Tamara's Paper Trail

Monday, August 4, 2025

The EASIEST card EVER! MCM Layout Mon, Aug 4, 2025

Heidi Ho! LOTS going on this week, with a new promotion (15% off select In Color products), THREE new All Inclusive Kits, Paper/Ribbon Share registration Open, Extravaganza product finalization and the Sept-Dec 2025 Mini Catalogue and Sept 2025 Preorder. PHEW! I WANT to stay up until midnight to order but I'm pretty sure my doctor would advise against it, given I'm still recovering from a nasty run with Covid last week! So let's get to it, shall we?

Tonight I used a layout that I CASEd from Laura over at Laura's Creative Pages and Cards. You should check her out. Her stuff is incredible! She does well at simple, yet lovely .. and I fell in love with this layout immediately. Here are the cards we made in my FB Live tonight ...

So so easy!! SERIOUSLY!

This one uses Botanical Textures, along with the Greetings for All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack. The die cuts are from the Charming Day bundle ...

Storybook Moments and the new Low Profile Sparkle Dots for this one ...

Finally the Spooky Halloween Bundle.

You literally only need a card base, card stock layer and piece of designer paper. One creative cut, a sentiment and some embellishments and you're done! Want to make your own? Here is the "recipe" of the pieces you need to prep ...

... and here is the Mystery Card Monday (MCM) Facebook Live replay, showing you how to cut/score 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

Greetings For All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English)

[164862]

$9.75

Charming Day Dies

[166135]

$48.00

Spotlight On Nature Dies

[163580]

$48.00

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

[165545]

$17.00

Storybook Moments 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[164662]

$23.00

Spooky Sweet 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[166191]

$23.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$20.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$15.75

Basic Beige 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[164511]

$20.00

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

[133676]

$15.75

Peach Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163799]

$20.00

Adhesive Backed Sparkle Gems

[161288]

$11.75

Low Profile Sparkle Dots

[166157]

$13.00

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]

$15.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$10.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$8.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$11.00

Take Your Pick

[144107]

$16.50

Paper Snips

[103579]

$16.50

Bone Folder

[102300]

$11.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$39.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$191.00

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Diagonal Joy Fold - EASY FUN FOLD CARD - MCM Layout July 21, 2025

Well Hello! .... and Happy Thursday! THIS blog post is long overdue, as the last 1.5 weeks has kicked my a$$! I try to do my MCM posts on Tuesday but last week I spend Tuesday & Wednesday prepping for my BOGO/Free Shipping Days sale. Thursday and Friday were "get the stuff out the door" days .. and my class in the evening. Saturday was Costco before heading over to see Dad, as we were hosting two other couples for a BBQ and I needed supplies. After I had done a few deliveries it happened. I all of a sudden had a sore throat and I knew. I was gunna be sick. Alicia had been home from work three days that week. She, too, started with a sore throat and BOOM! Within hours she was full blown dying. Same thing with me. My friend DID still come over but I could feel the wave coming over me. Luckily they were GOOD friends, as not only did they serve themselves, they also cleaned UP! Great host I am! lol. Around 8:30 it happened. All hell broke loose and I was throwing up in the garbage can. FUN NIGHT! I've run the gamut of symptoms. Sunday and Monday were super tight chest and cracking headache. Tues and Wednesday and today I lost my voice. Chest has finally broken so now the coughing and annoying clearing of throat and runny nose. I'm a vision, I tell ya! I don't get sick often at all but when I do I'm all in! So ... needless to say I haven't been very productive in any way, shape or form. Aside from ZERO energy and an aching throat/chest (from whispering too much) I don't feel too bad so today I'm going to attempt to get a few things done. THIS was top of the list. Giddy Up!

Monday night I made these CRAZY quick and easy "Diagonal Joy Fold" cards. I'm slightly addicted because they ARE so easy, and pack a real WOW factor. Bonus that it uses lots of designer paper! I have almost used an entire pack of my current card. Unheard of for me!! I was inspired by a birthday card my friend Bea sent me. I've seen/done the fold before but I loved her card so much it inspired me to revisit it.

Here are the ones I showed ...