Concord & 9th

Concord & 9th Nutcracker Cards

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Welcome to Day 2 of my Nutcracker series using a variety of stamps and die sets to make some nutcracker themed cards. My card today uses products by Concord & 9th along with stamps from Scrapbook and Cards Today‘s Christmas in July – Jolly Holiday 2024 event.

Watch the process video below to learn how this card was made.

Cardbase: Cut from white light-to-medium weight cardstock one 4.25 x 11-inch rectangle and folded in half to form an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) cardbase. Cover with outer two panels with patterned paper. (Do this for card 1 or card 2. For the blue card 1, use the smaller oval die in the Nutcracker Dies set to cut a window aperture into the card front. Save cut-out oval and glue to card inside to fit into the window. Use both oval dies to cut out a red frame and glue to front of card around the window. I also adhered clear glitter to the inside oval using Glossy Accents.)

Nutcrackers: Follow the video above for assembly or look at packaging for ideas. (I used the coordinating enamel shapes for the hat feather, belt, shoulder epaulets and boots, but there are dies to cut these pieces as well.)

Sentiments: Using the banner and word dies included in the Nutcracker Dies, cut a banner from white cardstock and either “merry” or “JOY” from colored or patterned paper and glue to banner. Add to the card front. Decorate with holly or leafy stems from the die set or use enamel holly leaves and berries. Inside the green card 2, stamp “everything” in black to match the die-cut “merry” from the card front. Then, using ink to coordinate with the card front paper, stamp a pine branch on the top inside panel and in black on the outside back panel. The stamps I used were from Scrapbook and Cards Today‘s Christmas in July – Jolly Holiday 2024 event.

Envelope: The cards fit into an A2 size envelope with “Fill your heart with joy” stamped on the back flap in coordinating ink.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Concord & 9th – Dies – Nutcracker Dies

Stamps

  • Scrapbook and Cards Today‘s Christmas in July – Jolly Holiday 2024 event – Clear Stamps

Papers

  • Concord & 9th – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Sea Glass
  • Graphic 45 – 8×8 Double-sided Paper – Let It Snow
  • My Mind’s Eye – 6×6 Paper Pad – Jingle All The Way
  • Black, Blue, Pink, and Red Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Concord & 9th – Premium Dye Ink – Tidepool
  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black & Rose Bud
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Green

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Concord & 9th – Enamel Stickers – Nutcracker Shapes
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz Distress – Rock Candy Clear Glitter

RAINBOW connection pop-up birthday card

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It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s June 2025 release of ten new dies and five new clear stamps. For this rainbow connection slimline birthday card, I used several of the new sets including Arch Pop-Up, Leaping Animals and Rainbow Add-Ons die sets and Rainbow Greetings stamp set.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase:  An 8×8.75-inch rectangle of white cardstock was scored and folded into a side-fold 4×8.75 size slimline card.  Thin decorative papers were used to cover the cardbase. The inside panels were cut using the largest die from the Long Rectangles – Crosshatch die set. (See video above for details on how they were cut and attached.)

Arch Pop-Up:  Cut out the two large arch dies in the Arch Pop-Up from solid 65-80lb. cardstock. Assemble as shown in the video above, adding the rainbow strips which were cut using double-sided adhesive tape. Attach the pop-up rainbow arch as shown in the video.

Frogs:  Cut four green, leaping frogs from the Leaping Animals die sets. Cut three green, sitting frogs from the Bayou Animals die set. With a white gel pen and frog dies as stencils, add spots and mouths to frogs. Using the eyes die from either animal set, cut four sets of eyes from white and stencil the black pupil of the eye and add a white gel pen dot onto them.

Sentiments:  All the sentiments were stamped using the Rainbow Greetings stamp set with in black ink. “Sprinkling a little Rainbow magic your way” and “Happy Birthday” were cut out using the smallest fancy label die in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set. Use the largest cloud die in the Rainbow Add-Ons set to cut out “Hello there.”

Envelope:  The card fits into #10 business (4.25x 9-inches) size envelope stamped with “Wishing you sunshine and rainbows” the back flap.

Here is a great reel on singing the Rainbow Connection song with Kermit – https://www.facebook.com/reel/531484342305953

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Concord & 9th – 8.5×11-inch Solid 80 lb Cardstock – Poppy, Marmalade, Buttercup, Clover, Peacock, Eggplant, Spout, Oceanside
  • Spellbinders – 8.5×11-inch 80 lb Cardstock – White
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11-inch Single-Sided Patterned Paper – Random Dot – Mint & Robin’s Egg Blue
  • #10 Business Envelope

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Paper Masking Tape

Thanks A Latte

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I always need Thank You cards and coffee, so what better way than to combining the two into some cute cards.

I used the Concord & 9th Coffee Blend Turnabout stamp set and coordinating dies for these two Thank You cards.

The inks that I used were from Stampin’ Up – Soft Suede, Cinnamon Cider and Real Red.

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It’s A Party – Celebrate Your Birthday!

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When needing a large number of birthday cards, making multiple inlay die-cut backgrounds is the way to go.

Watch the video below to see how I made these cards.

Cardbase:  I made eight A2 size cardbases by folding 8.5×5.5-inch rectangles of white cardstock in half.

Card Front: The card front uses Concord & 9th’s Party Hats inlay die along with the slice of cake from Karen Burniston’s Big Birthday Charms.

Sentiments:  The sentiments were stamped in black ink using the Craft Roulette’s Funn Sentiments #01 stamp set and Karen Burniston’s Celebrate, Happy Birthday and Shadow dies along with her Katherine Label Pop-Up die set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A3 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope stamped with a sentiment or a hand-drawn heart.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • Craft Consortium – A4 Double-Sided Solid Colored Cardstock – Little Robin Redbreast
  • Craft Consortium – A4 Double-Sided Solid Colored Cardstock – ‘Tis the Season
  • Ink N’ Splatter – 6×6 Double-Sided Cardstock – Ladybug Days
  • Ink N’ Splatter – 6×6 Double-Sided Cardstock – Raspberry Crush
  • White Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Letter It – Fineliner Pen – Yellow
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Red
  • Stampin’ Up – Stamp Write Marker – Chocolate Chip
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush Marker – Glitter Gloss

Adhesives

Tools

One Layout- Three Cards

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Using the Craft Roulette Funn Sentiments #01 stamps and dies sets and Concord & 9th Make Some Noise dies, I created three different birthday cards using the same basic elements, but switched up the papers, card orientation and inside sentiments. All the cards are A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) in size.

Watch the process video to see how I made these cards.

Below are the details for each card.

Blue Stripes Materials Used: Craft Roulette Funn Sentiments #01 stamps and dies sets * Craft Roulette Funn Friends #01 stamps set * Concord & 9th Make Some Noise dies * Taylored Expressions Stencil – Plaid * Bay Blue Velveteen Felt Paper * Stellar White Carnival Groove Cardstock * White Copier Paper * Craft Consortium Little Robin Redbreast Paper * Dark Blue and White Cardstock * A2 Envelope * Memento Paris Dusk Ink * Clear Sequins * Stickles Sunburst * White Gel Pen * Liquid Glue * Foam Squares

Orange Dots Materials Used: Craft Roulette Funn Sentiments #01 stamps and dies sets * Craft Roulette Funn Friends #01 stamps set * Concord & 9th Make Some Noise dies * Photoplay Stencil – Dots * Karen Burniston Crosshatch Rectangle die * Stellar White Carnival Groove Cardstock * White Cardstock * Craft Consortium Little Robin Redbreast Paper * White Copier Paper * Spellbinders Orange Cardstock * A2 Envelope * Sunbird Spark Ink – Canyon, Dahlia, Mulberry & Ochre Ink * Nuvo Glitter Gloss * Stickles Sunburst * White Gel Pen * Liquid Glue * Foam Squares

Teal Tiles Materials Used: Craft Roulette Funn Sentiments #01 stamps and dies sets * Concord & 9th Make Some Noise dies * Paper Discovery Moroccan Nights Background stamps* Karen Burniston Big Birthday Charms Balloon die* Craft Consortium Little Robin Redbreast Paper * Pale Blue and White Cardstock * Your PaperInsider Sliver Holographic Oil Slick Envelope * White Copier Paper * A2 Envelope * Unknown Water Soluble Ink in Teal & Pale Blue* Clear Sequins * Black Fine-Line Pen * Liquid Glue * Foam Squares

Envelopes:  The cards fit into A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelopes stamped with “HBD” on the back flap in inks and papers that coordinate with each card’s specific materials.

You can also see another post using a similar layout by clicking here.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Craft Roulette – Metal Dies – Funn Sentiments #01
  • Concord & 9th – Metal Dies – Make Some Noise
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Big Birthday Charms – 1180
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles – Crosshatch – 1054

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01
  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Friends #01
  • Paper Discovery – Clear Stamps – Moroccan Nights – Moroccan Background

Stencils

  • PhotoPlay – Say It With Stamps – Plastic 4×9-inch Stencil – 3-Piece Dots by Becky Moore
  • Taylored Expressions – Plastic 6×6-inch Stencil – Plaid – TESN63

Papers

  • Craft Consortium – 210x297mm – 200gsm Double-Sided Papers – Little Robin Redbreast
  • Spellbinders – 8.5×5.5-inches 100# Cardstock – Persimmon
  • Your PaperInsider – Box 10 – 8.5×5.5-inches 235 gsm – Bay Blue Velveteen Felt Paper
  • Your PaperInsider – Box 10 – 8.5×5.5-inches 100# Cover – Stellar White Carnival Groove
  • Your PaperInsider – Box 10 – 4.25×5.5-inches 60# Text– Sliver Holographic Oil Slick Envelope
  • Blue and White Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Paris Dusk
  • Sunbird Spark – Velvety Dye Ink – Canyon, Dahlia, Mulberry & Ochre
  • Unknown Water Soluble Ink – Teal & Pale Blue
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Tweezers
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • Clear Sequins
  • Ranger – Stickles (Glitter Gel) – Sunburst

Shelf Cards – Pop-Up Shelves

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This is the second in a series of cards that have shelves as the main element of the card.

Today’s card is a pop-up set of shelves made with On Display Pop-Up die set by Concord and 9th.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase:  The cardbase is an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) side-fold made by folding an 8.5×5.5-inch rectangle in half.

Sentiments:  The “hello” on the card front is a die in the On Display Pop-Up die set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope with a die-cut plant on the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Concord and 9th – Metal Dies – On Display Pop-Up

Papers

  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Tira
  • Concord and 9th – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Honeycomb
  • Impression Obession – 6×6 Double-Sided Cardstock – Basics 1 – Yellows
  • My Favorite Things – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Something Blue
  • Spellbinders – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Cosmic Sky
  • Stampin’ Up – 8.5×11 cardstock – Copper Clay
  • Blues, Browns, Greens, White and Yellows Cardstock Scraps
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Rustic Wilderness
  • Nuvo – Glitter-Marker – 197 Lemon Drizzle
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Score Board
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Sponge Daubers

A Walk Along Main Street Pop-up Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #203 whose parameters included a flip fold card, Main Street colors, walk(s) element and heart(s).

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Concord & 9th – Metal Dies – Bake Shoppe
  • Concord & 9th – Metal Dies – Book Shoppe
  • Concord & 9th – Metal Dies – Fashion Shoppe
  • Concord & 9th – Metal Dies – Pop-Up Shoppe Base
  • Concord & 9th – Metal Dies – Window Shoppe Pop-Up Base

Stamps

  • Concord & 9th – Clear Stamps – Bake Shoppe
  • Concord & 9th – Clear Stamps – Book Shoppe
  • Concord & 9th – Clear Stamps – Fashion Shoppe
  • Concord & 9th – Clear Stamps – Flower Shoppe
  • My Favorite Thinks – Clear Stamps – Coffee Shop CS-734
  • Rubbernecker Stamps – Rubber Stamp – Good Friends 642-13

Papers

  • Craft Consortium – 6×6 Double-Sided Cardstock – Brick Textures
  • My Favorite Things – 6×6 Single-Sided Paper Pad – Finishes and Textures
  • Spellbinders – 8.5×11-inch 100 lb. Cardstock – Terra Cotta
  • Spellbinders – 8.5×11-inch 100 lb. Cardstock – Snowdrift
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11-inch Printed Paper – Brick Wall
  • Gold and Silver Matte Foil Cardstock
  • Colored Cardstock
  • Dura-Lar – 9×11-inch .005 Clear Film or Acetate

Ink & Embossing Powder

  • StazOn – Solvent Ink – Jet Black
  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Stampin’ Pad – Early Espresso
  • VersaMark – Watermark Stamp Pad
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Antique linen, Salty Ocean, Scorched Timber
  • Gelly Roll – Gel Pen – Gold
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Recollections – Detail Embossing Powder- Ebony (used on “Books” sign)

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
  • Double-Sided Tape -1/8-inch wide
  • Double-Sided Tape -1/2-inch wide

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Craft Mat
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Tweezers
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Heat Tool
  • Scissors
  • Metal Ruler/Straight-Edge
  • Pencil 

A Classy Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #169 whose parameters included: see-thru card, rustic garden colors, fashion element and a hexagon.

I made this card using all Concord & 9th dies and stamps. (See other shop cards.)

Cardbase: For this A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) card start with a piece of white cardstock 8.5×5.5-inches and scored and folded in half at 4.25-inches.  Cover the back of the card base with white brick paper.

Shop Front: Watch an assembly video to get the basics on the assembly. Cut the shop front from white brick paper. (My paper was double-sided with red and white bricks on the back side.) Fold on score lines as directed in video. Decorate and add window acetate before attaching to cardbase. I used white and blue cardstock to cut the side posts and just blue for the panel below the windows. I cut the planters from white cardstock and brushed gray ink over them to add shape to them. The greenery is peppered with tiny red flowers made with a red gel pen. The planters are adhered and popped up on the shop front with thin foam squares.

Shop Front Door: I decided to make the door window see-thru too, so I played with positioning the door and its windowpane die on the shop front. I only cut the panes into the front. Cut the door with pane die taped together with the door die and the decorative panel from blue cardstock. Ink edges of the decorative panel before gluing to bottom of door. (I used a white gel pen to freehand the lines on the panel.) I stamped the open sign (Fashion Shoppe Stamp set) and die-cut the sign base from white cardstock coloring string with a yellow marker. Die cut the door handle and plate from silver foil card and adhere to door side.

Shop Front Window: Cut a piece of acetate 4×5.25-inches. Use double-sided tape around all the window and door openings on the back side of the shop front.

Shop Assembly: Using double side tape, adhere bottom tab on shop front to bottom edge of front panel on cardbase. Cut a piece of decorative paper (I used a hexagon paper) 4.125×5.5-inches and adhere over the shop front tab and line-up with card fold. (I cut an additional hexagon strip to cover the top tab.) Decorate the inside of the shop before adhere top tab of the shop front . (I didn’t remember to decorate first and had to use tweezers to place all my shop pieces inside the shop.)

Watch fashion shop dies assembly video before constructing your outfits and merchandise table. (I used the mirror die to cut backdrops for my dress frames.)

Using double-sided tape on the front side of the shop front upper tab, adhere to card base as shown in the assembly video.

Awning: Die cut the shop awning from striped paper and fold along score lines. Glue the die-cut “Boutique” to middle of awning. I adhered the backside of the awning top tab with thin foam tape to the top of the card base.

Sentiments: The sentiment inside of “You’re classy from head to toe,” is from the Fashion Shoppe Stamp Set and stamped in a turquoise blue ink on a 4×5.25-inch piece of white cardstock. The sentiment piece was matted with a 4.25×5.5-inch piece of blue printed cardstock (backside of hexagon print.)

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 envelope. To give a hint as to what’s inside, a pair of shoes and a hat were glued to the back envelope flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Craft Consortium – 6×6 Double-Sided Paper Pad – Brick Textures
  • My Favorite things – 6×6 Double-Sided Paper Pad – Finishes and textiles EP-96
  • Honey Bee Stamps – 6×6 Double-Sided Paper Pad – Bee Bliss
  • Recollections – 5×7 Embossed Solids – Neutrals
  • Colored Cardstock Scraps
  • Matte gold Cardstock
  • Silver Foiled Cardstock
  • Heavy White Cardstock for cardbase
  • A2 Blue Envelope

Ink

  • Red Gel Pen
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Point – Yellow
  • Ranger – Distress Crayon – White
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Ranger – Distress Ink – Lost Shadow
  • Catherine Pooler – Premium Dye Ink – Party Collection – All That Jazz

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • We R Memories – QuickStik
  • Scissors
  • Stamping Blocks/ Weights
  • Bone Folder
  • Blending Brush
  • Craft Mat
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Cloth

Miscellaneous

  • Dura-Lar – .005 Clear Film – Acetate

Shop Cards – Coffee and Books

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Miniature houses and shops fascinate me. When I saw that Concord & 9TH had come out with a Pop-Up Shoppe Die set and add-on sets for a bakery and a bookstore, I knew I had to try them.

First try – Bookstore
Second try – Coffee/Bake Shop

Here are my first and second cards that I made from these die sets. The first one, a bookstore, was done without watching the assembly video and hence I attached the pop-up store front as an accordion fold rather than the “U” pop-up fold as the video shows. The second one, a coffee/bake shop, uses the “U” fold. (Bake shoppe video, Book shoppe video)

For the coffee/bake shop I cut a 4.25×5.5-inches piece of banana cream cardstock folded in half for a top fold A2 size card base. using double-sided tape I adhered the decorative papers on all but the front inside of the card.

I found that assembling the shop front from the acetate windows, door and, flower box and eaves dental molding first, made it easier to plan how to lay out the inside scene. On the coffee/bake shop I used the largest door die to do a partial die-cut of three sides on the shop front, so that the door could be opened. (I’ve also thought for my next card to use both door dies to cut in windows to the door.)

The acetate windows can be one large piece if you don’t make the door open or two or three pieces if you do cut the door to open. (I reinforced the narrow strip by the door with a piece of acetate.) You need the acetate to glue the window frames onto as well as tables and lights bumped out with foam squares.

The inside decor for the coffee/bake shop uses the bake shoppe dies as well as the counter made from the bookstore’s cabinet with the shelves cut off. The stamped coffee signs come from a coffee shop stamp set from My Favorite Things. The “OPEN” sign on the door is from a Lawn Fawn stamp set. “Bakery” is part of the Concord & 9TH stamp set.

All of the coffee and bakery elements were curved using fingers or flower shaping ball tools. The breads and baskets were inked with Distress inks. Printed watercolored papers were used for other elements like cups and flowers. Foam squares are used to adhere most of the elements to the card back.

Placement of items to be seen through the upper windows and open door may make the inside layout seem off-balance.

The inside of the card needs layers of matted sentiment and a decorative paper on the card back to balance out the weight of the card front.  I think the top fold card works best for the card design, but the side fold card is good too.

As is my way, I decorated the back flaps of both A2 envelopes with stamps from Hero Arts (bookstore) and Concord & 9TH (coffee/bake shop) to hint as to what is inside the envelope.

See more coffee themed cards by clicking here or shop cards click here.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Clear Acetate Sheet
  • Craft Consortium – 6×6 Premium Paper Pad – Brick Textures
  • My Favorite Things – 6×6 Paper Pad – Finishes and Textiles
  • Funky Fossil Designs – 20cm x 20cm Paper Pad – Watercolour Rainbow
  • Fun Stampers Journey – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Banana Cream – CS-0087
  • White A2 Card Base
  • Colored Cardstock
  • Colored, Pattern and Foiled Paper Scraps
  • A2 Envelopes

Inks & Pigments

  • Ranger – Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Walnut Stain and Soot Black
  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Stampin’ Pad – Early Espresso
  • Pigma Micron 01 – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll 08 – Gel Pen – White

Miscellaneous

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
  • Scrapebook.com – Double-sided Tape – 1/4-inch wide
  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDER Creative – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Sponge Daubers
  • Piercing Tool
  • Tweezers
  • Foam squares