Tamara's Paper Trail

Sunday, September 20, 2026

From Basic to Fancy with Winter Adventures & Whispering Woods - MCM Layout Sept 14, 2026

Happy Sunday (?!?). Wow. I AM behind this week! I try to do my weekly blog posts on Tuesdays. Here it is SUNDAY and I'm just getting to it now! I have my reasons ... namely, Extravaganza! Yes, when I get hyper focused on something nothing else gets my attention. That was Extravaganza prep this week. I was a MACHINE! I've only been home from Europe for 2 weeks but the amount of work I have accomplished in that time is astonishing! Everything has been cut, die cut, measured, packaged, repackaged, labelled, sorted, boxed and is now ready to pt in the car and take to the event that is in 2 weeks. Now I should be able to move on to other things. I still have a LOT of behind the scenes stuff to do in the next 2 weeks, ahead of my NEXT trip to Europe. This one is with Craig and we're off to Italy ... for 3 weeks. Eek! Tick tock - pressure is on! (... but that's ok - I THRIVE under this sort of pressure!)

So here we are, blogging about our cards from Mystery Card Monday 6 days ago. I love this layout! It takes a basic layout and then makes it fancier just by adding a few layers, texture and/or embellishments. Let's take a deeper dive into it ...

These are the 3 cards - basic, a bit fancier, and ALL the things lol ...

Basic. Start with just paper, stamps, ink ... and a few embellishments. I used Shaded Spruce paper and ink, Whispering Woods Designer Paper and Winter Adventures stamp set ...

Step it up by adding a layer of Blueberry Bushel cardstock and a few die cuts from the same bundle. The ink is Blueberry Bushel ...

Next throw ALL the things at it lol. Use a coloured card base (Blueberry Bushel), add some texture (Softly Woven 3D Embossing Folder) more detailed die cuts (Winter Adventures) and darker embellishments (Dewdrop Embellishments).

Here is the "medium" level - the second one is made with Mosaic Garden Paper snd coordinating set, Tile Garden. I used Golden Glow and Old Olive papers and inks.

This is a really great layout that you cam use with most papers. Want to make one? Here is the "recipe" for the pieces ...

... and here is the MCM Live replay showing you how to out it all together.

Give it a go! I'd love to hear what you think if it!

OK - I best get on with creating for my October commitments. That's it for now. 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 Stampin' Up! online store. (I apologize that not all products are shown! When I do a blog post before the product is available for sale I can't add it to the list shown below.) Thank you! I appreciate your support!

Stay amazing!

Tamara

Product List

Winter Adventures Bundle (English)

[168312]

$70.00

Tile Garden Bundle (English)

[168574]

$72.00

Whispering Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[168368]

$18.00

Mosaic Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[168566]

$18.00

Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146981]

$20.00

Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146968]

$20.00

Golden Glow 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[167685]

$20.00

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100702]

$20.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$20.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

[147088]

$12.25

Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad

[147138]

$12.25

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$12.25

Softly Woven 3 D Embossing Folder

[168466]

$16.50

Adhesive Backed Sparkle Sequins

[168488]

$11.75

Dewdrops Embellishments

[167748]

$12.25

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]

$15.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$12.25

Bone Folder

[102300]

$11.00

Take Your Pick

[144107]

$16.50

Detail Scissors

[170902]

$13.75

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$39.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$191.00

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Sunflower Fields 3 Panel Beauty! EASY Card Layout

Happy Wednesday! It is all systems GO around here!! Alicia and I got home from our European Adventure Sunday night. Monday was a holiday so that gave us time to unpack, do laundry and try to get back on this time zone. It was a looooong day of trying to stay awake. I ALMOST made it but did fall asleep around 8 pm watching a show. To be fair I HAD been up almost 24 hours. Yesterday was VERY productive - my favourite kind of day! It's like a Stampin' Up! warehouse in my basement, as all the Extravaganza orders arrived, as did my paper and ribbon share products. I woke this morning at 5:00 am and just HAD to get up so I could finish wrapping ribbon lol - I'm not kidding when I say my paper/ribbon shares are my favourite things to prep! lol

As the family is still sleeping I figured I would tackle my quiet computer work and get this blog post done. It is a card swap I shared last week and everyone LOVED it, so I thought I'd do a quick post of it. The layout actually comes from a Mystery Card Monday Live I did on July 28th. It is a very simple one, using just a few strips of paper. Of course you can have all 3 as designer paper but what really makes this one pop is the centre strip. It is card stock embossed. I just LOVE it. Here it is ...

It used the new Sunflower Fields Designer Paper, the Sunflower 3D Embossing folder and the Radiant Sunflower Bundle. Golden Glow is the accent card stock. Golden Glow 3/8" Bordered Ribbon and Painted Patch Adhesive Backed Dots finish it off. Pow! SO striking!

Here are some other samples made using this layout:

For all the products and details on those particular cards click here to go to my July 28th, 2026 Blog Post.

Here is the "recipe" for the pieces ...

... and here is the MCM Live replay showing you how to out it all together.

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!

Stay amazing!

Tamara

Product List