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The Made With Love stamp set by Trinity Stamps is not a Christmas themed set but it is perfect for my needs.  I finished a crocheted blanket (started in September 2018) and want a custom gift tag and a matching Christmas card.   If you’d prefer to watch the process (either here on the blog or over on YouTube) the video is below, but read on for the written tutorial.     Shaped Card The base for both my card … Read More

How are you getting on with your Christmas card making? Do you keep to clean and simple designs for easy mass production? Or go all out with interactive and intricate designs?  Everyone at TLPT HQ loves this Slimline Surprise interactive die by Trinity Stamps.  As soon as I saw the Tree-mendous stamp, also Trinity Stamps, I knew I had to use them together.   There is a video tutorial for this card over on YouTube which you can watch here. … Read More

Hey crafty people! I hope you & yours are well! ❤ This week’s inspiration comes in the form of an Autumn Rainbow wreath using Trinity Stamp’s co-ordinating stamps, dies & co-ordinating stencil.   I got these in my recent crafty haul and I couldn’t wait to get to play with them!! As soon as I saw them I had Laura Bassen’s voice in my head: ‘if you’ve got a leaf, make a wreath’. So that’s what I did. 😉   … Read More

Have you seen the To Go Gift cardholder die by Catherine Pooler? I have two ‘cards’ that use the Best In Patch and Pumpkin Season stamp sets. There are two dies in this set to make the take out cup with gift card holders, and the cup sleeve to slip in the take out cup and hide the gift card. Trim off the two flaps to use this die on as a traditional card. Watch the video tutorial below or … Read More

Hi, this card did not go as planned at all! My Versamark ink pad is very well-loved – very messy and a bit dry. I wanted crisp clean white heat embossed ghosts to do some ink blending over the top.  What I ended up with is messy uneven heat embossing.  But these are ghosts (the Slimline Boos stamp set by Trinity Stamps) so let’s just go with a dark messy ghostly card. You can watch the video process here on … Read More

Hi, I love making Autumn cards with warms reds, oranges and yellows. Autumn is definitely my favourite season with the leaves changing colour to deep reds. I use the Autumn Leaves stamp with the coordinating Autumn Leaves stencil to make a crisp coloured card. There is a process video for this card. You can watch it below or on YouTube.  Please let me know if you would like the video tutorials in the blog posts. The ink colours I use … Read More

The Little Paper Tree turns 5 this month! To celebrate we are having a few birthday surprises! Click here to find all the offers this month. Over on Instagram, we are having an Instagram Giveaway Hop to win £25 gift voucher for the shop (hop begins 7pm today, 1st October).   My celebration cards are two birthday cards using the Layering Balloons stencil by Trinity Stamps. I made two cards – one green (because green is the colour of our … Read More

I’m back with some more Trinity Stamps inspiration for you, but this time I played with the super cute Bunny Burrow stamp set & co-ordinating dies! I started by stamping a load of images onto a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock using Versafine Onyx Black ink. This is my preferred ink when I’m only lightly adding water to the images, but I did heat set it just to be sure that it was totally dry.   Colouring & Diecutting I … Read More

Hey crafty people, it’s Tasha here, back with more crafty inspiration for your Saturday morning!  I am having so much fun playing with all of the amazing new brands that have joined our Paper Tribe recently! Layering Stencils On my desk today I’ve got one of the awesome layering stencils from Trinity stamps and this is the first time I’ve ever tried using one of these, so I’m going to share a few of my first impressions and tips to … Read More

Hi, have you seen the new slimline stencils by Catherine Pooler Designs?  There are two slimline stencils – Faceted and Leopard. (There are also three slimline dies – Essentials, Sunray and Rainbow).  I use the Faceted slimline stencil with a few different stamp sets by Catherine Pooler Designs to make my card.  There is a video tutorial over on YouTube which you can watch here. Written Tutorial Slimline Stencilling First I trim some Bristol smooth card to 8.5 x 3.5” … Read More