Tamara's Paper Trail: August 2025

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Quick & Easy Card Layout - MCM Layout Aug 18, 2025

Happy Tuesday! MAN! This has been the loooooongest day! We're having the main floor flooring redone this week, so I hit the Craft Cave around 9:00 am. Eleven hours later I'm still working! Things that happened this morning seem like they happened DAYS ago! Hopefully I'll sleep well tonight!

Did you catch MCM last night on FaceBook? Not gunna lie. The second card was pretty painful ... both to create AND to watch lol. I struggled with the red/olive card below, but feel I got there in the end. The layout IS a simple one. Apparently I just struggle with which colours to use for the base and layers! These are the cards I (somehow) pulled together ....

The first two are the "beginner/basic/easiest". The designer papers have the pattern maintained and the Vanilla layer isn't embossed. The embellishments are simple - just twine and gems. All of these products are new, in the upcoming Sept-Dec 2025 mini catalogue. The paper is Autumn Toile. The twine is Early Espresso/Old Olive Linen thread combo pack and the gems are Streaked Dots. The sentiment is from Simply Said set. The Fall Toils Suite of products is GORGEOUS! I can't wait to play with them more!

This one was made with the upcoming Online Exclusive paper, Elegant Pine Snowflakes. The Old Olive is from the above espresso/Olive Linen Thread pack and the new embellishments (a must have!) are Traditional Sparkling Sequins. The sentiment is from (of all things) Long Time No See stamp set.

If you watch my FB videos you know what I say to "step up a card" and make it a bit fancier ... texture and/or layers! This one adds texture. I embossed the back Old Olive layer with the Sunflower 3D embossing folder (it's hidden enough the it looks like poinsettias, don't you think??). The upcoming paper is from the Traditions of Christmas. The sentiment is from the upcoming Peaceful Garden set. The layer is Mossy Meadow and the embellishments are our Flower Accents. The twine is the Old Olive Linen Twine (can you tell I kind of love it??).

To step the next one up I embossed the vanilla layer with the Exposed Brick 3D embossing folder, flipped the second piece over and added a die cut from the upcoming Autumn Trees bundle. Love it!!

Have I inspired you to try this layout? I hope so - it's a keeper! When you're ready to try it, 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

Simply Said Mix & Match Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163756]

$24.00

Long Time No See Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[166189]

$28.00

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119686]

$15.75

Very Vanilla 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166784]

$20.00

Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[150880]

$15.75

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

[100702]

$15.75

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

[133676]

$15.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$20.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

$12.25

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150083]

$12.25

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$12.25

Sunflower 3 D Embossing Folder

[166145]

$16.50

Exposed Brick 3 D Embossing Folder

[161600]

$15.00

Flower Accents

[165171]

$11.75

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

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Triple Fold Belly Band Card - MCM Layout Aug 11, 2025

Happy Tuesday! It's a but late in the day for me to be blogging but other things jumped the queue of urgency ... like scheduling my fall classes and my Team Christmas Crafting Social!! So many calculations! ... but I got 'er done and now, while dinner is cooking, I blog! (LOVE productive days!)

Did you pop in for MCM last night? Ohhhh I had fun making these cards! I CASEd the layout from my friends Selene Kempton ... but now fine out it is quite a popular Fun Fold card that even has a name! A Triple Fold Belly Band Card ... or something like that. Tri-Fold card works too lol. This is what I showed you last night ...

Closed .... (so cute!) ... using the Cute as Can Bee Designer Paper and Sticker Sheet, with Label Me Grateful sentiment ...

... and open ...

LOVE! These are GREAT cards to have on hand for ANY occasion ... but are extra great if you have a card for, say, the office to sign. If you need more space for sentiments/signatures, just don't out designer paper on the inside, left flap! Boom!

This one uses Sunshine Vibes and Boho Vibes paper ...