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Tutorial: 10 Minute Cards

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Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here to share a couple of fun cards I made by dressing up some papers from a 6×6 paper pad with PPP dies and sequins – these cards are amazingly simple to make, and yet with a few simple steps they look like you spent lots of time on them!

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Am I the only one who hoards (I mean, COLLECTS!) pattern papers? I’ve gotten pretty good at using them, since I’ve learned that I will definitely be adding more all the time, and will constantly have a new favorite, so I may as well enjoy the current favorite by actually using it! However, some of those pattern paper pads have the extra pre-decorated patterns that are almost a stand alone on as a card, but when I use them, I like to dress them up a little to make them a bit more unique! PPP sequins and border dies are the perfect way to do that!

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Here is the paper pad I used, as well as the pattern papers I chose. The top right pattern papers I trimmed to fit an A2 card front, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2, and the bottom images are from two sides of one piece of paper that I cut apart.

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I selected two different borders from Stitched Borders 1 Dies, starting with the scallop, and cut it to fit on each side of my pre-designed portion of the paper.

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On this photo you can see how I first trimmed one side with the zig-zag, layed the pre-designed portion over the top, then used Post-it tape to attach the die on the other side for perfect placement before running through my Big Shot die cut machine.

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Here they are die cut and layered together:

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Next, I used kids fun foam and my tape runner to attach them to the card front for some sturdy dimension.

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Finally, I added a sprinkling of 4 mm iridescent sequins in Sunshine Glow, Peridot Mist, and Strawberry Burst – attaching them with a dot of Glossy Accents.

Cards-6-24-16-133Here are close ups of the two finished cards – I absolutely adore the bright happy colors of this paper pad!!!

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Thanks so much for stopping by today – have an absolutely wonderful day!!!

9 Comments

  1. These are AWESOME! I just moved and I don’t even know if I own these boarders – need to go through my supplies to make sure that these are a staple!

  2. How cute are these cards? LOVE how you utilized that fun paper and your little additions to make those eye popping creations!

  5. Great way to use and dress up these paper pad papers (ppp lol). And yes, I’m a hoarder ehm collector too!

  7. Gasp, paper hoarding?! Why I never…. #guilty! #superguilty! Thank you so much, Heather, for the quick, easy, fabulous ideas! I am often trying to make a quick card at the last minute, and these are such great ideas! Thank you, thank you, thank you. *And yes, my name is Larissa, and I’m a paper hoarder! *Step 1, right? ;-)

  8. I am a hoarder too of patterned paper but your cards inspire me to use them I love these fun papers and love how you described how you used the dies.

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