Tutorial for the Card holder or notepad

No, you are not seeing things. Yes, I did post this project the other day but I have the tutorial ready for it now. 

Note pad or card holder

pictures and instructions by Tanya Stottlemire

Note this is not my original design, I got my basic info from stampinwithblythe.com as well as splitcoaststampers tutorials.

Start with an 8 1/2x 11 piece of cardstock ( I am using strawberry slush )

score the 11 inch side at 2 inch, 3 inch, 9inch and 10 inch, then

on the 8 ½ inch side score at 1, 2, 6 ½ and 7 ½.

cut away the squares and spots marked with an X

then trim away the triangles marked with diagonal lines to create tabs.

After the extra paper is cut off and the tabs are made your cardstock should look like the photo below

Now fold all your crease lines and make sure you have the bottom of the box facing up and add score tape/sticky strip to all the tabs. (photo below)

Turn box over and add sticky strip to 3 sides of the box. (do not add it to the larger side that was scored at 2” and 3” yet) excuse the extra score line on the left it was a mistake. Photo below

Flip it over again and add your designer paper to the large space. My dsp is cut at 1 ¾ x 4

Move to the other end of the box, and using a circle punch, punch a hole that will make your tab when your box is done.  

Now carefully fold your box except the end with the dsp and fold in your tabs. Next, apply snail adhesive to the side flaps that are next to your dsp and fold them inside the box. Your box should now look like this.  

Finish by decorating how you would like. I added ribbon and a flower. Then cut printer paper in 1/4's and fill your box for scratch paper or with cards. You can see the punched tab on the photo below.

5 minutes to Fabulous Cards!

Tomorrow is my 5 minutes to fabulous card class. I want people to realize that they do not need a lot of time in order to make a beautiful handmade card that they can give. The 4 cards for tomorrows class can all be made in under 5 minutes. (well one did take me 6 1/2 but I re-tied the ribbon 3 times)

Two of tomorrow's cards will use the new Wildflower Meadow background stamp. It is super simple to get a quick gorgeous card from just inking this background stamp and using it as it is. I used crisp cantaloupe ink, and just added a little ribbon and some dazzling details to the card for some sparkle. 

 Using the exact same stamp you can do so many different things.  For this card all I did was ink the one flower using raspberry ripple and gumball green markers.  I stamped the sentiment that came with the first months My paper pumpkin kit and I was done! You can still get this sentiment if you join MPP now because it comes in every welcome kit! Loved this card, so just had to include it in my 5 minutes to Fab class.

The next two cards use the Flower Shop stamp set and punch. This set has 6 different flower images and they are really cute. You can order the bundle with the stamp set and punch and get 15% off! 

I stamped the flower onto whisper white using black staz-on ink randomly over the bottom two thirds of my paper, then stamped the sentiment from the Trust God stamp set on the top, tied my daffodil delight ribbon around it, layered it on basic black then on my card front, added punched daffodil delight blossoms and rhinestones and was done! 

The above card was cased from StampLadyKatie, I tend to case a lot of cards just because I only get to stamp about 4 days a month so I browse many card designs online and use the little time I get making cards instead of trying to re-invent the wheel. There are many talented people out there that are gracious enough to post and share their beautiful artwork and I thank them very much!

The following card is so simple I think it took less than 2 minutes total. But it is still very stunning in it's simplicity. A 1 inch wide strip of gingham garden paper, a stamped and punch island indigo flower, a small flower punch, pearl, my sentiment and it was done. The card I cased from here used the new gingham wheel which would make it easy to do in any color but I did not have that and loved this paper so it worked out well.