10 Items or Less: Paper Punches!

Hello Again!

Today's focus will be on using a couple of paper punches. We love the effect that a border or corner punch can give a card. It adds a little fun to each card you use! We'll also be using up some more of our scraps, so get those out too! Let's get started!

What you'll need for these cards:

Card 1:  Let's Float Away

• White cardstock (other half of Card 1's cardstock)
• Blue-Grey cardstock scraps
• Cerulean Blue cardstock scraps
• Let's Float Away sticker
• Lace Border Punch
• Corner Punch

Card 2: The Only Way is Up

What you'll need for this card:

• White cardstock cut to 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Save the other half for Card 2)
• Yellow cardstock scrap
• Sky Blue cardstock scrap
• Navy cardstock
• The Only Way is Up sticker
• Sky Blue ribbon
• Lace Border Punch
• Corner Punch

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Card : Let's Float Away

These are the cutting dimensions for the outside of the card:

• 3 squares of Cerulean Blue cardstock cut to 1 1/2" x 1 1/2"
• 3 squares of Blue-Grey cardstock cut to 1 1/2" x 1 1/2"
• 1 strip of Cerulean Blue cardstock cut to 1" x 5 1/2"

 Step 1: After you get your squares cut, you're going to use the corner punch to punch two diagonal corners. Make sure which ever two corners you choose on your first square are repeated exactly the same on all other squares. It will make a totally different look if you flip-flop.  ** The Let's Float Away sticker was square so I also gave the same punch effect on it. **

Step 2: Fold the card in half. Then use the lace border punch on opening side of the card as indicated in the above diagram.

Step 3: Apply the squares, alternating between the Blue-Grey and Cerulean Blue cardstocks. I put my focal sticker at the top right corner, but it will really look good in any of the squares.

 Step 4: Let's add some charm to the inside! Take your strip of Cerulean Blue cardstock cut to 1" x 5 1/2" and use the lace border punch on one side. Then take the straight edge side and line it up with the outside of the card. This way when the card is closed all you see is a pretty blue strip but when it's open you get a lace surprise!

All done!

Card 2: The Only Way is Up

These are the cutting dimensions for the outside of the card:

• Yellow cardstock cut to 5" x 3 3/4"
• 3 squares of Blue-Grey cardstock cut to 1 1/2" x 1 1/2"
• 1 strip of Cerulean Blue cardstock cut to 1" x 5 1/2"

Step 1: Take your other half of White cardstock and fold it in half. Use the corner punches to  round off the outer corners of the card where it opens.

Step 2: Take your Yellow cardstock and use the lace border punch on one of the 5" sides and the corner round punch on the opposite two corners.  Layer the Yellow on the White.

Step 3:  Only punch one side of the 4 1/2" Sky Blue cardstock leaving 2 pointed corners on the opposite side. Layer the Sky Blue on the Yellow, matching the rounded corner side with the other rounded corners and the pointed edges with the lace side.

Step 4: Now we're going to add a border to the Only Way Is Up sticker by laying it on the Navy cardstock and cutting around it to leave a little edge. 

Step 5: Take the Sky Blue ribbon and slip it through the opening on the newly backed sticker. It looks very cute if the edges get clipped to look like it has an inverted triangle or "flag" effect.  Apply adhesive and lay across the entire card.

And you just got through 2 more cards that take so little time or product! We hope you are enjoying these and come back for more! Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or comments. See you soon!

The 3 Chicks,

Hannah, Marisol & Joyce

10 Items or Less: Layers & Scraps

Hello!

We're really digging this 10 Items/10 Minutes or Less segment (as if you couldn't tell) so we're bringing you another one! We hope everyone is loving it! Today's cards will be focusing on layers and the use of scraps. We Chicks love paper so much that we hoard any and all scraps. Since this is not a cheap hobby, it's not hard to see why we would. However, that probably doesn't excuse the volume of scraps that some of us keep around. So to help sooth our guilt, we like to use those scraps to make pretty cards. 

Today's cards will have these items:

 Card 1: What's Up?

• Navy cardstock scraps
• Coral textured cardstock scraps
• Cream cardstock base
• What's Up? Sticker

Card 2: You Are My Sunshine

• Red textured cardstock scraps
• Coral cardstock scraps
• Sky Blue textured cardstock scraps
• Black cardstock scraps 
• You Are My Sunshine Sticker
• Cream cardstock base

Ok, now that you have your scraps and tools (you know, something to cut your paper, adhesive, and a pencil and ruler if you're not using a paper cutter) let's get started!

Card 1: What's Up?

We're going to start with a standard sheet of  8 1/2" x 11" cardstock that we'll cut in half to make a card at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". ** Save the other half for Card 2! **

**Please excuse the resolution of some of these photos. My camera was acting wonky and so I don't think it gave true colors for some pictures.**

Here's our measurements for our layers:

• Cream card base (Folded): 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
• Navy Layer: 5" x 3 3/4"
• Coral layer: 4 1/2" x 3 1/4"

Layer the Navy on top of the Cream and the Coral on top of the Navy.

Next, we're going to give the sticker a base by laying the sticker on the Navy cardstock and cutting around the sticker.

Don't worry about perfection, people will be so impressed you even attempted this that they'll love it no matter what!!

 Finally, we apply the sticker to the layered card stock! Here's the finished card!

 Isn't it cute?!

Card 2: You Are My Sunshine

Once you gather the scraps listed above and regroup your tools we'll get started again. .... Ready?? Great, let's get started! We're going to work just a tad harder on this one, but it will be totally worth it! Here are the measurement's we'll be using:

• 3 Coral cardstock rectangles cut to 2" x 1 1/4"
• 3 textured Red cardstock rectangles cut to 2 1/4" x 1 1/2"
• Sky Blue textured cardstock cut to 5" x 3 3/4"
• The other half of your Cream cardstock folded to 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Ok, lets get layering: layer the Black onto the Cream and the Sky Blue textured onto the Black. Then we're going to evenly space the 3 Red rectangles on the Sky Blue to take up three corners of the card. Then layer the Coral onto the Red. You'll notice we left one area blank. That's where our sticker is going!

Like we did before, we're going to be giving a base to our sticker:

 Apply the sticker to your card and admire your handy work!

Thanks so much for checking out our blog! We love doing this and we hope you give these suggestions a try! Keep checking back and we'll keep posting!

The 3 Chicks,

Hannah, Marisol & Joyce

Make A Card:10 items or less

Hello Crafters!

Us three chicks decided to start a series on our Blog. We haven't decided what we should call it officially...so lets start it off with Make a card in 10 items or less!

This is especially good for those of you new in making cards or crafting in general. Today we have a card made not only with 10 items or less but also under 10 minutes. Cool, right? Yeah, we think so. Here are the two cards made with one sheet of colored cardstock and some stickers:

Stickers.  Who doesn't love them?  So grab your favorite set of stickers and follow along to see how you can make yourself a cute card or two.

Here we are using a sheet of stickers that have some bright happy colors.  So I pulled out a sheet of your standard size colored cardstock.  Now we cut our cardstock in half.  By doing this we now have two card bases, which equals two cards. 

Next, let's pull out a stamp.  I used this Impression Obsession background stamp but any stamp would work with this.  I just stamped the card base with green ink.  By doing that you get a tone-on-tone look.  Gives us a little something for the background.  I only did this on one of the cards.   I even pulled out one of my border punches to give it a little "something".

 When I work with stickers I like to stick them on black cardstock and then cut around them.  Just because it gives the stickers a nice border and helps them to stand out.  Notice how I did that with this Hello Sticker.

Are you keeping track of the supplies we are using so far?  Just a few more things used for these cards:

Yah!  How much more simple can it get?  With just a few supplies we were able to make everyday cards for everyday people or as one of our Chicks (Hannah) says: Sticker-rific cards..ha ha

Thank you for visiting us today!

 The 3 Chicks,

Hannah, Marisol and Joyce