Tamara's Paper Trail: 2025

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Fault Line Card in Minutes! SO addictive! MCM Apr 7, 2025

Happy Tuesday! I'm excited for today. Why? 'cause it's RAINING! Whoot! Yay for rain, not snow! My favourite smell in the world is that of rain ... and once the sun comes out afterwards almost all of the snow left on the ground will be gone, most of the dust, gravel and dirt will be washed down the drains, the grass will turn green and the flowers will start to poke out of the ground. Yup. Spring is about to SPRING!!! Lots to do today so I best get on with my Blog Post ... here we go!

Did you catch MCM last night? I was SO excited to show you how to make a Fault Line Card. I watched videos from my friend Linda Dalke (in Australia) and Loni Spendlove (in the USA) for the instructions and some tips and tricks. Check them out here and here. They are SO quick and easy, SO striking and SUCH a great way to use up a bunch of your designer papers. I am truly addicted and can't wait to make more. Here is what I showed you last night ...

This one was made with the Botanical Textures paper and Saying Hey stamp set …

This one uses Mixed Media paper and With You in Mind Stamp set …

These two use the Sale-a-rations paper Toadstool Gardens and Terrific Toadstool Bundle …

These card are SO quick and easy! Want to make your own version(s) of this layout? 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 the papers and put all the pieces 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!

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

Saying Hey Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163697]

$24.00

Terrific Toadstools Bundle (English)

[164790]

$53.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$18.00

With You In Mind Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[164747]

$28.00

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

[165545]

$17.00

Toadstool Gardens 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164942]

$17.00

Mixed Media Florals 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164638]

$17.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$11.00

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad

[147103]

$12.25

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

[147088]

$12.25

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

[147118]

$12.25

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]

$15.00

Neutral Matte Dots

[165561]

$11.00

Purple Fine Shimmer Gems

[162611]

$11.00

Adhesive Backed Sequins Trio

[161206]

$11.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$10.00

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

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Quick, easy card layout that works with ANY patterned paper - MCM layout Mar 31, 2025

Happy Wednesday! ... one of my favourite days of the week. Why? 'cause my eldest has my car and I'm forced to stay home and get stuff done! Forced captivity/crafting time. Yes please! lol.

If you caught MCM this week I think you'll agree we had lots of fun making some quick, cute cards using 3 trips of designer paper. They are all 3" high ... and they are 2" and 1" wide. In the last 20 minutes of the Live I made SIX cards! Doesn't get much faster or easier than that! Here is what I showed you ...

Using the Frames & Flowers DSP and sentiment from Beautiful Butterflies ...