Card Making for Beginners with Mix and Match Ephemera Packs

The Mix and Match Ephemera Packs are perfect for beginning card makers! They give you the opportunity to be creative, but you don't need a lot of supplies. Just take the different punch out pieces and mix and match them to make a beautiful handmade card!

I shared how to use these packs to make a card during this week's Thursday night live. If you missed it, you can catch the replay below along with the supply list and lots more sample photos. So, on y go! Let's get stamping.

Video Tutorial for These Quick Handmade Cards

Here's the video tutorial where I shared lots of tips for using these ephemera packs to create easy handmade cards.

Ahoy! An Easy Handmade Card

There are multiple choices in the Mix & Match Ephemera line:

• Saying Something Ephemera Pack
• Something for Everything Ephemera Pack
• Fully Flowering Ephemera Pack
• Labels & Layers Ephemera Pack

Plus, there are two different packs of printed cards and envelopes that you can add them to: the Sunny Springs Cards & Envelopes and the Calming Creek Cards & Envelopes.

​Everything works with everything else in the line!

Choose Your Elements and Start Mixing

For my cards, I used the Sunny Springs Cards & Envelopes, the Saying Something Ephemera Pack, the Something for Everything Ephemera Pack, and the Labels and Layers Ephemera Pack.

I started by choosing an element from the Something for Everything Ephemera Pack and then found other elements that went well with it. For this birthday card, I started with the balloons. 

Add Labels for a Base

I love the printed cards, but sometimes that can feel a little busy. So, I like to use a label, or a few labels, as a base for my ephemera elements. 

This card, I used the big label in the back from the Labels & Layers pack. Then, I layered the rainbow on it and added other smaller elements.

Some of the words in the Saying Something pack are white, like the "friend" I used on this card. So, I colored it with a Stampin' Blend to match the rainbow.

Use Multiple Sentiments

Yup, on this card, I repeated myself. I love how the script hello looks with the bold uppercase hello. I popped them both on a label layered on other labels. 

All of the card bases have matching envelopes. I chose to put the envelope with their matching card, but you could mix them up too for a different look!

Supply List for These Easy Cards

Group and Overlap Elements

Try grouping and overlapping elements to create a focal point. If the pieces aren't overlapped, it may look a little disjointed. Overlapping them helps create a collaged look. 

You can see that some of the ephemera pieces have a white border and some of them, like on this thank you card, don't. Usually, I keep the bordered ones with other bordered ones and the non-bordered ones together. But you can mix them like I did in the Friend card above.

Use Your Own Cardstock Base

While the card bases are great for super easy cards without needing a paper trimmer or scissors, you can also use the ephemera packs with regular cardstock bases.

For this card, I used a piece of Copper Clay for the card base. I also embossed a piece of Copper Clay with the Timber 3D embossing folder and then layered it on a piece of Basic White cardstock. 

I love how the different elements came together on this card front!

Ready to make these cards yourself?

If you need anything to create these handmade cards, simply click the button above to see the complete supply list for the cards. Then, uncheck the items you don't need and click "Add to Cart."

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