It is now October – and my FREE Card Kit of the Month features the Christmas Quilt Bundle! This is one of the four cards you will receive:

To get the Free Card Kit – just place a minimum $50 order in my online store! The Card Kit, which includes all the supplies needed to make four different cards with the Christmas Quilt Bundle. All you need to add is adhesive. You don’t even need to have this stamp set to complete the cards!!!

So go ahead and purchase whatever you want to …. this is a great month to stock up on Designer Series Paper, for instance. Read about that sale right here.

How to Make a Step Card

To make this Step Card, start with a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Thick Whisper White Card Stock. Use this pattern to make score lines (the dotted lines) and cut lines (the two straight lines).

Then fold to look like this.

Decorate as you please. I used Tranquil Tide and Pool Party Card Stock with the Quilt Builder Framelits Dies. On top of the quilt is a snowflake from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits and a Metal Rimmed Pearl.

Add words if you like …. I used words from the Floral Phrases stamp set.

 

To see this card being made, click here to watch the video. (Yes – its the same video that has the Cancer Cards!)

 

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October is a special month for me. Four years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. With a grateful heart each October I do a special Breast Cancer Fundraiser – with card kits, of course.

You can read more about how the fundraiser works by clicking here. We would love to have you join us in honor of someone you know!

Tim and I made some cards using the Ribbon of Courage stamp set on our Facebook Live this week. (You can view that and enjoy some laughs with us at the end of this post.)

First, Tim made this card for me.

The words “LIVE every moment, LAUGH every day, LOVE with all your heart” describes how we choose to live life – even more so after going through my cancer episode. Things like that always make you appreciate the little things in life even more!

 

On this card, I cased the main idea – tucking the ribbon into the “hugs” from the Lovely Words Thinlits – from Mary Brown, a fabulous stamper.

 

I layered it on a background created with the large Watercolor Wash stamp and Powder Pink ink. In the video, you can see how I use these large stamps.

Different colors stand for different types of cancer. We used pink because of my breast cancer – but change it for whoever you are making a card for!

For the inside of the card, I used the ribbon stamp almost like a watermark – with words in black printed over it. I love these words: “sending love and hugs to you” – perfect for so many situations in life.

 

And the, of course, I wanted to create one card that shows the versatility of the stamp set – no ribbons here. Just lovely flowers in this Support Ribbon Dies set that to make beautiful floral cards.

 

We had a lively discussion on our Facebook Live about my “living flat” – a term that I had never heard of until a couple of months ago and yet it describes me!

I am so grateful for these past four years – and I hope you will share this post and join us in this fundraiser! Just click on the “Cards for a Cause: Breast Cancer” on the menu bar above – or click here to read about how to join our fundraiser!

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Tomorrow is the last day to get your FREE Card Kit with the Hearts Come Home Bundle from me, I wanted to share a few more ideas.

Snow Globe Shaker Card

Shaker cards are so much fun to make (and to receive) and the Foam Adhesive Strips make them easy to make. Notice how the Everyday Label Punch is used to make the snow globe base. How to make the rest of the card is shown in the video at the end of this post.

 

Watercolor Strip Card

I made this card with Shimmery White Card Stock and asked Tim to make his version of this technique on our Facebook Live below. Here is his version.

To create this look, sticky notes are placed across the card as a mask. Aqua Painters and Ink Pads are used to paint. Some of the wet ink seeps under the sticky notes giving the borders this interesting look.

 

Watercolor Background Card

Using the Aqua Painters again, but this time with Ink Refills on Watercolor Card Stock, gives a vibrant look to this card.

 

Sponging Technique for Shading

Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie Ink Pads were used to create this moon.

 

 

Sponging and Tearing to Create Mountains

Tim made this card a few weeks ago on our Facebook Live.

All of the cards so far have used the Hometown Greetings Dies. Now let’s look at a couple of cards made with the Hearts Come Home stamp set.

 

Clean and Simple House Card

Three Stitched Squares in three different colors were used to create this card. Notice that the “stitching” lines are on all of the edges of the grass, sky, and sun.

 

Build a Picture

Combing Hearts Come Home with the Work of Art stamp set gives you so many elements to play with. Here is that lovely house in the woods on a lake that so many dream about.

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Do you know how you can get my Hearts Come Home Card Kit for free?

Just place a minimum $50 in my online store – thats it! But hurry – this offer ends when September does – so you have just one more day to order!

Want to see more ideas? Find more here … and here.

Making Many Cards with the Hearts Come Home Bundle!

 

 

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Today’s One Sheet Wonder set of cards includes a variety of card designs from one Painted Harvest stamped sheet of card stock.

Doesn’t the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch made a nice border?

The 11″ x 8 1/2″ sheet of Whisper White Card Stock is stamped in a random pattern using just one stamp from the Painted Harvest stamp set – the leaf. To make this pattern look very different from the one posted yesterday, I also changed up the colors to Emerald Envy, Fresh Fig, and Dapper Denim. Here is what the paper will look like:

 

Just change the placement of the stamped paper to get the looks below. (The different look on the left one? I experimented with a way to cover up a smudge – its on the video if you are interested.)

 

Notice the difference on a card just by putting the word banner in a different location!

 

For embellishments,  I added 1/8″ Fresh Fig Sheer Ribbon, Emerald Envy Crinkled Ribbon, Enamel Shapes, and Touches of Nature Elements. Did you notice I didn’t use the smallest piece on this pattern? I was going to make a cute smaller card with that – but it disappeared! Of course, I found it later, but the other cards were done and ready … so a little something to use later.

Quickest & Easiest One Sheet Wonder?

For that, you will want to see the 14 cards made this way, read yesterday’s post right here.

And … if you would like to watch the video of both sets of cards being make, you will find that at the bottom of yesterday’s post as well!

There is no end to what you can do with these One Sheet Wonders – and its fun to make up your own patterns! So, whether you are in a hurry and need a stack of cards like in yesterday’s post, or you want to go for variety like this post – use this One Sheet Wonder idea!

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Have you tried making a Bendi Card yet? The Hometown Greetings Edgelits are perfect for this fun fold card.

Bundle this with the Hearts Come Home Stamp Set and save 10%.

Step by step instructions to make a bendi card

Cut a piece of Designer Series Paper 5 1/4″ x 4 1/8″.

Cut three pieces of Thick Whisper White Card Stock: one  5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″, one  5 1/2″ x 4″ and the third 5 1/2″ x 3″.

Score the two smaller pieces 1/2″ on each side.

 

Between the score lines, place the Edgelits and run through the Big Shot. Trim the tops off both pieces.

Attach the two pieces to the sides of the Designer Series Paper.

Layer that piece on the largest Whisper White piece. Notice how the DSP fits right along the bottom edge of the Whisper White – since this will be a stand up card.

Cut a slit in the DSP about 1 1/2″ from the left side – and about half way down from the village piece. Cut along the fold line of the white piece, leaving a tab to slide into the slit.

Curve the right side white piece to where you want it – then cut a slit down half of the fold line and an equal amount going up on the other curved piece. Slide those together and the card is finished!

This card is sure to impress! It folds flat to mail – but if your recipient would have no idea how to put it together – it might be best given in person!

*** and remember – when you place a minimum $50 order here in my online store, you will receive for FREE delivered right to your “real” mailbox – the Hearts Come Home Card Kit! Everything you need to make 4 cards with this beautiful Hearts Come Home Bundle! Read more here.

Join us every Thursday at 1 pm Central Time for Karen & Tim Live on our facebook page. Last week, I made this Bendi card along with some other fun cards. Enjoy! (You can fast forward to the parts you want to watch.)

A Bendi Card, a Spinner Card, and a Floating Card

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