Mini Slimline Teacher Appreciation Card Duo

I like to make our grandkids their Teacher Appreciation Cards each year - here in Alberta the kids don’t start school until September and they go until almost the end of June. I made two of this one, as one family’s school is in a completely different county than the other. 

The apples are stickers I bought last year from Amazon and there are a lot in the package so I use them freely - including on the envelopes! The Mini Slim background die is from Taylored Expressions and I still get a lot of use out of it.

This year I left the cards blank inside - other than the apple sticker - because the grandkids are old enough now to write a thank you message rather than just sign their names. I thought that would make the cards more personal for their teachers.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - I Love School, Echo Park

Apple Stickers - Amazon .ca

Mini Slim Square Window Cutting Plate - Taylored Expressions

Sentiments - Simply Sentimental Teacher, Trinity Stamps

Father’s Day Card/Gift Card Holder

It’s Masculine Card Monday here on my blog!  Father’s Day really snuck up on me this year so I was scrambling to get cards made. But I did it - with a few days to spare! In the interest of saving time, I made two of the cards with gift card pockets inside and I think they turned out cute. I’ll share the second one another day - this one was made for our son-in-law. It’s a 5x7” card and the leafy die cut frame ended up working perfectly for the 6x6” patterned paper I wanted to use!

The Happy Father’s Day was done with my Brother Label Maker and attached to a 1/2” strip of white card stock then popped up with foam tape. Since I was hand delivering them I didn’t need to worry about them being too bulky to go through the mail.

This family is going on a 9 - 12 month sabbatical in August, so there really isn’t anything they want. They are busy getting rid of things, so I added cash into the pocket so he can treat himself to several nice coffee’s as they get ready for this big adventure.

Supplies used:

5x7” card and envelope

5x7” Foliage Frame, Kat Scrappiness

Patterned paper - Watercolour Landscapes 1.1, Paper Rosse

Gift Card Pocket - MFT Stamps

Best Gift Ever - MFT Stamps

Brother Label Maker

Mini Slimline Tri Shutter Mother’s Day Card

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog! I’m very late sharing this Mother’s Day card I made for our eldest daughter, but better late than never.  I used the Mini Slim Tri-Shutter die set from Divinity Designs for the card base and layers and their gorgeous patterned paper as well. I chose this paper because she loves peonies. She also loves Highland Cows!

The adorable Highland Cow on the front is actually a sticker that I attached to white card stock then fussy cut so I could pop it up with foam tape. I made a little box using a die by Karen Burniston to add the rest of the sticker package into as part of her gift, and she didn’t mind at all that I had chosen one of the package to use on her card. 

The Happy Mother’s Day and Shadow dies are both by Karen Burniston and I cut the Happy Mother’s Day portion three times and stacked them for a chunky sentiment. Easy peasy since I was hand delivering this and didn’t need to worry about weight or thickness going through the mail.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Floral Favorites, Divinity Designs

Mini Slimline Tri Shutter die set - Divinity Designs

Scallop Circle dies - Divinity Designs

Blending Brushes

Crinkled seam binding - Stampin’ Up

Happy Mother’s Day & Shadow dies - Karen Burniston

Sakura Stardust Pen

Pops of Color, Snowflake - Scrapbook .com

Enamel heart - Doodlebug Shape Sprinkles

Prism Gem Stickers - Honey Bee

Highland cow sticker - Amazon .com

Birthday Wishes Card

 

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted! I have been making a few cards and even taken the photos - but getting them posted here then shared on social media has proven to be difficult these days. I guess I’m only willing to be on the computer so long in a day and my computer time has been used up doing other things. But I am going to try to do better at sharing, since my finished card photos are stacking up!

I’m starting out with this simple card created using a patterned note card (the yellow framed piece) and a journal card from my stash that I popped up with foam tape. I added some black Nuvo Drops for contrast & a puffy balloon sticker. Finally some glitter glue and this card was ready to be donated to my Mom’s old nursing home. (Looks like I forgot to take a photo of the card inside, or the photo got misfiled since it’s been so long since I made it).

Supplies used:
Patterned note cards - Paper Studio
Inside sentiment - Large Birthday, Technique Tuesday
Puffy Balloon Sticker - Pebbles
Pops of Color, Black - Scrapbook .com
Stickles glitter glue

Birthday Balloon Card Duo

These cards were made on a whim, and I ended up liking how they turned out! I started with a pink/gold foiled note card that was printed front and back. Cutting it into two panels I pulled out this fun balloon background die (Taylored Expressions) and die cut each panel. I decided to just keep these ones nice and simple, but I look forward to playing with this die again and using multiple colours for the different balloons.

There are included balloon dies as well, so I cut a couple from the scraps and popped them up with foam tape. The balloon pieces were attached to white card bases and I stamped a sentiment in the open area. Finally, I added some Stickles glitter glue to the popped up balloon on each card front.

Here is a peek at the inside, with a second die cut balloon and a penned balloon string weaving through the stamped sentiment.

Supplies used:

Up Up & Away cutting plate, Taylored Expressions

Patterned paper - old note card from my stash

Best Birthday Yet - Catherine Pooler

Inside - Little Something Sentiments, Catherine Pooler

Stickles glitter glue

Rainbow Stripe Birthday Card Group

These cards just make me happy! With everything going on in the world, I just need happy colours and I actually kept these out on my stamping desk for about a week before I took the photos - just so I could enjoy them for awhile.

The journal cards were cut from a 12x12” sheeet in my stash and I added some sparkle with Stickles glitter glue. After the cards were assembled onto the striped patterned paper and card bases, I added black Nuvo drops to some of them. I like how the black makes the other colours pop.

I think the nursing home residents will enjoy these happy cards as well.

Finally, here is a peek at the inside. All the cards have the same sentiment inside.

Supplies used:

Journal cards - Happy Hooray, Pebbles

Striped patterned paper - Cream & Sugar, Doodlebug

Stickles glitter glue

Pops of Color, Black - Scrapbook .com

Inside - Best Birthday Yet, Catherine Pooler

Pop-Up Birthday Card Duo

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog! As I continue to pick away at using up my stash, I pulled out this older Paper Pumpkin kit to make a pair of pop-up birthday cards. The card bases in the kit are printed on the front and back, so I cut one apart to get two card fronts. After mounting the printed card panels to white card bases, I stamped a bird onto the panel and the sentiment onto a white fishtail banner. The purple vellum and the sequins were included in the kit.

Inside, I used Karen Burniston’s Twist Flower Pop-Up, which I have really been enjoying. The sentiment was stamped onto a white stitched circle, and after stamping the bird in the upper right corner of the card I stamped it again - without reinking - below the sentiment. Then the circle was adhered to the Twist Flower mechanism. 

I added a leftover patterned strip (from a different set of cards) to bring some more of the pretty scene inside the card then added a sequin to the sentiment and a second bird stamp at the bottom right corner. 

Supplies used:

March 2024 Paper Pumpkin - Memorable Meadows, Stampin' Up

Bird stamps, old papercraft magazine

Anything but Basic Birthday Wishes - MFT Stamps

Twist Circle Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Stitched Circle dies - MFT Stamps

Inside verse - Better with Age, Penny Black

Paper Pumpkin Sympathy Cards

I had been working with an older Paper Pumpkin kit (March ’24) and made these four sympathy cards for my stash. The card bases are printed front and back, so I usually cut each one into two panels to add to white card bases. Almost everything for the card fronts came in the kit, but I did add small die cut iridescent butterflies that were popped up with foam tape. It’s hard to see in the photo but the purple strip is actually vellum and the sentiment piece has a gold foiled line across the top.

I included four of the printed envelopes because they add so much to a special card like a these. After stamping the sentiment, I decided to also stamp a butterfly to tie in with the butterflies on the card fronts. 

Supplies used:

March 2024 Paper Pumpkin, Memorable Meadows - Stampin' Up

Inside Out Sympathy - Catherine Pooler

Little Etched Butterflies - Paper Rose

Rainbow Holographic card stock - Michaels

Butterfly stamp - old, Papercrafter Magazine

Cactus Card Duo

Earlier this month I shared four 5x7” Pop Up cards (see HERE) and there were some leftover pieces of the patterned paper. I made these two A2 sized Birthday cards (as well as a 5x7” Get Well card that I will share another day).

The cactus stickers were adhered to white card stock with glue, since they are older and they were losing their adhesive. Then I fussy cut them out so I could layer with them foam tape.

The cute polaroid frame is another older die (from Your Next Stamp). I cut a slightly smaller piece of white card stock than the frame then added some blue with a blending brush and blue ink. That was adhered behind the frame to visually anchor the stickers and the frame was matted with turquoise card stock.

Here is a peek at the inside ...

Both cards have already been sent off to friends who were celebrating birthdays!

Supplies Used:

Patterned paper - Desert Dream, Recollections (old from my stash)

Stickers - Sticko (old from my stash)

Photo Booth Polaroid die - Your Next Stamp

Blending Brushes

Inside Snarky Birthday - Honey Bee Stamps

Inside - Lots of Birthday2Stamp - the Stamps of Life

Mini Misti

Mermaid Tail Birthday Card

I bought several boxes of printed note cards from Hobby Lobby several years ago when we were visiting Arizona. One of them is mermaid themed, so I pulled one out and cut it down to make this birthday card. While both the front and back of the note cards are printed, the foiled mermaid tails are only on the front side so I layered it with a different not card back panel for some contrast.

The sentiment was pulled from my plastic envelope - I make a whole bunch of them at a time, so I can just add one as needed. When the envelope looks like it’s getting low, I will spend an evening creating just sentiment strips!

Since the outside of the card was kind of fancy, I kept the inside simple with a large Happy Birthday. This card will be donated to my Mom’s old nursing home.

Supplies used:

Note card - Paper Studio

Sentiment - Simple Strips Birthday? stamp and die by TE

Platinum Embossing powder

Happy Birthday - Little Something Sentiments, Catherine Pooler