Spice Cake Series XI

Postcard style cards are simple to make and can be used for almost any occasion.

 Instructions

• Soft Suede cardstock
• Card layer measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• This is NOT a folded card base
• Card layer measures 4" x 1 1/4"
• Pumpkin Pie cardstock
• Pumpkin
• Very Vanilla cardstock
• Card layer measures 4" x 5 1/4"
• Certainly Celery cardstock
• Leaf
• Spice Cake Designer Series Paper
• Card layer measures 4" x 1"
• Old Olive ink
• Martha Stewart Leaf Stamp and Punch set
• Sizzix Pumpkin #4 Sizzlit
• Dimensionals

Spice Cake Series X

I love making these mini composition notebooks.  Walmart had mini composition books for $.88 for a pack of three. 

Stampin' Up! Products (unless noted otherwise)

• Spice Cake Designer Series Paper
• Front measures* 3 7/8" x  4 1/2"
• More Mustard cardstock
• Scrap for flower
• Strip is 1/2" wide, crimp, flatten, glue and trim
• Pear Pizzazz cardstock
• Back measures* 3 7/8" x  4 1/2"
• Scrap for 5-Petal Flower
• Pool Party cardstock
• Scrap for Fancy Flower
• Triple Treat Flower stamp set
• Soft Suede ink
• Circle 1/2", Fancy Flower and 5-Petal Flower hand punches
• Crimper
• Dimensionals (used one between the two flower layers
• Cream colored brad (non SU) 1/8"

Oops- can you figure out my mistake?  Urgghhhh!!!

* I have found that each composition notebook differs in measurement from the black binder to the edge.

Spice Cake IX

Autumn leaves are slowly falling in Jasper, Alabama.

Stampin' Up! Products (unless noted)

• More Mustard cardstock
• Card base measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Very Vanilla cardstock
• Card layer measures 3 3/4" x 5"
• Spice Cake Designer Series Paper
• Card layer measures 3 1/2" x 4 3/4"
• Maple Leaf EK Success hand punch
• Circle 1 3/8", 1 1/4" and Decorative Label hand punches
• Crafts by Beth CPP Sentiments*
• Several embossing folders
• Dimensionals

* Crafts by Beth's Click, Print and Punch - Please view THIS posting for updated information about Crafts By Beth CPP sentiments.

Spice Cake Series VIII

Stampin' Up! Products (unless noted)

• Recollections Ivory Notecard
• Card base measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Pool Party cardstock
• Scrap for circle
• Soft Suede cardstock
• Card layer measures 4" x 5 1/4"
• Scrap for label
• Spice Cake Designer Series Paper
• Four strips, each measuring 3 3/4" x 1 1/8"
• Crafts by Beth CPP Sentiments*
• Printed on Very Vanilla cardstock
• Circle 1 3/8" and 1 1/4", Decorative Label and Trio Flower hand punches
• Wal-Mart 1/2" buttons
• Recollections Brown Faux Pearl
• Dimensionals
• Mini Glue Dots

* Crafts by Beth's Click, Print and Punch - Please view THIS posting for updated information about Crafts By Beth CPP sentiments.

Spice Cake Series VIII

Spice Cake Series using the Freshly Made Sketches #101 card map.

Stampin' Up! Products (unless noted)

• Ivory Cardstock (The Paper Company)
• Card base measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
• More Mustard cardstock
• Card layer measures 2 3/4" x 4"
• Pool Party Cardstock
• Flowers - Frugal scraps I cut from card layers previously used
• Soft Suede cardstock
• Scrap for 1 3/8" circle
• Very Vanilla cardstock
• Sentiment
• Spice Cake Designer Series Paper
• Card layer measures 2 1/2" x 3 3/4"
• Brown banner measures 3" x 3/4"
• Blue banner measures 2" x 3 /4"
• Mustard banner measures 2 1/2" x 5/8"
• Crafts by Beth CPP* Sentiments
• Blossom, Circle 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" hand punches
• Dimensionals

My most popular gift set of cards are ones that the recipient chooses the sentiment. Included in this four-card gift set will be a selection of sentiments.  I use clear mounting stickers on the back of the sentiments. Select the sentiment, peel and stick.

* Crafts by Beth's Click, Print and Punch - Please view THIS posting for updated information about Crafts By Beth CPP sentiments.

Spice Cake Series VII

Stampin' Up! Products (unless noted otherwise)

• Soft Suede cardstock
• Card base measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
• Card layer measures 4" x 3"
• Very Vanilla cardstock
• Card layer measures 3 3/4" x 2 3/4"
• Spice Cake Designer Series Paper
• Card layer measures 5 1/4" x 4"
• Blooming with Kindness and You Are Loved stamp sets
• Early Espresso and More Mustard ink
• Brown faux pearls (Expressions)
• Dimensionals

Spice Cake Series VI

My inspiration for this card comes from a card Maryse P. posted.

Stampin' Up! Products (unless noted otherwise)

• Soft Suede cardstock
  
• Card base measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (folded)
• Scrap for Top Note
• More Mustard cardstock
• Card layer measures 2 3/4" x 4"
• Pool Park cardstock
• Card layer measures 4" x 5 1/4"
• Very Vanilla cardstock
• Card layer measures 3 3/4" x 5"
• Spice Cake Designer Series Paper
• Scraps for squares
• Itty Bitty Banners stamp set
• Soft Suede ink
• Sizzix Bird & Blooms and Top Note die
• Itty Bitty Banner Framelit
• Blossom and Postage hand punches
• Dimensionals
• Spare Parts brass 1/8" brad

Spice Cake Series V

I was blown away by a card made by Jen S..  This card is simple, yet elegant.

Stampin' Up! Products (unless noted otherwise)

• Recollections Premade Card
• Card base measures 4" x 5 1/2"
• Crumb Cake cardstock
• Banner measures 3" x 3/4"
• Early Espresso cardstock
• Card layer measures 2 3/4" x 2 3/4"
• Cut a 3/4" circle from this piece (frugal tip)
• Pool Party cardstock
• Scrap for flower 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"
• Very Vanilla cardstock

• Thread in button
• Spice Cake Designer Series Paper (retired)
• Card layer measures 2 5/8" x 2 5/8"
• Occasional Quotes stamp set
• Early Espresso ink (sponged DSP layer and flower)
• Circle 3/4" hand punch
• Fun Flowers Sizzix
• Button 1/2" (not SU)
• Glue dots
• Dimensionals (be generous)

Spice Cake Series IV

I call this design a Sunrise Card.  This card is constructed like the card in this post.  Please DO NOT use the measurements given in that posting, this card is smaller.

Stampin' Up! Products (unless noted otherwise)

• More Mustard cardstock
• Card base measures 4 7/8" x 3 1/2" (cut 4 7/8" x 7", score at 3 1/2")
• Card layer measures 4 5/8" x 1/4"
• Very Vanilla cardstock
• Card layer measures 4 5/8" x 3 1/4"
• Spice Cake Designer Series Paper (retired)
• Four or five pieces*, each measuring 4" x 1 1/2"
• Avery 8 1/2" x 11" labels
• Card layer measures 4 5/8" x 2 1/2"
• Flower Shop and Thank You Kindly stamp sets
• Soft Suede ink
• Pansy Punch
• Dimensionals

*Depending on where you start laying down your strips, you may be shy of a sliver.  First cut off the paper that hangover the backside, if the strips are too small, you will need to use a fifth strip.  (Shhh...don't tell anyone, but I have a bare spot behind the pansy.)

Spice Cake III (correction)

I had misidentified a letter in the detailed layout of yesterday's card.  This is the correct detail.  My post HERE has been updated to reflect the correct layout.

Spice Cake Series III

If you like this card design, hop on over to Splitcoaststampers and follow their tutorial and come back here for breakdown of the dimensions I used.  I was inspired by a card by Twila D., I liked it so much, I CASEd the patterns she used in each panel.

Stampin' Up! Products (unless noted otherwise)

• Soft Suede cardstock 12 x 12
• Make two and save scoring time
• Score first at 2", 4", 8" and 10"
• Cut two card bases each measuring 5 1/2" x 12"
• The rest of the directions are for one card.
• Follow the tutorial for correct cutting of panels.
• Scrap for flower
• More Mustard cardstock
• Card layer measures 3 3/4" x 2 1/4"
• Scrap for flower
• Pear Pizzazz cardstock
• Scrap for leaves (cut 4 and cut them apart, one two leaf and one three leaf)
• Very Vanilla cardstock
• Card layer for inside sentiment measures 3 1/2" x 2"
• Scrap for flower
• Spice Cake Designer Series Paper (retired)
• A - Small rectangles measure 1 3/4" x 1 1/4" (cut 3 pairs of 2)
• B - Center strip measures 1 1/4" x 3 3/4" (cut 2)
• C - Single strip measures 1 3/4" x 2 1/4" (cut 1)
• D - Card layered by More Mustard measures 3 1/2" x 2" (cut 1)
• E - Tall strip measures 1 3/4" x 5 1/4" (cut 1)
• Flower Shop stamp set
• Soft Suede ink
• Pansy Punch
• Dimensionals

Spice Cake Series II

Stampin' Up! Products (unless noted otherwise)

• Soft Suede cardstock
• Card base measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Pool Party cardstock
• Card layer measures 4" x 5 1/4"
• Spice Cake Designer Series Paper
• Cut 4 strips of 7/8" wide paper
• Lengths of strip measures 4 1/2", 3 1/2", 2 1/2" and 1 1/2"
• Papillon Potpourri and Thank You Kindly stamp sets
• Soft Suede ink
• Bitty Butterfly and Trio Flower hand punches
• Dimensionals
• Light brown pearl (Recollections)

Tami White, a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator created an awesome video demonstrating on how to make the strips using the butterfly punch.  Please take time to leave her a comment.

Spice Cake Series I

I purchased Spice Cake Designer Series Paper (retired) because of the colors.  I will be creating cards using this paper and posting them under Spice Cake Series.

Your First Installment

Stampin' Up! Products (unless noted otherwise)

• Ivory cardstock (Recollections)
• Card base measures 5 1/2" x 4"
• More Mustard cardstock
• Card layer measures 5 1/4" x 3 3/4
• For doily 2" x 2"
• Pool Party cardstock
• Itty Bitty Banner
• Soft Suede cardstock
• Begin with 1" x 4" piece, then cut using edgelit
• For doily 2 1/4" x 2 1/4"
• Spice Cake Designer Series Paper
• Card layer measures 1 7/8" x 3 1/2"
• Card layer measures 3 1/4" x 3 1/2"
• Crafts by Beth CPP Sentiments*
• Adorning Accent Edgelits
• Itty Bitty Banners Framelits
• Delicate Doilies Sizzlit
• Circle 1 3/8" and 1 1/4" hand punches
• Dimensionals

* Crafts by Beth's Click, Print and Punch - Please view THIS posting for updated information about Crafts By Beth CPP sentiments.