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Today I thought we would try the Building Block Cardtutorial, which was featured in the Weekly Inkling back in February. I've seen some lovely cards in the gallery made following it, but never got time to try it myself.
I have to admit that since I still don't feel I've got the hang of the Tri-Shutter card :rolleyes:, I wasn't sure how I would find this one! I see gorgeous Tri-Shutter cards in the gallery and from time to time I try one again, but something just hasn't gelled for me yet. But I must say I really enjoyed making the Building Blocks card - I hope you will too.
I wasn't going to use letters on my blocks at first - I was going to go with tumbling leaves. But then I went looking for a large sentiment to use on the front of the card, and once I'd found the sentiment, it was easy to add letters to my blocks inside ;-).
Since I'm starting to think about Father's Day, I was just thinking this evening that "BEST DAD" would work pretty well as letters to use on the blocks...
TheTUTORIALmakes a card which is 5 1/2" high by 3 1/2" wide when closed.
If you wish to make one slightly wider, a 5 1/2" x 12" piece of cardstock scored at 4" and 8", and following the tutorial measurements for the blocks, will give you a card that's 5 1/2" high by 4" wide. Since I have a lot of 12x12 cardstock I'll probably try this next time round...
** Since we have an onsite tutorial for this technique, we also have a special gallery you can upload your creation to. Simply choose Technique Spotlight from the Main Gallery dropdown option, and Building Block Card from the sub gallery options. If you need some inspiration with this format, you can always check out the gallery HERE.
So - get creating and when you've finished your Building Block Card, remember to use the keyword TLC483 when you upload it, and come back and share the link here.
If you're not sure how to link your card on the thread here, here's how .
1. Open 2 windows or tabs: one window for your card and one for this thread.
2. In this thread, click on reply and type anything you want to show before the link.
3. Go to your card window. Highlight the address for your card. (It says www. splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showphoto..... and so on)
4. Click EDIT. Click COPY
5. Go back to this thread. Click PASTE.
Your card is beautiful, Sabrina! I just gave one of these for a birthday and the friend loved it!! Guess its time to try another!
I know you're great for trying out the weekly tutorials pretty quickly, Kathy! (The days when I had time for that are long gone, alas.) But I'm sure you'll enjoy making another one this week ;-).
I know you're great for trying out the weekly tutorials pretty quickly, Kathy! (The days when I had time for that are long gone, alas.) But I'm sure you'll enjoy making another one this week ;-).
Almost done! I agree with Lois that the difficulty arises in the words! LOL
Almost done! I agree with Lois that the difficulty arises in the words! LOL
Ah - but that's exactly why I wasn't going to bother with words - until my front sentiment made them a no-brainer. I was thinking of some of those cube stamps, with 4 different views of a snowman..you could intersperse those with snowflakes. And my Plan A was just to diecut and colour leaves, and have them on the blocks. Now you have me thinking (since I don't actually own any of those block type stamps), even just something like the frog from Unfrogettable would work, stamped on squares at different angles...
Hmm - I think I'll have to make time to make another card myself ;).
OK - I've tried one without words .
Not thrilled with the front (but I didn't have a lot of time for coming up with anything better) but I'm definitely happy with the inside. I adjusted the blocks to give me just 3, but they are square. TLC483 Hoppy Birthday
It came out so cute, Sabrina! I forgot to mention that I cut away the smaller portions on the block part. They just seem to get in the way when you fold it. Works for me!
It came out so cute, Sabrina! I forgot to mention that I cut away the smaller portions on the block part. They just seem to get in the way when you fold it. Works for me!
LOL - I thought it looked like that when I went to comment on it just now. I have to admit that using lighter card today the folds are much better behaved - from my experience with the sample card I totally get why you cut the little strips off, they kept wanting to go the wrong way.
I've been wanting to try one of these, so this just might be the push I need. I hope to find some time today.
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Indeed, thanks for reminding us, Karen! And thanks for the challenge, Sabrina...one I have not attempted...after our festivities, bar-B-que, and yard work...not in that order...I want to play with paper.....happy Memorial Day,
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Yes, the words were a challenge. I actually brought out the thesaurus, trying to find (appropriate) four letter words! I settled on our high school's colors. "Time never shall sever friends of the blue and the gold."
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Thought I had posted this earlier, but went to show my mom & couldn't find it. Here is my card for this challenge! I enjoyed learning this new technique & will definitely use it again! Thanks Sabrina!