Card Tutorial: Mother's Day Card

Have you started thinking about your mother yet? Well, of course you think about your mother. What I mean to say is, have you begun thinking of what you're going to give her (or do for her) on Mother's Day? I've already decided to send a special card, and thought I'd share it with you.

This is an easel card, finished dimensions are 7" x 5"

How to make the Father's Day version:

Materials and supplies:
1 piece of cardstock 7" x 9-3/4", scored at 5" and 7-1/2 inches (base and card inside)
1 piece of cardstock 7" x 5" (card front)
1 piece of cardstock 9" x 3-1/2" (pleated accent in center of front)
1 piece of ribbon or rick rack 8" long
2 pieces of border 7" long
1 piece of cardstock 7" x 1-1/2"
1 flower or other accent (I used a tassel in the one I'm demonstrating)
1 piece of ribbon 11" long
2 round accents
1 monogrammed letter (I used F for father in the one I'm demonstrating)
Double-sided tape
Embellishment glue

Step One:
Score the 9" x 3-1/2" piece of paper at 3-1/2",  4-1/4" and 5". Turn it over and score at 3-3/8" and 4-5/8". You now have 3 valley folds and 2 mountain folds. Fold where scored to form your pleats. Lightly mark with pencil on the card front where you want the pleated center piece to be. Don't adhere yet.

Step Two
Adhere ribbon or lace along the mark so that it will be behind the panel. Adhere panel to the front of the card. (This rick rack is narrow, so I decided not to put it behind the center panel.)

Step Three
Adhere the monogram to the right of the pleats.

Step Four
Adhere elements to lower right corner of the central panel.

Step Five
Adhere the card front to the zig-zag part of the card's base.

Step Six

Adhere borders to bottom front of card base. This will allow your card to stand up instead of flattening out.

Step Seven

Adhere the embellishment to the front left of the card.

And there you have it! Mother's Day, Father's Day, birthday, whatever the occasion, this is a great card design to use!

Hope that you enjoy making new cards with this folding technique. I'd love to see what you come up with!

Free Photoshop Tutorial! Jeans fabric

Creating Jeans Texture and Making Custom Brushes in Photoshop














This wonderful tutorial will help you design a pair of jeans, using PS tools only. Use the same technique to make other kinds of fabric, too! 
Read more here.

Editorial Calendar

I know that bloggers and blog readers like to know when to visit whom, so I'm going to give you a calendar so you know when to expect something new here at Joyfully Yours, Susannah. Starting March 2012, Mondays will be "Make It Monday," where you'll get a free tutorial on how to do something with paper.

Then on Wednesdays, you'll get "Wishful Wednesday," when I'll grant someone's wish for a special kit for free. So hop on back in March and don't forget to leave a comment telling me what you'd like to see on Wishful Wednesday!

Free tutorial, Papercraft Fun!

Make a heart-shaped paper wreath with this simple tutorial. It's amazing how such a little bit of paper and glue can make such a pretty wreath! So, let's get started.
Step One: Gather your supplies and materials.
You'll need a lot of paper circles in several sizes; paper leaves in several sizes; a heart-shaped wreath form; pen; glue gun and glue.

Step Two: Draw vein lines on the leaves and spirals on the circles. Don't worry about being neat. They have more character when they are flawed.

 Step Three: Glue the leaves down first so they peek out from behind the flowers.

Step Four: Continue gluing the flowers down, working an inch or so at a time and stacking small paper flowers on top of large ones.

And Voila! A beautiful paper flower wreath in the shape of a heart, because any day is good to give a gift of love! Click here for a pdf of this tutorial.

Supernatural - Free Scrapbook Papers

I know it's not Hallowe'en, but because it's nearly Mardi Gras, I'm bringing you some background papers called "Supernatural." After all, isn't this festival filled with revelers and demons? (Don't worry, I'm not calling you a demon!) Some very weird things occur during Mardi Gras. Maybe it's because of where it's held, and the Creole witchcraft that originates there. Anyway, here ya go! (There's a bonus inside!) Don't do anything illegal or immoral and you can do as you please with these images. CU Ok, too! Click on image to download.

Free Tutorial: Valentine Chain

Happy Valentines Day to all my peeps! I hope today is filled with love and laughter for all of you. Tuesdays around here are Tutorial Tuesdays, when I find a tutorial, follow it, and then present my results for you and give you the link to the tutorial so you, too, can have fun. Today (appropriately) I have a tute about how to make a paper chain—of hearts! To see the tutorial, click on How to Make a Paper Heart Chain and try it yourself! Here are my own results:

A Lucky Linky Blog Hop!

What better way to celebrate a fun new blogging tool than to have a party?

So break out your poodle skirt and saddle back shoes cuz’ we’re having a LINKY FOLLOWER PARTY HOP

RULES:

1. YOU MUST HAVE THE LINKY FOLLOWERS TOOL ON YOUR SITE TO PARTICIPATE.

{You can have both the LINKY FOLLOWERS & GFC on your site but you must have the LINKY FOLLOWERS to participate in this party hop.}

2. YOU MUST FOLLOW THE PERSON WHO HAS THE PARTY ON THEIR SITE AS A THANK YOU.

3.JUST ADD YOUR BLOG BUTTON TO THE LINKY PARTY BELOW.

4.THEN GRAB THE BLOG HOP CODE

You will find the code right under the Linky Party where it says CLICK HERE TO ENTER–

just under that it says: WHAT IS A BLOG HOP? GET THE CODE HERE 

Click on GET THE CODE HERE and enter it into a post on your site.

You can grab the party button code in the FOOTER at It's So Very Cheri

You can grab info from my post if it helps you with your post.

5. THEN YOU FOLLOW OTHER BLOGGERS–(AS MANY AS YOU WANT)
–LEAVE EACH ONE OF THE BLOGS THAT YOU FOLLOW A COMMENT LETTING THEM KNOW YOU ARE FOLLOWING THEM AND ASK THEM TO FOLLOW YOU BACK.

If you want to add the BLOG HOP to your own site you will get lots of new followers–(see rule #2)

…So do ya want to go Cruisin’?

I plan on HOPPING from BLOG to BLOG to follow everyone who follows me.

This is a Blog Hop!