Hello crafty friends! What a couple of weeks it has been as we all try to find what our “current normal” is. As crafters/card makers, it’s our time to spread some joy with a handmade card so I want you to make a card along with Dave & I today. It’s good for you and it’s good for your family & friends to craft along with you, and of course the recipient of your cards receives joy too!
Let’s make a card that is a fun card layout and uses up all that Designer Series Paper (some of you know it as scrapbook paper) you have laying around. It’s a fun way to make 4 simple cards at one time.
Since Dave is working from home right now, I decided to have him help me with the video. Make sure you watch to see all this mad card making skills (and come alongside of us and make a card yourself)!
Make a Card ~ 4 DIY Cards Actually ~ Alongside of Dave and I
What do you think? Should I keep him as a helper?
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Easy Layout to Make 4 Cards
You are going to start with 4 pieces of Designer Series Paper that are 4″ x 5 1/4″
First cut at the 2 1/2″, then cut each of the 2 pieces as shown.
Do this with all 4 pieces
Now it’s time to mix and match them for the 4 cards.
You will adhere them to a piece of Whisper White that is 4″ x 5 1/4″
After adhering the 4 pieces, trim it down to 3 3/4″ x 5″ and layer onto coordinating card stock that is 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
This many sound confusing, but watch the video because it’s so easy that even Dave can do it!
Then, just finish off your 4 cards!
My Version
I made a set also using the Bird Ballad DSP.
Make a Card & Send a Card
I encourage you all to make some cards and get them in the mail. This is our time to shine and send smiles and hugs through the mail!
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed the projects. As always, if you have questions or if I can help you with anything, just leave me a comment. Or, if you just want to let me know what you think of the projects today I love to hear from my readers!
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What a good looking couple!
Thanks from the U.K. for keeping me sane while I am isolated.
I try to make a card a day. Keep well, keep safe. Joy
That’s so wonderful that you’re making a card a day! Hang in there….we’re all in this together! Thanks for watching!
What a great way to use dsp. Dave did a fantastic job. This has been a unique, entertaining video. Thanks for sharing.
I’m glad that you enjoyed this Bonnie; thanks for watching!
Great job with your cards Dave
Thanks Ellie!
Enjoyed the video with Dave! Always fun watching him create. Thanks for sharing.
Good job Dave. You too Jackie!! Love the idea.
Good idea to use up the scraps we all have. Dave has done a wonderful job as well. Nice to see here. You guys be safe…..
Fun video, great card idea! Dave (and you) did a great job and worked together well! He’s such a good sport! I think you need to buy him a bone folder to play with…he really seemed to be impressed with it! Your family and friends will love receiving these cards. Stay well!
Yes, I should get him a bone folder and engrave his name on it so he doesn’t take mine. LOL I’m so glad you could join us today. Have a stamp happy day!
Sure…he is a keeper.
A keeper for sure!!
He is a keeper. Enjoyed the video.
I wouldn’t have it any other way!
Dave is a good sport. He definitely has potential as a card-maker.
I’m impressed and I know the receivers of these cards will love them!
You are married to a gem! Always looking for masculine card ideas. To be fair, you need to videotape your helping him set a toilet, fix a leaky faucet or do some chore that is in his area of expertise!! He is a quick study and extremely patient!
If he sets up his own YT channel I will definitely help him out. We had fun making cards together!
What a great way to wake up this morning. Keep HIM! Showed my husband and guess what we will try to do today???? Thanks Dave for being willing to join Jackie.
I’m glad you enjoyed waking up to this; we had fun creating and sharing with all of you!
Dave was great!! And fun to watch
Thanks for watching!
Love the video! Your husband is awesome and you both bring out the best in each other. The cards look great. I know what I am making tonight.
We had so much fun and love sharing ideas with all of you!
Jackie and Dave,
Thanks for a great video! Love this card idea. I am not hoarding t. p. ,but I am a paper hoarder! I need to go back and watch Dave’s other videos. They will certainly be a welcome relief during these changing times. Thanks to both of you for putting a smile on my face! And, Jackie thanks for sharing all your wonderful ideas!
Yes, go watch those other ‘Dave’ videos here…people really enjoy them and it’s a great time to review if you are needing a little light and humor in your world. Have a great day!
Great tutorial! Thanks Jackie and Dave! You’re both talented.
Thanks for watching, Jan!
Jackie,
This is a wonderful project! Perfect for the DSP paper sampler I ordered from you earlier this year. I have elementary age daughters home from school right now…a wonderful project we can work on together and then they can send some to their friends!
Thank you!
Perfect project for you and the kids! I LOVE ideas like this that everybody can do and kids will love the feeling of accomplishment and doing something kind for their friends!
Always enjoy Dave’s videos. Kept the one of him making s’mores with your heat gun. Made me giggle.
He keeps me laughing and I’m so glad that we could share this video today with all of you!
I love all your great ideas and talent. Such an easy card to make. I wish you were in Canada so I could be on your team.
Thank you, keep the ideas coming ?
Well…at least you can be here watching and joining in on some of the fun with us. Thanks!
I love your videos. Dave was a good addition.
Thanks Cheryll!
Fun video and great way to use DSP and get four cards done in very little time. Dave did very well. Beginners always use to much glue. Thank you Jackie for a great video.
Thanks for joining us today Trudy! Have a lovely day!
Such a great video. What a guy!
Thanks to both of you.
Very entertaining.
Thanks for sharing in our fun and I hope you’ll be making some cards this weekend!
And actually, a great training video
You bet! Thanks!
By all means, keep Dave as your helper! Love your video’s. Have a great day.
Oh, I plan to have him helping me for a long time to come!
thank you so much!!! Love this idea.
I’m so glad you liked it Barbara!
That was fun to watch. Thank you!!!
You’re welcome Pat!
So fun!!! Congrats Dave. You were such a good sport!
He is a wonderful sport and fun to make cards with. Glad you could join us today!
Hi Jackie,I think your husband did a great job?you should keep him
He’s a keeper, for sure! Thanks Mary!
You inspired me! Got these done this morning. These were truly scraps, so one card got an extra piece.
Enjoy all your videos. Thank you.
I love hearing that you made some of these cards already. Great job!
What fun! Good use of dsp and a spouse underfoot!!!
I thought so too, Ruth! Thanks for watching!
Dave is a gem! Brightened my day! Have a stamp happy day, you two!
Thanks! We hope your day is lovely too!
Great video loved the simple cards with simple cuts!!! I have plenty of paper I can use!
They make easy quick cards for sure and turn out cute!
I enjoyed the video featuring your husband! And I like the card idea too!
Thanks! Glad you could join us today!
Dave is a keeper! What a cute idea to use up stacks of paper.
Easy idea and a great way to teach someone new or use with kids/grandkids!
Way to go, Dave! Nice job for a man. 🙂 Now to get my guy doing some crafting.
Yes….get your guy crafting with you. Make an evening of it!
That was so much fun to watch! Great job you two!!
Thanks for watching. Have a lovely day!
Outstanding layout. Love it!!!
Thank you Nancy!
Jackie – this was great fun. I love watching your videos always but this was a joyful break in my day. My ex-hubby often helps me cut paper and prep for classes. He has even given me a couple of helpful ideas ( he is an engineering tech and looks at things with a different eye). A few years ago, I did a little mini workshop with three of my sons 20ish friends to make valentines for their mom’s or girlfriends and they had a blast. Even now if they stop over they express an interest in seeing what I am working on now. A thousand times thanks for sharing your skills, your smile and today your honey. He cracked me up with his fascination with the bone folder.
Your videos are wonderful – thanks for doing them. I am a silver Demo in MN, single now – working a few more years than planned but hope to sometime in the next 5 years retire and push harder to become silver elite. Hugs, Dawn ( I call myself the scrappy stamper, because I use lots of my scraps)
It was ironic that just before you showed your girly cards, I had already thought that was the DSP set I was going to use to make up some similar cards to send to my shut-in Aunties and a couple older cousins.,
Glad you could join us today! Have a great day and keep sharing the joy of crafting.
Dave your a stamp star. Enjoyed this video. And ignited my creative juices!!
Thanks! We’re glad you could join us today!
Your husband is a great sport! He did a great job on those cards!
We had fun creating together. Thanks!
This idea and measurements were just what I needed, thank you.
I’m so glad this was helpful for you, Christine!
You both are just too cute for words!!! Love seeing Dave again!
Thanks! We love sharing ideas with all of you!
Way cool video….so fun with your talented, and good looking, helper! Love the fun and giggles not to mention the projects. Thank you for the “lighthearted” video, most especially when we need all the HAPPY we can get right now!
I know it’s a challenging time for everyone so I’m glad we could craft together and share it with all of you. Hang in there…we will all get through this together.
Keep Dave. It was fun watching a beginner make a card. We can now think “if he can do it, so can we”
Exactly! Thanks for watching!
Great idea for using the designer paper, esp scraps from other projects. Dave was a very good helper. He’s a good sport.
He’s a keeper for sure! Have a stamp happy day, Sally!
Way to go Dave. You and Jackie need to do that more often. Love the cards.
Glad you enjoyed this Glenda!
Wonderful video! You and Dave are a great team. Enjoyed this video and hope you share more like it.
Thanks for watching!
Yes, by all means invite your husband to do cards more often. What a treat. I love the interaction between you two. I have been married for 40 years this year and it is fun to see others who still enjoy being with their spouse and have fun. Good for the younger ones to see also. Back to your cards. You are an inspiration to me. I love these cards and I was excited to use more of my DSP I have been hoarding. We need to be sending lots of cards to let others know we do think of them especially our shut ins at nursing homes. My sister is one of them. So keep up your good work and fight the good fight.
I’m glad you’re making cards for the shut ins at nursing homes. So many need cheering up these days. Thanks for watching.
I always love to watch Dave. Good job. I am sure he is proud of you with your 1,000,000 accomplishment. Sooooo..he should be on board with any stamping idea you have.
Thanks Leah! Have a great day!
I absolutely loved this video. Way to go Dave. Would like to see more of his skills at the stamping table. Great cards.
Thanks for sharing the joy with us Elaine!
Dave is so funny. He did an awesome job!! Thanks for lettting him invade your craft room. I say you get him his own bone folder as a stocking stuffer at Christmas!!
Ha! Great idea Linda. Thanks for watching.
Hi Jackie, I live in South Africa and love watching all your wonderful ideas. Love this one.
We are also on Lock-Down at the moment here for the virus. I would like to wish you, your family together with all our friends on your blog, a blessed time with their families and hope we will all be safe. God bless us all.
Such a challenging time for so many. Thank you Annette. We are all in this together and I’m sending my hugs and thoughts to all of my ‘online friends’ near and far for safety and health. Take care!
Well done Dave and Jackie.
I love this idea, Thank you for sharing.
We’re happy to share the ideas!