{"id":8462,"date":"2014-04-24T10:51:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T08:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/?p=8462"},"modified":"2015-04-09T12:32:19","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T10:32:19","slug":"ten-minute-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/ten-minute-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Minute Cards with Couture Creations"},"content":{"rendered":"

For me card making is something that I can do without thinking too much – it\u2019s that crossover-in-between thing I do to help get the creative juices flowing again and a time of no rules and anything goes!<\/h3>\n

So what better way than to make some ten minute cards where I can produce something worthwhile but not take up too much time out of my day? I make cards that will not take me longer than 10 minutes to actually put together (this is of course without the time I spend procrastinating and thinking about what I want to do) \u2013 the other 50 minutes I spend digging through my stash to decide what to use, oh and finding things I have long forgotten about!<\/p>\n

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But with the new Couture Creations paper pads all the stash I need I can find in one convenient place \u2013 the beautiful designs and colours all work together making card making such a pleasure. And throw in a new embossing folder or two and a couple of embellishments and you have all you need to create with \u2013 so no more excuses to not make cards. All it takes is a few minutes and limited stash!<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how I made my cards…<\/h2>\n

I pulled three pieces of paper from my paper pads that I really loved, one matching coloured AC cardstock and some white background for my card bases.<\/p>\n

Grabbed a couple of Prima brads I have had for years (embarrassed face here), some buttons and diamant\u00e9 and thread.<\/p>\n

Found two embossing folders I really liked and collected my Cuttlebug.<\/p>\n

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I randomly cut four pieces of cardstock to form my cards. Then I cut the patterned papers into smaller pieces and just started putting things together \u2013 once I was happy I inked the edges and adhered the elements together.<\/p>\n

I did play around with the embossing folders \u2013 I simply inked the embossed areas using a dark brown ink pad using a sponge applicator to highlight the edges.<\/p>\n

A couple of embellishments, stickers and rub-ons also found their way onto the cards as focal points.<\/p>\n

To pull through the acid yellow from my brads, I used yellow watercolour paint to add splats onto my background papers to tie everything together.<\/p>\n

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And that is how simple it is to make a couple of cards in less than an hour using the Couture Creations Embossing folders and paper pads. Everything is so quick by just adding a few pieces of interest to your cards like the embossed papers and cardstock!<\/p>\n

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And remember the paper in the paper pads are all double sided, so you can get away with even less stash to make some beautiful cards. Happy card making everyone!<\/h3>\n

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