Cinema Card Formulas

Hey, Stampers!

The Club Stamp Cinema collection (shipping today) contains a dozen 8.5x11" papers, a super-sized unmounted stamp sheet, five silver charms and some beautiful metallic ribbon. Follow the cutting instructions to create a fun batch of thirteen cards leaving only a teenie tiny pile o' scraps!

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Thirteen cinematic-themed cards.

Papers trimmed to look like a film strip.

Save your bubble wrap for a card embellishment.

Clapboards adhered with foam adhesive add dimension.

Little "winged" origami envelopes hold stamped tickets.

Paper trimmers ready!

1. Trim one 8.5x11 Aqua Plain, Wine Plain and Stone Print horizontally at 5.5". Cut one 5.5x8.5 horizontally at 8 and 4". Trim one 4x5.5 horizontally at 5.25". Cut the other 4x5.5 horizontally at 3.75 and 2". Trim one 1.75x4 horizontally at 3.75, 3 and 1.5". Score and fold the remaining 5.5x8.5 horizontally at 4.25".

2. Cut one 8.5x11 White Text Print vertically at 4.5 and 4". Trim each 4x11 horizontally at 5.75 and 5.25".

3. Trim the other 8.5x11 White Text Print vertically at 4.25". Cut each 4.25x11 horizontally at 6.75, 5.5 and 4.25". Save the four 4.25" squares for the envelope origami technique shown below.

4. Score one 8.5x11 White Plain, Wine Plain, Aqua Plain and (2) 8.5x11 Black Plains vertically at 4.25". Trim horizontally at 5.5". Fold each 5.5x8.5 in half along the scoreline.

5. Trim the 8.5x11 Stone Print vertically at 7.5 and 4". Cut the 4x11 horizontally at 10.5 and 5.25". Trim the 3.5x11 horizontally at 9.5 and 4.75". Stamp the unmounted "G" image four times onto the plain side of the 1x11" strip with India Black ink.

6. Stamp four UM clapboard images and four UM ticket images onto one 8.5x11 White Plain with India Black ink. TIP: Be sure to work on a well-cushioned stamping surface to achieve the best image. Try a test image on scrap paper prior to stamping on the White paper. Allow the ink to dry and trim each image from the paper with a craft knife or scissors.

Fold the four 4.25" White Text Print squares into these adorable mini envelopes by following the steps provided in the video below. The tickets stamped and trimmed from the 8.5x11 White paper will fit perfectly within the envelopes.



With all of your papers trimmed, you're ready to stamp and complete your cards! Let's take a closer look at a few of them . . .

Stamp the "3," "2," "1" images with Ash ink, and the quote with India Black.

Use silver or white pigment ink to stamp onto the Wine panel, or emboss with white powder.

The small square of bubble wrap is attached with ATG tape. Stamp onto the plain side of the Stone panel.

There's plenty of silver metallic ribbon to wrap around the panels twice.

Stamp any greeting(s) within the clapboard image. 

The metal wing charms paired with the origami envelopes make a cute combination!

Pop in a movie and get started on your cards the moment your Club Stamp kit arrives. It'll make your day!

Tricia

New Formulas for Oopsie Daisy

Hi, ya!

Shall we get some exceptional mileage out of our Oopsie Daisy Club Stamp collection? Our 12-pack of papers will make a beautiful batch of cards!

Before we get started, you'll have to do the "thinking" part. Let's get that out of the way.

1. Score one 8.5x11 Grey Print, one 8.5x11 Grey Plain, two 8.5x11 Green Plains and two 8.5x11 Caramel Plains vertically at 4.25". Trim horizontally at 5.5". Fold each 5.5x8.5 along the scoreline to create a card base.

2. Trim one 8.5x11 White Text Print vertically at 4.5 and 4". Cut each 4x11 horizontally at 5.75 and 5.25".

3. Oh, crap. What was I thinking?

• Trim one 8.5x11 Text Weight Print horizontally at 10.5, 9, 7.5, 6.5, 5.5, 4.5, 3.5, 2, and .5".
• Cut two 1.5x8.5 strips horizontally at 7 and 1.5". (Be sure the strips have different artwork.)
• Trim two 1.5x8.5 strips horizontally at 7, 5.5, 3 and 1.5".
• Cut each 1x8.5 strip horizontally at 5.5 and 3".
• Fold each 1x3 piece in half. (You can stack up to four strips at a time.) Cut a "v" into the folded edge to create banner-style pieces.
• If you like, punch a few daisies from the 1x2.5" pieces.

Here is the same cutting diagram superimposed onto the print.

If you are unsure about the cutting, this rescue video will help.



4. Cut one 8.5x11 Charcoal Plain vertically at 8, 5.75 and 3.5". Trim the 3.5x11 horizontally at 10.5, 7 and 3.5". Cut each 2.25x11 horizontally at 9, 6.75, 4.5 and 2.25".

5. Trim one 8.5x11 Charcoal Plain horizontally at 10 and 5". Cut each 5x8.5 horizontally at 7.5 and 3.75". Trim each 1x5 horizontally at 4". Cut the 1x8.5 horizontally at 8 and 4".

6. Cut one 8.5x1 Grey Print horizontally at 10.75 and 5.25". Trim the 5.25x8.5 horizontally at 8 and 4". Score and fold the 5.5x8.5 horizontally at 4.25".

7. Trim one 8.5x11 Grey Plain horizontally at 9.25, 7.25 and 5.25". Cut the 5.25x8.5 horizontally at 8 and 4". Trim each 2x8.5 horizontally at 8, 6, 4 and 2".

Now you can sort out the pile of wonderful pieces and turn them into some great cards!

Alternate the patterns of eight banner pieces onto the Charcoal panels.
Stamp the sentiment with White Pigment ink.
Staple a piece of ribbon to the lower left banner.

Stamp onto the patterned paper with a large daisy and India Black ink.

Add a punched daisy, if you like.

Place mini brads in each corner of the stamped Grey panel. 

These will make great anniversary cards!

Layer one each of four different 1.5" squares on the Charcoal square and add a matted sentiment.

Stamp and emboss the large framed image onto the Charcoal panels with gold powder.

Trim around the frame with a craft knife; cut around the daisy petal on the outside of the frame.

Mask a vertical and horizontal area of the Grey panels and sponge with Topaz ink to create a band. I used washi tape for my mask. I have a roll with a design I probably wouldn't use for anything else . . .

Stamp an image over the inked band. Outline with glitter glue.

Enhance one of the stamped daisies with a white gel pen and add ribbon.

Thirteen great cards from twelve sheets of paper.

That took some effort, but I think it was worth it! I hope you'll give it a whirl. But rest up and have some coffee first.

Tricia

New Formulas for Picnic Papers

Make the most of your 12-pack of Picnic Club Stamp papers with these clever cutting instructions. You'll end up with fifteen standard-sized (A2) cards.

We'll begin with the left brain activities:

1. Score one 8.5x11 Light Pink, one Dark Green, one Dark Pink, two Dark Blue Plains and two White Prints vertically at 4.25". Cut horizontally at 5.5". Fold each 5.5x8.5 horizontally on the scoreline to make a total of fourteen card bases.

2. Trim one 8.5x11 White Text Print (with four designs) vertically at 4.5 and 4". Cut each 4x11 horizontally at 5.75 and 5.25".

3. Stack the four text weight art panels and use a grid ruler and craft knife to cut them into four triangular pieces. Use a trimmer if you do not feel comfortable with a craft knife. The measurements provided are flexible, but I figured you'd want to know the ones I used.

The four triangular pieces will be interchanged and fitted together on a card base.

4. Trim one 8.5x11 Text Weight Print vertically at 4.25". Cut each 4.25x11 horizontally at 6.75 and 4.25". Use a 1" circle punch to create 16 circles from the middle section of the print. If you do not have a 1" circle punch, simply make 1" squares.

The 16 circles will be placed on a card in a grid pattern.

5. Cut one 8.5x11 Light Pink Plain horizontally at 10.5, 8 and 5". Trim the 5x8.5 horizontally at 7, 5.5, 4, and 2.5". Cut the 2.5x5 horizontally at 2.5". Trim the 3x8.5 horizontally at 4.25". Trim the 2.5x8.5 horizontally at 8, 6, 4 and 2". Cut the .5x8.5 horizontally at 4.25".

6. Trim the 8.5x11 Dark Green Plain vertically at 6.5 and 4.25". Score and fold the 4.25x11 horizontally at 5.5" to make a card base. Trim the 2.25x11 horizontally at 10.5 and 5.25". Cut the 2x11 horizontally at 8.25, 5.5 and 2.75".

7. Prior to trimming the 8.5x11 Dark Pink Plain, score vertically and horizontally every half inch to create a grid pattern. Slide a silver or white ink pad over the raised scorelines to enhance the texture. Trim horizontally at 10.75 and 5.5". Cut the 5.5x8.5 horizontally at 8, 6, 4 and 2". Trim the 5.25x8.5 horizontally at 8 and 4".

The raised scorelines look cool when inked with silver.

8. Fold the (4) 4.25x4.25 pieces from the White Text Print into hearts by following standard origami instructions found HERE. TIP: Trim a 4.25" square of text weight scrap paper and practice until you've figured it out. The first one can be tricky, but it's easy after the first try.

The pattern paper hearts are so cute!

9. The right side of your brain gets a turn!

Trim apart the row of four watermelon stamps, and just use two.

Use a fine tipped black pen to free-hand a double border around the panel.

Add a border around the outside edge of the Dark Blue card base with a white gel pen.

Attach the greeting vertically or horizontally.
TIP: Avoid touching the corner of the sentiment with an angle on the card. (Tangent.) 

OK, that ric rac is adorable . . .

. . . especially with a row of ants.

The narrow sentiment came from the Fire & Ice UM Greeting.

I think that's some pretty great mileage out of just twelve sheets of paper, don't you?

Happy Cardmaking!
Tricia