Today, I am sharing the cards I designed for my February Trusty Tools classes. Each of the ladies coming to classes were given a 6” by 6” pack of the Trusty Toolbox dsp to use when making the projects. I love giving dsp samples to my class attendees, especially if we use some of the paper in classes. Many of the ladies only craft when they come to class so I like to give them new techniques and things to try.

Colours in these cards are:

Pop-Up Front Panel card

This card was inspired by Mel Brown of Inspired Crafts 

Thick Basic White card base – 10½” by 4” – scored at 5¾”, 6¾”, 8¾” & 9¾”
Thick Basic White – 5¾” by 2⅝” – scored at 4” & 5”
Copper Clay – 4” by 2½”
Trusty Toolbox dsp – 3¾” by 3½”
Trusty Toolbox dsp – 3¾” by 1¾”
Basic White – 3¼” by ¾”
Scarp Basic White – 4⅛” by 2¾”

We each choose the dsp patterns we wanted to use and cut them down to size. They were glued to the larger panel of Thick Basic White card. We folded on the score lines and added Tear & Tape to the 1” tab, folding it over to form the bottom of the card.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Trusty Tools stamp set, Trusty Tools die and the Trusty Toolbox dsp used to make a 3 cards for my February 2024 classes

The pin board was die cut from the Copper Clay card and adhered to the smaller Thick Basic White card panel. We burnished the score lines and adhered the panel to the card base.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Trusty Tools stamp set, Trusty Tools die and the Trusty Toolbox dsp used to make a 3 cards for my February 2024 classes

The tools were stamped in Gray Granite ink and coloured with Lost Lagoon, Poppy Parade and Gray Granite. These were die cut using the Trusty Tools dies. They were added to the card front with liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Trusty Tools stamp set, Trusty Tools die and the Trusty Toolbox dsp used to make a 3 cards for my February 2024 classes

The sentiment was stamped in Copper Clay ink onto the thin piece of Basic White card. It was added to the top of the card.

Trio of Tools card

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Trusty Toolbox dsp – 3⅞” by 2¾”
Trusty Toolbox dsp – 2¾” by 1⅞” x 2
Basic White – 4” by 2½”

We chose 2 patterns of dsp and cut them to the required sizes and then glued them to the Thick Basic White card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Trusty Tools stamp set, Trusty Tools die and the Trusty Toolbox dsp used to make a 3 cards for my February 2024 classes

The sentiment, from the Heartfelt Hellos stamp set was stamped onto the panel of Basic White card in Poppy Parade ink. I die cut it using the Something Fancy Dies. The sentiment was then mounted onto the card front on Dimensionals.

We then die cut or fussy cut, according to preference, 3 of the tools from the sheets of dsp. These were added to the card front using a mixture of Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and/or Dimensionals.

Hammer card

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Trusty Toolbox dsp – 5⅝” by 2⅛”
Trusty Toolbox dsp – 5⅝” by 1¾”
Basic White – 4” by 2½”

After choosing and cutting the 2 panels of dsp, we glued them to the Thick Basic White card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Trusty Tools stamp set, Trusty Tools die and the Trusty Toolbox dsp used to make a 3 cards for my February 2024 classes

As before, the sentiment was stamped in Poppy Parade ink and die cut using the same Something Fancy dies.

Using a combination of liquid glue and Dimensionals we added a hammer to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Trusty Tools stamp set, Trusty Tools die and the Trusty Toolbox dsp used to make a 3 cards for my February 2024 classes

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

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