💛 Hey JD. In the '80s I revived my paper crafting. I began using my favorite vintage quilting patterns reproduced with colored paper on greeting cards. A lot of fussy cutting done ! Keep up the paper crafting videos. We ❤ these. 🙋 Nana in se OK usa
I love your videos. You are real and very creative. As much as I enjoy watching the Ginas, Lauras and Jennifers, but they seem to be plugging products, and have all the new stamps and dies, and some of us have a limited budgets.
I guess I forgot to hit the comment button when I wrote one last night! All of the colour combos and designs were really effective!! Just watched the end again so I could sketch the design options. You are the first person to mention electronic die cutting machines for cardmaking of anyone I have watched on RU-vid. Would absolutely love some videos using one. I own a Cricut and am just making friends with it.
JD, this blew me away. The greatest part was how inexpensive it was. Didn’t need all kinds of dies or stamps, didn’t really need a die cutting machine. How fun and authentic these cards are. Only you JD! Tfs. Blessings to you and your family.
Fab-You-Lusss! Love your glamorous designs. You really went for it! I recently got shiny black cardstock from Erin Lee Designs, and you’ve inspired me to use some of it for large word dies/alpha dies like your Hey sentiment. One was better than the next! I began cutting some strips with my largest paper cutter, DH heard rhythmic cutting and asked what I was doing in the craft room. I said, Making Strip Cards, to which he replied Please Don’t Send One to My Mother! 🤪
These are really, really attractive cards. They are also very labor-intensive. I hope so to receive your cards recognize what a labor of love you have put into them.
Love the black card fronts. I think it brings out the vibrancy of the colour card strips more. Great ideas for using card strips and scraps. Thanks for sharing!
I love making card fronts with my scraps. You are a champ though to make that many in 2 days! I poop out after 2 cards😊 Great to see your beautiful smile...hope you and your family are all staying safe & healthy
Love this, also a paper shredder is good for strips (if you want to keep them the same width that is), you have now made me want to cut up strips 🤦🏼♀️🙆🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️🤣 thanks JD.... 👌
Are you sure you’re not a closet quilter? Your reader’s comment about how these designs resemble Amish quilts is spot-on. Gorgeous results! Each one a gem. I appreciate the different ways to cut strips. They need to be precise. TFS your talent!
I find it hilarious that you used your machine to cut out strips lol And even funnier that there is a die which cuts strips as well. These cards turned out great!
My favourite thing from this video is the idea of smooshing off the excess glue for the die cut sentiment! I've struggled with messy liquid glue and it never dawned on me to smoosh off the excess on scrap paper - when I saw it on the video, it seemed so obvious! Apparently not. :) Thank you for all of these ideas. As with most of us, I have loads of scraps that I couldn't bring myself to throw away ("I might need them some day") and now I have the motivation to do so!! :)
Boy, you hit the ground running with this video. I have been playing with strips of paper since I bought the dies, but cutting them on the Cricut sounds ALOT easier. I have not only been mixing the colors of the stripes but also the width...I throw a 1/8” gold strip in amongst the colors, really gives it some punch. Thanks for your great idea’s. It got me fired up to give it another shot.
These are really cool cards. I have done something similar. But with mine I put my stips on doubles sided adhesive sheets, then die cut shapes and words to use as the top of my card. But this is really great job too.
These are amazing!!! I was watching a bunch of Jennifer McGuire videos and she was using up her scraps for strip cards. One of her viewers suggested using a paper shredder to make strips😻
There wasn't one card I didn't absolutely love! Your designs are so modern, clean and vibrant. I'm just getting into card making, so far this has been the best tutorial. Thank you for sharing!!
I would LOVE to see more ways to use my Cameo to cut card dies! Since quarantine started, I have spent WAY too much for card making supplies, especially dies, and have sent out a lot of cards! I tried to use my Cameo but I could never get the proportions right for cards, though I use it endlessly for my scrapbooking! I love cards made from cardstock and patterned paper! Thanks for the great ideas!!
Go into Silhouette Studio and put a rectangle or square on the virtual mat. Resize it to A2 size (4.25 x 5.5) or whatever size you want (use it as a reference). Go to your fonts, pick a style, and type the sentiment you want on the card. Play with the measurements, resizing it, then place it wherever you want on the rectangle area. Once you have an idea what you want, delete the rectangle (no need to cut it out), copy and paste the sentiment multiple times (if you want), line them up, and cut them out. Now before you cut, take into consideration... -if you are using (for example) a script or cursive font, chances are, the letters are not welded together, which will result in the letters getting cut separately. Make sure the letters make one sentiment before cutting. -when cutting left to right (the regular way), sometimes the paper is slightly curved up. You can try cutting them backwards by flipping the sentiment(s) over (left right) in Silhouette Studio. When the cutting is finished, just flip the sentiment(s) over and adhere to your actual card. This way, the paper is curving downward. GREAT TIP: there are PLENTY of free beautiful, unique, fonts online to download, and you can play with different sentiments and phrases that you can customize yourself. Many are free for personal use only. I hope this helps. Happy crafting! 😁
Loved all those cards, especially the tiny squares one ,the color schemes were just perfect and thanks for the tip of using masking tape and adding the glue together would surely save a lot of time
These are definitely my favourite cards ever! They have that 80s, Tron-like vibe that's also really 21st century at the same time, if that makes sense. I also loved watching you cut off the strips, it is so satisfying! I could watch you make each one all day! I'm itching to try this out, thank you so much for sharing your talents!
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽what a great way to spend time just creating different designs with strips. I loved all your cards and that black hi die cut was so sharp. I’ll ck down below to see where you got it. Great job.
These cards are absolutely gorgeous! I love the jewel tones that you used. I’ll definitely have to make some like these myself. Thank you so much for this wonderful video!
There are some awesome ideas here for using up scraps of card. I have a whole drawer full of scraps which are crying out to be used and this has given me some great ideas :)
First crafting supply to go in quarantine is black card stock. Yes I didn't know I liked it just as much as you do. I have been wanting to do more strip cards and this is inspired me like crazy I just need to cut more because I think cutting as well as trimming is so amazing.
Love your videos and your personality! I’ve been cutting strips for years with the paper trimmer, but DUH, I have a cricut, and design so many things, not sure why I haven’t used it to cut strips before! Used for circles, squares, triangles, hearts..... again, DUH. Thanks.
These are stunning. Thank you so much for sharing them. I guess they are labour intensive, but they would also be incredibly relaxing to make - kind of a crafty meditation. The results are incredible as well, especially when you added the gems. I'm really impressed with the way you get simple supplies and turn them into amazing cards. Thank you for showing that it's possible to do great things without using name brand goodies. You're an inspiration. Take care.
Hi JD... i love all your card ideas ❤😍 And I love to see your future video about elec. cutting machine mostly the cameo. I have one but i don't have much ideas 😂😅 Thanks in advance. Keep safe. Stay blessed ❤👍🏻
Great pattern play! The color scheme reminds me of Amish quilts, both muted and luminous. I'm glad you and your sense of humour are back! Ute, Stephans wife
Great cards! So fun! I love all the variety you came up with. I’ve also discovered that saving my trimmed scraps works too- like water color background or even pieces of printed papers. Something so satisfying about making these kinds of cards! 🙂
Yes! I want to see more ideas with an electronic cutting machine!! I don’t have a die cutting machine, only a cricut and all the youtube card makers uses the die cut
These cards are lovely! I've been trying to use up some scrap strips I had laying around, and this gives me a lot more inspiration. Thanks for the tips!
This paper strip tutorial is the absolute best that I have seen! You gave so many different examples of designs. Love, Love, Love it! Thank you! I'd like to see your creations of die cutting the panels of strips rather than using the whole panel as a card front. Just want to pick your creative brain. :)
I learned a lot from this video. I'm not sure I am keen on learning how to "Cricut" things, as I am not great at that, BUT I am loving this clever way of creating cards (I have a line on that die to cut strips). I am, however, going to invest in a Scan and Cut, but I'm not sure that's up your alley. These cards are fantastic, and anyone can do them, and that's wonderful!
I agree about cutting off the edges being satisfying! It's like the big finale! I love the diamond shape one you made!! I have SO many branding strips and narrow strips I could make scrap cards for days. TFS 💙
Easy. In DS chose a square. Unlock it, change dimensions to the size strip you desire. Press make it. Choose material size. At the top you can duplicate the strip as many times as you like to fill up the paper. Print. Don't duplicate in DS as it will tell you your project is to big. Duplicate just before you print it!
What a fabulous designs. The jewel tones rely nailed it. I love using scraps...but never thought of designing the spacing as you did. Thanks for the inspiration. If it wasn't nearly 1AM Irin to me craftroom and get started on this idea now. 😃
On a Jennifer McGuire video, she got the idea from one of her viewers: if you have a basic paper shredder-one that shreds vertically in 1/4" increments, you'll have a ton of strips. Genius tip from her !
I just started making cards again after about a year and a half break. I really enjoy learning new techniques and I love your approach to cardmaking! Thanks for really renewing my interest! 💝🦋
