Tamara's Paper Trail

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Eat Cake Bundle - Let Me Show You How it works - Dec 1, 2025

Happy Tuesday! It's "all systems GO!" around here today. It's December ... and the "yay-list" is looooooong! I THOUGHT I was sliding into December fairly calmly but I find I'm a wee bit stressed today when I see the mountain of things to be done! So, one-thing-at-a-time, as I start chipping away at things. Only 21 days until my brother shows up and the REAL holidays begin :)

I've mentioned a few times, over the last few weeks, that I wanted to switch my MCM (Mystery Card Monday) up for a while and provide more "Let Me Show You How"s. I haven't had time to STAMP over the last few months and I miss it! Traditionally, MCM are more "add designer paper and a sentiment" layout for quick and easy. I needed to ink up some of the MANY stamp sets I have bought but not yet opened! Last night I was THRILLED to play with a set I bought months ago - Cake Day. I CASE'd (copied) a card right of the Stampin' Up! online store. Here is the card I made ...

It took me about 15 minutes to figure out what all the dies did ... and even what some of the stamps were! ... but I got there in the end. Aside from the splotch boo boo bottom left (that I tried to cover up with a faceted star), I really like how it turned out! Yes, I will absolutely play more with this set this week!

Several viewers commented that "it's not for me" (about this bundle) ... and that's TOTALLY fine! The goal of my show isn't to convince anyone of anything. It's just about me adding ink to some stamps and teaching you how to make a particular card. Some bundles may be great - others may not be. We'll find out together! This one is a thumbs up from me .. now that I know how to use it! lol.

Here is the Let Me Show You How Facebook Live replay, showing you how I approached this and put all the pieces together. Lots of tips and tricks along the way ...

If you HAVE this bundle in your stash, I encourage you to dig it out. I think it's a fun one and I'm excited to explore more options with colours and the die cuts.

That's it for this week. If you would like to join me LIVE for my weekly FaceBook Live 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

Cake Day Bundle (English)

[168007]

$73.75

Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146985]

$20.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$20.00

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

[119686]

$20.00

Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[155613]

$20.00

Strawberry Slush 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[165625]

$20.00

Berry Burst 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144243]

$20.00

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

[155611]

$12.25

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$12.25

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$12.25

Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad

[165286]

$12.25

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$13.00

Basics Wow! Embossing Powder

[165679]

$29.00

Faceted Snowflakes

[166077]

$13.75

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$8.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$11.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$11.00

Take Your Pick

[144107]

$16.50

Embossing Additions Tool Kit

[159971]

$37.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$44.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$39.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$191.00

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Make 4 cards in about half an hour! MCM Layout Nov 24, 2025

Happy Wednesday! Well ... hopefully for YOU ... I'm sick as a dog so not particularly happy but ...

Did you get a chance to watch MCM this week? As often happens, I was running behind and needed a quick layout. I rummaged through my Tickle Trunk of cards and found one of my favourites for quick, easy mass-producable ones. The perfect beauty of this is that it works with absolutely ANY of our Designer Papers. ANY! Cut it to 3" x 3" (so you get 4 cards out of a 6" x 6" piece of DSP), mat it, add a sentiment and DONE! As always, you can "step it up but adding layers and/or texture. Easy as 1, 2, 3 ... as shown here ...

1. BASIC! No embossing and minimal embellishing ...

2. Emboss the 3 3/4" x 5" layer ...

3. Add die cuts ...

These are the four cards I made Monday night ... all "medium" level ...

Traditions of Christmas paper, Long Time No See Sentiment and Traditional Wreath 3D Embossing Folder and Traditional Sparkling Sequins ...

Instead of embossing the back layer for this one, I used more DSP ... Wildly Flowering. The sentiment is from the new Banner Sayings Bundle (set & punch) and Charming Shimmer Faceted Dots ...

Elegant Pine Snowflakes DSP, sentiment from the Kit "Calm & Bright" and the Traditional Wreath 3D Embossing Folder ...

... and finally Cute as Can Bee paper (and scrapbook sticker) and Bee My Valentine set ...

SO crazy quick and easy ... yet so lovely! ANY paper ... ANY sentiment - DONE!

If you want to make some cards using this layout, use this "recipe" for the pieces you need to prep ...

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 Stampin' Up! online store. Thank you! I appreciate your support!

Stay amazing!

Tamara

Product List