Tamara's Paper Trail

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Miura Fold Card - MCM layout July 6, 2026

Happy Tuesday! ... I think ... couldn't sleep last night so I got up at 4:00 am and now functioning is hard! yes, I took a nap this afternoon. MAN I miss being a kid when I was FORCED to take a nap everyday. Those were the days!

Did you pop in to MCM last night to learn how to make a Miura Fold Card? I'm pretty sure I made it seem harder than it is. Again, words are hard. I promise, once you make one you'll see how easy it is.

This is the card that started it all. It's the Birthday Card I made for Mom, for her 85th. I love how it turned out ...

I got my love all "all things black & white" from Mom ... and my kids now have that love from me. It's a classic! Yes, we all look like we're going to a funeral whenever we leave the house but hey. We love it lol.

I used a lot of different products on my card. The paper is from Artisan Sketched Garden, the ovals were made from the Framed Violet Bundle. The black leaves are from Floral Flight Accents. The "85th" is from our retired Little Numbers and the sentiment is from A Family Celebration and Words & Wishes.

I found GREAT instructions on how to do this fold from Tami White, over at stampwithtami.com. She has a video AND a written PDF tutorial so let's save me some time and effort and just click here to head to her blog. Thanks Tami - great instructions!

These are the cards we made Monday night on my live. The possibilities are endless!

This one uses the same products as before but the sentiment is from the Greetings for All Mix & Match Ephemera pack. SO easy!

This one used paper from Cute a bug and the Cajun Craze pattern is from a NEW paper that is coming out in the Sept-Dec mini catalogue, called Sunflower Fields Designer Paper. It's gorgeous. It will sell out, I'm quite sure!

For this one I used Covered in Flowers Accents, which are white. I coloured it with Fresh Freesia ink and my blending brush. The paper is from the Violet Dreams. I used Fresh Freesia 2-tone 12x12 card stock to get the slightly lighter Freesia colour. LOVE that stuff! The flower embellishment is Adhesive Backed Blooms.

So those are the projects we made. Here are the "nutshell" measurements needed ...

Card Base - 10 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Same colour as card base layer - 4 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Designer Paper - (3) large panels - each 3 1/4" x 5 1/4"

Designer Paper (- 2) small panels - each 3 1/4" x 1 3/4"

Scraps. die cuts etc to decorate

Usual tools, stamps, ink & embellishments

As I mentioned, Tami has a great tutorial on her blog for full printed instructions. She also has a video. If you want to see MY video, teaching you how to make it (and a few "colourful" stories as well lol) you can watch my replay here:

I hope you give this one a try! I'll be making for for sure!

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 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

A Family Celebration Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[167790]

$34.00

Words & Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[167889]

$34.00

Sweet Bugs Bundle (English)

[167002]

$64.75

Scalloped Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[167639]

$28.00

Framed Violets Dies

[168193]

$41.00

Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English)

[166208]

$11.75

Artisan Sketched Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[167752]

$18.00

Violet Dreams 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[168186]

$24.00

Cute As A Bug 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[166994]

$17.00

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

[121045]

$20.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$20.00

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

[133676]

$20.00

Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119684]

$20.00

Fresh Freesia 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Two Tone Cardstock

[166666]

$13.75

Basic Black Hybrid Stampin' Pad

[166648]

$16.50

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

[147111]

$12.25

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

[155611]

$15.00

Floral Flight Accents

[167558]

$9.00

Covered In Flowers Accents

[167197]

$9.00

Adhesive Backed Blooms

[168198]

$11.75

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]

$15.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$12.25

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$24.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$11.00

Take Your Pick

[144107]

$16.50

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$39.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$191.00

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Easy Shadow Blocking Cards | Free Tutorial, Measurements & Video - MCM layout June 29, 2026

Happy Wednesday! ... Except I broke a nail and now I am having trouble typing! lol true story! I haven't had a broken nail in over a year so it's throwing everything off! hee hee - First World Problems, eh?

I hope you had a chance to pop in to MCM Monday night. As always, it was fun! I decided to try my hand at the latest layout craze "Shadow Blocking". I've seen it all over the place and then was REALLY struck by a card made by Lynn Dunn over at Stamptastic Designs. I share her card at the end of this post. It's a really easy layout, that help use up 1" scraps you have on hand. Check out the cards we made ...

A fun effect, right?? I can't decide if I like the smaller 1" squares or the "chonky" 1 1/2" squares. Which do you prefer?

This is the first one I made, using the Bloom Boutique Designer Paper. The sentiment is from Banner Sayings, which coordinates with the Three Banner Punch I also used. The black embellishments are from the new Adhesive Backed Bats, Ghosts and Dots. This is the 1" square version. The white layer is 4" x 5 1/2".

This one is the same idea but I used Night of Navy as a base and for the shadow square and they are all 1 1/2". The tag and sentiment are from the Scalloped Blooms bundle. The white layer is 3 3/4" x 5 1/2".

This one uses a 3" x 4" piece of Lovely Blossoms Designer paper. This layout works well with "scene" papers like this one. I uses our retired Brass Butterflies and the sentiment from Banner Sayings. Secret Sea is the paper/ink I used.

This is another "scene", using the Velvet Meadow Specialty Paper. The sentiment is from Flowering Meadow and the embellishments are the Dreamy Flowers.