The Soft Sayings Card Kit is a really awesome kit – it’s an all inclusive (almost), all you need to complete it is your choice of adhesive. And at $35 for a kit that makes 20 cards, it’s amazing value. Apart from the consumables, included in the kit are a clear block, an exclusive stamp set and an ink spot and if you wish, you can order a refill of just the consumables for an extra $21 and make another 20 cards. I’m going to share half of the cards today and a few of the tips that I discovered as I made my kit!

I had an hour or so to spare and so decided to just make one of each of the ten cards. Luckily I decided to lay out the pieces for each card to start with and that’s where I come to the first tips.

Tip 1: Lay out the pieces for each card first.

Tip 2: There are different sized branches and they are mixed on some of the cards e.g. this one. I found I’d laid out two the same and as I got to the later cards, I didn’t have the right pieces. Happy that nothing was glued!

I saw a tip on a Stampin’ Up! video to turn over your sentiment piece and then stamp the leaves on top of it so that they are in the right place. I found that left visible gaps when I popped up the sentiment as you can see on the two stamped leaves on this photo..

Tip 3: Put the sentiment piece in place on the card to figure out the placement but move the sentiment before stamping. This means there’s no gap.

Here are the cute little 3 by 3 cards in the kit:

Tip 4: Be a bit more careful measuring your washi tape! It barely notices in the one on the left.

This is one of my favourites but it too, provided me with a tip for you!

Tip 5: Look at the instructions and get your flower frame the right way. Mine is backwards. The flower in the right hand corner should be in the left hand corner. It doesn’t really matter but the card looks better the correct way – I did it right on the second go around.

You may have noticed an absence of baker’s twine on the cards – I just didn’t feel that it was needed, but that’s just me.

These are just half of the designs – I’ll post the others in the next day or so along with a few more tips.

Apologies for the lack of posting  yesterday – life (or more correctly, napping) got in the way. I’m trying to get ahead so that I don’t have gaps.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get five FREE handmade cards; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is ZDSGJ9U3 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). In addition, if you spend $50 this month, I’ll send you the metallic sequin assortment. Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz