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Hello, I’m Tracy and I’m excited to be sharing my first guest designer blog post for The Little Paper Tree.  I made this cute mini journal using Lesia Zgharda Design stamps. The Cover The journal measures 12cm x 8cm and is cut from kraft card.  I used a distressing tool on the edges and stained the whole cover including the edges using Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain distress oxides.  Then I stamped the Jar & Flowers stamp by Leisa Zgharda … Read More

Hi, have you seen the endlessly repeating background stamps by Picket Fence Studios. I knew I would be using the Reindeer Games stamp as a background as soon as I saw the Santa in the Believe in Magic stamp set.  I have a video tutorial for this card too – click here to watch the video in HD on YouTube. REPEAT BACKGROUND The Reindeer Games stamp has the deer and trees cut off at the edges of the stamp allowing … Read More

Welcome Tracy as the Guest Blogger for August. Meet Tracy I’m Tracy and I live in Suffolk with my husband of 20 years and my Newfoundland dog, Fergus.  I work part-time from home as a freelance medical typist, which helps to pay for my papercraft addiction!  I’m so excited to be a guest designer for The Little Paper Tree.  It’s lovely to be supporting a UK company, especially one so close to where I live.  My first crafty love was … Read More

Hello lovely crafters! Hope everyone is well. Well, I’m back to share another make with you all. Hope you like it. Die Cutting First of all, I die cut 2 rectangles out of black and white card. Jeni has some fabulous Lawn Fawn rectangle dies in the shop. I then stamped the flamingo with a versafine black ink pad using the fabulous Catherine Pooler Stand Tall Stamps. Next, I added the grass and water using distress inks and a spritz … Read More

Hi, Janet here with a clean and simple card that has a lot of texture. I love all the Beautiful Girls stamps by Picket Fence Studios but I didn’t feel like colouring skin, so I only coloured the flowers in her hair, and added some die-cuts by Catherine Pooler Designs. PROCESS Diecut the Wall Flowers cover plate die from Bristol Smooth card Adhere with liquid glue to an A2 card base made from the same card Stamp Beautiful Girl Sydney … Read More

Hello, Lisa here and I’m thrilled to be sharing my second guest designer post for The Little Paper Tree. Slimline cards seem to be very popular at the moment and I thought it would be the perfect layout for the super cute trio of mermaids from the Penguin Palace Take a Break stamp set.   Making the Background   When I create with anything sea-themed – like mermaids, I love making inky backgrounds that give the illusion of a swirly … Read More

Today I’m sharing a layered and stamped card which is simple to create but looks very effective. CREATING LAYERS Start by deciding the size of the finished card that you want – you can use a square or rectangle or even a circle.  Work down from your finished card size to decide on the layers you are going to use.   For example, my final card size is 13cm by 13cm which means my first black layer is 12.5cm by … Read More

Hi everyone, Karen here. Today, The Little Paper Tree invites me back to their blog as guest designer to showcase Penguin Palace’s Let’s Catch Up stamp set. The minute I saw her, I knew I just had to use the little shopping mermaid on my card and make her have an afternoon catching up with friends at the shopping mall! Backgrounds I created my own background paper using a few of the smallest stamps in the set. On a sheet … Read More

Hi, One of the new digital stamps by Sunshine Bee Designs is this Gerbera Digital Stamp.  This stamp is available to download HERE with a black outline or light grey outline.  Find all the digital stamps HERE. VIDEO TUTORIAL There is a corresponding video tutorial for this card over on YouTube – watch it HERE or scroll down for the written tutorial. COLOURING Print the Gerbera with the black outline onto Bristol smooth card sized to fit an A2 card.  … Read More

Hello there. Excited to be sharing my second blog post for The Little Paper Tree! I had a great time making this card. Hope you all like it. Stamping on patterned paper Firstly, I picked some patterned paper from my stash. I stamped my sentiment using the Just Because stamp set from Concord & 9th. Then I began to stamp flowers & foliage using the Tropically Yours stamp set from Catherine Pooler. I used Versafine black ink for the sentiment … Read More