September 2024 Sheetload of Cards

Well this is exciting - not only is it time for a new Sheetload of Cards, this month it is based on one of my video's AND I am the Guest Designer!  I have a walkthrough of my cards on YouTube as well:  

The original video is still one of my most popular, which makes me happy. You can find it HERE if you are curious.  It makes three Mini Slimlines with three sheets of 6x6 patterned papers and NO leftover pieces! 

The September 2024 Sheetload yields twelve cards and uses three 12x12" sheets of patterned paper. Again, there are no leftover pieces. I did change up the images and greetings so I wouldn't have twelve identical cards, and while most of the birthday ones will be donated to my Mom's old nursing home - I think they are cute and will be keeping one or two for my stash. 

Again, I'm holding onto summer because I am NOT ready for cooler weather. So I made my cards with a Bee theme. Some will be sent out for Happy Mail and the rest are birthday cards. (All the supplies are listed below.)

I had fun making these up and have some ideas for using this Sheetload again without the fold flap, instead using the left strip and the center strip combined on the card front. 🤷‍♀️

I hope you will check out the PLAYLIST and see what Alicia and the rest of the creative team made with this month's Sheetload.  It is also linked in the description of my YouTube video. 

Supplies used:

September 2024 Sheetload of Cards - Call Me Crafty Al

Patterned papers:  Mellow Yellow Dot - Bo Bunny

Treasure Hunt - American Crafts

Busy As A Bee - Echo Park

Double Stitched Circle dies - Divinity Designs

Little Book of Bees - Hunkydory

Honey Bee - Stampin' Up

I Bee Fierce - Picket Fence Studios

Bee4Me - the Stamps of Life

Dots peg stamp - Stamps by Judith

Comic markers

Wink of Stella

Bees sentiments - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Pops of Color - Scrapbook .com

Three Mini Slimline Cards with my NO SCRAP Technique

It's Masculine Card Monday here on my blog! Our gate remote stopped working and we had to send a cheque to the HOA for a replacement. Since a cheque will fit perfectly in a #8 envelope and that is the same size for Mini Slimline Cards, I decided to make a card to add as well. I'm sure they get a lot of mundane mail and I hope my card makes them smile.

I pulled out this older patterned paper and decided to go ahead and use my technique using three different 6 x 6" papers on three fun fold Mini Slimline cards with NO SCRAPS. I first shared this in a YouTube video last May and it continually gets views, which makes me so happy!

You can find the video HERE and the coordinating blog post is HERE.

The card I sent to the HOA included the sentiment Thank You, but I left the other two blank to have on hand. Those two were needed already, so I will have to make some more as I don't have any on hand now!

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 - 8 cards

Additional Supplies: 

Patterned paper - Be Brave, Pink &. main (retired)

White cardstock

Navy cardstock

Succulents - the Stamps of Life

Sharpie marker

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! 😊

Six Fun Fold Mini Slimline Valentine's with NO SCRAPS

Last May I had an idea to use three coordinating 6 x 6" patterned papers to make three Mini Slimline cards that also had a simple fun fold... with NO SCRAPS or leftover patterned paper.  I was really happy with how it worked, and it's one of my most popular video's. 😊  You can find the video HERE and the coordinating blog post is HERE.

I was flipping through my Valentine themed 6 x 6" papers, and since someone had just left me a comment on that video it was still in my head. I decided to pull out SIX of the papers and make two sets of  Valentine cards with them. 

Above is the set with the first three patterned papers - you can see that all 3 of the patterns are on each of the cards but in a different order. Below is the second set. I will need five of them to send to the grandkids, and one for a friend for Happy Mail so I'm glad I made two sets. And I LOVED using up six full sheets of this patterned paper that has been hanging around for to many years.

These paper pads also had two identical sheets with small cutaparts. They got trimmed out and added to heart doilies and I also added heart shaped enamel dots and puffy stickers to some of them.

Inside I added white scalloped hearts and stamped the sentiment. This is an older wood mounted stamp from The Stamp In The Hand. Oh, how I loved their stamps - and I still have every single one of them. I wasn't even sure how the rubber would stamp but it did ok!

For reference, your card base is 7 x 6.25". Score at 1.25 and 3.5". I go over this more in the video. Patterned paper - first cut is 1" (for the fold flap) and the second is 3.25" (for the inside). The leftover piece fits on the left front as shown in the video.

I have been asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023

January - 53 cards
February so far - 32 cards

Additional Supplies

White cardstock

Patterned paper & cut aparts - Be Mine, Pebbles (old, from my stash)

Heart Doily's - Recollections (old, from my stash)

Happy Valentine's Day - A Stamp In The Hand (old, from my stash)

Puffy heart stickers - Recollections (old, from my stash)

Heart enamel dots - Recollections (old, from my stash)

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! 😊

Three Fold Flap Mini Slimline Christmas Cards - with NO LEFTOVER SCRAPS!

Hello my crafty friends! Back in May I had an idea for using three 6 x 6" patterned papers to create a trio of Mini Slimline Fold Flap cards with NO leftover pieces. I was really happy with how it worked, and it's one of my most popular video's. 😊  You can find the video HERE and the coordinating blog post is HERE.

EDITED - I forgot to post the short video clip, so adding it after this post has gone live:

When I was flipping through some holiday papers, I decided to use these pretty (retired) foiled papers and create a trio of Christmas cards for my stash. The papers are 12 x 12", but I simply cut three 6 x 6" pieces from different sheets in the package. I don't usually buy (or use) 6 x 6" papers because I prefer to make Slimline cards to A2 sized cards and the 6" length is just not long enough! That's why I didn't cut all three of the sheets down to 6 x 6", as I wanted the 12" length on the remaining pieces available to use later on.

I used lots of copper foiling on this card to match the copper foiled bits in the patterned paper. Both positive and negative glimmer foiling worked perfectly for the circle elements on the card front. I used any leftover foiled scraps to die cut small snowflakes from. Those smallest snowflakes are actually from Karen Burniston's Evergreen Pivot Panels.

One more look ...

For reference, your card base is 7 x 6.25". Score at 1.25 and 3.5". Patterned paper - first cut is 1" (for the fold flap) and the second is 3.25" (for the inside). The leftover piece fits on the left front as shown in the video.

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that 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! 😊

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Patterned paper - Joyous Noel, Stampin' Up (retired)
White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)

Matte glossy card stock - stash

Blueberry Fold Flap Slimline

Hello my crafty friends.  Today Im' sharing a Fold Flap Slimline card I made to send out for Happy Mail. The berry papers and stamps I've had for awhile - they are from Stampin' Up and retired. I think the papers were part of one of their Sale A Brations, and I've been hoarding it. Time to USE IT. There are raspberries, strawberries and blackberries as well, but for today I just used the blueberry ones. That blue plaid is so pretty!

I love how versatile Karen Burniston's new Short Rectangles Crosshatch is proving to be, and that is the set I used here to layer both the front and inside elements.

One more look ...

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Blue cardstock - stash
White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)
Patterned paper - Berry Delightful, Stampin' Up (retired)
Berry stamps - Sweet Strawberry, and Berry Blessings. Both Stampin' Up
Nesting Ovals - Hunky Dory
Seam binding - Stampin' Up

Three Fold Flap Mini Slimline Cards - with NO LEFTOVER SCRAPS!

Hello my crafty friends. I am SO excited to share this idea with you - it came to me as I was drifting off to sleep one night. The next morning I tried it out and ... BINGO!  Three fun fold Mini Slimline cards made with three coordinating patterned papers ... and no leftover paper scraps!! I go over all the details and measurements in my YouTube video here:  

While I chose to create three similar Birthday Cards (the sentiments inside each are different), you could make three completely different cards depending on the papers you choose. What a great way to build up your card stash!

Below is the inside of one card ... the sentiment is hidden when the card is closed.

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Dots peg stamp - Stamps by Judith & Heather
Patterned paper - Hello Happiness, Taylored Expressions (old, from my stash and apparently retired now)
Alcohol markers
White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)

Faker Shaker Thanksgiving Card Trio

Hello!  Today I'm sharing three Thanksgiving cards in three different sizes but they all feature a faux shaker on the front. I've also heard them called Faker Shakers and I like that name better! I have a walkthrough of my cards on YouTube HERE: 

First up is the A2 sized card. All of the patterned paper and cut apart I used for these cards are from an older pad by Prima called Amber Moon. The cut aparts (or journal cards) were included in the paper pad - there were several sheets of them that just needed to be cut apart to use.

I have a video tutorial on creating a Faker Shaker HERE, if you are interested in more details.

Here is the inside of the A2 card ...

Next up is the Mini Slimline card. The faux shaker was adhered to a copper mirror card stock mat, and the pumpkins & leaves were die cut from both gold and copper mirror card stocks as well. Lots of shimmer and shine on this one!

Here is the inside of the Mini Slimline.

Finally, here is the Slimline card, and I made it a Fold Flap Slimline.  The details on how to create a Fold Flap Slimline card are in the video if you are curious.

Here is the inside, where the stamped greeting block is hidden when the card is closed.

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post

Supplies:
Small Cello Bags - stash
Sequins - stash
Patterned paper Amber Moon - Prima (retired)
MFT Stitched Mini Scallop Rectangles (retired)
Give Thanks - Reverse Confetti (retired)
Give Thanks - The Alleyway Stammps (retired)
Pumpkin dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs (retired)

Hanging Plant Fold Flap Slimline

Hello! I haven't done a Fold Flap Slimline card in awhile, so that is what I did for today's card. I dug out my (retired) Hanging Plant die set and made several of them up to have on hand for future cards. I had been eyeing a similar set at Stampin' Up but decided that this one is close enough and I really don't need 'more of the same' in my craft room. Hahaha, I say that now - but if that set ends up on the clearance rack, I just might jump all over it. Anyhow, I chose two of the hanging plant embellishments I had created and added them to this card.

The pretty braided rectangle is a die set by Pink Fresh Studio (linked below) created for Mini Slimline cards. It was also the perfect size to decorate the front of my Slimline!

I added more of 'That Paper' inside ... it was a gift from a friend in the USA, and my favourite colours.  The sentiment circle is hidden when the card is closed and there is room on the white panel to sign my name when I go to send the card.

Glossy accents was added to the pot inside the card, so it looks more like a ceramic pot. 😊

... one more look ...

EDITED TO ADD:  To create the card, cut your card stock 7 x 8.5". With the 7" side across the top, score at 1.25 and 3.5". The first score creates the flap that you fold to the front of your card. You can leave it as is and decorate all the panels, but I generally adhere my flap to the front of my card at the top and bottom with thin foam tape.

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!

Additional Supplies:
Scraps of card stock in various colours
Patterned Paper - Eucalyptus, Hobby Lobby
Copics
Green card stock
Subtle Embossing Folder - Stampin' Up
Washi Tape - stash
Sentiment - unknown (old, from my stash)
Sizzix Hanging planter die - retired?

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Canada Day Video Hop + Over $1300 in Giveaways!

Hello! Today I’m joining a group of Crafty Canadian YouTubers and we’re celebrating by featuring Canadian craft products and shops. A total of 16 shops and 2 Canadian papercraft magazines have generously sponsored today’s event and we’re giving away over $1300 in prizes! We have over 40 individual gift certificates ranging from $25 to $100, a one-year subscription to Creative Scrapbooker Magazine, and a grand prize package worth $150 from Scrapbook & Cards Today.  There will be a full list of the prizes on Emily's Blog: I'm featuring products from several of our sponsors (Scrap 'N Stamp, Your Next Stamp, Studio Katia and Angie Blom Digital Designs), to show you four different cards! After you’ve finished watching my video, please leave a comment for your chance to win, and then click on the link in the description below for the next person in the hop. More details on that lower down in my post.

Below are the three cards I made using the Party Palooza kit, (linked in the supplies) which Scrap 'N Stamp kindly sent me to use for the Canada Day Video Hop. 😊

There is a LOT to cover so I will keep my card details to a minimum here on my blog. I did go over everything in the video!  The first card is a 'faker shaker' with a Pop Up inside. I have a video link for tutorials on both the 'faux shaker' and the simple box pop up in the description box of the video.

Card #2 is a clear card, and the birthday sentiment and signing area is hidden when the card is closed.

Card #3 has a stencilled background, a fun shaker on the front and inside is a place to insert a Gift Card.

Finally, since this is Canada Day, I created a Mini Slimline Fold Flap card using a sweet digital stamp by Angie Blom Digital Designs (also linked in the supplies). I used the white and the black card stocks that were included in the Party Palooza Card Kit as well.

 

If you get lost along the way, please head to Emily’s blog for the full list of participants and for shop coupons as well (yay!!)

https://leiphartonart.blogspot.com/2021/07/2nd-annual-canada-day-video-hop.html

Comments close at 11:59pm EST on Sunday, July 11, 2021 and all winners will be announced on Saturday, July 17, 2021 on Emily's blog!

Video Hop list:

start here - Emily Leiphart

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Karen Boyce

Karen Aicken - you are here!

head here next - Candice Richardson

Sandy Boone

Marie-Pierre Capistran

Mari Clarke

Thanh Vo

Tracey McNeely

Rachel Tallman

Jenn Bena

Jessica McAfee

For your convenience I have linked many of the products used below. Some may be affiliate links which means if you use these links to purchase I may earn a small commission at NO extra cost to you.

Additional Supplies:

Clear bag or stamp packaging (for shaker)

10 ml Clear Report Covers (for clear card)

Copic markers

Seam binding

Printer (for digital stamp)

Red card stock

 

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