Halloween Mini Slimline

 

When I was looking through my Halloween elements, I noticed that one package was almost gone - but these 3-D sparkly skull pieces were in it. I pulled all three out to make this card.

I cut the purple background using a die by Taylored Espressions then gave it a good spritz with shimmer spray. I added the 3-D skulls into the window openings and added a stamped sentiment. Then I pulled out an older package of resin stickers and added a crow above the sentiment.

Here is a peek at the inside where I wrapped holographic washi tape around the bottom edge and stamped the sentiment (in two parts). The resin sticker package also has the skull & crossbones in it so I added one inside. 

Supplies used:

Mini Slim Square Window Cutting Plate - Taylored Expressions

3-d Elements - old, from my stash

Resin crow & Skull/Crossbones - Stampin' Up (old)

Sassy Pants Spooktcular - MFT Stamps

Washi tape - old, from my stash

Shimmer Spray

Halloween Slimline Duo

I love making Halloween cards - and when I went through my bin to get this years ready to mail, I didn't have enough! Which surprised me as I usually have lots leftover at the end of October each year. I pulled out this Slimline paper pad,  found two panels that would work for Halloween and these are the cards I came up with.

I have had these 3-d elements in my stash for YEARS. I probably hoarded them for the first couple of years but I'm over that and have been making an effort to USE my supplies and not trying to make them last for the rest of my life. Ha.

Aren't these ones cute? The frogs came with the googly eyes - so fun. I added a stamped sentiment with thin foam tape to finish off the card front.

I stamped the sentiment on a white panel that had holographic washi tape wrapped around the bottom edge (another item from my stash) and added another pumpkin element. The panel was matted with black and added inside the card.

I chose a different package of elements for the second card, and added the die cut BOO instead of a stamped sentiment.

It's hard to see in the photo, but the purple BOO layer was sprayed with Shimmer Spray.

The inside was done the same as the first card ...

Supplies used:

Patterned paper panel - Slimline Paper Pack 'Enchanted Forest", Whimsy Stamps

3-d Elements - old, from my stash

BOO die - Photoplay

Shimmer Spray

Inside greetings - Papertrey Ink

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Sponge dauber - Ranger

Washi tape - old, from my stash

Happy Boo day - Sassy Pants Spooktacular, MFT Stamps

Sheetload Pop Up Birthday Card

I finished off another one of those July Sheetload of Cards** (that makes 7 finished out of 8) and I made it into a Pop Up birthday card for our daughter.  The front is pretty much the same as the others, I didn't add anything extra to it as all the fun is on the inside.

**I made all eight of the July Sheetload of cards, doing the fronts only. I wanted to take my time and finish off the insides for cards that I knew I would need coming up, rather than finish all eight at the same time. These ones will be for my stash and not donated to the nursing home as most of my Sheetload cards are.

The Lorna Label die set is a favourite of mine, and having these add ons make it even more so. This one uses the Happy Birthday Lorna Add-Ons. 😊

I still have one more card to finish off the inside ... but I haven't enjoyed this process as much as I thought I would. I think I'm just tired of the same card fronts and wish I had just finished them off all at once and been done. I'll likely leave that last one until the New Year now.

Supplies used:

July Sheetload of Cards - Call Me Crafty Al

Lorna Label Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Happy Birthday Lorna Add-Ons - Karen Burniston

Rectangles & Labels Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Birthday/Belated Sentiments - Karen Burniston

Gold foil card stock - Recollections

Gold gel pen - stash

Birthday Wishes - Honey Bee Stamps

Banner punch - Stampin' Up

Patterned paper - Brianna, K & Company (old, from my stash)

Narrow gold foil tape - Amazon .ca

Gold foil paper - Recollections

Floral cluster die - Hand Penned, Stampin' Up

Stardust glitter pen - Sakura

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Blending sponges - Tim Holtz

Stitched Scalloped circle nesting dies - Tutti Designs

5x7" card bases & envelopes - Ohuhu (Amazon .ca)

Vellum - Stampin' Up

Birthday Tags

I love making tags, so pulled out these Topper Tag dies by Karen Burniston to make these Birthday tags for our daughter.  They looked so nice tied to the gifts, which had coordinating colours in the giftware.

I bought this birthday themed washi tape from Pinkfresh Studios last year (or the year before?) and added the whole role to panels of white card stock. You could also get coordinating dies to cut out the washi tape images as well as a coordinating stamp set that would also work with the dies. I didn't actually buy anything but the washi tape though and simply fussy cut the panels as needed.

Since there is some gold foiling on the washi tape, I added some narrow gold tape to the tags as well.

Supplies used:

Topper Tags - Karen Burniston

Narrow gold foil tape - Amazon .ca

Seam binding

Washi tape - Pinkfresh Studio

Fifth Set of Birthday Cards

Today I'm sharing the fifth & final set of Birthday Cards I made using a 6x6 paper pad & coordinating ephemera. You can see the first batch HERE, the 2nd set HERE, the 3rd set HERE and the 4th set HERE if you are curious! (So far, I've made 20 cards)

I took a couple of evenings, cutting down the papers in the pack to work with the June 2021 Sheetload of Cards (a favourite). 

Then I chose coordinating ephemera for each card and had everything stored together in a plastic bag. I know how busy things are going to get in the next couple of months, so I wanted to get a jump on my nursing home donation cards. That way I could just reach into the bag and pull out the pieces to quickly complete a couple of cards!

These ones are all the same inside, and I used an old Stampin' Up banner punch & some scraps to add a little colour inside.

I was able to use what was left in the paper package and the remaining ephemera for these cards. I love to use things up!

Supplies used:

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

Let's Celebrate Ephemera - Carta Bella

June 2021 Sheetload of Cards - Call Me Crafty Al

Sentiment inside - Lots of Birthday2Stamp, the Stamps of Life

Stickles glitter glue

Banner punch - Stampin' Up

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Slimline Christmas Pop Up Card

I completely forgot to share a Christmas card in September! We ended up doing a camping trip down the Oregon coast, we've been busy since we got back and I'm having trouble finding time to get in my craft room. But this is the holiday card I made in September ... just a little late, ha ha.

I went with a Slimline card and the patterned paper is VERY sparkly. I've had the paper pad for a few years and there is also a coordinating ephemera pack that I used for the words on the front and the elements inside. The scene was at the bottom of a 12x12" sheet in the paper pad, and I thought it worked well for a Slimline.

The pop-up arms come from Karen Burniston's Mini Pops Pop Up and the signing block was die cut with her Rectangles & Labels set. 

The Canadian Thanksgiving is this coming weekend, and I didn't get a single card in the mail for it. Hoping I can dig out the extra Halloween cards I made last year and get those in the mail or I'll miss the boat on that occasion too! 

Supplies used:

Patterned paper  & Ephemera- Sugar Plum, My Minds Eye

Mini Pop Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Rectangle and Labels Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Sentiment - Christmas Classics - Stampin' Up

Sakura stardust pen

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Stickles glitter glue

Fourth Set of Birthday Cards

Today I'm sharing the fourth set of Birthday Cards I made using a 6x6 paper pad & coordinating ephemera. You can see the first batch HERE, the 2nd set HERE and the 3rd set HERE if you are curious! (So far, I've made 16 cards)

I took a couple of evenings, cutting down the papers in the pack to work with the June 2021 Sheetload of Cards (a favourite). These four cards don't use the Sheetload, but using these full sheets cut to 5.25 x 4" left me with severe 2" strips to use. Most of them were shown with the 3rd set of cards - remember I rarely end up posting things in the same order I make them. 😊

Then I chose coordinating ephemera for each card and have everything stored together in a plastic bag. I know how busy things are going to get in the next couple of months, so I want to get a jump on my nursing home donation cards. This way I can just reach into the bag and pull out the pieces to quickly complete a couple of cards!

The cards are all the same inside, and I used an old banner punch and some scraps to add some colour to the inside panels.

Supplies used:

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

Let's Celebrate Ephemera - Carta Bella

Stickles glitter glue

Mini MISTI

Catherine Pooler coloured Inks

Lots of Birthday2Stamp - the Stamps of Life

Label punch - Stampin' Up

Banner Punch - Stampin' Up

Bakers Twine

Third Set of Birthday Cards

Today I'm sharing the third set of Birthday Cards I made using a 6x6 paper pad & coordinating ephemera. You can see the first batch HERE and the 2nd set HERE if you are curious! (So far, I've made 12 cards)

I took a couple of evenings, cutting down the papers in the pack to work with the June 2021 Sheetload of Cards (a favourite). These four cards don't use the Sheetload, but made good use out of the leftover 2" paper strips along with one full sheet. Haha - cutting that sheet down to 5.25 x 4" left another 2" strip to use up (see the card in the upper right). Then I chose coordinating ephemera for each card and have everything stored together in a plastic bag. I know how busy things are going to get in the next couple of months, so I want to get a jump on my nursing home donation cards. This way I can just reach into the bag and pull out the pieces to quickly complete a couple of cards!

The cards are all the same inside, and I used an old banner punch and some scraps to add some colour to the inside panels.

Supplies used:

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

Let's Celebrate Ephemera - Carta Bella

Stickles glitter glue

Mini MISTI

Catherine Pooler coloured Inks

Lots of Birthday2Stamp - the Stamps of Life

Label punch - Stampin' Up

Banner Punch - Stampin' Up

'Boat Pop-Up' Birthday Card

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog!  Today I'm sharing the pop-up birthday card I made for our son (who likes to fish). 

This was my first play with the Boat Pop-Up, a die set by Karen Burniston. There are Add-On's that can turn it into a Sailboat or even a Pirate Ship, so that will be fun. When using a die like this for the first time, I tend to keep my cards fairly simple but I know my son will love it. He inspects his cards very closely and notices all the details. 😊

Either Karen B herself, or someone(s) on her Design Team used the Camping Charms with their Boat Pop-Up card and I thought it was a great match. I added the fishing hat inside the boat and used rainbow holographic cardstock for the fish. This die set is going to be fun to play with some more.

The card is 5" square, and I put it in a square envelope that was decorated with stamps from a retired Stampin' Up set. Since the card will be hand delivered, I don't have to worry about bulk or extra cost for mailing with a square envelope.

... one more look ...

Supplies used:

Tree patterned paper - North Country, Prima (6x6")

Water patterned paper - Mermaid Party, Reminisce

Woodgrain patterned paper - Stampin' Up (old)

Boat Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Camping Charms - Karen Burniston

Banners Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Sail Away Sentiments - Karen Burniston

Happy Birthday die - Karen Burniston

Black Pen

Alcohol markers

Label punch - Stampin' Up

Sakura Stardust Pen

Rainbow Holographic cardstock - Recollections

Envelope stamps - Best Catch, Stampin' Up

Pair of Birthday Mini Slimline Cards

I love it when patterned paper takes second stage. This 12x12" sheet was in a package I was flipping through and I pulled it out for a better look. It was a sheet of border prints, the idea being that you would trim them apart for horizontal borders on scrapbook pages etc. I liked the way the plaid and the balloons went together (they were next to each other on the sheet) so I trimmed them away from the rest of the patterned paper cutting them in half so I had two 6" pieces. I trimmed each one to a 3/25" height and wrapped narrow gold tape over where the two patterns joined.

It was a happy accident that the Happy Birthday was printed to perfectly fit on the one 6" piece! I die cut both the words Happy Birthday and Celebrate using dies by Karen Burniston.

Here is a peek at the inside ... I wrapped the inside panels with washi tape and stamped the sentiment before adding them inside the cards. The remainder of the paper was put back into the package to use on cards another day.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Party Time, Echo Park

Narrow gold foil tape - Amazon .ca

Word Set 2 Birthday dies - Karen Burniston

Stamp inside - Lots of Birthday2Stamp - the Stamps of Life

Washi Tape