Create a Card

Happy New Year, everybody!!  I hope everybody had wonderful holidays!  We sure did!!

Today's card features the popular starburst pattern.

The stamp set used was Close To My Heart's Sweet Music set.

4 ¼” x 5 ½” top fold card base

4 ¼” x 5 ½” Sunset card stock

4” x 5 ¼” Pear card stock

2 ½” x 2 ¾” Pear card stock

2 ¼” x 2 ½” Bamboo card stock

1 ½” x 5” Olivia Dot Background and Texture Paper (3)

1 ½” x 5” Olivia Flower Background and Texture paper (2)

Stamp image with Sunset ink on Bamboo card stock.  Ink edges with Pear ink.  Ink edges of Sunset and Pear card stock pieces with Pear.

Follow instructions below to create the Starburst at top.

 Use two of the Olivia Dot and two Olivia Flower Background and Texture pieces to create the starburst.  

 Cut each of the 1 ½” x 5” rectangles into triangles as shown below

 

Ink edges of all triangles with Pear ink. Attach to a scrap piece of card stock that is cut at 2 ¼” x 5”.

 

Trim around all sides to fit the scrap card stock that you adhered your triangles to.  Ink outside edges with Pear ink.

To finish your card, attach the starburst to the top of your Pear card stock.  Attach the Olivia Dot B&T to the bottom of the Pear card stock. Attach Pear card stock to Sunset card stock. Attach a Colonial White grosgrain ribbon across seam, leaving a bit unattached at left.  Tie knot around ribbon.  Attach your matted image ¾” from right side and ½” from bottom.

Have fun creating your cards!  If you'd like to send me pictures of any of them, I'd be happy to post them here on my blog!

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Create a Card

Happy Wednesday!!  Here's the card of the week.

This card was created with the CTMH stamp set called Sweet Music (D1523).   The cutout was created using the Art Philosophy Cricut® cartridge.

Instructions to create this card:

4 ¼” x 5 ½” top fold card base

3” x 5 ¼” White card stock

1 7/8” x 2 ½” White card stock

1 1/8” x 5 ¼” White card stock

2 1/8” x 2 ¾” Grey card stock

3” x 5 ¼” Black card stock

I stamped the piano keys on white card stock and then cut down to the size listed above.

Stamp Musician and sentiment in black.  Ink edges of both pieces with black ink.  Attach stamped image to Grey card stock. Attach this to black card stock ¼” from left and 3/8” from top.  Attach sentiment and insert two tiny black brads.  Attach to card front. 

Attach piano keys.

Stamp a Stack Club

For December, our Stamp a Stack Club is using the CTMH stamp set D1523 Sweet Music.  I love these types of stamp sets.

The papers used are both retired papers, Mischief and Olivia.  The flowers were cut using the CTMH Cricut® Artiste cartridge.

I'll be posting directions to create some of these cards on our Wednesday Create a Card posts.