Using what I had left of a 12x12” birthday themed patterned paper sheet, I made these three cards. They are based on the February 2020 Sheetload of Cards, but I tilted the center panel rather than centering it.
The sentiment was stamped right on the 2nd patterned paper, and I added a large die cut balloon with foam tape. The white lines were done with a white paint pen and the movement lines and balloon strings were done with a fine point black marker. Finally, I added puffy balloon stickers and the card fronts were finished.
Here is a peek at the inside … all three were done the same.
Supplies used:
Based on Feb 2020 Sheetload of Cards, Call Me Crafty Al (on YouTube)
Happy Birthday patterned paper - Party Fun, Echo Park
Yellow stars patterned paper - Make A Wish, Bella Blvd
Balloon dies - Lawn FAwn
Happy Birthday - Little Something Sentiments (I think), Catherine Pooler
In Canada, Father’s Day was back in June but I am very behind in posting so wanted to share this card and not hang onto the photos any longer. Since it’s FunFoldFriday here on my blog, it seemed like a good time to share this card, which I made for my hubby.
As you can see, it’s a Slimline card and I started with this printed Slimline card panel by Whimsy Stamps. I die cut the bears and popped them up with foam tape, then stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of white card stock with brown ink. I used a stitched circle die to cut it out, attached it to the card with foam tape then trimmed off any overhang.
Inside I used the Little Twist Panel die set by Karen Burniston for the pop up inside as well as her Outdoor Edges for the details. The beaded border was an old sticker I found in my stash and I thought the colours were perfect.
SuppliesUsed:
Patterned paper - Enchanted Forest, Whimsy Stamps - Slimline …
Hello friends - we had another busy week and I didn’t get any of my cards posted. I think things will slow down after this weekend though, once we get through Thanksgiving (we are hosting) and get our RV winterized and closed up for the season. We were hoping to get another couple of weekends in but the overnight temps are plummeting so that’s it until Spring. Sigh. I am SO not looking forward to the cold.
Today’s cards feature what could be my new favourite card layout. I tried it out when I had some leftover strips of patterned paper with various width’s. Eventually I settled on 2.5” width with a 2.75” mat. The length is as long as your card (or as long as you wish) - for these A2 sized cards they are 5.5” long. Now I know a lot of you will be feeling like a 2” strip would be a more efficient use of the paper, but that is not my goal. I have a ton of patterned paper in my stash and I know I will come up with a use for the leftover pieces after cutting them from a sheet of 12x12” paper.
I chose a stamped and matted circle for these cards, but really - most shapes will work and you can play around with placement and size. I changed the location of these circles depending on what parts of the patterned paper I didn’t want to cover up.
Below is a peek at the inside, with a narrow strip of rainbow paper cut into a fishtail banner to bring in some colour.
Supplies used:
Patterned paper - Party Fun, Echo Park
Double Stitched Circles - Divinity Designs
Front sentiment - Little Something Sentiments- Catherine Pooler
Inside sentiment - Big Birthday Bolds, Divinity Designs
I haven’t used this card layout in a long time - so I pulled out this older floral paper and made four Birthday Cards for my nursing home donation bin. The paper is double sided, so the teal strip is actually the reverse side of the floral. I stamped a sentiment onto white card stock and popped them up with foam tape.
I die cut two rectangles then cut them in half so I had one for each of the cards and I adhered them on the right side below the teal strip. The pretty butterflies are a die from Divinity Designs, and they were also popped up with foam tape after I added a dot of glitter glue to the centres.
Below is what the inside looks like - all four are done the same.
Several years ago, I mistakenly ordered 20 sheets of this patterned paper when I meant to order two. I’m still working on whittling it down, ha ha.
Supplies used:
Patterned paper - Basic Grey
Label die - Stampin’ Up
Butterfly die - Butterfly Trio Divinity Designs
Front sentiment - Anything But Basic Birthday Wishes, MFT Stamps
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
As much as I am not trying to hurry summer out the door, I do work on holiday cards throughout the year. Here are the four cards I made in August ... sneaking this post in just under the wire, ha ha.
I went looking for a different pad and spied this older 6x6 pad at the bottom of the drawer. When I took it out to flip through I understood why it was there - I really wasn't keen on the majority of the leftover papers. So I gave myself permission to toss the ones I really didn't like into recycling and just USE a couple of the sheets that I thought I could live with. The others I like better and the pad has been put back into the drawer and not at the bottom of the pile.
The adorable holiday characters are by Divinity Designs - one of their Paper/Die Duo's ... you simply line up the die on the pre-printed sheet and with one pass you get three characters. (I didn't use the Santa on these cards.)
These cards are based on the August 2023 Sheetload of Cards, definitely my all time favourite.
I have only a few of the Merry Christmas Peel-Off stickers left and then I will have to find out where else to buy them. They do come in handy and I've long been a fan of Peel-Off's.
I used an older stamp set for the inside, along with a leftover strip of patterned paper and narrow gold foil tape.
After making the Pop-Up Birthday Card last week, I wanted to use up the leftover paper pieces and not just store them away. This is the card I came up with, one I can send to a friend for Happy Mail.
The diagonal strip is matted with rainbow holographic cardstock for some shine, and the flowers were added to a scalloped vellum circle.
I always like this sentiment, since I do so much texting these days.
Supplies used:
Patterned paper - Miss Caroline, My Minds Eye
Rainbow Holographic Cardstock - Recollections
'Hey You' die - Pinkfresh Studios
Vellum - Stampin' Up
Scallop Circles - Divinity Desixgns
Beautiful Blossoms Paper Die Duo Set 1 - Divinity Designs
I plan on making at least one holiday card each month, & this is the one I made for July. Here in Southern Alberta we are in a heat wave ... and my craft room is the warmest room in the house. Obviously I'm not getting a lot done in there these days! We don't have AC so when it gets to be over 30ºC (86ºƒ) the house can get a little uncomfortable. I am happy to sit outside on our back deck, where there is enough shade and a bit of a breeze to cut the heat but I don't haul a bunch of crafting stuff out there to work on. Having RA and limited mobility - that is waaaaaay too many steps to bring it out and then back in to put away. I'd rather sit and listen to a podcast or audio book. It's also why I didn't do a full video for this card --- it's just too hot!
I wanted to make a fun fold card, so pulled out this Mini Slimline Tri-Shutter die set by Divinity Designs. The card base die can fit through a regular die cutting machine and you don't even need extended pads if you use removable tape. Just run it through on one end, turn the die/cardstock around and run it through the rest of the way. However, I do have a Big Shot Plus that I can use for larger dies like this. If I'm going to cut one using the big machine though, I usually cut a couple more and add the die cut bases in with the die set to use the next time.
I've had this silver foiled snowflake paper (12 x 12') for a couple of years but realized after I die cut the layers and added them to the white card base, that I covered up the sticker on the back so I have no idea who makes it!
After I finished the stamping and the card was 'finished', I had a look through my small snowflake dies to add a few extra as embellishments. But you know what? I decided that I liked it just the way it was. 😊 One more card for my holiday stash.
Note, the measurements for the matted rectangle inside the card are: 3 x 2.75", and 2.75 x 2.5"
Supplies used:
Mini Slimline Tri Shutter Die Set (with Layers) - Divinity Designs
Patterned paper - unknown
Rainbow Holographic cardstock - Recollections
Snowflake die - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Catherine Pooler coloured inks
Front sentiment - Snowflake Season, Penny Black
Inside Sentiment - Christmas Classics, Stampin' Up
I had bought the Z Fold With Layers die set (Divinity Designs) as soon as it came out several years ago, and love to get it out. While it's probably easy enough to create this type of card BASE without the dies - this one comes with the layering dies so all the patterned paper pieces fit perfectly. No math or measuring required and that makes it fairly quick and easy to put a finished card together.
The only thing I am not crazy about is the name ... while it IS technically a Z Fold card, it's very distinctive with that Diagonal cut line, so I always refer to it as a Diagonal Z Fold, or Diagonal Trifold card. 😊
Our grandson has a birthday coming up and since he is getting older, 'cute' images aren't really appropriate for him right now. I mean - he is taller than I am! I got this Game Controller die last year knowing it would work for 'boy' birthday cards, so I pulled it out for his card. Then I flipped through a 'boy' themed 6x6" paper pad and saw the game controller print in it. Woo hoo!
There is just enough room for hubby and I to sign our names on the inner circle piece. Oh, and the sentiment is one of the leftover sentiment strips from Paper Roses' BEE HAPPY cardmaking kit. There are a lot of them left - they were very generous with the sentiments in the kit.
When my card was done, I got flipping through the remaining sheets & scraps in the (old) pad and decided it wouldn't take much to actually use it up! So I have been busy making birthday cards to share in the coming weeks. (And I did finish off that paper pad, since there were only a few sheets left 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻)
Supplies used:
A-2, Z-Fold With Layers die set - Divinity Designs
Patterned paper - Boy Oh Boy, Carta Bella (6x6") - OLD!
Game controller die - Marianne Designs
Pops of Color - Scrapbook .com
Stardust Glitter Pen - Sakura
Stitched circle die - MFT Stamps
Happy Birthday strip - Bee Happy Cardmaking Kit, Paper Rose
Last fall I was flipping through an older paper pad and when I saw this 12x12" sheet with the apples - I decided to pull it out and make a couple of teacher appreciation cards for my stash. These ones are a full 6" square - not a size I usually make because of the additional mailing costs for a square card. Since these ones will be hand delivered to our grandkids teachers though, I decided to go ahead with that card size!
I tried to do a pop up inside this first card, and added a window in the front. I can't remember what I did to mess it up (haha) but in the end I made that (sad) little shaker to try & salvage the card. The little Bookworm is from Karen Burniston and he is just too cute. I also added some rainbow holographic cardstock to brighten up the cards since the patterned & cranberry cardstock are very dark. Below you can see the inside of the first card.
The second card has a large die cut apple, with a stamped sentiment. For some fun, I added the apple on with an Action Wobble spring so it bobs and wobbles. I think that was probably the last time I used an Action Wobble until recently when I've pulled them out again. I seem to go in phases with those things!
Below is the inside of the second card. These two cards were the first ones I pulled out of my card bin to give our daughters for the grandkids teachers, supplemented with the ones I've made recently.
Supplies used:
Apple patterned paper - K & Co (old, I've been hoarding it)
This was supposed to be a post for Fun Fold Friday on my blog, but holy smokes - hubby and I got our second Shingles vaccine Thursday afternoon and it sent us for a tailspin (fever, chills, aches - even my HAIR hurt). I had to hold off posting until today when I can hold my head up for longer than two minutes. Other than a little achy and a sore arm at the injection site (completely normal) we both feel much better today.
This is the card I made for our youngest grandchild to give her piano teacher. Last year I made him a 5x7" Wiper Card, so I wanted to continue with a fun fold card and pulled out the Half Shutter With Layers by Divinity Designs. I love that it does all the cutting and scoring for the card base, and that the included layering dies make it so quick and easy to assemble my card.
I already had the music themed stickers - I love the nice big size of them and that they are glossy! I adhered them to white cardstock and fussy cut them out so I could pop them up with foam tape. This also helps the (thin) stickers have more stability even if just adhering right to the card or patterned paper. The polka dots on this paper are raised and they would have shown through if I had just pressed the stickers down on top of it inside of the card.
Alma has really great printing, but like most kids - it's pretty large. So I wanted lots of room for her to write a message but I didn't want a plain white panel either. Narrow gold tape to the rescue!
I love these patterned papers from Divinity Designs, so decided to use two of the prints to make a pair of 5x7" sympathy cards for my stash.
I stamped the sentiment onto die cut labels then used a different die in the label set to cut gold vellum for the mat. It's subtle but so pretty in real life. Since I like butterflies on a sympathy card, I die cut the butterfly trio (also Divinity Designs) from gold card stock and added the full butterfly to one card front. The pair of 'sideways' butterflies were added to the other and I used thin foam tape for all.
The insides were done the same, using another label die from the set (Stampin' Up) and stamped flowers. The words/florals are from a very old stamp set which I believe is by Hero Arts.
I also added some Glitter Dot stickers for a little shine without making the card too sparkly.
Supplies used:
Patterned paper - Beautiful Blooms Slimline Sized (6 x 9") - Divinity Designs
I wanted to have another play with the Half Shutter die set (Divinity Designs) and this is what I came up with. Both the chipboard and patterned paper (Stamperia) I've had for several years but I've been working on using both up and I'm almost there!
Below you can see the card opened up - they stand so nicely for display! I rarely use chipboard ephemera because I find them too bulky for mailing but for these ones I peeled off several layers from the back and that worked out really well.
Below you see the folds a little better ...
I used a favourite stamp set (Penny Black) for the stamped sentiments along with a few more chipboard pieces and Pops of Color for the look of enamel dots.
Happy Spring! SOOOO glad that 'officially' Winter is behind us. 😊 Of course, someone should let Mother Nature know since there is a big dump of snow in the forecast. Ug.
Today's card celebrates Spring and is a Half Shutter card using dies from Divinity Designs. I love that all the cutting and scoring is done for you, and the layering dies make adding the patterned paper layers so easy. The front decoration is a cut-apart from Echo Park, matted with Doodlebug patterned paper. I added Pops of Color on the raindrops and on the cloud scallops for some shine.
Above is what the card looks like when it comes out of the envelope, and below you can see the card opened up. It will stand nicely for display for a friend who needs a 'pick me up' .
I used Karen Burniston's Beach Elements for the umbrella and my Stampin' Up cloud punch as well.
In the photo below, you can see the folds a little better.
