My husband and I wanted to make cards to hand out to families we visit each month and we decided to make cookies for them and cards to go along with them. This is what we came out with. They are tags yet one sided cards that we can attach to the top of the cookies. If your intersted in visiting a family or just want to make some nice cards this is a kind idea!
Cut out your base cardstock 3 1/2" by 4" I cut all of my paper first then assemble them as I go!
Next I used my cricut and cut the picture shown at about 2 1/2" remember your cricut will always turn the cut out horizontally!!
You add the magic touch by dabbing ink around your paper. I always use a walnut brown to give it the rustic look!
You will cut a darker brown piece at 4" x 1 1/2" to let it stretch across your card
Take out your cuttlebug. You need to cut a strip of yellow atleast 1/4" smaller than the dark brown strip. I have 2 different sizes shown on the left because I used scraps and cut them down from there after embossing them.
Using your brown ribbon, cut atleast 1/4" longer than your strip of paper.
I tape the excess around the bottom using your glue stick, tape, or any adhesive you have around.
Then you cut a piece of brown ribbon a bit smaller than the piece you used around the yellow strip and tie it under the taped ribbon. Cut off any excess
Stamping with any phrase.
I absolutely love this technique mostly because you don't have to just stick to one phrase everytime. You can change it up by using only a portion of your stamp, now that is worth every stamp!!
2. grab that tape, any tape will work I only had clear tape ... sorry!! Go ahead and cover the section of the phrase off by taping over it, make your you cover every little bit you don't want!!
3. Take your ink, I use walnut brown and dab it onto your stamp but hold on before you stamp it on your sheet of paper...!!!
Step 4....
Go ahead and peel that tape off!
Now you can stamp. the first time you do this technique you may want to try on a scrap of paper. I always try on a scrap just to make your you don't have any additional pieces you don't want in there. now try to pull that tape of in one bunch so you can just stick it right back on and dip it back into your ink!
Ok so go ahead and assemble your card by attacking your dark brown strip, then the yellow strip. I originally wasn't goin to put a piece of tan under the cutout but I thought it needed something different to seperate the brown strip and the brown cutout. I cut the tan piece about 1/4"-1/2" larger than the cutout.
I printed out this message from the ensign I believe it was the August edition if anyone is curious. Then just attach to your treat, or just take it right over to your friends or family. I hope this was interesting to some and hopefully you use that stamping technique it's a sure one that you'll use over and over again!
