Wednesday, January 29, 2025

MCM Layout Jan 27, 2025 - Learn how to make a quick, cute Fun Fold Card

 


Happy Wednesday!  Cold, snowy and bad roads = stay indoors and CRAFT.  Whoot!  I can't TELL you how much I love "working" from home!  Thinking I may make a few more cards using the layout from this weeks MCM Live.  Check these out ...


Kinda love them!  They are a Fun Fold layout came from my friend and "Silver Sister", Lisa Henderson.  No shame in taking a layout and changing the pieces! (... but it IS proper etiquette to give them credit!). That's What I did here.

My first cards were made using Mediterranean Blooms and Market Garden papers, with the Citrus Blooms bundle.  


The fold is a "Fun Fold" - crazy simple for a fun surprise opening.

This one uses the Wildflower Birthday papers and the sentiment is from Unbounded Love ...



I LOVE the Little Latte papers and (retiring) stamp set.  I won't part with these beauties!



... and this is the card that I CASEd from Lisa, using the Ocean Friends products ...



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!  .. and I hope you have an AMAZING 2025!  <3

Tamara

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Beginner Card Maker Template - MCM Layout Jan 21, 2025


Happy Tuesday!  A beautiful winter day here in Edmonton - only minus 2 degrees!  MUCH better than the -26 we had mere days ago.  I tell ya, these temperature swings sure mess with your system ... and arthritis! lol.  Cold or hot, I'm happy with ANY reason to stay indoors and stamp.  Last night we did just that.  I showed you how too take some simple, basic supplies that we ALL have on hand and turned into a quick, cute card.  Then we "stepped it up" by adding a layer and some texture.  We "stepped it up" again by adding several die cuts.  Check them out.

This first batch was made using the Ocean Friends Suite of products ...

LOVE me some black and white cards.  Ironically, the other side of this Mixed Media Floral paper is very bright and bold.  Love that we have options!


Step one - just a layer with strips of various scrap widths glued down.  Add a sentiment, a bow and some embellishments and BOOM!  Done!

Step it up by adding a card stock layer and embossing the top layer, after you have glued down the strips ...

Step it up one more time by addind stamped images, die cuts and alllll the things ...

Same process, different products.  I used the Mixed Media Flowers and the sentiment is from My Small Business ...

The embossing folder is our Eyelet 3D ...

Our "fanciest" card adds die cuts from Memorable Blooms and the sentiment is from Simply Said ...


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!  .. and I hope you have an AMAZING 2025!  <3

Tamara


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