Happy World Cardmaking Day!

Happy World Cardmaking Day! Today is a fantastic day to make and send cards to loved ones! Choose your favorite stamp sets, designer series papers, and embellishments and create a card for an upcoming occasion or to send a special message to a favorite friend.

Fun folds are some of my favorite ways to make cards! I love the way fun folds are constructed and how they open differently than regular cards. I also like that fun folds have a layout already designed for you, but you can still add your own touch by choosing the color palette, the papers, the stamps, and the embellishments. Sometimes, deciding on a layout is the most difficult part of creating a card.

This Whale Done tower card came together quickly. I added a label die cut to the front of the card with a stamped underwater scene and whale punch.

Techniques are a great ways to expand and grow your stamping skills. It also helps see new possibilities, creative options, and layouts. Sponging techniques are some of my favorite ways to incorporate color and dimension to my cards like this birthday sliding puzzle card below!

Whether you are creating new cards, finishing cards in progress, or trying a new technique,  I hope you are having a fun-filled day of making and sending cards to family and friends!

I would love to see what you created for World Cardmaking Day! Email me a photo of your cards to craftwithbeth @ gmail.com. I would love to feature your card in one of my upcoming newsletters!

Happy Stamping!
Beth

The World Needs More of You Sweet and Simple Card

Today’s project is a sweet and simple card featuring the Bird Ballad product suite. I designed this to be a clean but pleasing to the eye card while highlighting the Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper. I cannot get enough of the Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper! Every pattern is bright, happy, and beautiful!

I like how the braided linen trim hides the seams between the two papers. The greeting is die cut from the Stitched Nesting Labels Dies and slightly overlaps both papers.

The inside has a playful row of Calypso Coral flowers. I stamped the flower with full strength ink randomly and them immediately stamped again for a second generation and again for a third generation (aka stamped off and stamped off twice). Calypso Coral is a very saturated color. The second generation stamping almost looks identical to the initial stamping!

You can find the measurements and a supply list for this project at the end of the post. I hope you enjoyed this project! Please leave a comment below (click on the pencil icon)! I would love to hear from you!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

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The World Needs More of You Thank You Card Supply List
Stamps	#151123 Free as a Bird Bundle (Cling-Mount)
Paper	#100730 Whisper White Cardstock #100867 Night of Navy Cardstock #149592 Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper
Ink	#147110 Night of Navy Ink Pad #147101 Calypso Coral Ink Pad
Embellishments	#147808 Braided Linen Trim #104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals
Tools	#126889 Stampin’ Trimmer #143263 Big Shot Machine

The World Needs More of You Thank You Card Measurements
	Paper	Dimensions
Card Base	Night of Navy Cardstock	5-1/2” x 4-1/4”
1st Mat	Whisper White Cardstock	4” x 5-1/4”
Designer Series Paper Mat	Bird Ballad DSP	2-1/2” x 5-1/5”
Greeting Die Cut	Whisper White Cardstock	2-5/8” x 1-1/2”
Inside Mat	Whisper White Cardstock	5-1/4” x 1-1/2”
Braided Linen Trim	Braided Linen Trim	Cut 1 piece 5-1/2” long & 1 piece 6” long