Birthday Card Duo

II continue to whittle away at what crafting supplies I have so today's cards use up some leftover patterned paper from my cards HERE.  For something different I stamped the sentiment on fishtail banners (dies by Karen Burniston) and popped them up with foam tape. 

I added some black Nuvo Drops as the card fronts needed a little something and then I was happy. Both cards will be donated to my Mom's old nursing home.

Here is a peek of the inside:

 

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - DooWop Diddly Wink. - the Paper Studio (old)

Little Something sentiments - Catherine Pooler

Black Nuvo Drops

Nautical Birthday Card Duo

Welcome to Masculine Card Monday here on my blog! I really wanted to finish off this older Paper Pumpkin kit (July 2019) so here are the final three cards. Well, I'm only showing two of them - I made three but popped one in the mail before I got the photos taken. 😊

I actually stuck pretty close to the instructions that came with the Paper Pumpkin kit, which is rare for me. But I quite liked this one! The stamp on the card fronts came in the kit and I used up the last two of the navy map lined envelopes on these two cards.

When I shared the first cards I made earlier this month (see HERE) I liked the stamps used inside so kept them on my stamping desk to use on these ones too. 

Essentially the kit has been used up. There is one card base left that I will use to make a quick Z-Fold card and will share that once it's finished.

Supplies used:

July 2019 Paper Pumpkin 'On My Mind'

Sentiments - the Inside Scoop, Snarky Birthday - Taylored Expressions

Birthday Card with Hearts

Today I'm sharing a quick and easy birthday card made with some older products in my craft room. The cute patterned paper was leftover from an Anniversary Card that will be shared another day. There was just enough for an A2 card front with a leftover strip for the inside - perfect!

The pretty stamp is from Studio Katia and it was stamped on a stitched circle & popped up with foam tape. It's hard to see in the photos, but I added some clear glittery dots with Pops of Color for some birthday sparkle.

Here is a peek at the inside:

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - unknown & older from my stash, no cover sheet anymore.

Happy Birthday stamp - Studio Katia

Stitched circle die - MFT Stamps

Pops of Color - Snowflake, Scrapbook .com

Panda and Cake Pop Up Birthday Card

I was supposed to post this yesterday for Fun Fold Friday on my blog, but I have no idea where the time goes! This is the birthday card I made for our grandson who loves Pandas. I haven't used this panda face die in a long time so I pulled it out and die cut it into white card stock. The die cuts the face/ear openings rather than the head so I backed the white panel with black glitter paper to show through the openings. 

There is often an indent left from the die that actually forms the head so I LIGHTLY went over that with a soft pencil and blending it out with a fingertip. It gives just a hint of the head shape but I like the effect. There was a strip of the rainbow paper sitting on my stamping desk so I matted it with black glossy cardstock (another scrap) and added a white heat embossed sentiment. 

I have shown these sentiments in video's before - they are the Simple Strips from Taylored Expressions and I just stamp, emboss and die cut a whole bunch of them at a time and store them into a clear plastic envelope. Saves so much time when I go to make a card!

Inside I used Karen Burniston's Twist Circle Pop Up since this grandson loves a pop up card. I decorated it with some older stickers from my stash and added a stamped sentiment onto the white panel. That is also where we signed the card.

Supplies used:

Panda face die - Neat & Tangled

Black glitter paper - American Crafts (old, from my stash)

Black glossy card stock scrap

Rainbow strip - leftover scrap of striped patterned paper

Simple Strips Birthday and coordinating die - Taylored Expressions

White embossing powder

Pops of Color - Snowflake and black, Scrapbook .com

Twist Flower Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Stickers - old, stash

Cross Stitched circle dies - Tutti designs

Best Birthday Yet - Catherine Pooler

Doggie Birthday Wishes

I had a couple of patterned paper scraps sitting on my stamping desk so combined them to make a panel for the front of a birthday card. When I had rooted through my stickers, I found a sheet of dog face stickers as well as these Kraft labels, so combined one of each as the focal point on my card front. 

Finally, I added a stamped & matted sentiment and my simple card front was done.

Here is a peek at the inside ...

Supplies used:

Since I used lots of scraps and leftover bits, my supply list is limited.

Stickles glitter glue

Inside - Best Birthday Yet, Catherine Pooler

Mini Strips Birthday, stamp and coordinating die - Taylored Expressions

March Sheetload of Cards

Today I'm sharing my take on the March '25 Sheetload of Cards, which turned out to be stash buster cards. 😊  I actually made these the evening of the 1st when the Sheetload was released - and I was surprised at how quickly they worked up! I will be doing this one again soon ... I really like it! 

I pulled out an older 6x6" paper pad and even older stickers for the cards. The sentiments are from Pinkfresh Studios - another set I've had for a long time and get a lot of use out of.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Flirty Florals (6x6") Q & Co

Happy Birthday Sentiments - PinkFresh Studios

Stickers - Dollar Store (old, from my stash)

March 2025 Sheetload of Cards - Call Me Crafty Al on YouTube

NOTE - I am no longer linking the Sheetloads, as some of them have been archived for her channel subscribers and I don't want to send you on a wild goose chase. 😊

Mini Slimline Pop Up Card for St. Patricks DayI

Sadly, I didn't get this card in the mail in time - so I guess I'll be hanging onto it til next year. I had to have oral surgery this week and the pain meds have sent me for a loop. Ha - but I'm recovering well and starting to wean off the meds. I sure didn't get much done except rest and snooze - which I'm sure helped the healing process. 

Anyhow I used one of Whimsy Stamps Slimline papers for my card as well as some really old stickers from my stash. They were adhered to white card stock & fussy cut so I could pop them up with foam tape. I also added some gold peel off stickers for some sparkle.

You can probably tell how much I love Karen Burniston's Twist Flower Pop Up die set, which is what I used here. A few more stickers as well as some washi tape inside. The sentiment iwas matted on rainbow holographic card stock. The tiny hears were also cut from that same card stock for a different project and the leftovers were sitting on my stamping desk. I added a few of them on the card.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Slimline St. Patricks Day, Whimsy Stamps

Stickers - old, from my stash

Shamrock stickers - American Crafts (old)

Self Adhesive gold dots - Dazzles

Stickles glitter glue

Rainbow holographic hearts - leftover from previous card, sitting on my stamping table

Twist Flower Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Washi tape - Doodlebug Designs

Scallop stitched circle dies - Tutti Designs

Mini Strips St Patricks Day, coordinating die and backing die - Taylored Expressions

Green mirror card stock - stash

Slimline St. Patricks Day Card

added stickers to white card stock for stability

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Slimline St. Patrick's Day - Whimsy Stamps

Ephemera - Lots o' Luck Odds & Ends, Doodlebug

Shamrock stickers - American Crafts - old, from my stash

Glitter Dots

Inside - Shamrocks4us - the Stamps of Life

Shamrock die - Cut Ups, Riley & Co

Stickers - old, stash

Six Celebration Birthday Cards

This is it! My last post using this older 6x6" paper pad & coordinating ephemera - it's all been used up now. Oh, how I love to use things up. 

There were a couple of full sheets and some leftover strips that I just assembled until I was happy with how they looked I also added a little birthday sparkle with Stickles glitter glue.

Here is a peek at the inside, with all of them having the same sentiment inside.

Supplies used:

Hexagon punch - Stampin' Up

Happy Birthday stickers - Pebbles

Stickers - old, stash

Patterned paper - Let's Celebrate, Carta Bella (6x6")

Let's Celebrate Ephemera - Carta Bella

Sentiment inside - Lots of Birthday2Stamp, the Stamps of Life

Stickles glitter glue

Leafy Paper Pumpkin Birthday Cards

I've been picking away at my stash the past year, trying to use some of it up. I have several unfinished Paper Pumpkin kits as well, so I pulled out this one - On My Mind from July 2019. I made these three cards using items from the kit, but then added some humorous stamps inside.

There were only 2 of the coordinating envelopes left, so one card gets a plain white envelope. 😊

The stamp below was used in two of the cards, because I'm always turning down the music if a complicated intersection or merge is coming up. 😂😂😂

 Into my stash with these ones, although I do know who two of them will go to. 

Supplies used:

July 2019 Paper Pumpkin 'On My Mind'

Happy Birthday To You - Cool Tag Banners, Your Next Stamp

Sentiments - The Inside Scoop, Snarky Birthday - Taylored Expressions