So Detailed Easter Cross Card

I was asked to make an Easter card with a cross.... but no Easter Message stamp set to make my life simple... so it was either search around my retired stamps... or use my brain...

So the brain whirred a bit... and this is what I came up with... well who says the small So Detailed dies can only be used for card sleeves...

Spot the extra detail... the long white part is embossed from each edge just to add some extra visual interest...

And wouldn't this be great for Confirmation, Christening cards etc....

Gold papers from the Neutrals 12x12 Paper Stack Collection... Happy Easter from Circle of Spring...and greeting frame from So In Love (which is the co-ordinating stamp set and bundle to the So Detailed dies). Ribbon from the now-not-available Sale A Bration pack...

Seasonal Bells Part 3 - Not for Christmas again...

Now you may be noticing a bit of a theme with my copper foil Seasonal Bells creations!

Same layout... ever decreasing mats... Well this is why! One for the more frugal crafters....

Cut a Copper Foil mat... mine is 13.8 x 9.5cm which was for my Pine Boughs embossed card shared here.... 

And carefully "gut it"... ie cut a 1cm wide frame within it ... That becomes the second mat... Repeat and get the third mat. Size your white panels to fit...and there you have it 3 card mats from one piece of the stunning copper foil. 

Or in longer speak... just for the first "gutting"...

(1) Line up your foil mat at 1cm on the Top Bar of your trimmer... say PORTRAIT first...

(2) Cut from 1cm to 12.8cm (ie 1 cm from the bottom)

(3) Turn 90 degrees so now LANDSCAPE. Cut from 1cm to 8.5cm (ie 1 cm from the bottom)

(4) Turn 90 degrees so PORTRAIT again. Cut from 1cm to 12.8cm

(5) Turn 90 degrees so LANDSCAPE again. Cut from 1 cm to 8.5 cm

Added All God's Grace stamp set to the mix here for the Christening card... 

And amazingly... the 3rd and smallest mat was also the perfect size for our notecards! Ignore the fact that this mat is Cherry Cobbler... I just forgot to take a photo of the notecard with the foil mat!

Trefoil Cross Tag Punch Side-On Flap Closure Card with Tutorial. And WWWU Colour Challenge card too

Just a quick share today. Edited to add – and a tutorial too….

A very simple but effective version of the Tag Topper Punch  double flap closure card. I first saw this card set side-on here at Tracy May’s blog. And it rose very quickly to the top of my “Have To Be Made List”

Definitely my favourite version of the closure card…. so far…..well it gives me a square to work on!! And you know me and squares….. So this card version will definitely be made again. Thank you for the inspiration Tracy……

And the card…. perfect for so many occasions…. Wedding as shown here. But also change the greeting as we did in class… and instead we had ….Easter, Sympathy, Christening, Baptism, Communion etc etc etc.

And I have already made other versions. This one and another I will share soon were also submitted for our Team Weekly Colour Challenge – aka WWWU – though this one was a bit of a cheat… as it only used half of the colours!!!!

And I have come back on this post to add…… Here is how to make this for yourself…..

European/Metric version .   This is a brief version of the how to – see here for pictures and more detail if you need them….

1. Cut a portrait piece of  A4 cardstock in half (aka PORTRAIT at 10 1/2cm)

2. Score LANDSCAPE at 12.7cm (or 5” in my world!!)

3. Punch both shorter ends centrally using the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch (half way point is 52 1/2mm)

4. Score down the “shoulder line” on the RHS

5. Cut off all 4 shoulders

6. Fold the RHS tag back onto the card front

US/Imperial version

I was saved from working this out this morning as Brenda Quintana’s of Qbees Quest blog post popped into my in box….so here is a US step by step with pictures too!! Thank you Brenda….

And as I am back here…. here is an Easter version of the card….

SU! Products Used

Stamps – Trefoil Cross, Teeny Tiny Sentiments, En Francais

Punches – Scalloped Tag Topper Punch

Card – Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder

Inks – Craft White, Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder

Embellishments – Chevron Ribbon Wisteria Wonder