DIY "Sweet" Valentine's Day Card + Free Coloring Page / Pattern

New tutorial! Create a sugar cookie inspired card for Valentine's Day with a pretty "sweet" pun!

Here is the pattern/ coloring page:

Mini Greeting Cards & Envelopes!

New tutorial! This week we're making these adorable miniature cards and envelopes!

You can make any kind of card, but in this video, I show ideas for a birthday card, pop-up card, and valentine!




Here are the patterns you'll need:




Click here to watch :)

DIY Birthday Cake Cutout Card!

This week's tutorial shows how to create this birthday cake cutout card!

Here is the free pattern for the Xacto Knife method:





Purchase the .SVG pattern for Cricut or other cutting machines HERE

Wax Resist Birthday Card

New tutorial! This one shows how to create this wax resist watercolor birthday card!

Anyone can create this card, even if you have no experience with watercolor. It is super simple and quick to make! 

Materials I used:

• Very light colored heavy weight paper (white works great, too!)
• Purple card stock
• Prismacolor colored pencil, in white (crayons will also work)
• Loew Cornell Watercolor Cakes 
• Pentel Aquash Water Brush: buy here - affiliate (a regular paint brush is fine, too)

Golf Themed Pop-Up Card

This week's project is a pop-up golf themed card, which you can make for your dad or grandpa for Father's Day!

Here are the patterns you'll need:

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Simple Teacher Appreciation Card

Summer break is almost here! This week's project is this simple teacher appreciation card, so you can say thank you to your teacher for a great year!

Here are the printables you'll need to make this card:




I printed this one (below) onto brown card stock, but you could also print it onto white paper and color it in.

Pop-Up Butterfly Card

This week's project is this pop-up butterfly card you can make for your mom or grandma for Mother's Day!

Here are the patterns:

You'll need to cut:

• 2 wings
• 5 flowers
• 5 stars
• 1 tag
• 1 oval
• 6 circles - just ignore that smaller circle, and the use the bigger one for all of them.

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Feel free to ask a question if you need to!

-Sarah

Cut Paper Mother's Day Card

This week's project is this cut paper Mother's Day card!

You'll need a steady hand and sharp Xacto knife for this project, and if you're not an adult, please ask one to help you!

Here is the pattern:




Here is the print out, which you can glue onto the front, instead:

Mini Flower Vase Card

New video! This one shows how to create a flower bouquet/vase inspired card.
This would work as a birthday card, a mother's day card, and more.

 

The front of the vase opens to reveal a written message!

Here are the patterns:

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How to Fold an Envelope

A new video went up today! 

Today, I'm showing you a method for making an envelope for any size of card.

You will need:

-paper

-scissors

-ruler

-pencil

-glue

Tips:

-If your card is not a rectangle or square (it has one or more rounded or irregular sides, etc.) instead of tracing the card, draw a rectangle or square that the card will easily fit in. 

Then, just follow the instructions in the video.

-If the paper is not big enough, even after you've turned the card diagonally, you could tape or glue two pieces of paper together, then just follow the video.

Tutorial: Mother's Day Card {2015}

A new video is up! It is all about how to make a cute flower pot themed card for Mother's Day. 

This card is simple to make and I think it would
 work great as a craft for kids to make!

Here are the patterns:

To print it, hover over it and click the right icon at the top (that says "Pop-out" when you hover on it). Next, click on the printer icon at the top. Finally, make sure the paper size on the lower left is set to 8x10 and the "fit to page option" is checked.

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If you try this, I'd love to see it! Tag me on instagram @pugdemonium

This idea was based on some cute Mother's Day cards on Pinterest.

DIY Pop-up Birthday Card + Free Patterns

A new video is up today, showing how to create a pop-up birthday card. Here it is:

If you are here for the templates, here they are.

For most of these patterns you only need to trace and cut one. This excludes the candle pattern - you'll need 4 of these - and the sign pattern - you'll need 13 of those. I've written how many you'll need of each on the pattern also.

To print this, hover over it and click the right icon at the top

(that says "Pop-out" when you hover on it). Next, click on the printer icon at the top. If your browser is Chrome, make sure the paper size on the lower left is set to either Letter or A4, and uncheck fit to page. 

If this is printing off the page, you can try clicking scale/shrink to page or fit to page. Just make sure you print both pages this way. 

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*Note: if you are having issues getting this to print right, please comment below or email me at pugdemonium1@gmail.com to let me know.

For this project, you'll need:

- The patterns above

- Cardstock, Scrapbook paper, art paper, construction paper - 

any paper that is a little heavier than printer paper should work 

-Tape

-Glue (A glue stick or glue gun is best)

-Sharpie or other marker

-Pencil

-Scissors

The simplest way to make this card would be to trace the cake and candle patterns onto white paper, then color them in. I used multiple papers to create the cake, candles, flames, etc. This is quite a bit more work, and you'll need to add little tabs to everything so you can attach it all together.

Also, if you want to make this card a little sturdier and more permanent, add tabs to cake pattern #2 and glue everything on, instead of using tape.

If you create this card, I'd love to see it - tag me on instagram: @essyjae

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Father's Day Card Tutorial - Shirt & Tie

Just uploaded a new video - how to make a Shirt & Tie card for Father's Day!

Here's the template you'll need to make it. Be sure to print this at full size (8x10):

*If you have trouble accessing the template here, you should be able to download it on my new blog, here http://essyjae.com/2017/06/20/fdcshirttiecard/ *

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DIY Mother's Day Card

Here is my latest tutorial, on how to make this flower bouquet Mother's Day card!

Below are the patterns for the card. Make sure to print these at full size (8 x 10):

** If you are unable to access this pattern, I’ve posted it here on my new blog and you should be able to access it there :) http://essyjae.com/2017/06/22/mothers-day-flower-card-tutorial/ **

If you create this card, I'd love to see it! Tag me on instagram @essyjae :)

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