Relatively Thoughtful

Flowered Quilt Square Birthday Card

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I’m here today with a 4.25×6-inch quilt square birthday card using Relatively Thoughtful digital papers – A collection called Walter Crane In The Garden.

I printed three pages of 8.5×11-inch prints from the Walter Crane In The Garden collection (pages 3,7,18.) Next, I die cut one quilt square from each of the papers. I used the outline of the quilt square from one of the die-cuts to act as a template of where to place the various pieces, taping it down to the card front. Glued the pieces in and then removed the template. The top swag of daisies and the center daffodil were cut from other pages of elements in the collection.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Divinity Designs – Craft Die – Flower Petal Quilt – CBD516
  • Poppystamps.com – Craft Die – Happy Birthday Poe Script – 2437

Papers

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle

Tools

  • Computer and Color Printer
  • Scissors
  • Scoreboard and Bone Folder

Woven Paper Basket

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I’m here today with a 4-inch tall hexagon basket using Relatively Thoughtful digital papers – A collection called Overthinking in Colour by Karolina Osuchowska.

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

I based my design off of traditional basket weaving methods. The hexagon base was cut with a die (Karen Burniston’s Hexagons-Crosshatch) to make a 4.5 x3.9-inch base. The six side strips are 2.25×8.5-inches with a score and fold at 2-inches from one end. The strips were scored at 1.125-inches and then cut down the middle to the 2-inch fold. (I found it easier to cut down the middle once the side strips were glued to the base piece.)

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Hexagons – Crosshatch – 1225

Papers

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle

Tools

  • Computer and Color Printer
  • Scissors
  • Scoreboard and Bone Folder

Don’t Be Alarmed Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #325 whose parameters were: flip fold card, tartan colors, time or clock element and add a bow random. I used This Calls for Confetti and Simon Says Stamp! dies & stamps and digital papers from Relatively Thoughtful for this A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) card and envelope.

Cardbase: Printed out three 8.5×11-inch sheets of digital papers from the Independent Women Authors collection by Relatively Thoughtful (two solid colors and one patterned paper.) From purple, I cut a 4.25×9.8125-inch an scored and folded at 5.5-inches. From green, I cut a 3.9375×5-inch rectangle. From the patterned paper I cut a 3.625×4.75-inch rectangle. I also cut a 1.5×4.25-inch purple rectangle.

To assemble, I centered and glued the patterned paper onto the green piece. Next, the small purple piece was glued at the bottom of the long side of the long purple cardbase over the white inside so that when the card is closed it looks like solid purple base. Center the green/pattern paper rectangle onto the short flap of the purple cardbase and glue. (Stamp the sentiments before adding the dimensional clock and bow to card back.)

Sentiments: The inside sentiments of “Don’t be alarmed” and “The hour is drawing near,” come from This Calls For Confetti’s Don’t Be Alarmed stamp set. “Happy Birthday” and “Put a bow on it!” are in the Simon Says Stamp! Put A Bow On It stamp set.

Clock: Using the This Calls For Confetti Moments in Time dies, cut from silver all the clock pieces with the exception of the circle frame and clock face. Using both the circle frame and clock face dies together to cute the clock frame from silver holographic cardstock. Turn the holographic clock face over to the white back side and glue onto the clock back piece. Adhere the bells and decorative pieces to clock back piece. (I wish I had popped-up the bells with foam tape.) Using double-side tape adhere a piece of clear plastic acetate to the circle frame back and trim away the excess plastic. Double-up the foam tape to make it 2mm thick and place the tape onto the acetate so that it is hidden behind the circle frame. (I originally was going to make this a shaker card, but I decided to glue the Trinity Stamps – Sparkle Spots onto the clock face because it looked better.) Glue the completed clock onto the card front.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) envelope with a bow and “Put a bow on it” stamped on the back flap in black ink. Stamps are from Simon Says Stamp!.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

Z-Fold Pop-Up Golf Themed Father’s Day Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #320 whose parameters were: z-fold card, Summer vacation colors, game(s) element and add a cat random. I used Karen Burniston dies and Crackerbox Stamps for this A7 (5×7-inch) card and envelope.

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

Cardbase: I took a purchased A7 (5×7-inch) white cardbase and folded the front panel at 2-inchs from the corner for a z-fold cardbase. Next, I cut panels of green textured paper and covered the three inside panels and used a leftover scrap to cover the left half of the front of the card.

Golfer Pop-Up: Stamp golfer on white cardstock in black and color in pants and hair and shoes. Rough cut the shape of golfer and glue green paper to back side. Fussy cut the golfer. Die cut two of the Flip Frame Pop-Up arm mechanism from white 65lb. cardstock. Cut one more mechanism arm from the green paper. (Watch assembly video at bottom of linked page for Flip Frame Pop-Up.) Set aside one of the white arms for the golf ball in next step. With the remaining white arm, train the folds as shown in the video above. Cut apart the green arm into sections to cover the exposed sides of the white arm. (The two largest sections go on the top of mechanism and save the tab pieces to cover the back sides of the tabs once the mechanism is glued into the cardbase.) Glue in the arm at the top of the main inside fold of cardbase. Glue the golfer to the front face of the mechanism as shown in the videos, making sure that golf club doesn’t stick out of the fold close card.

Golf Ball Pop-Up: Cut one of the Flip Frame Pop-Up arm mechanism from the backside of the green paper. Train the folds of the reserved white arm backwards from the arm used for the golfer. Cover the arm using the green paper arm sections as done in the last step for the golfer’s mechanism. Stamp two golf balls on white cardstock and fussy cut out. Cut a strip of clear acetate (plastic) about 3/8-inch by 2-inches. With the stamped sides out, sandwich, using double-sided tape, the acetate strip between the two balls. Set aside. Practice laying-out where the second mechanism arm will be glued into the card so that the golfer won’t become a catch-point for the second mechanism. (I didn’t do this step and ended up having to remove the second arm. You can see the divots from that mistake to the right of the golfer’s feet.) Once the arm mechanism is glued and dry. Test fit the ball strip and determine the length of the plastic strip so that the ball fits inside the card. Attach strip to front of arm mechanism with double-sided tape. (You can add a grassy decoration piece over the base of the strip.)

Sentiments: The outside sentiment of “FORE!” is made up of die-cut letters from Karen Burniston’s Alphabet dies. Inside the sentiment is made with her Happy Father’s Day shadow and word dies. The white label for a personal message is from the Flip Frame Pop-Up set. The funny golf sentiment on the card back is from Crackerbox Stamps.

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inches) envelope with “The grass is always green on the golf course” stamped on the back flap in green ink. Stamp is from Crackerbox Stamps.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Happy Father’s Day – 1164
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Flip Frame Pop-Up – 1134
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Alphabet – 1053

Stamps

Papers

  • The Paper Studio – 12×12 Patterned Paper – Texture – Green
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 Cardstock -65lb – White
  • Black Packaging Cardstock
  • Acetate Strip
  • A7 Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Green Gel Pen
  • Simon Says Stamp! – Pawsitively Saturated Ink – Fairway
  • Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends Marker – Dark Wild Honey & Light Copper Clay

Adhesives

Tools

A Burst of Color Fun Fold Card

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I’m here today with a 4-inch square card using Relatively Thoughtful digital papers – A collection called Overthinking in Colour by Karolina Osuchowska.

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

Cardbase: I printed on both sides of an 8.5×11-inch of lightweight cardstock using one graffiti wall design and one colorful design. Next I cut it into an 8.25×8.25-inch square and scored and folded at 4-inches on each side and along one of the diagonal corner to corner. (See the video above for basic directions.)

Card: Once the card was folded, I added hearts and sentiments cut from the paper collection. Next I colored some of the hearts in with a pink marker and added white lines around the outside edge of the paper.

Sentiments: All the sentiment strips I added talk about art, inspiration, love, peace, happiness and encouragement. The outside sentiments are part of the printed paper design.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) envelope with its back flap decorated with hand-drawn hearts and a sentiment strip.

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Materials Used:

Papers

Inks

  • OLO Marker – Dragon Fruit
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle

Tools

  • Computer and Color Printer
  • Scissors

You’re The Best – Thank You Card

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I’m here today with a 5×7-inch thank you card using Relatively Thoughtful digital papers – A collection called Overthinking in Colour by Karolina Osuchowska.

Watch the process video to see how I used the paper collection.

Cardbase: I used a white purchased A7 (5×7-inch) cardbase and covered the front and back panels with mats of glitter cardstock. The largest mat/frame is 4 7/8 x 6 7/8-inches with a (4.2 x 6.2-inch rectangle cut out from it.) The striped glitter paper is 4 5/8 x 6 5/8-inches.

Card Front: I printed out the second page of the collection onto clear vellum on my ink jet printer, let dry and sealed it with a spritz of hairspray and then let dry again. Next, I cut the vellum into a 4 1/4 x 6 1/4-inch rectangle. I used glue dots and double-sided tape only for this card. (Watch the video above for how the card was assembled.)

Sentiments: The sentiments were all from my stash of sentiment strips and kit sentiments.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inch) envelope with its back flap covered in the decorative paper.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233

Papers

Inks

  • OLO Marker – Neutral Gray 9
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

  • Double-Sided Tape – 1/4-inch wide
  • Fun Stampers Journey – Glue Dots

Tools

  • Computer and Color Printer
  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Paper Weights

Miscellaneous

  • Santoro – Gorjuss Girls – Large Ribbon Bow – Black & White Stripe
  • The Ribbon Boutique – Organza 1/4-inch -wide – Black

Father’s Day Card for a Navy Man

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I’m here today with a pop-up ship Father’s Day card full using Relatively Thoughtful digital papers – A collection called The Royal Navy Heritage Collection.

Watch the process video to see how I use the paper collection.

Cardbase: From the The Royal Navy Heritage Collection digital paper collection, I printed single-sided 65lb. lightweight cardstock of the blue neckerchief design. (When the neckerchief is cut out, it makes a 5.25×7.5-inch side-fold card.) Next I printed out on cardstock the blue & white striped page, and the small waves on thin white paper. Using the Karen Burniston Rectangle and Labels – Crosshatch die set, I cut two large crosshatch rectangles from the striped cardstock and two smaller rectangles from the wave paper. The rectangles were glued inside the cardbase as shown in the video above.

Card Decorations: I printed on thin white paper, the images of the ships used on the front and the back of the card from the The Royal Navy Heritage Collection. The small tag on the back is also from the same collection.

Ship Pop-Up: I used the Karen Burniston’s 1277 – Boat Pop-Up and 1296 – Cruise Ship Add-Ons dies to create the gray pop-up naval ship. (Watch the video above for assembly.)

Sentiments: Karen Burniston dies sets of Thank You, Happy Father’s Day, Greeting Labels, Thank You Shadow and Mini Alphabet and Numbers were used for all the card sentiments.

Envelope:  The card fits into a catalog (6×9-inches) envelope with “Thank you for always being there” stamped on the back flap in navy ink using Karen Burniston’s Thank You Phrases stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Greeting Labels – 1312
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Cruise Ship Add-Ons – 1296
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Boat Pop-Up – 1277
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Thank You Shadow – 1282
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangle and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Mini Alphabet and Numbers – 1197
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Happy Father’s Day – 1164
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Thank You – 1066

Stamps

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Thank You Phrases

Inks

  • Crafter’s Square – Matallic Marker – Blue Silver
  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Paris Dusk
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Papers

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
  • Double-Sided Tape – 1/4-inch wide

Tools

  • Computer and Color Printer
  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Ruler
  • Scissors
  • Stamping Platform
  • Tweezers
  • Paper Masking Tape

Groovy Vibes Tri-fold Junk Journal Birthday Card

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I’m here today with a pop-up junk journal birthday card full of the FAB FOUR using Relatively Thoughtful digital papers – A collection called Groovy Vibes.

Watch the process video to see how I use the paper collection.

Cardbase: I printed double-sided papers of the blue daisies with solid blue on the back and the crocheted granny squares with the pink sunburst on the back. from the blue daisies I cut a 6-inch square and a 6.5×6-inch rectangle. From the granny squares paper I cut a 6.5×6-inch rectangle. The two rectangles were scored and folded at a half-inch to form 6-inch squares with a tab. Follow the video above on how to glue the two tabbed pieces to the 6-inch square.

Waterfall Card Front: I printed double-sided paper of the pink daisies with the pink sunburst on the back, before cutting out the waterfall pieces using the Karen Burniston’s 1161 – Waterfall Card dies. Follow the directions in the video above to assemble. The Fab Four images were from the smaller images page of musicians while the song lyrics were from the larger rainbow page and the smaller hearts page.The square images were cut out using dies in the set. The title piece and birthday sentiment were fussy cut from the digital paper collection.

Photo Gallery Pop-Up: I used the Karen Burniston’s 1331 – Photo Gallery Pop-Up dies to create the pop-up gallery of head shots of the FAB Four. Follow the directions in the video above to assemble. The names were written on the white cardstock frames with a black fine-tipped marker before the clear packing tape was applied.

Sentiments: All the inside sentiments and images were hand-cut including the two white tags for a personal message.

Envelope:  The card would need a custom envelope and because of its thickness, it would be best hand-delivered.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Photo Gallery Pop-Up – 1331
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Waterfall Card – 1161
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Photo Collage Pop-Up – 1098

Papers

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
  • Double-Sided Tape – 1/4-inch wide
  • Clear Packing Tape

Tools

  • Computer and Color Printer
  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scissors
  • Circle Hole Punch – 1/4-inch wide
  • Paper Masking Tape

Flower Power Basket Pop-Up Card

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I’m here today with a pop-up basket card full of flowers using Relatively Thoughtful digital papers – A collection called Groovy Vibes.

Watch the process video to see how I use the paper collection.

Prepping Basket Cardstock: I printed two copies of the page of colorful hearts without words onto thin white paper. After fussy cutting out the hearts, I laid them out on two sheets of white cardstock, gluing them down after the layout was decided. Next, I covered the colorful hearts with clear packing tape.

Woven Basket: I used the Karen Burniston’s 1080 – Woven Basket Box Card dies to create the basket and grass and stem pieces. (You can find an assembly video for the basket on her website.)

Sentiments: The sentiment tags were printed and cut out with the large tag cut once in blue and once in brown kraft and glued back to back. The “Happy Birthday” was printed on thin white paper and cut out and glued to the large tag.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope with a pink flower glued to the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Woven Basket Box Card – 1080

Papers

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
  • Double-Sided Tape – 1/4-inch wide
  • Clear Packing Tape

Tools

  • Computer and Color Printer
  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scissors
  • Craft Knife
  • Craft Mat
  • Circle Hole Punch – 1/8-inch wide
  • Tweezers
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • Yellow Satin Ribbon 1/8-inch wide