Easy Card Making: David Tutera Paper Crafts

I’ve been playing with the David Tutera Paper Crafts Celebrate card line I received last week. Now it’s time to show you what I’ve made from that haul. This line will be available soon exclusively at Jo-Ann Stores.

Talk about easy (and fast) card making! Here is one of my cards that took hardly any time to put together.

David Tutera Celebrate card
My easy-to-make card using David Tutera Paper Crafts Celebrate card line

Before I show you how I made it, let me tell you about this easy, fast three-step system for making cards.

David Tutera Paper Crafts Celebrate Card line products are packaged into three different packages according to the steps. Each package is labeled Step 1, Step 2, or Step 3.

Here are the three easy steps:

Step 1: Choose the card base. The cards come in a variety of sizes including 5.5 inch x 5.5 inch, A1, A2 and A7. They also come in a variety of colors.

David Tutera Paper Craft Card Bases
David Tutera Paper Craft Card Bases

Step 2: Select decorative layers. The layers come in different textures, colors and sizes. There are also cutouts and embossed pieces.

David Tutera Paper Crafts Layers
David Tutera Paper Crafts Layers

Step 3: Finish with sentiments and embellishments. These include a variety of goodies from sentiments, bookmarks, buttons, beads, pearls, cutouts and more.

David Tutera Paper Crafts Sentiments and Embellishments
David Tutera Paper Crafts Sentiments and Embellishments

Let’s get started on my card.

First, I chose my base card – a silver A7 (5 inch x 7 inch) card. This is step 1.

David Tutera Paper Crafts base
David Tutera Paper Crafts  card base

Now to add step 2 or the layer.  I liked this textured silver layer.

David Tutera Paper Crafts layer
David Tutera Paper Crafts  Layer

However, I didn’t want to use just one layer.  I chose an additional one to add to my card. But first I needed to trim this additional layer to fit the card and sand it to bring out the embossed flowers.

Sanding David Tutera Paper Crafts layer
Sanding the layer

Now to wipe off this layer. I love how the sanding brought out the texture.

Wiping down the David Tutera Celebrate layer
Wiping down the layer

After wiping off the sanding, it’s time to attach it to the first layer.

Attaching David Tutera Paper Crafts layer
Attaching additional layer

Now I’m ready for step 3 or adding the embellishments. I added a couple border strips.

Adding David Tutera Paper Crafts border strips.
Adding border strips

Now to trim the border strips to fit the card.

Cutting David Tutera Celebrate embellishment to fit card
Cutting border strips to fit card

Let’s add another embellishment – a tag.

Adding David Tutera Celebrate tag
Adding the tag

Adding the sentiment.

Adding the David Tutera Celebrate sentiment
Adding the sentiment

And I just had to add a few pearls.

Adding David Tutera Celebrate pearls
Adding David Tutera Paper Crafts Celebrate pearls

And now the finished card.

David Tutera Paper Crafts Card
Best Wishes card made with David Tutera Paper Crafts

And here are a few other cards and bookmarks I made with the David Tutera Paper Crafts Celebrate line.

David Tutera Celebrate card line
More cards and bookmarks

What first impressed me with this card line was the quality of the paper stock. And in addition to offering a variety of base card sizes, they come in lots of colors. The layers have to be my favorite part of this line as I absolutely love all of the embossed and textured pieces. They could easily be added to journal pages or even used as rubbing plates. The cutouts could be used as stencils. But the fact that I can grab three packages of steps and throw a quality card together in no time – that’s the best!

As I mentioned, the David Tutera Paper Crafts will be in Jo-Ann’s Stores soon.

Would you like to win some of these goodies? Three lucky winners will receive a $250 grand prize pack of supplies from David Tutera’s Celebrate cardmaking line AND a personally signed book from David. Twenty additional winners will receive a $50 Celebrate prize pack!

Sign up here for a chance to win.
David Tutera Contest
David Tutera Contest

Mark your calendars for a Twitter Chat with David Tutera (@TuteraCelebrate) on October 10 at 4pm EST.  The discussion topic will be party planning – just in time for Halloween and the holidays.

For more information, you can follow the David Tutera Paper Crafts line on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

This post was sponsored by David Tutera Paper Crafts and Blueprint Social.  However, all opinions are my own.