Shape Cards

Shelf Cards – Plant Ladder

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

Today’s card is a plant ladder made with dies by Scrappy Tails.

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

Cardbase:  Use the outline die in the Plant Ladder die set to cut a shaped cardbase from a 3×12-inch piece of card stock that has been folded in half. Place the die so that the two top cutting edges of the die are just off the fold.

Sentiments:  I am leaving off any sentiment so that there is space inside and on the card back to write a message.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope with a cardstock liner to keep the palm tree leaves from getting damaged in the mail.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Scrappy Tails – Metal Dies – Plant Ladder

Papers

  • Bazzill – 12×12 Cardstock – Sand Dollar
  • Black, Browns, Greens, and Yellows Cardstock Scraps
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Adhesives

Tools

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

A Map To The Caribbean

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Taking a sailing vacation around the Caribbean Sea deserves a special bon voyage card.

For this shape card, I used products from Scrappy Tails’ new Nautical 2023 June Collection.

Map: Stamp on kraft paper the Caribbean Map Stamp. Using the coordinating stencil set –Layering Caribbean Map Trio, start with the grid stencil and brown ink. Use the next two stencils to add color to the land masses, ships, whales and compass. (I found it easier to use a white opaque marker to color the sails than use the stencil.) I used the A7 Compass Scroll die to cup the map making sure the words of “Caribbean Sea” were visible. To create the rolled back of the scroll, I die cut just the scroll portions of the die from kraft paper and trimmed to fit the map. I daubed brown ink to shade and age the scroll and map.

Cardbase:  Cut three scrolls from kraft paper using the A7 Compass Scroll die. Cut a 2 1/4-inch x 4 1/4-inch rectangle from kraft paper and fold in half longwise for the card hinge. Glue the hinge to one of the scrolls to be the cardback as shown in photo. Glue hinge to back of map scroll, matching the shape edges.

Trim over hanging bits of hinge. Glue the scroll edges together at hinge fold. Trim the remaining two kraft scrolls to fit inside the card and cover hinge.

Compass: Cut the nine dies that make up the compass from the A7 Compass Scroll die set. Use lightweight colored cardstock for the three main parts and ink them to provide depth and shading. Cut the smaller bits from gold cardstock.  Glue completed compass to inside of card.

Sentiment: Stamp in black, the “Let your dreams set sail” from the Set Sail stamp set on the top left of the map scroll.

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 envelope that I decorated the back flap with the Caribbean Islands banner fussy cut from the map.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps and Stencils

Papers

  • Kraft Cardstock
  • Matte Gold Cardstock
  • Blue, Brown, White and Yellow Cardstock
  • A7 ivory Envelope

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- gathered Twigs, Fossilized Amber, Saltwater Taffy, Abandon Coral, Cracked Pistachio
  • Recollections – Opaque Marker – Snow
  • Sharpie- Permanent Marker – Fine Point – Red

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Cloth
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Quickstik Tool
  • Craft Mat
  • Scissors