I decided to show you just how fantastic a minimalist card can look. And what better way than to CASE one of Beate’s designs??? This particular card style is called a Joy Fold Card. My design is very similar to the design Beate used in this tutorial…hence, it is a “CASE” or a Copy And Share Everything card. CASEs are great as long as you credit the person you got the CASE from! So, Beate gets credit for the original design.

Here is the card. It’s pretty simple really. Here’s what you need for this card…

Hopefully, you already have some stickles, paper snips, and few markers. Additionally, you’ll need a large tag punch, some ribbon, and an ink pad that matches your paper. Speaking of paper, I’m using Close to Cocoa, Baja Breeze, and some designer paper from the Bella Rose series. Having a set of designer paper is always a wise idea. And the new Bella Rose is divine!! Oh! You will also notice a blender pen. Another MUST!!! I just realized a very important supply item is not pictured–a white gel pen. A white gel pen will save your life. Well, not really, but it is a card saver. Not only can it make appropriate highlights on your card, it can also create faux stitching, dots, and even act as white out on mistakes. YOU NEED ONE!!!

For this card, I used my Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write marker to shade the Love image and then stamped it onto Whisper White card stock. Just a scrap piece is all that’s necessary. Then I used the same marker to shade the Van Gogh sentiment. I also used my Rose Red to shade the LOVE part. Then I stamped onto the designer paper. I sponged some Rose Red around the edges (optional) and then added faux stitching with my white gel pen. I shaded the butterfly image in Rose Red and stamped it on the paper. Before cleaning the stamp, I stamped another butterfly image on the paper (right beside the square, Love image). This is called stamping off. Then, using my Baja Breeze ink pad, I stamped the butterfly image onto the Baja Breeze textured card stock I used. On a scrap piece, I stamped another butterfly image and cut it out with my snips. I carefully folded the wings upward and placed a mini dot on the body of the butterfly and stuck it on the designer paper. I added Stickles to the butterflies.

The Baja Breeze flower on the Love image was colored using a blender pen and the Baja Breeze ink pad. You can touch the tip of the blender pen onto the ink pad and then color directly on your image. Repeat the process until your image is colored. You just make marks back and forth on a scrap piece of paper to remove any extra ink. I then colored the rest of the image, and cut it out with my snips. I punched a large tag out of a piece of the designer paper. Using a Stampin’ Dimensional, I put the Love image onto the tag. I used my Crop-a-dile to punch a hole in the tag so I could put the ribbon through it. Then I adhered the tag as per Beate’s instructions. Then I added Stickles to the flower. BTW, that is a picture of the card as it is beginning to open.

This is how the card looks when it is fully open. I haven’t stamped a sentiment on the inside yet. I usually don’t until I’m ready to give the card to someone.

I hope you enjoyed this fun, easy to make card!