Hi crafties! I don’t make a lot slimline cards because 90% of my cards are donated and the requirements usually are for A2 size cards. However, that said, it’s nice to make some different size cards once in awhile.
These 2 cards today uses Lawn Fawn’s “Hillside” Stencil set. There are 2 different stencils to the set, check out this post to see how I used the other stencil on two A2-sized cards!
Making Slimline Card Bases
I like to make slimline cards on the larger scale and they fit nicely in a slimline or business size envelope.
My card bases for my 2 cards today measures 4″ x 8-1/2″. To quickly make them, I took a regular size 8-1/2″ x 11″ sheet of cardstock and trimmed, on the vertical side, to 8″ and then on the horizontal side, trimmed it down to 8-1/2 and the folded it in half at the 4″ mark to make my card bases.
I went for happy colors for my hillside swirls so I used Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated inks in this order: “watermelon”, “sunbeam” and “surf”. I repeated this pattern and then flipped my card panel and did the same coloring.
I used my colored critters from my envelope that I keep all my extras in. They’re from Lawn Fawn’s “Wild Birthday” stamp/die set. I added a little glow with the Copic #B000 around them. The hearts I added from my stash.
I stamped the sentiment “Happy” with Simon’s Intense black ink. This comes from Stampendous “Big Words Happy” stamp set. The secondary sentiment strip is from Taylored Expressions.
If you’re curious how I colored my critters, check out this post!
Love how playful these 2 cards turned out!
- Lawn Fawn Slimline Hillside Stencil Set
- Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Collections
- Lawn Fawn “Wild for You” Stamp Set
- Lawn Fawn “Wild for You” Coordinating Die or get the bundle here
- Lawn Fawn’s “Hillside” die set
- Copic Sketch #B000 Marker
- Stampendous “Big Words Happy” stamp set here or here
- Taylored Expressions “Simple Strips Backgrounds” stamp/die set
- Accents 100 lb. White Cardstock
- Bearly Art Glue
- Simon Says Stamp “Intense Black” ink pad
