118]

$12.25

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

[147111]

$12.25

Irregular Weave 3/8" (1 Cm) Trim

[165903]

$12.25

Cream 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Woven Ribbon

[164143]

$13.00

Early Espresso & Old Olive Linen Thread Pack

[165986]

$12.25

Misty Moonlight & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Starter Ribbon Pack

[165276]

$7.00

Gold Twisted Thread

[164603]

$10.25

Mossy Meadow & Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm)

[166158]

$13.00

Pressed Flower Motifs

[165215]

$12.25

Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments

[164223]

$12.25

Adhesive Backed Pearl Trio

[163319]

$10.25

Heartfelt Hexagon Punch

[162888]

$34.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$11.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$11.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$39.00

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Make a Card in 3 Minutes! MCM Layout Sept 23, 2025

Happy Wednesday, Friends!

Words are hard today ... as Mr. Fluffy Face woke us an hour early last night ... so around 3 am instead of the usual 4 am. *sigh. We're like the Walking Dead around here today! Coffee #2 hasn't kicked in yet ... and a see another in my near future! ... cause "the show must go on!" and I have lots I want to do today. Aside from continuing to post my garage sale rejects on Marketplace, I want to finish packing all the kits for Extravaganza 2025 so I can draw a line under THAT a week ahead of schedule (go me!). I also have my Stamp Club HQ Hangout tonight with my Club Gals. Every 2 weeks we get together over Zoom and ... hang out! I love it! Just 5-10 gals doing "whatever" but doing it together ... while apart lol. I plan to work on my new Handmade & Heartfelt kit. Can't wait! For now, though, I must finish this post before my next Marketplace buyer shows up lol

Did you catch MCM this week? I was VERY short on time so Quick & Easy was a MUST ... and this layout fit the bill. Came together in less than 3 minutes. Seriously. Check it out ...

Ya, the Painterly Pears paper is sideways. Oops lol.

These ones use the Light of Aurora paper. It does all the heavy lifting!

SO simple! I was inspired by the layout from one of our old, retired Kit Collection cards, Colorful Kaleidoscope. Remember this one? Bottom right card ....