USE ONE 3 3/4” SQUARE FOR A QUICK & EASY CARD

Hi Stampers!

Today I am using a 3 3/4” square piece of patterned paper to create an interesting card layout. I call it a 3 3/4” Square Triangle Card Layout. Simply cut the square in half diagonally from top right to bottom left, adhere these pieces to the top left and bottom right corners of a piece of 5 1/4” x 4” piece of cardstock, or adhere it directly to the card base. Add a greeting in the diagonal space between the two pieces of paper, and you have a card!. Let’s take a look at the sample cards:

VERSIONS OF CARDS WITH OPTIONAL CARDSTOCK STRIPS

VIDEO

USE A 3 3/4” SQUARE OF PATTERNED PAPER 

TO CREATE A QUICK CARD

WHAT YOU NEED

* Card Base - A-2 size - 8 1/2” x 5 1/2” scored and folded at 4 1/4”or 11’ x 4 1/4” scored and folded at 5 1/2”

* Mat -White or light cardstock cut at 5 1/4” x 4” (optional)

* Patterned Paper - one piece cut at 3 3/4”x 3 3/4” 

* Printer Paper - one piece cut at 3 3/4” square (optional)

* Cardstock Strips - 2 of coordinating or contrasting color cut at 5 1/2” x 1/8” (optional)

* Repositional Adhesive or low tack tape (optional)

* Inside Panel - white or light colored cardstock cut at 5 1/4” x 4”

* Stamps, Inks, Adhesives, Embellishments to finish the card

WHAT TO DO

* Cut patterned paper in half diagonally from the top right corner to the bottom left - be aware of directional papers.

* If adding optional strip of cardstock, adhere it to the triangle pieces now. Trim ends if needed.

* Cut printer paper in same manner.

* Using the repositional adhesive or low tack tape, adhere the printer paper triangles to the top left and bottom right corners of the mat. This is a mask to help with greeting placement.

* Stamp a greeting in the diagonal space between the two pieces of printer paper

* Remove printer paper masks and adhere patterned triangles in place.

 (If you are not using a mat place the masks in the corners of the card base leaving even borders along the top and side. Stamp your greeting on the card, remove the masks.)

* Stamp and decorate the inside panel, then adhere it to the inside of the card.

For today’s cards supplies are from Stampin’ Up!®️ unless otherwise noted. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NUTS & BOLTS

I created this card using the directions above. It is a quick and easy card to create and requires just a few supplies.

WHAT I USED

* Cardstock - Gray Granite and Basic White

* Patterned Paper - Trusty Tool Box (retired)

* Ink - Real Red

* Stamps - Big Day, Happiest Birthday - inside (both retired)

* Embellishments (retired)

COLORFUL BIG BIRTHDAY

This card was created as stated above, except the two patterned paper triangles were adhered to the card with dimensionals.

WHAT I USED

* Cardstock - Lost Lagoon and Very Vanilla

* Patterned Paper - (retired)

* Ink - Real Red

* Stamps - Biggest Wish, Seaside View- inside (both retired)

* Embellishments- Colorful Dots (retired)

WITH 1/8” STRIPS OF CARDSTOCK ADDED

FLORAL HELLO

For this card I used the alternative instructions and adhered the patterned paper triangles directly to the cardbase. No stamping required for the greeting. I used a die, cut out 5, and stacked them to give it dimension. 

WHAT I USED

* Cardstock - Petal Pink, Misty Moonlight, Basic White (inside)

* Patterned Paper - Essentials Collection (Violet Studio)

* Ink - Glitter Pen

* Die - Hello Word Die (Scrapbook.com)

* Embellishments - Basic Pearls (retired)

BLUE CHRISTMAS

For this card I used a blue mat layer as opposed to a white one. I stamped images in the space between the two triangles. The triangles are popped up on dimensionals. The greeting is stamped and die cut. again, I stacked several die cuts to add dimensional.

WHAT I USED

* Cardstock - Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight, Misty Moonlight Two Tone, Basic White

* Patterned Paper - (retired)

* Ink - Misty Moonlight

* Stamps - Essential Sentiments, Holiday Cheer - inside (Waffle Flower); Whimsical Trees (retired)

* Embellishments - Marine Life Enamel Dots (Altenew)

VIDEO CARDS

NO 1/8” STRIPS

WHAT I USED

* Cardstock - Night of Navy, Basic White, Parakeet Party (retired)

* Patterned Paper - (retired)

* Ink - Night of Navy

* Stamps - Stellar Birthday (retired)

* Dies - Stylish Shapes

* Embellishments - Enamel Stickers (Paige Adams)

WITH 1/8” STRIPS

I used the same supplies for this card as for the previous one except I used the two 1/8” strips of cardstock to border the triangles. And I substituted the Shimmer Star Foam Stickers (Stampin’ Up!) for the Enamel Stickers (Paige Adams) I used on the previous card. 

3 3/4” SQUARE TRIANGLE CARDS

This design is quick, easy, and uses scraps. There are so many options; use a mar, don’t use a mat, use dimensionals or just adhere the triangles to the card base. Stamp the greeting or use a die cut greeting. It is just a tad different from what is expected, so it’s a nice little surprise for the recipient. I hope you give this a try. Until next time. . .

Stamp Happy!

Kim