The new Shady Tree Studio floral images that were recently released are so beautiful, and I couldn’t decide which one I wanted to craft with first. So, I chose all 5 and made a set complete with a matching gift box. (Sometimes indecision can be a fun thing!)
When you use designer paper (dp) do you often end up with lots of little bits and pieces of it which are then generally wasted. Well, to prevent any waste, I came up with a template not long ago that uses 2) 6″X6″ pieces of dp. This works well with all of the 6″X6″ paper pads available now. And all of the pieces of dp used on the box and the 5 Shady Tree cards came from those 2) 6″X6″ pieces.
Here are the templates.
I used ALL of the paper on both of the 6″X6″ pieces of paper. Even the little 1/4″ square was used on the box with the brad.
I have used this template before but made 6 cards with it rather than just 5. Instead of having corner pieces on the cards, I had 6) 3″ X 1-1/2″ panels. So only 2 corner pieces remained with that template.
Hope you can join me over at the CLASSroom for lots more pictures and details about the cards.
Thanks so much for dropping by today!! 
Oh my, Susan!! They are all so very beautiful, and I love your gorgeous coloring!! Thanks for the details as well!!
Beauitful set Susan. Oh you do such awesome job with flowers sets, love this.
WOW … what a great set Susan and I love them all too! No wonder you couldn’t choose!!! Beautiful cards~!!!
Love the cards you did for the CLASSroom Susan! They are so pretty! I have the stamps too and did a card with the one of the stamps. It is on my blog. Anyway, thanks for your inspriation!
This is an amazing card set!!! The colors are fabulous!!!
These are absolutely gorgeous!
You Rock! What an awesome idea, and a gorgeous set of cards! Love the one (two LOL!) sheet wonder idea…I am saving your pics for future case. I hope that’s OK!!
these are so pretty love the colors and the design great job
Hugs
Norine
Drop Dead Gorgeous! Awesome set of cards with holder — fabulous colors. What wonderful inspiration!
Great cards. I’m have a brain freeze and will foolish when I get an answer. What is dp?
These are absolutely gorgeous!! Love the black and the out of the box treatments! Great job on all of them!
What an awesome card set. Thanks so much for sharing your tips on using all of the 6 x 6 paper!
Wow wonderful all of them so well coloured. Gr Marja
Susan, this is awesome! The images are beautiful, and sharing your templates is so sweet of you! Thanks! What a beauty of a note set!
LeAnne
Wow! These are gorgeous, Susan. Thanks, too, for the template…those little pieces of paper drive me crazy..too big to throw away but often don’t know what to do with them soooooo they sit in a bin.
Susan, this is such an awesome set of cards…they are devine, gf! Thanks for the tutorial as well.
Pinky
Such a Lovely, Elegant set!
Oh I just love it! this is a fabulous set! very pretty!
And thanks for sharing a great template to avoid waste!!!
Beautiful set of cards!
Susan, this card set just knocked my socks off!!
I love the color scheme along with your layouts ~ completely captivating. I especially like the use of the triangular shapes. And the coloring is simply impeccable.
Really beautiful 🙂
Wow! These are gorgeous! Love how you set them up!
That is amazing!!! Love these flowers! Your coloring with Copics looks like watercoloring!
Thank you for all of the instructions, Susan!!!
Susan, this card set is beyond beautiful! What beautiful colorings and … and… I’m speechless…it’s gorgeous!!!
Wow! What a gorgeous set! I love the colors and the flowers. I’ve never seen a 6×6 WSW before–cool, and thanks! Also, I peeked at your Classroom post…thank you for the mention, Susan. I’m glad you liked the box design.
Very cool! I am going to keep this for using my 12×12 paper too! Thanks much!
what a pretty set, Susan!
Hi!
I posted an entry on my blog with a link to this tutorial.
Would you let me know if that’s OK?
Thanks,
Nancy Ward
http://paperfriendly.blogspot.com
Gorgeous cards, wow! Very awesome! Just found your tutorial from Paperfriendly. Since I am technically challenged lol, I got the cards ok, but not the box…where is the bottom? LOL (pls. forgive me, your set is sooo beautiful). Stamps are from? thank you for sharing.
Such yummy Cards… thanks for sharing your talent!
I love everything about this beautiful set and really appreciate the template, howeger I do have a question. How did you do your focal image that it overlaps the background? Is it stamped then cut out?
Very pretty card set. Thanks for the instructions.
love your cards, where can the Shady Tree floral stamps be bought?
This is just what I am looking for. Thanks
your cards are beautiful I am fairly new to crafting but would love to follow you, but not good with pc.