Friday, September 27, 2024

Helpful Tip

Is your card layer always moving around when you are trying to add another card layer? All you need is graph paper, laminating pouch, and repositionable mounting squares. I drew a rectangle that represents an A2 (5 1/2" x 4 1/4") card layer on both sides and laminated.

After laminating, I place mounting square on top to hold the cardstock down. You can also apply a mounting square to the back to hold it onto your work surface. Laminating machines are not terribly expensive: Amazon and Scotch brand. Currently Scotch brand has laminating pouches for a real bargain at $15.98 for 100 pouches.

I have seen so many YouTube videos showing how to think "out of the box" and use a laminator machine for your crafting. 


There is 1/8" graph paper available, I have that as well.

Please consider using my Amazon Affiliate links for your purchases. It is a way for you to support my work. Thank you. 

Checkout my other Helpful Tips HERE.

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Angled Fun Fold Card

My new Crafts by Beth Brother Canvas/Workspace Tutorial
Creating Faux Dies is NOW Available.  Check out the post HERE!


Stampin' Up! Products
  • Basic White cardstock
  • Crumb Cake
  • Early Espresso
  • Misty Moonlight cardstock
  • Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
  • Crafts by Beth CPP Sentiments
    • Click HERE for more information
  • Butterfly Gala stamp set
  • Night of Navy ink
  • Butterfly Duet, Modern Label and Word Window punches
  • Pearl Basic Jewels
  • Dimensionals



The Angled Fun Fold Card Tutorial is available FREE with your $50 Stampin' Up! purchasing using my Hostess Code.  The tutorial can be purchased for $3.95 by clicking the Buy Now Button below.



 

Monday, September 16, 2024

The High Cost of Card Making

Things that make you go hmmm

One Die, Three Different Lengths, for $37.00
Plus Shipping/Handling 
$41.07 before tax

MAKE YOUR OWN!
Crafts By Beth Faux Die Tutorial


I have created a tutorial on how to create stamping layers and the "shadow" layer for your sentiment stamps. This was my first section in my tutorial. 

I had an “ah ha” when I was putting away a new photopolymer stamp set. Wait until you see how easy it is to create a Crafts By Beth Faux Die with my easy hack. 

The third part of the tutorial helps you create your own Faux Dies with your printer. 

These three tutorials are in my Crafts By Beth Faux Die Tutorial and will save you an incredible amount of money. For less than the price of one die set this is a game changer!

If you know the basics to using your Brother ScanNCut and the Brother CanvasWorkspace you will be able to master my tutorial in no time. If you decide to purchase my tutorial, you must need to understand how to scan and cut out an image using your machine. There are YouTube videos showing the basic steps for the beginner. To use this tutorial, again, you must know the basic steps in using your Brother ScanNCut and the Brother CanvasWorkspace software. I have never seen a video that creates sentiment and mat layers as easy as mine.

Click HERE for more information

Check out my affiliate link for the Brother ScanN Cut.  No need to purchase dies, just scan and cut. 

This is a PDF with instructions and picture illustrations. No need to stop and replay a video over and over again.


AVAILABLE NOW $24.95

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Showcase Fun Fold Card 2.0

I love to use the highlight the beautiful Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper as the focal point of a card. I created the Showcase Fun Fold Card Tutorial but wanted to step it up so that all the cut pieces of DSP follow the flow of the paper on each fold of a fun fold card. It took me over seven hours to design and try out to make sure my measurements were perfect. The problem I have is that my OCD carries into my crafting; this can be so frustrating. You can see examples of my Showcase Fun Fold Card HERE. This is my Showcase Fun Fold Card 2.0. I hope you like it.


Stampin' Up! Products
  • Cardstock
    • Basic White
    • Wild Wheat
  • Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
  • Blissful Bird stamp set
  • Misty Moonlight ink
  • Bird Builder punch
  • Black rhinestone

Stampin' Up! Products
  • Cardstock
    • Basic White
    • Misty Moonlight
    • Moody Mauve
  • Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
  • Blissful Blooms stamp set
    • Paper Pumpkin - August 2018
  • Misty Moonlight ink
  • Wild Rose die
  • Butterfly Duet punch
  • Pearl Basic Jewels

My tutorial is FREE with your $50 Stampin' Up! purchase from me using my Hostess Code. It is also available for $4.95; click on the Buy Now Button below. You will receive two diagram files, my original Showcase Fun Fold and Showcase Fune Fold 2.0 along with written instructions for my original tutorial. Both tutorials are for the same card, the 2.0 version has the pattern continuity measurements.

 

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Perfectly Spaced Diagonal Strips Card Layout

I've received a lot of emails asking how I made this card layout with perfect spacing between the strips. I created a FANTASTIC tutorial that has a template that will help you perfectly space the diagonal strips on this card. It is very easy and no grid paper needed. The written tutorial has step by step instructions with pictures. Also included is an eight-page diagram. The tutorial is FREE with you $25 Stampin' Up! purchase with me using my Hostess Code. I can also be purchased for $3.95, see Buy Now button below.


Stampin' Up! Products
  • Moody Mauve cardstock
  • Basic White cardstock
  • Early Espresso cardstock
  • Misty Moonlight cardstock
  • Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
  • Delicate Wings stamp set
    • Paper Pumpkin - April 2024
  • Expressions of Color stamp set
    • Paper Pumpkin - June 2021
  • Night of Navy ink
  • Crafts by Beth Faux die using  Delicate Wings
  • Rhinestones
  • Dimensionals

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Custom Make Your Own Stamp Dies - Crafts by Beth Faux Die Tutorial

Wouldn't you love having a die for every stamp set image?  Who wouldn't!

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I created a Faux Die for the butterfly from the Paper Pumpkin Delicate Wings stamp set and it was so easy.The "die cut" for the butterfly was cut using my Brother ScanNCut and their free software CanvasWorkspace. It is so easy with my tutorial. You can create files to use for all your stamps, each stamp image can be made into a faux die in less than five minutes. 

There are so many YouTube videos that show how to stamp an image and draw an outline of it, closing in the "opened" lines and cut with your machine.  Sometimes you didn't get a perfect scanned image and you have to try again. Stamp ten butterflies and you have to outline and/or close the opened lines for EACH AND EVERY butterfly. With my tutorial, you can create a file, cut ten butterflies, stamp the "die cuts" and you are done! 

With my Brother ScanNCut tutorial, why have a die where you stand over your die cutting machine, line up the image with the die and crank EACH AND EVERY butterfly. That takes a LONG TIME! And you have the battle of the die slipping over the stamped image as you are cranking it through and you have to stamp and die cut another butterfly. There goes one stamped image into the trash and your wasted time. Think of the money you'll save not purchasing dies! Most stamp sets only have three to four dies created for it, with my method you'll have a "die" for each stamp image. Keep in mind a die set may have a die that is unique, if that is the case, you may want to purchase the die set.

©Stampin’ Up!
Oh my gosh....you can make faux dies for every Paper Pumpkin stamp set and every stamp set you own! You'll be the envy of
every stamper!

I have created a tutorial on how to create stamping layers and the "shadow" layer for the sentiment. If you know the basics to using your Brother ScanNCut and the Brother CanvasWorkspace you will be able to master my tutorial in minutes. If you decide to purchase my tutorial, you must need to understand how to scan and cut out an image using your machine. There are YouTube videos showing the basic steps for the beginner. To use this tutorial, again, you must know the basic steps in using your Brother ScanNCut and the Brother CanvasWorkspace software. I have never seen a video that creates sentiment and mat layers as easy as mine.

This tutorial is FREE with a qualifying Stampin' Up! order from me. The tutorial is also available for purchase. More information can be found after the directions for this card.

©Stampin’ Up!
Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Diagonal Strips Card Layout

Stampin' Up! Products
  • Moody Mauve cardstock
  • Basic White cardstock
  • Early Espresso cardstock
  • Misty Moonlight cardstock
  • Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
  • Delicate Wings stamp set
    • Paper Pumpkin - April 2024
  • Expressions of Color stamp set
    • Paper Pumpkin - June 2021
  • Night of Navy ink
  • Crafts by Beth Faux die using  Delicate Wings
  • Rhinestones
  • Dimensionals

Check out my affliliate link for the Brother ScanN Cut.  No need to purchase dies, just scan and cut.

The tutorial cannot be copy and/or distributed. I spent three weeks creating and perfecting this tutorial. Thank you for understanding. 

This tutorial is free with your $50 Stampin' Up! order placed with me using my Hostess Code. This tutorial is also available for $24.95. Click on the Buy Now button below.

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Free Five Strip Card Layout Diagram


Stampin' Up! Products
  • Moody Mauve cardstock
    • Card base measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
      • Score at 4 1/4"
    • Scrap for sentiment mat * and flowers
  • Basic White cardstock
    • Card layer (inside) measures 5 1/8" x 3 7/8"
    • Scrap for circle (sentiment)
    • Scrap for sentiment *
  • Early Espress cardstock
    • Card layer (inside) measures 5/8" x 3 7/8"
    • Scraps for leaf sprigs
  • Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
    • Card layer measures 4 7/16" x 3 7/8"
      • Cut strips measuring 7/8" x 3 7/8"
        • Scrap left over
    • Card layer (inside) measures 1/2" x 3 7/8"
  • Beautiful Autumn stamp set
  • Early Espresso ink
  • Crafts by Beth Faux die *
    • Click HERE for more information
  • Everything is Rosy dies
  • Itty Bitty Accents punch
  • Pearl Basic Jewels
* I created my own faux sentiment die cut and shadow using my Brother ScanNCut. Every stamp can be a die!

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Meandering Meadows Designer Series Paper - Standing Step Fun Fold Card


Have you ever spent hours trying to cut out a Step Card Fun Fold only to find that after you completed it, it doesn't stand up? Not anymore! This is not your complicated step fun fold with score lines and cut lines within the score lines. This is SUPER EASY! My tutorial has two layout options along with instructions on how to cut you DSP keep the pattern consistent across the entire card.
Click HERE for more Standing Step Fun Fold Card ideas.





Stampin' Up! Products
  • Garden Green cardstock (cardbase)
  • Basic White cardstock
  • Crushed Curry Cardstock
  • Melon Mambo cardstock
  • Meandering Meadows Designer Series Paper
  • All the Little Things stamp set
    • Paper Pumpkin - April 2023
  • Memento Tuxedo Black ink
  • Sentiment die
  • Pearl Basic Jewel