Showing posts with label centre step card. Show all posts
Showing posts with label centre step card. Show all posts

Thursday, 13 April 2023

Angela's PaperArts: Paradise Palms Centre Step card

Unlike last week's card, this card is the traditional way of creating a Centre Step card.  It also farewells some favourite retiring Stampin' Up! products being the Paradise Palms stamp set and co-ordinating Palms dies - both of which are currently discounted as part of the Last Chance sale.

Angela's PaperArts: Stampin Up Paradise Palms centre step birthday card

You can find my tutorial for making the traditional Centre Step here.

Here's a side view of the card where you can see that the card base and feature panels are all created from the one piece of cardstock.  This is a much more economical card to make compared to last week's Faux Centre Step card.

Angela's PaperArts: Stampin Up Paradise Palms centre step birthday card

The products used on these projects can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia.

Please note that these products are only available until 1 May, 2023 unless sold out as part of the Last Chance sale.


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Thursday, 1 September 2022

Angela's PaperArts: Father's Day Vintage Tools Faux Centre Step card

I've been seeing a few Faux Centre Step cards on the internet lately and thought I'd give it a try.  

For a Centre Step card, I've always used the traditional method to create this style of card where you need to do partial cutting/make slits within the card base, so thought the faux version may be easier to do.  If you'd like to see instructions to create the traditional Centre Step Card, you can find my tutorial here.

Here's the Faux Centre Step card that I made for my Dad for Father's Day this Sunday.

Angela's PaperArts: Stampin Up Faux Centre Step Card featuring Textured Chic DSP and Vintage Tools

It features the Textured Chic Specialty Designer Series Paper, Distressed Gold 12x12" paper, Stylish Shapes dies for the banners & sentiment strips along with the Vintage Tools stamp set.

Here's a side view of the card.

Angela's PaperArts: Stampin Up Faux Centre Step Card featuring Textured Chic DSP and Vintage Tools

Here's the back of the card where I kept with the Vintage Tools theme and embossed the Evening Evergreen cardstock with the Timber 3D embossing folder for added texture.

Angela's PaperArts: Stampin Up Faux Centre Step Card featuring Textured Chic DSP and Vintage Tools

The positive for using the faux method over the traditional method is that you don't need to have a special paper trimmer or be skilled with a craft knife when creating this card.  The negative to this method is that it uses a lot more cardstock and designer series paper, so it isn't as economical to make.

The products used on this project can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia.

It's all happening in September at Stampin' Up!

  1. September weekly dealsEach Thursday during September, Stampin' Up! will be discounting some products for one week.  You can check my online store here each Thursday to see each week's specials.
  2. Perfect Partners: Six stamp sets have had co-ordinating die sets released to match.  These die sets and special bundle prices are available during September, 2022 only or while stock lasts.  You can see the six stamp sets and dies here

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Thursday, 6 July 2017

Forever young centre step card

I do enjoy making centre step cards and thought I'd make a male version for a change.



To create this card I layered the Stampin' Up! Whisper White card base with Marina Mist card stock which had been embossed with the Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  The edges of the card stock were sponged with Dapper Denim ink.

To create the scenic focal image I used the High Tide stamp set on Whisper White card stock.  I added the Adirondack chair which had been diecut from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits set after having been stamped with the Hardwood woodgrain stamp.  I then trimmed some of the Burlap ribbon, coiled it along the bottom of the card, added a Marina Mist Enamel Shape to the centre of the coil then attached it to the anchor which came from the Guys Greetings stamp set.

Workshops and papercrafting classes are available - please contact me for details.  If you enjoy papercrafting and the Stampin' Up! products you may want to consider joining my team.  Click on the Join My Team link at the top of this page for more information or feel free to contact me to discuss the joining benefits if you live in Australia.

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