Tuesday 14 August 2018

Recreating Paper Background Card



Hi bloggers!  I have had quite a few requests to see this video so here it is!  I will show you how to make your own background paper even though the original was done with a piece of decorative  paper from a pad!  I don't think you can tell the difference at all!






 The finished dimensions are 7 1/2" x  7 1/2" in size.  All for now, Sue x
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93 comments:

ClareW said...

GM Sue. Wow! Very lovely.

hollyberry said...

Amazing looking card and background.

KarinsArtScrap said...

wow stunning Sue so very elegant.

karin

Debra K. said...

Absolutely gorgeous card this morning! The background does look the same, definitely technique to try. Just love this understated but stylish design of your card. Debra x

Barbara Gosden said...

Hi Sue
A stunning card, I cannot wait to watch the video.
B xx

June Smith said...

Morning Sue and all Wilsonettes, oh gosh I will enjoy watching this, the sample is amazing. Love all these new techniques that you keep showing us.

Stay safe, healthy and happy, hugs. June Smith xxx

kittyedavies47@gmail.com said...

Morning Sue.
Thank you a lovely card, so elegant.
Take care and have fun Kitty.

Karen Drew said...

Great technique. Love the simplicity of this card . Stunning
Luv
Karen xx

hazel young said...

Wonderful card and tutorial Sue x xhazel

Unknown said...

Good Morning Sue

A lovely elegant card so sophisticated. I really like how this has been put together.

Crafty Hugs
Heather xx

Steph Cotterill said...

Hi Sue. This popped up on my YouTube sub yesterday but couldn't get round to watching it, and here it is now, part of my morning routine. Get 'my keeper' & 4paws out to the country park and check out my favourite blog. So I can't wait to watch how you put this lovely, classic, expensive looking sample together and hopefully learn something from the best craft tutor ever ☺ enjoy your day xxx

carol edwards said...

Hello Sue, what a clever idea to use up scraps like this and it gives such a wonderful design. Very regal background for Santa too. Love the sentiment and font. Xx

Unknown said...

Hi sue,

A stunning card this morning the background does look so elegant and rich I love it! Love want A too and the font it all works so well together.

Di Di from broadstairs Kent.

Crewe Trish said...

Hello Sue
Just watched your video brilliant idea my only concern is will my cutter be good enough to cut perfect lines

Janice K said...

Good morning Sue,
Thank you for another great video tutorial and for showing us how to re-create this opulent and expensive looking card. I'm always on the look out for ideas to use up my scraps as I never throw anything away! X

Jacqui O A said...

Gorgeous card Sue.

Marion Scott said...

Hello Sue
Wonderful card and great technique to use small scraps of card.
Marion S x

Chris Curry said...

A very elegant card Sue, look forward to watching the video later. Thank you, enjoy your day. Xxx

CraftyCoffey said...

Gorgeous card, looking forward to watching the video later.

Michele

margaret driscoll said...

Good Morning Sue
The Moon is a nice effect in the distance!
Love Marg

TDQ Karen said...
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TDQ Karen said...

Love this image takes me back to childhood xx

Jean Z said...

Hi Sue, love this card I have made it but would like some of the background striped paper and the large Merry Christmas. love Jean Z xxx

dj from kettering said...



Lovely card & video, thanks


Doreen x

Suemac said...

Lovely card

Anne said...

What a fabulous card, Sue.

Anne (Northampton)

Ann Topp said...

Good Morning Sue. What a brilliant way to use up waste card. And it looks so expensive. The video is brilliant.... I love watching how you work...... you always make it look so easy for us. Your sample is stunning. Thankyou Sue for all your inspiration. Sending best wishes to everyone. Kind regards Ann Toppcards Leeds

Anonymous said...

Hi Sue - I really love this card and I will be watching your video a bit later this morning to see how you have made the background. Sending best wishes
YvonneMayxx

karenlotty said...

A lovely card I will have to watch video later I need to get off to work

Scottydog said...

Ingenious Sue! So simple but I would never have thought to do it. I have loads of scraps so will get cracking on doing some of those as the effect is so elegant. Thank you Sue for the inspiration.

Tressa said...

Saw this video a few days ago and was impressed by the idea. This technique might be adapted for a male birthday card that needs to be made this week.

Lovely card, very elegant

Teresa

Crafty vonnie said...

Good morning Sue,
A very elegant card with a great background, great for using our scraps which I have many.Yvonne xx

lydia jordan said...

Morning Sue,
Gorgeous card, just wish I could think more like you.
Lydia
X

Izzy said...

Hi Sue,

What a great idea - not only simple but stylish and so thrifty too, using up our mountain of offcuts and as Teresa has just said would make a perfect background for male cards...and the greeting cut out of gold mirror card looks fabulous too

Izzy

June Horrocks said...

Beautiful card sue thank you so much love the background a posh Christmas card me thinks
Love always June Horrocks xxxxxc

Pussycats said...

Good Morning Sue
What a stunning Christmas card this morning , the background looks stunning . Thank you so much for sharing and doing the video. Going to pop the kettle on and watch.
crafty hugs and well wishes to all... Wendy

Marie P.from Longridge said...

Good morning Sue. I do hope I've been missed from my daily comments but the blog is no longer coming into my inbox. I have to search for it
Today's card is so beautiful, I just love it and will certainly try it out.
Thank you for the video.
Marie P.

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Wow!! Fabulous! Thanks for the tutorial!

Lisbeth said...

Hi Sue. I really love the image of Santa on his sleigh for Christmas cards and although the background is not necessarily a Christmas one, the appearance of Santa flying across the sky screams Christmas to me.

Lisbeth

Unknown said...

Fun video but there is no way we can cut that many perfectly straight, perfectly equal, perfectly narrow strips in two colors without precision instruments. Even with a guillotine, there's no way to measure and cut the overhanging edge to a precise width, unless you were holding most of the card stock as overhang and feeding in little narrow strips measured against the lines in the guillotine. But how would you make sure you're holding the bulk of the paper perfectly perpendicular to the blade? The only way I can figure is to line up the paper with an edge perpendicular to the cutting edge, and cut a little wider than the desired width. Then use the increments on the cutter to line up the width you want and zip off the overhanging excess.

That hurt my brain. Did you have some trick, like using weaving dies without stitched edges? Getting an intern to do it on a computer that sends designs to a cutting blade instead of an inkjet nozzle?

My big Carl cutter has a clamp that locks down as many as 10 or 12 thicknesses of card at the precise distance you want from the blade, then the circular blade zips along a rail. Still, there's wobble in the blade housing, and there's no way you can precisely measure off such tiny increments that close to the rail and clamp. So, I think you did it with Movie Magic, and that really is two sheets of gift wrap you're comparing! I know, we saw you do it so you couldn't have tricked us, but I really wish you had shown how to get those perfect strips. I'd rather see that kind of thing in a video than you peeling off the backing from multiple sections of mounting foam. If you've already prepared the mounting foam, go a step further and remove all the backings off camera, covering them with a single sheet of wax paper or something that will come off all the pieces with one pull.

Okay, iPad just hit me on the forehead

That happens when I fall asleep while typing.

Best, Donita









Theresa said...

very elegant card! and i can't differ between the 2 backgrounds, hugs xx

Laura O said...

Gorgeous card sue love everything about this one stunning. Laura O Springfield

Yorkie girl said...

Good morning Sue and everyone
Ohh now I would not have thought of putting that background on your lovely card I must say though it works brilliantly
The colours are perfect Sue
Hope you are well my friend
Take care folks
Theresa G xx

Kiraneries said...

Hi Sue, a beautiful Christmas card. Elegant in the white, gold and black. Thanks for your video.

Yorks butterfly said...

Hi Sue love the card and will be copying the idea for the background. Great video..
Wendy x

Rose in Chester said...

Hi Sue,
Great video to show us how to create a masterpiece of a card without spending a fortune. I shall make more use of my strips, you've just reminded me.
Hugs, Rose

Fluffycat said...

Hi Sue, a timeless card and informative video, thank you. Love Santa and the reindeer and the glittered moon. You now have me thinking about using some of my many scraps to create backgrounds. I have a drawer full of mirri card pieces in many colours so I think I will have fun creating a variety to go with different styles of card - just hope I have enough coconut white card to go with them :-)

Frances

cr@fty said...

Good morning Sue
Beautiful card! Will watch the video later thanks for sharing!
Hugs x
Heather T

CraftyJo said...

Great card, tfs.

Pauline Austen said...

Hi Sue, a real stunner of a card today. Like black and gold together. Will watch the video later this afternoon to see how you can create such a lovely background.
Hugs xx Pauline

Margaret R said...

Hi Sue
A beautiful card, and what a clever idea with the Reindeer, must try to remember this.
Margaret x

Arlyn(O) said...

Morning Sue, Beautiful card. Love these Christmas die too. A

ursula said...

Great idea Sue to use up those scraps, look stunning, a most beautiful simple card, but looks amazing...thank you..luv Ursula xx

Nana on the Hill said...

This is such a beautiful card Sue, a real classic x

Suzzette Yandle said...

Great idea! Now why have I not thought of this technique to "make" my striped background paper? I know why - I'm not Sue Wilson! Your idea is swirling around my head to use on some of my Christmas cards. Making up this striped background will allow me to use some of those scrap pieces I have not had the heart to throw out. Thanks for the great video and the inspiration.

Muriel said...

Hello Sue and all
I saw this video in the last couple of days and just love this card- it is so clean and fresh looking and looks much more difficult than you make it in your demo. Loving Christmas more than usual this year
Hugs
Muriel x

alimecca said...

Hi Sue,
Fabulous card and a brilliant way to use up scraps of card too. I for one couldn't see any difference between the two cards. The finished card is so elegant. Brilliant video as ever.
Love and hugs to all, Alison xxx

sandy said...

This card is stunning!!

Sandy (tort)

ahappycrafter50 said...

Beautiful card Sue.
Donita it’s comforting to know that I’m not the only one who gets hit on the head by an iPad!
Jan
Northampton

theresa w said...

Hi Sue and lovely wilsonettes x
Very elegant card Sue x the background looks really expensive and I loathe throwing away my scraps of mirror card so thankyou for this ingenious idea x I love the Santa and reindeer flying across the moon x thankyou Sue x
Theresa w in Berks xxx

Welsh Dors said...

Hi Sue,.
Stunning card. This will stand out on the mantelpiece.
Best wishes
Dorianne

Kate's Cards said...

Reminds me of a cracker!

Wendy from Scotland said...

Hi Sue, stunning, elegant and beautiful card great background love it all

Wendy x

Jackie T said...

Hi Sue this is a stunning card I love it. I am just going to watch the video. Take care. Hugs Jackie

sued99 said...

Fabulous card. Love what you’ve done with Santa and the reindeer. X

CCM said...

Oh, this recreating background involves a lot of work, too much work but it is good to know another way to use your scrap paper or, as you said, not to have to buy the whole pad of paper. Watching the video I asked myself same questions as Donita, how to make those strips:straight, same width, etc. I don't know if I have the right tools and so much patience to cut so many strips, but ... if I'll manage to cut half of them, same color, then I will glue them on a cardstock (plain or not), whatever color matches with my strips and I will get a kind of high (not too high indeed) and low background with half work in half time.
Thanks for the inspiration.

Hugs from Toronto,
Carmen-Dorothy

Deb E Isle of Wight said...

Fell in love with this post when you showed it on your launch shows. Love the simplistic effect but it looks so elegant. Will be giving this one a go...

Pat L said...

Hi Sue
Haven’t had a chance to watch the video yet but your card is stunning and I can’t wait to watch you in action

Love and hugs to everyone
Pat

Littlelamb said...

Brilliant card and video. Whether I could do it or not remains to be seen but I will try.

BenteS said...

Beautiful and elegant Christmas card, love the colours :))
Thanks for the video!

Patricia Howarth said...

Hi Sue, I'm loving this card, and I'm really looking forward to watching you create this.
Lots of love from Patricia xx

Jan.moogie said...

Love the striped background idea and the rest of the card is awesome. hugs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Pat S Witney said...

Hi Sue
You’ve made some lovely cards over the last few days. Haven’t been able to come in and comment due to circumstances and blogger not working properly.

Brenda said...

Hi Sue, I love this card, if you don’t mind I would love to copy your design. Thank you for the inspiring me. Hugs Brenda xxx

Barbara said...

Stunning card Sue!
Great video love the striped background and the fact you can do it in any colour you like, what a great idea!!!

Elise said...

(sorry, I leave my message as a comment because I didn't find contact form on your blog, hoping you'll see it soon.
Please answer directly to my email address elise.amann(at)wanadoo.fr).

Hello !
I'm writting an article for the winter wishes issue of the french magazine called "Passion cartes créatives".
The subject is "totally white cards"...
I wish to show your card (seen here : http://particraft.blogspot.com/2014/12/wednesday-weekly-card-giveaway.html) within this article.
Would you agree with that ?
If yes, could you please send me as soon as possible a high resolution photo of your creation ?
Of course, your name or pen name if you want will appear next to the image, and the address of your blog will be in the address book.
Thank you in advance for your quick answer, even if it is negative, so that I can get organized (I have to give my paper very soon).
Best Regards, Elise AMANN

Unknown said...

To My Wonderful Dear Friend Sue,
Today’s Card Is Just Phenomenal Rich/Opulent I Love The Fantastic
Background You Created, I Would Never Have Thought It But Now With Your
Guidance Tips/Techniques I’m Gaining More More Knowledge
Your Video Tutorial Are Extremely Informative You Break Everything Down
To Sizeable Chunks.............
Take Great Care My Wonderful Dear Friend Sue,
Extremely Wonderful Warm Fond Wishes To Colin Also Heather
Sue, Lots Of Love Also Huge Hugs 🤗
Love From Sam xxx
Like Brenda Mentioned I Would Love To Copy Your Design, Sue, You Are A Great Inspiration I
Truly Appreciate Everything You Do Sue, I’m In Awe Of You Plus Your Magical Creations............

Pawprintx4 said...

Very pretty card and I like the way the reindeer multiply. I am with others...all the strips of paper are just not happening. I might find a paper already done or maybe use the weaver dies? I do love the card though.
Stephanie K
SC/USA

Betty McAlister said...

Beautiful card and background Sue. X

Anonymous said...

Wow Sue, I really love this card its stunning. Love it!!

Geordie Jan xx

Di said...


Hi Sue,
Stunning card and very elegant, love the striped background and a great tip for making your own.
Cheers,
Di B. x
Tasmania.

BridgetCG said...

Hello Sue, this card is just awesome, I love the striped background. The video is definitely one to store for future reference. Bx

Rosie said...

Hi Sue, love the back ground paper and I am looking forward to seeing the video later on. Thank you for sharing your work. Love Rosie from Chorley...xxx

Sandra said...

So clever and artistic! Beautiful!

DeCor said...

Thanks for sharing your clever way of making the background. Can't see any difference. Brilliant. Love this card.

Clai01 said...

Really stylish looking card Sue x

rolfi said...

Hi Sue,

that´s a stunning card. Love it!
And thank you for showing us in the video.

Rolf xxx

Dawn Holben said...

WOW Sue this is amazing, i love it. Those stripes are so effective x

Maria said...

Hi Sue and all
A absolutely stunning card, love it

hugs Maria x

Latenight SandyH said...

Great idea for the background. Lovely card.

Owlish said...

Hi SUE
Another wow card so flexible colour wise love it off to watch the video
JOY Xx

Marianna Hammer said...

Gorgeous card! And thank you for the video tutorial. It always gives so much more to see tha card made.

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