Quick & Easy Cards Using Washi Tape with Scrapbook Nerd

Hi friends,

The projects I'm sharing today on the Scrapbook Nerd Facebook Friends group all feature this week's die cutting theme in one form or another. But the true star of the show is this Teal Shadow Washi Tape by Altenew.

This mega roll of washi tape is 4.5" wide, perfect for layering over an entire card panel, and features these gorgeous watercoloured florals in a lovely teal colour. Co-ordinating dies are also available but I die-cut the images for two of my cards in a different way. More on that below.

For my first card, I applied the washi tape to a white cardstock panel measuring 4" x 5.25" and trimmed off the excess. Then I cut a diagonal line through the panel as shown and trimmed the panel down a little further so that it would fit nicely on an A2 sized cardbase. I added Brutus Monroe foam tape to the back of the panel and adhered it to the cardbase.

I then die cut the Thank You sentiment from the Pinkfresh Studio Classic Words die set onto black cardstock three times. I glued them together to create dimension. I then cut out the coordinating shadow die out of vellum for a soft look. I glued it to the front of my panel. And finally, I embellished the card by adding some English Mustard Nuvo Drops. Super quick and easy!

For this next card, I applied the washi tape to an 8.5" x 11" white cardstock sheet. I scanned the sheet through my Brother ScanNCut machine and watched in amazement as my machine magically cut out the images. Sidenote: I just recently purchased this machine and I'm still in awe at what it can do! :)

I then arranged my cut out images on a white 4" x 5.25" white cardstock panel that I had embossed with the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Tiny Dots Embossing Folder.

I adhered the flowers and leaves in a cluster with some DMC Metallic Gold Thread tucked behind. I stamped and heat embossed on vellum a sentiment from the Altenew Fancy Greetings stamp set. I used Versafine Onyx Black Ink and Ranger Clear Embossing Powder. I folded the vellum strip around the panel and glued it to the back of the panel. I then added foam tape to the panel and adhered it to an A2 sized white card base. I finished it off with the same Nuvo drops.

My last card example is similar in design to the one above but I used a few different products. The panel is debossed with the Altenew Dotted Swirls Debossing Cover Die. I applied Distress Oxide ink in Tumbled Glass to the centre of the panel and arranged my florals and leaves in a smaller cluster.

The sentiment was heat embossed onto the panel with the Altenew The Best Thing stamp set. And the rest is basically the same!

And there you have it. Three simple cards that took me very little time to create. Now mind you, I had the help of my ScanNCut to speed things up. Otherwise, I would've had to fussy cut the images out by hand. Which I usually don't mind. I find fussy cutting very relaxing but these middle aged eyes prefer relying on technology. ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by. If you are interested in any of the products I used in my projects today, please head over to the Scrapbook Nerd website or click on the product links that I've provided throughout.

Hope you're having a wonderful day! :)