Magic Iris Pet Sympathy Card

Unfortunately I have had to make & send a couple of pet sympathy cards this month 😢 I find these especially hard to make, as it brings back the heartbreak of losing my sweet Cooper boy last April. I will never forget watching Jasper actively searching all over for his brother - for the whole two weeks we were still in Arizona, and then coming back home to Canada with only one dog. And watching Jasper search for him here too. Heartbreaking. I completely understand what my friends and family are going through and wanted them to know I'm thinking of them.

  

This card is also the 7th edition to my monthly series "Magic Iris" cards - I'm getting faster at making these with practice. When you pull the lever down the shutters open to reveal a sentiment.

Inside I added a scalloped rectangle with a stamped sentiment and a stamped paw print heart.

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July - 56 cards

You may have noticed the affiliate thumbnails are no longer showing on my blog posts. That is because it costs money every month to share those links, and the past few months I haven’t made nearly enough sales to cover the cost. I would rather spend that money on craft supplies, than continue to pay out of pocket for a feature that viewers aren’t using.  I cancelled my subscription and will go back to listing my supplies in case anyone is curious about what I used.

Supplies:

Magic Iris die set -  Lawn Fawn

Magic Iris Add On die set - Lawn Fawn

Patterned paper - Picture Perfect, Queen & Co

Dog Sympathy stamps - Scrapbook.com

Catherine Pooler Inks

Scallop rectangle dies - Pink & Main

Critter Condolences stamps- MFT Stamps

Pawprints dies - MFT Stamps

Wink of Stella

Tiny Heart Shape Sprinkles - Doodlebug

Various cardstocks from my stash

5x7" Wiper Card for a Music Teacher

It's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog and today I'm sharing a Wiper Card. Our youngest granddaughter takes piano lessons, so I made her a card to give her teacher at the end of June. 

I pulled out some (retired) masculine print patterned paper and an old music note stamp. After stamping the music notes I fussy cut them out and added Nuvo Glaze for some shine.

When you pull the sides, a rectangle pops up with music notes popped up with foam tape. 

There was lots of room on the back of the card for her to write him a message and sign her name, since 6 years olds write big. 🥰

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July so far - 55 cards

You may have noticed the affiliate thumbnails are no longer showing on my blog posts. That is because it costs money every month to share those links, and the past few months I haven’t made nearly enough sales to cover the cost. I would rather spend that money on craft supplies, than continue to pay out of pocket for a feature that viewers aren’t using.  I cancelled my subscription and will go back to just listing what I used in case anyone is curious about what I used.

Supplies:

5 x 7 Rectangle Wiper - Made To Surprise, Sam Calcott of Mixed Up Crafts

Patterned paper - Urban Underground, Stampin' Up (retired)

Giant Thanks So Much - Lawn Fawn

Music note - All Night Media (wood mount!)

Music - Stampendous (retired)

Nuvo Glaze - Tonic

Black Dazzles Peel Off's

PULL stamp - Paper Pumpkin Many Happy Birthday's - Stampin' Up (retired)

Eight 'Candle' Gift Card Holders

While I haven't had any new Paper Pumpkin boxes in awhile, I do have several that I purchased from subscribers who didn't want theirs that month. One of those is this Candle Gift Card Holders from February 2017! I pulled out the box to make them all up & I have a walkthrough of these Slimline sized Gift Card Holders on YouTube:  

The white insert came with the slots to insert a Gift Card.  You can see a word through the window, and when you pull the tab the words change to reveal a full sentiment. When you pull it fully out, there is an additional sentiment that remains in the window!

The kit came with enough supplies to create nine, but I messed one up. I kept that one to use for the pockets I added to some of them and the final leftover piece was die cut to create a gift tag. The cute Scottie dog was punched from white card stock and added at the bottom.

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July so far - 54 cards

You may have noticed the affiliate thumbnails are no longer showing on my blog posts. That is because it costs money every month to share those links, and the past few months I haven’t made nearly enough sales to cover the cost. I would rather spend that money on craft supplies, than continue to pay out of pocket for a feature that viewers aren’t using. It saddens me that so many people don’t bother going to blogs anymore, choosing instead to quickly view a card on social media. 😢 I cancelled my subscription and will go back to listing my supplies in case anyone is curious about what I used.

Supplies:

February 2017 Paper Pumpkin, Many Happy Birthday's - Stampin' Up

Catherine Pooler Inks

Corner Rounder - Creative Memories

Personal Sentiments - Waffle Flower

Various cardstocks

Tag - Nested Hexagons, Pinkfresh Studios

Yellow bakers twine

Stickles

Scottie punch - Stampin' Up

Pussy Willow Sympathy Card

Pussy Willows always remind me of my Mom. For her, until she had some in a vase in the living room - it wasn't Spring yet. Thankfully we had a huge willow tree in the yard, but when she moved to an apartment we would find them for her at the local florist. 

When I spied this element (in a package I'd been hoarding) I decided to give it centre stage on a sympathy card for my stash.

Here is a peek at the inside. The card base and foiled envelope are from Stampin' Up and the soft pattern on the front is perfect for sympathy cards!

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July so far - 46 cards

You may have noticed the affiliate thumbnails are no longer showing on my blog posts. That is because it costs money every month to share those links, and the past few months I haven’t made nearly enough sales to cover the cost. I would rather spend that money on craft supplies, than continue to pay out of pocket for a feature that viewers aren’t using. It saddens me that so many people don’t bother going to blogs anymore, choosing instead to quickly view a card on social media. 😢 I cancelled my subscription and will go back to listing my supplies in case anyone is curious about what I used.

Supplies:

Card base and envelope - Texture Chic, Memories & More, Stampin' Up

Stitched Scallop rectangle die - Honey Bee

Sentiment - Simple Strips Sympathy (and the die), Taylored Expressions

Stickers - Dazzles

Ephemera -  K & Company (old, from my stash)

Flat gem stickers - Dazzles

Gold Gel Pen

Sympathy stamps inside -  Hero Arts

Mini MISTI

Various cardstocks

Catherine Pooler Inks

Nine Balloon Birthday Cards

We were away on a 5 week cross Canada camping trip and in the weeks leading up to it we were trying to fit in visits with family and friends, appointments as well as outfitting our new trailer. We haven't been camping in 20 years! I ended up getting behind in my nursing home donation cards, so I wanted to make several batches so I could catch up. Here is one of those batches...

I had one sheet of this balloon patterned paper (12 x 12") so cut it up and ended up with these nine birthday cards. I'll likely donate 5 in August and the remaining 4 will go into the September bin as I don't like to have too many similar cards in a single month. 

For the A2 sized cards, I did two of each design. I haven't used that cute balloon from Your Next Stamp in a long time and had forgotten what a perfect size it is. The bow and string were penned with a black marker. Before I die cut the balloons, I sprinkled white card stock with some water colour pigments and spritzed them with water. When the sheet was dry I cut the balloons.

I used up the whole sheet of patterned paper, getting eight A2 sized cards and one Slimline.

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July so far - 45 cards

You may have noticed the affiliate thumbnails are no longer showing on my blog posts. That is because it costs money every month to share those links, and the past few months I haven’t made nearly enough sales to cover the cost. I would rather spend that money on craft supplies, than continue to pay out of pocket for a feature that viewers aren’t using. It saddens me that so many people don’t bother going to blogs anymore, choosing instead to quickly view a card on social media. 😢 I cancelled my subscription and will go back to listing my supplies in case anyone is curious about what I used.

Supplies Used:

Patterned paper - the Color of Memories, American Crafts

Big Balloons - Your Next Stamp 

Black marker

Lindy's Magical Shakers - there are lots of these water colour powder pigments available from your local stamping/scrapbook store or online. I've had these for years, since a little goes a LONG way.

Happy Birthday (& die) - Waffle Flower

Little Something Sentiments - Catherine Pooler

Large Birthday - Technique Tuesday

Crosshatch Circles - Karen Burniston

Pops of Color, Copper Glitter - Scrapbook.com

Catherine Pooler inks

Various cardstocks

Mini Misti

Floral Birthday Card Duo

I'm trying to build up my stash of nursing home donation cards, and here are another two. I had ordered this patterned paper and the chipboard elements early last year, but didn't realize (as in didn't read the full description) that the elements were CHIPBOARD and not cardstock. While they are pretty bulky for mailing they work great for cards that will be hand delivered. I'm slowly using them up. 

I stamped the greeting onto a white fishtail banner and tucked it under the floral elements.

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July - 36 cards so far

You may have noticed the affiliate thumbnails are no longer showing on my blog posts. That is because it costs money every month to share those links, and the past few months I haven’t made nearly enough sales to cover the cost. I would rather spend that money on craft supplies, than continue to pay out of pocket for a feature that viewers aren’t using. It saddens me that so many people don’t bother going to blogs anymore, choosing instead to quickly view a card on social media. 😢 I cancelled my subscription and will go back to listing my supplies in case anyone is curious about what I used.

Supplies:

Patterned paper - Stamperia

Chipboard Elements - Stamperia

Birthday Builder stamp set - AlteNew

Catherine Pooler inks

Stickles

Large Birthday - Tech Tuesday

Cardstock

Pull Card Duo - and a Video Tutorial!

It's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog, and today I'm sharing a Pull Card. Actually, I'm sharing two of them and I did a video tutorial for the second!  These cards are easy to do with lots of opportunity for variety.  

Both cards utilize printed note cards - and this foiled rose gold note card started things off.

When you open the card and pull the inside right edge open, a sentiment is revealed! You can find my tutorial on YouTube here:   addddddddd

The second card - the one made in the tutorial - has an ice cream cone on the front.

I didn't add a sentiment inside as I will be hand writing one when I go to send this card to family NEXT July. Ha - I finished all my ice cream cards for this year but it's good to be ahead as I was actually scrambling this year. Summers do get busy!

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July so far - 34 cards

Additional Supplies:

Note Cards - Paper Studio

Ice Cream punch - Stampin' Up

Sweet Ice Cream stamps - Stampin' Up

Picture Perfect Birthday - Stampin' Up

Scrap of Kraft cardstock

White cardstock

Red cardstock

Rose Glimmer paper - Stampin' Up

Stickers/Shakers K&Co - old from my stash

LJD Birthday Greetings - MFT Stamps

Stitched Circle dies - MFT Stamps

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

Mini Slimline Birthday Card - a Paper Pumpkin Alternate Card

Back in February, I worked on an older Paper Pumpkin kit and used it up. I didn't start sharing the cards until May though, and have been sharing one each week. This is the last card made with the kit! I ended up making a total of  16 cards because I pulled out a bunch of things from my craft room to use as well. You can always click on the Paper Pumpkin label on the right side of my blog if you wish to see the other Paper Pumpkin Alternate cards I've made.

Also earlier this year I created a Mini Slimline card with this sweet lattice die and the same rainbow coloured Slimline patterned paper and I liked it so much I wanted to make another. This one was the birthday card I sent to our niece for her early May birthday.

Inside, I added a zig-zag panel decorated with some coordinating Washi Tape and the remaining hearts from the kit. I've also been loving the Catherine Pooler stamps I got back in March - which is why you see me using them all the time. Especially for my nursing home donation cards!

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July so far - 32 cards

Additional Supplies:

March 2020 Paper Pumpkin 'No Matter the Weather', Stampin' Up

Patterned paper -  Slimline Rainbow Magic, Whimsy

White cardstock

Cloud mask, MFT Stamps

Alcohol markers

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

Dragonfly Sympathy Card

I always like to have sympathy cards on hand, so when I was making a couple I decided to make some for a friend as well. This card started with a subtly patterned card base from Stampin' Up - I love that the envelopes have gold foiling on them. 

The patterned paper and dragonfly have been in my stash for years - both by K&Co. Oh, how I loved K&Co. I still do - and continue to hoard their papers. My heart always races a bit when I take it out to cut down and use as I know I will never find it again. Ha.

I added some purple Glitter Dots as well as a white scalloped peel off border on the inside.

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July so far - 31 cards

Additional Supplies:

4.25 x 6.25" card and envelope - Texture Chic, Memories & More - Stampin' Up

Patterned paper - Water Colour Bouquet, K & Company (old from my stash)

Dragonfly element - K & Co (old from my stash)

White peel off border - Stamp On It

Purple Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs (likely no longer available)

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

Ten Mini Slimline Birthday Cards

Back in the early Spring, I had decided to make a concentrated effort to use up a 6x6" paper package. It had been a paper share from my then Stampin' Up demo and it had been sitting on my table for too long. I'm happy to say that I did it - and used up every single sheet! These ones were probably the first ones I made since I loved the papers so much.

Generally I make my Mini Slimline cards to be 3.5 x 6" but to take advantage of the 6" length of the papers (and save trimming on every single sheet) these cards are 3.5 x 6.25". They still fit easily in the #8 envelopes. 

By cutting the papers in half, I had a 3x 6" strip for the fronts of my cards and could get two from each sheet. But the card base fronts were 3.5" wide! I trimmed 1/4" off the front right edge and added a strip of either patterned paper or rainbow holographic cardstock on the inside to show through when the card was closed.

Once the patterned papers were cut in half, I had a look at the pattern on the reverse side. If it looked appealing, then I would trim some off the bottom and flip it around on the card front. So one 3x6" piece of patterned paper gave me two coordinating patterns from a single 3x6" piece. I didn't measure these - just went with what I felt looked good. 

To hide the seams, I added a strip of either matted patterned paper or more of the rainbow holographic cardstock. The sentiments were stamped on white stitched circles and popped up with thin foam tape. 

I used the same sentiment on the fronts and on the insides of each of the cards and I was so happy with how they turned out! I have to remember this layout, as it will work with 12 x 12" sheets cut down as well. And we know I have a LOT of 12 x 12" sheets of patterned paper!! These cards were donated to my Mom's old nursing home.

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July so far - 30 cards

Additional Supplies:

White cardstock

Patterned paper - 6x6" paper share, Stampin' Up

Mint Macron and Old Olive inks - Stampin' Up

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

Trio of Ice Cream Cones

Here is another of my ice cream cards for my family. Every July I send my family ice cream cards, and on a certain day in July we all make sure we have ice cream Even if we can't be together - like this year - we all have ice cream and share the pictures. This is a tradition that my Grampa started with my Mom, and now we continue with our grandkids too!  This card uses a patterned note card and an ice cream punch with coordinating stamp set. The yellow polka dot pieces are from the note card - I have a box of them with bright, and cheery colours and I want to make sure to use them and not just hoard them. The pattern goes across the back and has a border around the front. 

The first thing I did was cut the back from the front of the note card, then I used the Matting Rectangle die (Divinity Designs) to cut the front down just a little smaller than my white card base. From the patterned back side, I die cut the stitched rectangle and popped it up with foam tape onto the bordered piece.

The ice cream cones were punched from a different one of the note cards (I love the confetti look) and a brown patterned paper scrap. They were added to the front of the yellow panel and a stamped sentiment over that.

Below is a peek at the inside, with a stamped ice cream cone and lots of room for a personal message.

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July so far - 20 cards

Additional Supplies:

White cardstock

Patterned note cards - the Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby)

Ice Cream Punch - Stampin' Up

Sweet Ice Cream - Stampin' Up

Scrap of tan patterned paper - stash

Black pen

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

Double Z Fold Cards (and Tutorial!)

I have a video tutorial to share today, for creating these easy Double Z Fold cards. While technically this isn't a NEW to me fun fold, I haven't made one in many years, so I'm counting it as the 7th edition to my monthly series "New Fun Folds". It's also Fun Fold Friday here on my blog!  You can find the YouTube video tutorial HERE: 

This first one is one of my July Ice Cream cards. Having ice cream on a certain day in July is a generational tradition and I've also been sending the family ice cream cards to celebrate that day for the past 20 years or so. If you would like to read more about the tradition, I wrote about it in THIS blog post.

I added both Pops of Color and Nuvo Glaze to two of the ice cream layers, then a tiny enamel heart. The letters for JULY also got a coating of Nuvo Glaze for lots of shine.

When I was doing the tutorial, I wanted to show how easy it is to change up what you add to the front. So I made a holiday card using a cut apart (or journal card) instead of the ice cream panel. So that also means this post is my 7th edition to the monthly series "12 Months of Christmas". 😊. Talk about packing a lot into a single post, ha ha.

I was actually so happy with how these cards turned out, I can't wait to make a few more for the holidays. Could be a great way to use up some of the scraps, partial sheets and leftover stickers I have laying around. 🤔🤔🤔

This card features a matted cut-apart on the front, and a stitched snowflake on the inner centre panel. You can decorate this panel - or not - it's up to you!

Measurements - assemble as shown in the video tutorial.

Card Base:  11 x 4.25", scored at 2.75 and 5.5"

Patterned paper for card base:  two at 2.5 x 4", one at 5.25 x 4"

Smaller Card Base:  9.75 x 3", scored at 4.25 and 7"

Patterned paper for smaller card base:  4 x 2.75" and two at 2.5 x 2.75"

Embellish the front as desired. You can add other layers or use embossing folders and coloured cardstock instead of patterned paper. Lots of ways to change this one up!

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July so far - 19 cards

Additional Supplies:

Patterned paper (including peach) Neapolitan, American Crafts (old, from my stash)

White cardstock

Ocean tides cardstock - Papertrey Ink (my stash)

Plaid patterned paper - Oh Canada, Flannel Shirt (Photo Play)

Cut Apart - Winter Meadow (Photo Play)

Shimmer Spray

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊