8 Cards in 30 Minutes: Making More With Less

The natural progression from making 4 cards is 8 Cards in 30 Minutes. It’s easy, and you have a lot less left over card stock.

I like the way I can save card stock, and getting 8 panels from a single sheet of cardstock actually made a fun panel to work with! There’s just something about miniatures that make me smile, and look what kind of a bonus I realized:

What a great way to show off that new background stamp called “BIRCH”, eh? I cut the eight pieces from Pear Pizzaz, and then knocked the measurements of the white panels down by an 1/8″ top and side. Does math bother you?

If math will bother you, cut the Pear Pizzaz and white panels exactly the same size and trim the white ones down later. If math doesn’t bother you, cut your white panels 3-7/8″ x 2-5/8″ and stamp away! I embossed the white panel after stamping everything I wanted on it, using that great 3D embossing folder called “SUBTLE”. This set of 8 was an experiment as a teaching tool, and turns out I want to make lots more!

Product List

Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	Healing Hugs Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Birch Cling Stamp
Birch Wood-Mount Stamp	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad	Petal Pink Classic Stampin’ Pad
Linen Thread

Leave me a comment and tell me if you like the idea of making 8 Cards in 30 Minutes!

Recipes For Copying Everything From the Holiday Catalog

This weekend while you’re looking through the catalog and wondering how to make some of the samples, I want you to have the Sample Recipes. Lots of pages, so you can CLICK HERE and save it to your hard drive, or print it out. All the way back on pages 68-69 there is a darling…

How to Write a Handwritten Note

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How To Avoid Coloring: distINKtive Stamps

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Flowing Flowers With Freshly Made Sketches

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Christmas Season Stamps and Autumn Colors

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Flowering Rain Boots With Corrugated Crumb Cake?

Last week I scheduled time to make cards by the dozen, and I made it happen! Nothing in life got in the way, and I finished up by taking 11 of them to the post office right after their lunch closure! The Flowering Rain Boots bundle (yep! there are dies!) plus the Cloud punch made…

2 Comments

Tonya Denton says:

August 16, 2019 at 10:37 am

I love this layout and the colors you chose to do your card! Speaking of your card, it’s BEAUTIFUL!!

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1. Celia Cawthon says:
  
  August 19, 2019 at 9:29 am
  
  Thank you Tonya!
  
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