The Heart & Home Designer Series Paper is retiring on Thursday, June 30, so if you need to stock up on pretty papers you might want to consider this one and make these Two Quick & Easy Heart & Home Cards. The paper designs are pretty enough for some simple cards that you can dress up a little bit but they can just be nice, simple, rather basic cards.
The first one has a card base of Pale Papaya and a layer of Soft Succulent. You could leave off the Soft Succulent layer but sometimes I like an extra layer that helps set off the designer paper. I really like this pattern with the little Pale Papaya flowers and green stems.
For the greeting, I chose the “Just For You” from the Celebrating You Stamp Set. It is stamped in Soft Succulent ink and then die cut with the banner in the Stylish Shapes Dies. This is placed over a Soft Succulent label die cut from the All That Dies. I popped that up with Stampin’ Dimensionals and added a Whisper White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon bow at the bottom. For a little sparkle, I added two 2021-23 In Color Jewels (retired) in Pale Papaya to each end of the banner. It adds just the perfect finishing touch, I think!
This second card is a monochromatic slimline card using a Fresh Freesia designer paper in the Heart & Home collection. Just start with a 6″ x 6″ square of cardstock and fold it in half to make a slimline card. You can certainly make it longer and wider if you like. Just layer a piece of designer paper on the card base, just slightly smaller than the card base. The words on the card are from the Biggest Wish Stamp Set. I wasn’t sure how I wanted to stamp them together or how to place them on the card. I ended up just stamping the two words in Fresh Freesia ink on Basic White and die cut with the Stitched Rectangle Dies. I layered each on a piece of Fresh Freesia cardstock. It seemed fun to just adhere the words for the greeting “cattywampus” on the card front. Of course, I had to add some bling with the Fresh Freesia colored In Color Jewels. It was hard to stop, but I think 7 jewels isn’t too much on this card!
Sometimes once you get started with a certain designer paper, you get on a roll for making cards! Use these ideas to make a stack of cards next time you have a pack of designer paper you really like but don’t need to make real fancy!