card trio

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Designer:  Lisa Truesdell
One of my favorite ways to use stamps is as templates for paper piecings.  I combined that technique along with stamping on a transparency to create an embellished window in the front of each of these cards.  The fanciful designs and bright pastels of Heidi Grace’s Reagen’s Closet line make these cards perfect for a girl of any age, but you can adapt this technique to fit any theme by changing the stamps and papers.

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Instructions (Print version)

1. Fold white cardstock into a 4.25inx5.5in card.
2. Trim dotted patterned paper to 3inx4in.  Back with a piece of striped patterned paper and use the cloud edgers to trim the striped paper to mat the dotted paper. Attach to the front of the card.
3. Using the fingertip craft knife, cut a 2x3in window in the patterned paper.
4. Stamp the circles and swirls stamp on a piece of transparency, a piece of pink patterned paper, a piece of green patterned paper, and a piece of blue patterned paper.  Use MicroTip scissors to trim elements from the images stamped on paper and adhere them over the transparency.
5. Attach the stamped transparency to the card.
6. Stitch around the window.
7. Stamp “believe” on the left side of the card.

1. Fold white cardstock into a 4.25inx5.5in card.
2. Trim striped patterned paper to 2.75in x 5.5in.  Use Threading Water border punch along the top edge.
3. Trim floral patterned paper to 2in x 5.5in.  Layer over the piece of striped paper and attach to the front of the card.
4. Trim blue patterned paper to 2.25in x 2.75in
5. Trim pink patterned paper to 2x2.5in using scallop edgers. Layer over the blue patterned paper and attach to the front of the card.
6. Using the fingertip craft knife, cut a 1.5x2in window in the front of the card.
7. Stamp the butterfly stamp on a transparency and on a piece of pink patterned paper. Use MicroTip scissors to trim the butterfly from the pink paper and adhere it over the transparency.
8. Attach the stamped transparency to the card.
9. Stitch around the window.
10.  Add “friend” sticker to the lower left of the card and stitch into place.

1. Fold white cardstock into a 4.25x5.5in card.
2. Trim floral patterned paper to 4x5.25in rectangle. Attach to the front of the card.
3. Using pinking edgers, trim pink patterned paper to 2.5inx3.5in.  Attach to the front of the card.
4. Using the fingertip craft knife, cut a 1.75inx2.5in window in the front of the card.
5. Stamp the flower stamp on a transparency, a piece of blue patterned paper, and a piece of green patterned paper.  Use MicroTip scissors to trim elements from the images stamped on paper and adhere them over the transparency.
6. Attach the stamped transparency to the card.
7. Stitch around the outside of the floral patterned paper and around the window.
8. Stamp “play” on a piece of chipboard and attach to the bottom right corner of the card.

Supply List:
Fiskars Brands: 94817797 No. 5 Micro-Tip® Scissors
Fiskars Brands: 12-9902 7097 Desktop Rotary Trimmer
Fiskars : 01-001045 Border Punch Threading Water
Fiskars : 12-6395 FingerTip Craft Knife
Fiskars : 92017097 Scallop Paper Edgers
Fiskars  92007097 Pinking Paper Edgers
Fiskars : 12-9214 Clouds Paper Edgers
Fiskars : 01-000068 Stamp Block Set

Heidi Grace Designs: Reagen’s Closet patterned paper, embellishments and clear stamps

Other: white cardstock, black StazOn ink, transparency