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Hello my crafty friends!How is summer going for you so far? Summer for us at GCD Studios

has been a busy one. It's hard sometimes coordinating everyone,

while they take vacations and spend time with family. Who wants

to work when it's nice outside?! I sure don't! However, wanting

to keep those creative electric volts flowing, we were all hard at

work this month and last. Can I just tell you want an amazing team

we have?!!! By this time of year I start to think of the Design Team

as family members working together for one good – inspiration.

This month we are packing our pages with Summer articles of

Bright and Happy projects, Party Fun, and much more. So make

sure to turn those pages and fill your brains with our new, fresh

ideas. We just know you'll love them all.

Before I go, I want to thank you all for your support and reading

our magazine. It's amazing how fast it's growing in our crafty world.

We, and especially me, feel so honored to provide you with new

ideas that will cause a crafty brainstorm within you.

Have a great summer and get crafty!

Heidi Sonboul,DESIGN TEAM COORDINATOR

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On the Cover, 11Summertime Cards by Clare Prezzia, Nina Yang & Amanda Coleman

03 Get Inspired Comic Inspired Card by Amanda Coleman

04 Color Challenge Refreshing Summer Layout by Julie Overby

05 Bright & Happy Colorful Layouts & Cards

11 On the Cover Summertime Cards

13 Birthday Bash Fun Birthday Ideas

23 Sassy Stripes 5 Fun Techniques

27 Hot Fun in the Summertime

Sizzling Summer Techniques

33 Flip-It Sketch Challenge

35 Featured Collection

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KA-POW! I set my matchy-matchy, Type A personality aside for a while and went a little crazy! Mix and match brightly patterned papers from different collections for maximum impact. I used a variety of prints to compliment the bold graphics and sentiment on this card.

THANKS! by Amanda Coleman

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Oh Happy Day: Alicia (1765); Flower

Child: Flowery (1641), Peacock (1646), Layered Geo (1644), Twisted Floral (1649);

Badaboom Font: dafont.com; Burst cutting file by Silhouette.


Try this beautiful color combination in your next project.

TAKE THE

COLORCHALLENGE

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Oh Happy Day: Mariah (1771), Savannah (1772), Chloe (1766), Hailey (1767), Abbie's Sunshine (1769). Other:

Alphabet Stickers: American Crafts Thickers; Pearls: Want2Scrap; Die Templates: Spellbinders; Ribbon: May Arts.

by Julie Overby


[ Kick off Summer with a burst of color ]


SUMMERTIMECARD

by Tracy Schultz

Summertime brings lots of things: pool parties, popsicles, and my favorite – a variety of birds eating at our feeders. My husband and I love bird watching in the warmer months. For this card, I took the sweet chevron paper from Oh Happy Day, cut it to fit my cardstock, and then added a second layer of blue cardstock on top. Two cute birds were fussy-cut from the paper and adhered to a piece of twine which acts as the wire spanning across for them to sit on.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Oh Happy Day: Amber's Avenue (1774), Abbie's

Sunshine (1769). Other: Stamps: Market Street Stamps - Chillaxin, Ink: Palette Noir, paper piercer,

black & white twine, Copic Multiliner .3 black, Copic Spica black glitter pen.


This is one of my favorite photos of my daughter. The neutral colors in it gave me the opportunity to enhance my layout with any colorful paper that I wanted. I cut 1 inch strips of paper from the Splendor and Country Charm collections and placed them along one side of my layout. I also Spellbinders' Floral Tags die to cut the roses from the pattern paper. Adding a bit of glitter was the perfect accent to add a little sparkle to the page.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Splendor: Posies (1683), Pink Flora (1682), Floral Frame

(1677), Zig Zag (1687), Tiny Blossoms (1685); Country Charm: Country Bloom (1505). Other:

Glitter: Martha Stewart, Die Templates: Spellbinders, Alphabet Stickers: American Crafts

Thickers, lace.

ÜBERSWEETNESS

by Julie Overby


CHEESEby Jennifer Chapin

For this layout, I really wanted to go with a star theme after I picked out the patterned paper. I used my die cutting machine, as well as punches to make star accents for my page. I stuck with bright primary colors to compliment my photo.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Country Charm: Super Star (1511); Bonjour: Bonjour

(1534), Les Fleurs (1538); Oh Happy Day: Hailey (1767). Other: wood veneers: Studio Calico,

flair: A Flair For Buttons, cardstock and letter stickers: American Crafts, letter stickers: Prima,

typewriter, sewing machine, washi tape.

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Papers: Oh Happy Day: Amber's

Avenue (1774), Meagan (1770).

Other: cardstock, burlap,

buttons, and twine.

Pocket Technique

by Guiseppa Gubler

I love creating unique cards. It is fun giving someone something that they want to keep and enjoy looking at. This fun 4th of July card is held in a pocket, but wait… there is another pocket within the pocket and then you will find the sentiment card itself. The card is a fun surprise that anyone would be happy to get!


Red, White and Blue all the way! This being our

first July issue of the PaperCut, we decided to

have a strong 4th of July Theme on the cover.

This month we allowed the team to try out for

the cover and three of our talented gals took

the spots. With Oh Happy Day as our collection

of the month, we picked three cards from Nina

Yang, Amanda Coleman, and Clare Prezzia. All

three of these cards had such personality and

worked so well together on a white and denim

background.

Happy Fourth by Clare Prezzia

I feel in love with the "clothespin heart line" and

strong Red, White and Blue combo. This card

holds a wonderful presence on the cover and

it has a country feel to it. Perfect for this great

holiday.

Darling by Amanda Cloeman

This card was so playful and anyone getting it

in the mail, would giggle from it's funny quote.

The popped up clouds and pinwheel adds

beautiful height and texture in a perfect way.

Happy 4th of July by Nina Yang

What's not to love about this card?! The bright

colors and clean white title, plus lets not forget

that darling star among the clouds. I could

see this card being used for a 4th of July party

invite, which would have the guest's mouths on

the floor (from all the design elements). If I got

an invite like this in the mail, I would be R.S.V.P-

ing. right way.


Party hardy with this excitingcelebration of birthday themes


BIRTHDAYMEMORIES

by Pam Callaghan

My son's tenth birthday was a big deal and I envisioned lots of balloon like shapes on my page. I went with patterned papers and a few photos of my son blowing out candles inside of the circles. To create the look of conjoined circles, I first traced out my design onto the cream paper. I used my old Coluzzle to cut out the circles inside and out (you can also use an exacto knife). The brightly colored papers gave the balloon appearance all over the page. The dark background made everything pop.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Flower Child, Bonjour, Sweet Tooth, and Country Charm

Collections; Provocraft Coluzzle, My Minds Eye die-cut, Fancy Pants chipboard.Boy Layout1


Gift wrapby Tegan Skwait

Birthdays and butterflies ~ I can't think of a better combination for Summer! The Bonjour papers were perfect for helping me create these gifts without being over-the-top girly. The gifts were also easy to make ~ I just traced the box and wooden bag, cut out the papers, and adhered the papers to the packages. I used the Silhouette Cameo to cut out the Happy Birthday sign and I hand cut the butterflies. I wanted to make these gifts somewhat simple so the embellishments didn't overpower the great jagged chevron pattern of the Au Revoir paper. These gifts were super fun to make and I plan to make more!

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Bonjour: Nice (1539), Les Fleurs (1538), Butterfly Flutter (1536), Au

Revoir (1533); Sweet Tooth: Bubblegum (1552). Other: pearls gems: The Paper Studio, ribbon: May Arts

and Maya Road, Die-cut machine: Silhouette; tissue paper, cardstock, and pipe cleaners: my supply.

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To make the tissue paper flowers1. First you need about 8 layers of tissue paper sized 5" x 6" and a pipe cleaner or thin

ribbon.

2. Accordion pleat the tissue paper stack in 1" increments and secure it in the middle with pipe cleaner or ribbon. Trim both ends of tissue paper so they are rounded.

3. Starting with the top layer, carefully pull the tissue paper up and in to form the petals.

4. And just like that you have your flower!

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SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Flower Child: Groovy (1642),

Peacock (1646), Flower Child Plaid (1639). Other: cardstock: PTI -

enchanted evening white; Stamps: Market Street Stamps - Blast Off; Ink:

Palette Landscape - Prussian Blue; Copic Spica sky blue glitter pen.

OH MY STARS CARDby Tracy Schultz

I don't know about you, but I have a nephew who absolutely adores wearing different patterns at the same time, especially if they're super bright. For this card, I took the plaid and yellow striped papers and cut them just smaller than my card front. Then, on my plaid piece of paper, I cut along the straight lines of the plaid to remove the lighter portions of the plaid design. I glued down the remaining stripes onto the yellow paper leaving gaps where the lighter portion was removed. This is where the yellow striped paper (or whatever pattern you choose) peeks through, and makes one new, crazy pattern.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Sweet Tooth: Sprinkles (1560),

Bubblegum (1552). Other: cardstock: PTI - kraft; Stamps: Market Street

Stamps - Blast Off; Hero Arts Just a Note; Ink: Palette Burnt Umber,

Orangerie; prismacolor pencils, craft knife, paper piercer.

ROCKET CARDby Tracy Schultz

The green striped paper was adhered directly to the card front. The blue paper houses the slider element. To make the slider, I simply cut two vertical strips on the left and right side of the decorative paper, from halfway to almost the top edge. Then added my sliders and adhered that to my image panel. The little arrow is a prompt for the recipient to pull up. When he does, the fun sentiment is revealed- along with more of that gorgeous paper!

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SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Splendor: Heirloom (1678), Letter

Tiles (1680), Posies (1683), Woven Chevron (1684), Tiny Blossoms (1685).

Other: Clear stamps: Sentiment (PTI), Dotted border and scallops

(Avocado Arts), Ink (Tsukineko), Pearls (Queen & Co.) White

Cardstock (Bazzill), Corner rounder (Fiskars).

FLORAL TWEEN CARDby Emily Branch

This first card would be perfect for a tween's birthday with the pretty floral patterned paper banner and the cute little banner and polka dot stamped images. Layering a few of the banner pennants with some foam tape makes some of the patterned paper stand out! Try arranging the banner asymmetrically on the card to draw interest to it. A few pearls add the finishing touches.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Oh Happy Day: Emily Rose

(1763), Hailey (1767), Priscila (1768), Savannah (1772); Splendor: Tiny

Blossoms (1685). Other: Clear stamps: Scallops stamp (Avocado Arts).

Ink (Tsukineko). White Cardstock (PTI). Sew Ribbon Tool (We R Memory

Keepers).

BIRTHDAY TRIO CARDby Emily Branch

This birthday card would be great to give to a little girl! What little girl wouldn't like the cute paper-pieced presents and scalloped ribbon detail? I stamped presents on patterned paper and then pieced them together, choosing brightly colored ribbon to add some softer texture. I stamped the polka dot panel in the background to create a confetti-type festive backdrop for the gifts. I added foam tape to the center gift to give this card some dimension. Sometimes you don't need a sentiment if the theme of the card is straight-forward, hence the birthday gifts!

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PARTYHAT

by Mary Ann Jenkins

Although my daughter's birthday is still four months away, she has already started planning her party after seeing this sweet little party hat.The hat was easy to make with just a piece of 12x12 paper and a few scraps for accents. To start, I rolled the paper into a cone shape and hot glued at the seam. I trimmed a bit of the paper from the bottom edge so it would sit level, then added the pretty maribou feather trim. I punched a few scalloped circles and added the number 4, then hot glued two thin pieces of ribbon to the sides to tie it easily on her head.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Sweet Tooth:

Sprinkles (1560), Swirling (1648), Tiny Floral Border

(1513), Floral Field (1507). Other: maribou feather trim,

ribbon, scallop punch.

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Make this cute & festive

party hat with just a

piece of 12x12 paper

and a few scraps.

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invitationby Tessa Buys

There's no happier day than your birthday, and the Oh Happy Day collection is perfect for creating the perfect invitation to your soiree. Inspired by the garden feel of these papers, I created a garden party-themed invite, bursting with blooms and feminine detail Beginning with a base floral pattern, I layered a paper doily and a fussy-cut rose and banner. Lifting the last piece with foam adhesive gives the card dimension. The banner is the perfect place for the "you're invited" sentiment. I fussy-cut another rose and added it to the corner of the inside of the invitation, repeating the motif and adding color.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Oh Happy Day: Savannah (1772), Andrea (1773). Other:

cardstock (Georgia-Pacific), Sticker Sentiments (SRM Press).


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sassy stripes

For this page I choose several patterns to make my own stripes "paper". I mismatched the the size of the stripes to add some depth to on the page. I also choose the colors to coordintate with the colors of the shirt in the photo, and I think the patterns in the paper make for lots of fun color contrast. I love how staggering the stripes works your eye down the page of the layout.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Splendor: Pink Flora (1682), Navy Flora (1681),

Candytuft (1676), Woven Chevron (1686), Labels & Tags (1679), Letter Tiles (1680).

Other: twine, buttons, distress ink, bling, Sharpie pen.

technique 1messylayers

by Wendi Robinson


technique 3red, white, and blueby Jenny Suchin

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Country Charm: Farm Field Stripe

(1506). Other: white cardstock, black ink, Studio Calico stamps.

1. Make 4.25" x 5.5" card from cardstock.

2. Using a sheet of Country Charm Farm Field Stripe, cut into diagonal strips.

3. Adhere to card diagonally in rows.

4. Stamp sentiment.

5. Send to a friend! Enjoy!

technique 2colorfulby Jenny Suchin

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Country Charm: Weekend Fun

(1515). Other: white cardstock, Jenni Bowlin ink, Studio Calico stamps.

1. Make 4.25" x 5.5" card from cardstock.

2. Cut Country Charm Weekend Fun into strips.

3. Adhere strips vertically to cardstock.

4. Stamp sentiment.

5. Send to a friend!


technique 4angledstripes

by Nina Yang

I love stripes at an angle, so I layered my Hailey Paper (straight stripes) from Oh Happy Day at an angle for this card. I added some interest to the card by giving the pink bird some dimension.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Oh Happy Day: Hailey Paper (1767), Abbie's

Sunshine Paper (1769), Mira's Pearls Paper (1764).


technique 5sewing stripesby Clare Prezzia

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Oh Happy Day Collection. Other:

cardstock, ribbon, button, twine, stamp, ink, marker.

1. I sewed the stripes onto the fun Amber's Avenue chevron paper. Sewing helps the chevron pattern shine!

2. I cut the end of the threads short.

3. Then used some washi tape (which is not only fashionable, but very useful!) to tape everything to the back of the paper.


the dog days of summer by Tegan Skwiat

Take a bit of the Splendor collection and add a splash of the Country Charm collection and you get the perfect color palette for summer photos! That is what I did here and it really put me in a beachy mood. But since I didn't think it was a good idea to haul my layout and supplies to the beach, I brought the beach to my layout! Yep, I put sand on part of my title!! Simply brush on a coat of liquid glue - I used Martha Stewart glitter glue - and pour on the sand. Let dry and repeat once more for better coverage. I just love the texture it adds to the layout!

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Papers: Country Charm: Picnic Blanket (1509); Splendor: Heirloom (1678), ZigZag

(1687), Navy Flora (1681). Other: twine: The Twinery, alpha stickers: October Afternoon, mist: Tattered Angels,

clothespins: Canvas Corp, Die-cut machine: Silhouette, wood shapes: Studio Calico, glue: Martha Stewart;

buttons, cardstock, sand, and pearl gems: my supply.


ice cream cards by Teri Anderson

Ice cream is the ultimate Summer treat. I mean, gosh, who doesn't love a big scoop of ice cream at the end of a hot day? Besides the perfect way to cool off and being superdelicious, it's also provides great inspiration for making a couple sweet cards for Summer. And the best part: It's fat-free in paper form! For the "Let's Chill" card, I used a big circle punch to cut the circles. I finished off my scoops with a cherry cut from a piece of patterned papers and a few pearls. I used a little circle punch for the other card.

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Bonjour: Paris Je T'Aime (1534); Oh Happy Day: Mira's Pearls (1764);

Country Charm: Cherry Pie (1504), Sweet Floral (1512), Country Bloom (1505).

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2 Be sure to ink the edges to give each circle a little extradimension. Then use your scissors to cut a free-style border of sorts for each scoop from matching paper. You'll see none of mine look quite the same.

4 Start with a circle. Then add one your free-style borders to it. Then do it again and again. Keep going until you have a cone you are happy with it.

1 It's really easy to make ice cream scoops from GCD's patterned papers. Start by cutting several circles from patterned paper. Any size circle punch works well.

3 Now, just start stacking up your cone.


splash, splash, splash by Audrey Yeager

I was thinking about layers of waves, so I took some strips of blue paper and used a border punch on one long edge. Then I punched some random small holes and layered them in the middle of my page. I was inspired by the oval shape of the raft, so I stitched an oval over my strips and created an oval shaped journaling area. I found a water splash cutting file online which I cut with my electronic die cutting machine. I used the cut out pieces for embellishment, but I also used the negative as a mask for painting some water splashes, and also for doing a little heat embossing with some clear embossing powder.

GCD Studios Papers: Flower Child: Twisted Floral (1649); Splendor: Sunswept (1684), Zig Zag (1687); Botanique:

Grandmas Pearls (1712). Other: Versamark Ink, American Crafts Embossing powder, paint, machine stitching,

Tatterd Angels Mist, Paper Studio punch.

happy camper by Mary Ann Jenkins

One of our family's vacation traditions is buying souvenir patches from each of the places we visit. They are fun to collect and make great embellishments on our vacation layouts. On this page, I included the patch we got in Grand Teton National Park. A perfect way to rememberall the fun places we travel to!

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Splendor: Heirloom (1678), Letter Tiles (1680), Woven Chevron (1686);

Botanique: Elegant (1718); Bonjour: Petite Fleur (1542).


Alter It.

I chose to change the circles to layered flowers and bring the up the from the bottom just as the sketch. My photos also were flip flopped with the largest photo to the left instead of on the right. I stitched my title on the bottom and added a few pretty butterflies to my page.


SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Oh

Happy Day & Sweet Tooth Collections.

Use It.

For my layout, I pretty much followed the sketch exactly, using the cute fussy cut flowers in place of the circles. The page title is still at the top, and I followed the shape of the banner strips at the bottom to add more words to the title. The fun "Oh Happy Day" flag is part of the bar code strip from one of the papers in the Oh Happy Day collection, and with little machine stitching, and some pearls and my layout is compete!

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers:

Botanique Collection.by Pam Callaghan

by Mary Ann Jenkins


by Nina Yang

Flip It.

Nina flipped the sketch on its side. To bring focus to the sentiment Nina put it at the top right of the card and layered it with a piece of cardstock. Finished card size is 5.5" x 5.5".

SUPPLIES: GCD Studios Pattern Papers: Sweet Tooth: Lollipop (1557), Sprinkles (1560), Cherry Cordial (1553), Sweet

Tart (1562), Sugar Cookie (1561).

FeaturedCollectionof the month

by Heidi Sonboul

Cheerful and upbeat, this happy collection will brighten up your day with simply sweet patterns perfect for basics and fussy cutting.


by Heidi Van Laar

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