Fun Fabric Cards and Card Idea Roundup!

So I had some birthdays and of course Mothers day these past few weeks and I wanted to make some cards. I love this Paisley fabric I have so I wanted to incorporate it somehow. So I came up with the idea to do a cut-away and put the fabric underneath it.

Here are two that I made:

On both of them I just...

• found a clip art or font that I liked and printed it out for my template (I used a cupcake and "m" for the ones above)
• folded a piece of paper into 4ths to make the card (like a traditional card you would fold).
  
• on the bottom right quadrant I traced my template and then used my cool Fiskars fingertip craft knife (a cooler version of a exacto-knife) to cut out the template area
  
• taped my fabric (or felt- like in the cupcake one) on part that would be underneath the template.
  
  
• I just glued down the top half to the bottom so the fabric is covered (and you don't see the tape)
  
• embellished the card with some dashes and print!
  
  
  

Here are some other great card ideas I have found on other blogs!

(all pictures from respective links)

1. Stamp With Diane- Money Holding Card
2. Make and Takes- Hand Stitched Card
3. The How-to Gal- Flower Pop-up Card
4. Inchmark- Silhouette Card


Now take these ideas and get INSPIRED and create come cute cards!

Mini Bunting Birthday Card VIDEO Tutorial.

So after breaking into the tutorial world with my first one... I realized they are pretty simple (as long as you plan ahead and think about it as you make the item). Well I was going to do a regular one but got lazy and didn't want to take a whole bunch of pictures of each step... in BAD lighting... so I pulled out my trusty FLIP camera and decided to give a VIDEO tutorial a whirl!

So first let me tell you where my inspiration came from... I stumbled upon this cute card on How about Orange a while ago... and it is my grandma's birthday tomorrow (yeah, she is a st. patty's girl!), so i had an opportunity to try it out!

So here is my tutorial... please pardon the shaky-ness, bad lighting, and overall AMATUER-ness of it all... but hopefully the things I am teaching come across.

Let me know if you make one of these and if you found the tutorial helpful. Also I gladly welcome any constructive criticism so I can make the tutorials better!