Stack, Slice & Shuffle #3 This Week

Hello stamping friends,

I'm back with my final set of stack, slice and shuffle for this week. I hope you have enjoyed them as much as I have. Have you tried your hand at this fun and easy technique yet?  If not, get those supplies out and start crafting. You're going to love it. I promise. Today is part of the Sunday Share Blog Hop, so you can keep hopping to see more great projects. Links are below.

For this final set, I selected the Lily Pond Lane designer series paper. I love the colors and the little ducks are the absolute cutest. I do not have the coordinating stamp set, but as you can see with my three cards that is absolutely okay. You can still create beautiful cards using the paper and a greeting stamp.  The stamp set I used is called My Small Business. Who would have thought you could use it for some "non-businessy" (yes, that's a word. I just made it up. LOL) thank you cards?

You can see that I stacked my three pieces of designer paper together and cut on angles again, but they are different cuts than my last set of cards. Again, there is no measuring after you cut the paper to 3 3/4" x 4". Just keep the paper stacked together and make your cuts to make three different sections of paper. 

I used the cute ducks from the designer paper to dress up my greeting and make the focal point stand out a little more. I just fussy cut the ducks and then attached with dimensionals.

Also notice that I used the Labeled with Love punch for my greeting. I stamped the greeting for each card and then punched it out. I then punched out a piece of the gray granite to back my greeting. But, since they are the same size, I cut the gray in half on the first two cards. The second card was cut in half horizontally and the one above was vertical so I could get two different looks. The first card I cut the label with the stamped greeting across the top and bottom and layered that on top of the full gray granite punched piece. 

Are you loving these cards as much as I am? You can get so much more out of each piece of designer paper this way. I also love that all of the cards coordinate, yet look slightly different. 

This is part of the Share It Sunday blog hop so be sure to check out the links below for more great projects.

More Stack, Slice & Shuffle Cards

Hello Stamping Friends,

I told you to come back in a few days for  more fun stack, slice & shuffle cards and here I am for another round. Today I used the To Market Designer Series Paper and the Something Fancy stamp set to make three cards.

Here is the stack all sliced up and ready to be shuffled to make some gorgeous cards.  Again, no measuring while cutting the stack. I just measured the stack to get it fit on my card base (3 3/4" x 5").

Here are the cards all shuffled and waiting to be adorned with a greeting, an image, and some embellishments. You'll notice on my finished cards that I actually turned one card to be horizontal to show you anything goes with these great cards. Have you tried your hand at it yet?

Card #1 is a belated birthday card. I love the saying because honestly, who wouldn't want their birthday celebration stretched out a little longer. Are you someone that celebrates one day, a weekend, a week, or the full month?

Card #2 would make a beautiful wedding card for a new couple. I personally would use this for a fall wedding since the colors are a little deeper. And obviously, this is the card that I turned horizontally.

Card #3 is a sympathy card. I know none of us enjoy making these cards, but unfortunately we all need one from time to time. 

I finished the cards off with some purple fine shimmer gems and the natural twine. I wrapped the twin around three of my fingers two times and then tied it with an extra piece of twine. It is attached to the bunch of flowers using a glue dot. If you were wondering where the flowers came from, wonder no more. They are actually a part of the To Marker paper pack and I just fussy cut them to attach to the card. 

Thanks for stopping by. I'll post my third set of Stack, Slice, & Shuffle cards later this week so come back soon.

Also, remember all bundles are currently an extra 10% off until the end of the month, so order today.

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Stack, Slice, and Shuffle

Hello Stamping Friends,

This week with Sisters in Stamping we have a fun technique to share. This technique, "Stack, Slice, and Shuffle," allows you to make several different cards that are the same but different. They use all of the same materials, but the cuts and shuffle of the designer series paper makes them different. This was the first time I have personally have played with this technique and I had so much fun. I'll be sharing more ideas with you in the coming days.

First, you select how many cuts you are going to make. I wanted to make four cuts to my paper, so that means I would get four cards. In order to do that I needed to select four different pieces of designer series paper. I cut my paper for this set of cards to 3 3/4" x 5" because I wanted to layer it on a piece of 4" x 5 1/4" before putting it on the base of my cards. 

I stacked my paper and started cutting. I didn't particularly measure since I was cutting all four pieces at the same time. Genius, right?????

The picture below shows the stack after I made four cuts.

Then I shuffled the paper to get four different designs. You will use one piece of each design on each card. See below how the bases look before completing. 

The picture below is the four finished cards. Seriously, I had so much fun making these. They required minimal materials and came together so easily. 

This technique is so fun to make multiples cards without the mundaneness of making four of the same cards because they all turn out a little differently. 

Above and below are the full cards so you can see what they look like since the collage cuts a little off of each one.

As I mentioned already, this technique is so much fun. You need to try it. I am including some other cuts and bases that I made. The cards are not completed, so you will have to come back another day to see even more cuteness.

I selected three different sheets of designer series paper which means I needed to make three cuts with my stack. The top picture is the shuffled look on the bases. the bottom right is the stack for the top picture. The last picture is three totally different pieces of designer paper from a different pack of paper. It is also a stack of three because I did three cuts.  Notice the cuts are different from the duck cut. And again, there is no measuring involved. That's the greatest part of this technique.

Don't forget to head over to Sisters in Stamping for more Stack, Slice and Shuffle cards. 

We have one week left to the sale on Bundles. You can save an additional 10% (which is a total of 20% off) on each bundle. There are some great bundles, so you should go check it out and order before the end of the month. 

Thanks for stopping by. See you soon.

Stampers Dozen In-Color Blog Hop

Hello Stamping Friends,

It's been a hot minute (or more a whole month) since I have posted. Life has been super busy this past month, but now I'm on summer break from school and I hope I can be back here more often sharing great ideas with my friends.

Tonight is the monthly Stampers Dozen Blog Hop. We are focusing on the great new in-colors this month. I have to say I love, love, love these new colors. My favorite colors are pink and green, so this set is perfect with two of each.

I used the Unbounded Beauty 12x12 Designer series paper pack for my card. I used my sentiment as my focal point and let the paper do the work of bringing it together. I made this a sympathy card, but you can easily change the greeting to make it a card for any occasion you need. The In-color shimmer gems are another nice little touch.  I used the summer splash ribbon and scrunched it along the bottom of the designer series paper.

The white background was also embossed with the eyelet 3D embossing folder. Not a lot of stamping on this card, but there is a lot of texture to add interest. 

Don't forget to keep hopping by clicking the links below. You will love the projects the other stampers share. 

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Thanks for stopping by. See you soon.