I have so enjoyed being a member of the Design Team called Fancy Folds each month.  It’s a fun challenge for me to take a piece of cardstock and create something over the top or out of the ordinary….but still keeping it simple. Today on the Fancy Folds Blog Hop, I will be sharing a fun shutter card technique with you and from here you can enjoy a BLOG HOP to see what my fellow demonstrators from around the world have created. 

If you are on the HOP right now, you have just joined me from my demonstrator friend Astrid from Austria. If you are starting here at Simply Simple Stamping, you will find her card at the end of the hop so make sure you go through them all.

It’s funny that the Design Team chose the shutter card for today because I had actually been working on this card a couple of weeks ago.  They must have been in my head.  

The True Gentleman Designer Series Paper is wonderful!  Masculine and dapper!

In the past I have always created shutter cards with a circle punch but look how cool it turned out with the Tailored Tag punch?

How about a video on how I created today’s card?  Let’s go!

You can create this card with a lot of different punches or Framelits too. The key is to make sure they are smaller than 2 inches (the width of the banner punch).  Experiment and have fun!

Here are my measurements for my Manly Shutter Card:

• Night of Navy – 8 ½” x 5 ½”, score at 2 ⅛” and 6 ⅜”
  • 3″ x 5 ¼”
  • (2) 2″ x 2 ¾”, score at ½”  
• True Gentleman Designer Paper – 2″ x 5 ⅜”
  • 1 ½” x 9 ½”, score at 2 ½”, 2 ⅝”, 7″, and 7 ⅛”
• Very Vanilla – (2) 2″ x 2 ¾” 
• Very Vanilla Baker’s Twine – 9″

Want to create today’s card?  Here are the supplies I used.  Use what you have and order what you need. 

*Also available in Wood Mount

Now that you’ve seen the video, it’s time to keep on hoping!   HOP on over to my friend, Gina from the UK, and check out her version of the Shutter card!

1. Gina Connor (UK)
2. Aude Barbara (France)
3. Miranda Mols (Netherlands)
4. Astrid Hofman (Austria)
5. Connie Stewart (USA)

Thanks so much for joining me today!  If you want to see more inspiration for your stamping, why not subscribe?  Add your email address to my subscribe button on the right.  I post videos, tutorials, and sketches Monday through Friday to help take your paper crafting addiction to a new level…. but it is always SIMPLE.   🙂 

As my husband (aka Mr. Awesome) left for work this morning I told him, “Go be awesome today!”  I want to send you away with that same sentiment!  Go be awesome today my friends!  Hope today is one of your BEST days ever!

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