Want to make a bunch of easy cards with your paper scraps – that will look like you spend a lot of time on them?
Can you believe how different these cards all look just by changing up the designer series papers? Here are all 15 cards – and the template is at the bottom of this post.
First – Whale of a Time Designer Series Paper
(Each card opens like this.)
Playful Pets Designer Series Paper
Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper
Trimming the Town Designer Series Paper
Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper
Artistry Bloom Designer Series Paper
Plaid Tidings Designer Series Paper
Playing with Patterns Designer Series Paper
In Good Taste Designer Series Paper
Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper
Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper
Peony Garden Designer Series Paper
Magic in This Night Designer Series Paper
Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper
Tis the Season Designer Series Paper
Supplies – just these three things!
Cut 1″ off the side of the front of the card base and 1″ off the side of the Designer Series Paper.
Attach the 3″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Designer Series Paper to the card front.
Flip over the 1″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Designer Series Paper and add to the Whisper White piece.
Cut (or tear) part of the 1″ strip of cardstock and attach the shorter end to the inside of the card, lining it up to the card edge like this.
Over that, attach the Whisper White cardstock.
Close the card and add any embellishment you want to the card front.
What a different you paper can make!!! Stay tuned for more fun card ideas – and be sure you have joined my newsletter list to get a brand new card tutorial with pdf each week!
Lovely all of them. But tis the season catches my eye.
Poinsettia Place is my favorite. Thanks for sharing such a great card layout.
Plaid Tidings is my favorite this year. The range of colors in this pack cover any holiday celebration you need to make cards for or even a birthday or anniversary.
I like Whale of a time…
Whale of a time
Whale of a time is my favorite
The
Poinsettia one is so striking and my favorite. Thanks for sharing this pattern with us
Have to vote for playful pets because we have a calico that looks a lot like that
Toile Tidings is one of my favorites. Forever Greenery is a close second. Really had a hard time deciding!!0
My favorite is the Toile Tidings, but they are all beautiful! Thanks for sharing instructions for such beautiful cards!
Where did you find the Tombo glue holder? (Shown on YouTube video) I love these! Will be making some then presto no more scraps?
So hard to pick just one. Love them all. Perfect Pets will be my pick.
Thank you for another awesome card idea.
Peony garden is so subtle yet striking. But honestly they are all beautiful.
Love them all. I think my vote goes to Poinsettia Place.
Think my favorite is the poinsettia place
All are great….Tis the Season my fav:)
I love them all, but it’s a close call between Whale of a Time and Toile Tidings for me. I’ll have to say Toile Tidings is my favorite! So pretty!
Trimming the Town!
I love the colors on Snowflake Splendor. But Whale of a time got me and I had to order more of that paper.
Heartwarming Hugs is my favorite, but they are all so pretty!
Trimming the town is my favorite but all are unique and beautiful. Thank you for sharing the layout.
I am leaning towards Whale of a Time card. Love to colors
it was gift to me so I don’t have a link but just go to amazon and search for tombow glue holders
I tried the card it is my first card I’ve made. Thanks very much you are a great teacher and love your laughter.
Poinsettia place is my favourite. 🙂
The Playful Pets and Snowflake Splendour are my favorites!
And I LOVE this template. Thanks for such great instructions, Karen. That Thursday class was a hoot!
Ronda, the Crafty Blind Girl
I love what you do and sure enjoy watching you and Tim…
Thanks Michelle!
Thank you for the nice comment, Kathleen!
These are awesome cards! Can’t wait to make them! I love your stories too! My favorite? Hard to choose.. But Whale of a time tops the list! This is the first time I have seen your video and you made my day.. I am full of new inspiration for my next day of card making!
Sorry that I’m messaging so long after you posted this but I am new to card making. I love the ease of this card but how different each card can look! I just love the turtle one, but they all are very nice!! Thanks ?
Thank you so much for commenting!
What size is the circle punch?
Thanks so much for sharing the instructions for making this great card and for all you share!!!
I think I used the 2 or the 2-1/4 but any size would work!
I’m enjoying all this inspiration! They are great! TkU.
Love these. Thnx for the inspiration. What a great stash buster. I’ve just made 100 ready for Christmas! X
I just love hearing you make so many cards!