I love to find a card pattern that has minimal stamping, features DSP, and can be used over and over with a variety of different papers. This kind of card pattern is perfect for those who get Paper Shares where you get a sample of all the papers in a catalog and need ideas of what to do with it. I think you will definitely want to give this one a try!
To make the front of this card, you only need a 3"x 3" piece of DSP, which means you can get 4 cards out of one 6x6 sheet. You can stop there and keep it simple, or you can give the inside pop-up surprise a try.
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| Flight & Airy DSP, greeting from Softly Sophisticated Stamp Set |
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| Birds are fussy-cut from Flight & Airy DSP |
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| Bee Mine DSP, greeting from Sentimental Park stamp set |
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| Bees are fussy cut from Bee Mine DSP Hearts were punched with the Bee Builder punch |
You can watch how I made these projects in the following video. The measurements are posted below.
3x3 DSP Card Measurements in inches:
- DSP: 3 x 3
- Mat behind DSP: 3-1/8 x 3-1/8
- White layer: 3-1/4 x 4-1/2
- Mat behind white layer: 3-7/16 x 4-11/16 (or 3-3/8 plus a 16th x 4-5/8 plus a 16th)
- Card base: 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, score at 4-1/4
Insert card for the inside to have a pop-up:
- Base: 8 x 5, score at 4
- On the back side of the card, go from the middle score line 1" to the right and 1" to the left and put a small pencil mark. Then go down the center of the line 2" and put a mark.
- To make it easy to see in your paper trimmer, I recommend marking on the side that will be attached to the card and drawing a pencil line where you are going to score. Then put it in your trimmer and score over the lines you drew.
- Fold as shown and add little cut out images to the part that is folded in so they pop up when the card is opened (easiest to understand on the video).
As I mentioned before, you can keep it simple and skip the pop-up inside piece. I went to town making a bunch of cards using this design with different papers. These are the papers I've tried so far:
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| Trusty Toolbox DSP, greeting from Throughout the Year stamp set |
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| Rock & Roll DSP, greeting from Throughout the Year stamp set |
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| Lighter than Air DSP, greeting from Hot Air Balloon stamp set |
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| Softly Stippled DSP, greeting from Go to Greetings stamp set |
You can find a picture list of the supplies I used for the first two cards at the end of this post. If you want to know the colors for all of the cards I made, I do go through it in the video. I hope you give this card a try and have fun!
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Happy Stamping!
Marsha
Marsha
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