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Card ideas for the Box & Cards; free project sheet with video tutorial

I shared this beautiful box with cards on yesterday’s blog post. You’ll see it in the video and project sheet below too. Today I’ll focus on the cards included in the pretty box.

The featured products include the Lovely Blossoms suite. This card box can fit up to 6 cards with envelopes inside. It’s super easy to make too! It’s included in the free project sheet seen below.

For these cards I used the Lovely Arrangements bundle seen here. And the Lovely Blossoms designer series paper seen here.

This first card is a fun fold card; quite unique!

It doesn’t look much different from the front. The colors include Cloud Cover, Secret Sea, Old Olive & White. Here’s a photo of it open:

The White inside layer has two extra folds in it. There’s a narrow flap adhered to the card front that let’s it open in an unusual way. The measurements are in the free project sheet below.

This next card is deceptively simple; but I added a simple trick to layering the DSP on the front:

The main image is from the Lovely Blossoms DSP. This DSP includes multiple printed elements perfect to make the focus of the card. It’s the printed Olive DSP under it I want to call your attention to. Both pieces measure 3″ X 4″. I cut the Olive DSP in half on the diagonal and added that as a layer to the flower layer. Quick and easy but unique. Instead of the traditional even layers this adds interest to your card.

Lastly is a card that shows off a special die-cut in the Lovely Arrangements bundle:

It’s Petal Pink with Secret Sea and White. That multiple circles die is so cool! It truly adds some playfulness to the card. The greeting is stamped on a circle die-cut from the Spotlight on Nature dies seen here.

My free project sheet includes these 3 cards plus the template and instructions for the card box as well. Click here to download or print it.

Below is the video tutorial for the box and tips on assembling the fun fold card at the top. Don’t forget to follow me on my YouTube Channel here or my Facebook Page here.

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• Amazing Bag of Bones Halloween & Pick of the Patch swap cards

  September 21, 2023

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  We held our monthly Team swap last weekend and I'm excite to share these amazing swap cards with you.

  First up is a gorgeous card made by Candace that features the Bag of Bones bundle. 

  

  She added a strip of the new Them Bones designer paper seen here to her Cajun Craze textured layer (Exposed Brick) and created the gorgeous blended background circles for her skeletons. I believe she used Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry and Starry Sky and blending brushes.  

  Her skeletons were heat embossed with White powder on Black cardstock, then die-cut with the Bag of Bones dies.  The bats on the yellow moon are die-cuts from this same bundle. 

  This bundle was out of stock for a bit but it's back now! See it here. 

  

  Measurements:

  • Black card base 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" score at 4 1/4", layer for DSP is 2" X 5 1/2"
  • Cajun Craze 4" X 5 1/4"
  • Them Bones DSP 1 3/4" X 5 1/4" 
  • Circles from Stylish Shapes – 1 1/4", 1 5/8" and 3"

  Check out the inside; she jazzed it up with strips of cardstock and designer paper.  

  

  Sharon made this adorable card with the same bundle and Them Bones designer series paper.  

  

  She added the cool 'Glow in the Dark' bats & ghosts to her middle panel. The skeleton is stamped with Black Stazon ink on Glow in the Dark specialty paper (seen here) as well!  So cool!  

  It's a spanner card!  She jazzed up the inside layers too.  

  

  Measurements:

  • Starry Sky card base 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" score at 4 1/4".  Then cut up to center score line at 1 1/2" from both sides.  Horizontal strip is 5 1/2" X 1 1/2"
  • Black layers – front sides are 1 3/8" X 4 1/8", center 2 3/8" X 4 1/8" and 2 3/8" X 1 1/8" for greeting
  • Designer paper – front side panels 1 1/4" X 4", back inside 1 3/8" X 4 1/4"
  • Cajun Craze center 2 1/4" X 4"
  • White inside 2 1/2" X 4"

  

  What a fabulous card! 

  Lastly today is a sweet card by Candace who featured the Pick of the Patch bundle seen here:

  

  I love her out of the box color choices of Pretty Peacock, Blackberry Bliss and Pumpkin Pie. She used the new Deckled Circle dies for the background of her punched pumpkins.  Her ribbon is new as well – a Vanilla and Black gingham seen here.  

  The photo barely shows off the pretty and new Distressed Tile embossing folder.  It's a new favorite for many! 

  

  I'll share more fabulous team swaps tomorrow!  See three other gorgeous swaps here

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• Two Neat Cheerful Daisy Fun Fold cards by Barb

  September 19, 2023

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  Barb was our Artist of the Month for my Flowerbug's team in August and made this super neat card with the Fresh as a Daisy designer paper and the Cheerful Daisy bundle seen here.

  

  It uses a long piece of the designer paper, scored and folded to create most of the card.  She cased the idea from Patty Bennett. 

  She added two layers of die-cut daisies to the folds using layered circles as a base for them.  

  Measurements:

  Start out with a 5 1/4" X 12" piece of designer paper and score it at 2", 4" and 6".  Adhere the paper together on the score lines. Then add to a full card base measuring 4 1/4" X 5 1/2".  Now embellish with your die-cuts or punches, layering them in different heights.  
  

  The inside has a die-cut from the Scalloped Contours dies.  

  Next is a beautiful Double-Decker fun fold card featuring Blueberry Bushel and White.  

  

  I made a card like this on a recent video; see it here.  

  This card looks a bit intimidating – at least it did to me – until I tried one.  It's actually quite easy.  

  

  Measurements:

  • Card base 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" score at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4"
  • White front 2 1/2" X 3 1/2", die-cut scalloped rectangle 3 1/8" X 4 3/8" finished, front texture 1 7/8" X 5 1/4" 
  • White box for double-decker 2 1/2" X 3 1/2" score every 3/4" and form into a box 
  • Blueberry Bushel 2 3/4" X 3 3/4"
  • DSP 4" X 5 1/4"

  See more of her Cheerful Daisy cards here.  

   

  

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• Check out these Cheerful Daisy projects; WOW!!

  September 18, 2023

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  Each month I ask one of my Flowerbug's Team to volunteer as our Artist of the Month.  For August it was Barb who chose the Cheerful Daisy bundle seen here.  They receive the bundle from me free and in exchange I ask them to create a minimum of 5 projects with it.  She did a fabulous job!!  

  This first card is a super neat fun fold card showing off the Countryside Corners dies seen here. 

  

  She cased it from Debbie Henderson.  The designer paper is Countryside Inn. Stamps include Cheerful Daisies and Sentimental Park

  Measurements: 

  • Navy cardstock – 4 1/4" X 10 1/2" score at 3 1/2" X 7"
  • Designer paper layers – 3 1/4" X 4"
  • Largest White Countryside Corner die-cuts are 4 1/2" tall
  • Designer Paper Countryside Corner die-cuts are 4" tall

  

  Next is a pretty card with a simple addition of a triangle cut of the Masterfully Made designer paper. 

  

  She textured the Berry Burst layer with the Exposed Brick embossing folder before adding it to the Navy card base. The daisy is heat embossed with White embossing powder.  

  Next is a great desk calendar – these are fabulous gifts for just about anyone! 

  

  Measurements:

  • Moody Mauve Card base is 4 1/4" X 11" score and fold at 5 1/2"
  • Calendar base 4 1/4" X 5" score at 1", 2 1/2" and 4".  Add to the inside bottom of the card base. 
  • Designer paper 4" X 5 1/4"
  • Calendar layer 3 1/2" X 2 3/4" (add 1/2" to the size of your calendar

  You can purchase these calendars online.  They're called 'mini tear off calendars'.  

  

   

  See this bundle here. 

  

  I'll share more of her beautiful projects tomorrow. 

  

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