Tags Tags and More Tags

 I just got the Tailor Made Tags die set and wow! I can see hundreds of possibilities for using them. What a versatile purchase for only $22. Here are my first two cards using them but I have so many ideas buzzing around in my head, I'll be making more:)

Stamps	Free As A Bird, Very Versailles
Paper	Polished Pink, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Pale Papaya, Pear Pizzazz, Layering Designs Vellum, Vellum Cardstock
Ink	Polished Pink, Pale Papaya, Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry
Embellishments	Polished Pink Open Weave Ribbon, Linen Thread, Gold Fine Art Ribbon, Very Vanilla Scalloped Lace Trim
Tools	Stampin' Blends Markers, Tailor Made Tags, Forever Flourishing Dies, Stitched Rectangles Dies

Stamps	Free As A Bird,
Paper	Soft Succulent, Basic White, Crumb Cake, Harvest Meadow DSP, Layering Designs Vellum, Vellum Cardstock
Ink	Tuxedo Black, Borgeous Grape, Highland Grape, Pale Papaya
Embellishments	Gorgeous Grape Mini Stripped Ribbon, Linen Thread, Gold Fine Art Ribbon, Very Vanilla Scalloped Lace Trim
Tools	Stampin' Blends Markers, Tailor Made Tags, Forever Flourishing Dies, Stitched Rectangles Dies

Corner Fold Tuck Card

I have a fun fold tutorial for you today. I used the Free As A Bird Stamp set and Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper to create this Corner Fold Tuck.

1. Card base: Fresh Freesia 8 x 4-1/4 score @ 2-1/2

2. Flowering Fields DSP 3 x 3 cut on paper trimmer from corner to corner. Use one triangle, glue to a triangle of cardstock; 3 x 3 cardstock (cut the same way), then adhere to top right of card base with Stampin' Dimensionals.

3. DSP 1 x 4 adhere to left front flap, then tie ribbon around flap and secure into a knot.

4. Stamped front panel: 3 x 3 Basic White, secured on the left side to the front flap so that the top right corner fits under the triangle.

5. Inside: 2-3/4 x 2-3/4 Basic White, line up with the stamped front panel and secure to the inside panel, behind the front stamped panel.

6. If coloring the stamped front panel with Stampin' Blends, it will bleed through, so you can cover it with DSP.

Monthly Class

Stamps	Band Together
Card Stock	Crumb Cake, Very Vanila, Pressed Petals DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Soft Suede, Rococo Rose
Embellishments	Pressed Petals Washi Tape, Mossy Meadow Baker's Twine, Pearls
Tools	Detailed Bands Dies, Scripty Embossing Folder, Sponge Dauber

1. Crumb Cake card base: cut 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 score at 4-1/4
2. Crumb Cake 4 x 5-1/4 embossing folder, then sponge Soft Suede over writing.
3. Two patterns of DSP 3 x 4 adhere on angles
4. Cut the detailed band from Very Vailla, stamp greeting in Soft Suede ink
5. Dry fit the band, so that you can determine the placement of washi tape flower petals: two in the upper left corner and two in the bottom right.
6. Adhere the band, pearls and baker's twine bow.

Stamps	Free As A Bird
Card Stock	Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Vellum Card Stock
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black, Daffodil Delight. Stampin' Blends: Pool Party, Lt. Bermuda Bay, Granny Apple Green, Lt.Daffodil Delight, Lt. Crumb Cake, Dk. Pumpkin Pie
Embellishments	Daffodil Delight Double Stitched Ribbon
Tools	Scripty Embosing Folder, Stitched Rectangles Dies

1. Thick Whisper White card base: cut 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 score at 4-1/4
2. Daffodil Delight 4 x 5-1/4
3. Emboss 4 x 5-1/4 Vellum with Scripty emb. Folder
4. Stamp birds in black on Whisper White then color bird beaks in orange, body in Pool Party and lt. Petal Pink on their breasts, branch in Crumb Cake, leaves in Granny Apple Green and Flowers in Daffodil Delight
5. Adhere stamped and colored birds to the vellum, THEN apply adhesive on back of vellum only behind birds so it doesn't show. Attach ribbon with glue dots

Stamps	Beautiful Friendship, Very Versailles
Card Stock	Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Mint Marcaron, So Saffron,
Ink	So Saffron, Mango Melody, Seaside Spray, Blueberry Bushel, Pear Pizzazz
Embellishments
Tools	Stamparatus, Layering Ovals Dies

1. Thick Whisper White card base: cut 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 score at 4-1/4
2. So Saffron 4 x 5-1/4
3. Seaside Spray 3-1/2 x 4-3/4
4. Stamp greeting in Seaside Spray on white then use oval die & scallop on Saffron
5. Whisper White 3-1/4 x 4-1/2

• stamp roses in So Saffron
• two leaf clusters in Pear Pizzazz
• three skinny flowers bottom one-third in Seaside Spray, and two-thirds in Blue Berry Bushel
• mask the roses with sticky notes and stamp Hydrangeas in Seaside Spray

Free As A Bird

Such a fun stamp set to play with and birds are so on trend right now! Who doesn't love our feathered friends?

The supplies are listed below reflect both of today's projects. The first card was done with embossing paste that I colored with Crumb Cake ink refill and the new Seaside Spray cardstock. The second card features the Bird Ballad Laser-cut Cards and Tin. This beautiful tin comes with 12 cards and matching envelopes to use in your card making. The tin measures approximately 7-1/2 x 5-1/2.

Fantistic Frames!

If you don't have the Stitched Rectangles Framelits, You must get them!! Designing gorgeous layouts with them is so simple and FUN! Even the negative pieces left over are crazy fun to use. I used them in the two examples below. The paper and stamp set are coming up in the new catalog on June 4. In the second sample below, I used Foam Adhesive Strips to pop it out. Well there were a couple gaps in my aplication of the strips, and my OCD made them stand out, even though you couldn't see them unless you held the card sideways. Anyway, I HAD to cover them up, so I cut out some leaves and flowers from the stamp set and glued onto the frame to cover up where the gaps were. Oh my goodness, I simple ADORE the look. Who says OCD is a bad thing?

close up to show the dimension on the Mossy Meadow frame.

Our UPS man jokes that our Aussies are so smart that the older one could read on a third grade level. Well, not to be outdone, Tesla has her name on a chewing stick. No one is claiming responsibility for this feat and she just looks at me as if to say, "look what I did Mommy."