Last Week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa – Essential Tag Punch: Take Two

September 14, 2020September 12, 2020 ~ Karen Young

For last week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa project, it was take two for the Essential Tag Punch.

I previously made this project at one of my recent Papercrafting Classes. The Card & (Your) Cuppa attendees liked it and wanted to make one, hence the reason for Essential Tag Punch: Take Two.

For this version, I’ve chosen Just Jade as my main colour.

Once again, it uses the Forever Greenery DSP, cut out with the Essential Tag Punch from the Mini Catalogue. I chose three pieces of DSP and cut two from each, in different orientations. This is so they could be used for either the top or bottom row.

It’s easier to start with the middle two shapes and work out, as you can decide your distances between the shapes. The shapes overhung the edges on mine, so I trimmed them down.

A sentiment from the Lovely You Stamp Set is stamped in co-ordinating Just Jade onto a punched circle.

This is layered onto a length of Just Jade Ribbon and a die cut from the Forever Flourishing Dies.

By make some small changes, using different sheets of DSP, using Just Jade and adding a sentiment, you can see the differences.

The previous one is below (right). Which do you prefer?

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Abstract/Shapes Class – Essential Tag Punch

August 18, 2020August 17, 2020 ~ Karen Young

Here is another project from my Abstract/Shapes Papercrafting Class. This uses the new Essential Tag Punch from the Mini Catalogue.

When I saw a similar project on page 61 of the new Mini Catalogue, I knew I had to make a version.

I chose the Forever Greenery DSP and cut out 6 shapes, 2 each from 3 different pieces from the pack. By rotating the paper 180 degrees for the second shape, I was able to have two orientations of the images.

Using one of the colours from the DSP, Pretty Peacock as my main colour, it ensures everything co-ordinates.

My shapes are too large for the layer they are stuck onto, so I have cut the edges off to make them fit.

Rather than add a sentiment, I chose to add a die cut shape instead. The shape is a leaf cut from the Forever Flourishing Dies and attached to a punched circle. These are stuck with Dimensionals over a piece of the reversible Pretty Peacock Ribbon.

It makes this a great card for any occasion.

I can’t wait to make more of these using other DSP packs.

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Last Week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa – Forever Greenery

July 27, 2020July 26, 2020 ~ Karen Young

For last week’s Card & (Your) Cuppa project, I chose to use the fabulous Forever Greenery Suite (again!) from the Annual Catalogue

My colours are from the Forever Greenery DSP. The greens of Pretty Peacock, Shaded Spruce, Just Jade, Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz and Soft Sea Foam all combine with Whisper White.

Using one of the Greenery Embossing Folders, Whisper White leaves create a pretty background. A strip of the DSP on each side then creates a border.

The leaves are cut in the various greens using the Forever Flourishing Dies from the Forever Greenery Suite.

Lengths of the reversible ribbon, with the co-ordinating Pretty Peacock side facing out are then added. This ribbon isn’t from the Suite, but it works beautifully with the project.

Finally, a die cut shape from the Tasteful Labels Dies with a sentiment from the Many Mates Stamp Set is placed on top. The sentiment is in Just Jade ink to co-ordinate with one of the colours.