Friday, 6 December 2024

'Having Surgery?' Pop Up Card


It's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog and today I'm sharing my first play with Karen Burniston's Photo Fan Pop Up. We had a friend who had surgery so this is the card I made for him. 


We were in Arizona at the time, & I had only brought a few craft supplies down with me so I was fairly limited in embellishments, sentiment stamps etc etc. However this fun (and years old) paper package seemed perfect and I was able to fussy cut feathers from one of the sheets to decorate the squares. I used markers to create the custom sentiments and he really liked his card.


Once again I wish I'd watched the assembly video before I got to work on it - but instead I followed the directions on the package. Karen B always has great tips in her videos - like adding a backing square to the two outer fan squares, and I wish I'd done that. 

I was not expecting to like this die as much as I do - it's so fun! 


Supplies used:
Photo Fan Pop Up - Karen Burniston
Rectangle Crosshatch - Karen Burniston
Patterned paper - Tribal, Scrapbook Customs

Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Sheetload Birthday Cards with Stars


Since I'm still trying to build up my Nursing Home Donation Card stash, I pulled out an older Sheetload and even older patterned paper for these six cards. It's the February 2020 Sheetload and I have used it multiple times.

The sentiments were stamped on leftover strips of cardstock then I added a stitched star cut from black card stock. Six more cards done!



Supplies used:
Patterned paper - DooWop Diddly Wink. - the Paper Studio
Washi tape sentiments - Your Next Stamp
Star from Circle Charm Pop Up die set - Karen Burniston
Wink of Stella
Inside - Special Sentiments - Penny Black

Monday, 2 December 2024

Four Silhouette Birthday Cards


Welcome to Masculine Card Monday here on my blog!  I need to get a bunch of my nursing home donation cards done, so pulled out these sports themed panels and got these four cards  made. The panels are from the Big Book of Sports by Hunkydory, and I don't think it's available anymore. But there are a ton in the pad so I'm all set. 😊 

They are a UK size so I trimmed them down to 4x 5.25" then added them to a white A2 card base. The stamped sentiment was added with foam tape for a little dimension. I have a plastic envelope filled with these sentiments, so I can just go through and pull some out when I'm ready to complete a card. 


The insides are very simple ... all done the same.


Supplies used:
Little Book of Sports -  Hunky Dory
Happy Birthday sentiments etc - from my stash
Inside - Birthday Blowout, Poppy Stamps

Saturday, 30 November 2024

Heart Flip Anniversary Card


I love this little heart-flip die set (Studio Light), so pulled it out again to make an Anniversary card for friends.


Rather than use the included layering dies to add patterned paper to the card base, I die cut the card base from this sparkly metallic printed paper. I did cut the two side pieces from white card stock with the layering dies and added them on the back. That made the card a little sturdier - if you follow me you know I don't like 'wussy' cards.


The flip side of the heart has a gold foil mat ... the stamps I've had for many years and I was happy with how well they fit on this card. Finally, some gold foil flat gem stickers and my card was ready to pop in the envelope. Folded, the card measures about 4" so it fits in a standard A2 envelope.


Supplies used:
SL Heart Essentials - Studio Light
6x6" patterned paper - Metallic Shimmer, Stampin' Up
Inside Out Anniversary - Taylored Expressions
Metallic gem stickers - either Dazzles or Stamp On It

Friday, 29 November 2024

Postage Themed Pop Up Card


Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog!  Today I'm sharing the birthday card I made for our Great Nephew and I used Karen Burniston's Postage Pop up for the inside.


It's a quick and easy pop up to assemble and you can use it as a base for all kinds of things, not just the included cool postage dies. I also used three of her new stamp sets as well - I love that they are sized perfectly for those spaces.


It's hard to see in the photo's but the black postage 'base' was cut from glossy card stock and I like the shine that gives. This was my first play with the die set, and I probably should have watched KB's assembly video first. The little paper airplane actually folds - which I should have known it would, I mean - she thinks of everything - but I sort of creased mine on the folds and added a light pencil line in those folds. 



Supplies used:
Postage Pop Up - Karen Burniston
Stamps - Photo Memories, Special Delivery and Sweet Treats - Karen Burniston
Baking Borders - Karen Burniston
Happy Birthday and shadow - Karen Burniston
Circles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston
Patterned paper - Crafts (old, from Dollar Store)
Black Glossy card stock
Wink of Stella
Card size - 4.25 x 4.25"

Tuesday, 26 November 2024

Birthday Cards from Note Cards!


Last winter I cut down a box of printed note cards so I could use the card fronts to make Birthday Cards for my Mom's old nursing home. I cut them down because they were printed on a very lightweight cardstock and I do not like 'wussy' cards. I must have found the note cards on sale for a good price, but I cannot remember where. Ha. 

I pulled the card fronts from my 'In Progress' bin and got them all finished and ready to donate.


The card fronts had been cut down with stitched rectangle or square dies and I added them to folded white cards. The prints were dressed up with Stickles glitter glue for some shine and a stamped sentiment was added to some of them.

For the insides, I wrapped a white panel with washi tape from my stash and stamped a greeting before adding them inside the cards. I saved the card backs to use for matting and sentiment stamping etc, so there was very little waste.


This cute sloth panel was cut into a square as there must have been just too much pink background for my taste.


Here is another peek at the inside - each group of four got a different sentiment stamped inside.


Supplies used:
Note cards - unknown, possibly Paper Studio? I didn't end up keeping the supply list when I initially cut down the note cards.
Stickles glitter glue
Stitched Rectangle dies
Sentiment - MFT Stamps
Banner dies - MFT Stamps
Washi tapes - old, from my stash
Essential Birthday Sentiments - LDRS
Birthday Blowout - Poppy Stamps
Catherine Pooler inks

Friday, 22 November 2024

Bar Mitzvah Pop Up Card


Our daughter asked if I could make them a Bar Mitzvah card and this is what I came up with. The card started with gold foiled blank cards that I got from Stampin' Up last year, and I added some gold foil card stock and gold foil tape to tie it in. I love the coordinating gold envelope!



Inside I used Karen Burniston's Twist Flower Pop Up (which has become such a favourite of mine) to animate a die cut stitched circle. The circle was decorated with a gold foil Star of David and a stamped Mazel Tov. More gold foil tape to complete the inside of the card and give them lots of room to write a message.


Supplies used:
Card & envelope with gold foiling - Stampin' Up
Gold foil paper - Recollections
Stitched Rectangles, set 1 and 2 - Pink & Main
Swiss Dots embossing folder
Tiny star stamp - 8 Happy Nights, CAS-UAL Firdays
Gold gel pen
Words - Mazel Tov, Papertrey Ink
Twist Flower Pop Up - Kren Burniston
Star of David - Hanukkah, MFT Stamps
Double stitched circle dies - Divinity Designs
Narrow gold tape - Amazon .ca

Sunday, 10 November 2024

Thanksgiving Mini Slimline Card


I made so many Fall & Thanksgiving cards last year that I didn't need to make any this year. Then, I ran out of time and didn't get any mailed for our Canadian Thanksgiving in October, so now I have lots for next year too. Sheesh. At least I can mail cards to our American friends & family this month. I found this single 12x12" sheet of fall themed paper in my stash and decided to use it up. I made 4 different sized cards and have been sharing them throughout the week. 

I've made a 5x7" fun fold, a standard A2, a Slimline and today's card is a Mini Slimline that used up the last of the paper! I added a circle sticker to matted circles, then went around the outer edge with a gold gel pen. The little mushroom was also a sticker, and it was added to white card stock then fussy cut so I could pop it up with a foam tape.


Inside I wrapped the white panel with both washi tape and narrow gold foil tape, then stamped the sentiment. In the top photo, you can see a sticker on the envelope flap. I kept half of it on the folded liner, so when I go to send the card I can peel away the rest of the liner and the sticker will adhere to the envelope.


Supplies used:
Patterned paper - Fall Harvest, Echo Park
Narrow gold tape - Amazon .ca
Shimmer Spray
Wash Tape - old, my stash
Crosshatch Circles - Karen Burniston
Stickers - Amazon .ca, from a few years ago
Gold gel pen

Saturday, 9 November 2024

Harvest Slimline Card

 


I made so many Fall & Thanksgiving cards last year that I didn't need to make any this year. Then, I ran out of time and didn't get any mailed for our Canadian Thanksgiving in October, so now I have lots for next year too. Sheesh. At least I can mail cards to our American friends & family this month. I found this single 12x12" sheet of fall themed paper in my stash and decided to use it up. I made 4 different sized cards and will be sharing them throughout the week. 

So far I have shared a 5x7" fun fold, and a standard A2 sized card. Today Is a Slimline card! I have these Kraft #10 business envelopes and they are perfect for fall cards. I used stickers to decorate both the envelope and the inside of the card, which is shown a bit further down the post.

I love the Happy Fall die from Pink & Main and have used it many times over the years during the fall season. For this card I lightly sponged a deeper orange in the centre of the die cut then added Wink of Stella for a little sparkle & Shine. The pumpkin started off as a shaker, but I decided I didn't want to add extra postage so instead created the shaker with thin foam tape. That gave me less bulk, and some of the filler is thin and does move around but not enough that I would call it a shaker.  Still, I liked the look. 


Below is a peek at the inside, where I added washi tape to the bottom of an off white confetti panel then a big focal sticker. 



Supplies used:
Patterned paper - Fall Harvest, Echo Park
Narrow gold tape - Amazon .ca
Stitched Pumpkin Frame - Lawn Fawn
Outside In Stitched Pumpkin - Lawn Fawn
Shimmering Fallen Leaves - Kat Scrappiness
Happy Fall - Pink & Main
Gold Lunar Paste
Shimmer Spray
Wash Tape - old, my stash
Stickers - old, from my stash
Glitter Dots stickers - Ecstasy Crafts

Tuesday, 5 November 2024

Floral Pumpkin Card


I made so many Fall & Thanksgiving cards last year that I didn't need to make any this year. Then, I ran out of time and didn't get any mailed for our Canadian Thanksgiving in October, so now I have lots for next year too. Sheesh. At least I can mail cards to our American friends & family this month. I found this single 12x12" sheet of fall themed paper in my stash and decided to use it up. I made 4 different sized cards and will be sharing them throughout the week. 

Yesterday I shared a 5x7" Z-fold card and today's card is a standard A2 size. I went through my fall embellishments and found several of these floral sprays so added one to the top of my layered pumpkin. These were clip art from many years ago, printed and cut out with my Scan 'N Cut - then promptly stored away. 🤷‍♀️


I cut the pumpkin frame and the base, sandwiching a clear transparency in between the layers. I love the shine this gives! A sentiment was stamped inside and I added a strip of the patterned paper for some colour. The paper was double sided with the fall print on one side and this gingham on the other.


 
Supplies used:
Patterned paper - Fall Harvest, Echo Park
Narrow gold tape - Amazon .ca
Stitched Pumpkin Frame - Lawn Fawn
Outside In Stitched Pumpkin - Lawn Fawn
Clipart - old, from my stash
Mini Strips Harvest stamp & die - Taylored Expressions
Let our Lives stamp - Be Full, Neat & Tangled


Monday, 4 November 2024

5x7" Fall Z-Fold Card


I made so many Fall & Thanksgiving cards last year that I didn't need to make any this year. Then, I ran out of time and didn't get any mailed for our Canadian Thanksgiving in October, so now I have lots for next year too. Sheesh. At least I can mail cards to our American friends & family this month. I found this single 12x12" sheet of fall themed paper in my stash and decided to use it up. I made 4 different sized cards and will be sharing them throughout the week. This 5x7" Z-Fold crd is the first one.

The cute stamped images (Lawn Fawn) were stamped and cut with my Scan 'N Cut several years ago. I stamped & cut out a whole sheet of images from the stamp set and then just had them stored in a baggie in with my Fall embellishments. At some point I even coloured some of them so those are the ones I pulled out for this card.



Supplies used:
Patterned paper - Fall Harvest, Echo Park
Narrow gold tape - Amazon .ca
Shimmer Spray
A6 Lacy Layers - Waffle Flower
Wash Tape - old, my stash
Happy Harvest - Lawn Fawn
Autumn Greetings - Sunny Studio

Saturday, 2 November 2024

Sparkling Pop Up Christmas Card


Back in October I shared a Slimline holiday card (you can see it HERE).  This is the second card I made - both cards came from the bottom portion of a  12 x 12" sheet, which had a glittery scene printed all the way across. This paper pack is several years old and at the time I also purchased the coordinating ephemera. I used some of that for my cards as well. 


Just like with the Slimline card, this one is a Pop-Up but I used the Twist Flower Pop Up by Karen Burniston inside.


The sentiment was stamped on a punched label, and both the 25th and the glittered church are from the ephemera pack. 


One more look ...



Supplies used:
Patterned paper & Ephemera- Sugar Plum, My Minds Eye
Twist Flower Pop Up - Karen Burniston
Sentiment - Christmas Classics, Stampin' UP
Label Punch - Stampin' Up
Sakura stardust pen


Wednesday, 30 October 2024

Halloween Sheetload Cards



Since I like to work ahead on holiday cards and I had the bin of Halloween elements out anyhow - I decided to pull out a favourite Sheetload and make a batch of cards to have on hand for next year. The August 2021 Sheetload yields eight cards and I will need five of them for the grandkids. That leaves me three cards ahead to send to friends for Halloween 2025 😊

I pulled out some older Doodlebug patterned paper and got the card fronts all cut and assembled. Then I went through the elements and added the ones I thought worked with each card. Some got a punched white layer behind them so they would stand out more and most got a stamped sentiment.



Here is a peek the inside - I trimmed a strip of the patterned paper to add some colour inside, as well as a stamped sentiment.



Supplies used:
Patterned paper - Doodlebug Designs
3-D Stickers - old, from my stash
Label punch - Stampin' Up
Mini Strips Halloween, stamp and die - Taylored Expressions
Double Stitched Circle dies - Divinity Desigs
Resin stickers - Monster Bash - Stampin' Up
Sassy Pants Spooktacular - MFT Stamps

Thursday, 24 October 2024

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

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

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