Mini Slimline Tri Shutter Mother’s Day Card

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

Sakura Stardust Pen

Pops of Color, Snowflake - Scrapbook .com

Enamel heart - Doodlebug Shape Sprinkles

Prism Gem Stickers - Honey Bee

Highland cow sticker - Amazon .com

Cactus Card Duo

Earlier this month I shared four 5x7” Pop Up cards (see HERE) and there were some leftover pieces of the patterned paper. I made these two A2 sized Birthday cards (as well as a 5x7” Get Well card that I will share another day).

The cactus stickers were adhered to white card stock with glue, since they are older and they were losing their adhesive. Then I fussy cut them out so I could layer with them foam tape.

The cute polaroid frame is another older die (from Your Next Stamp). I cut a slightly smaller piece of white card stock than the frame then added some blue with a blending brush and blue ink. That was adhered behind the frame to visually anchor the stickers and the frame was matted with turquoise card stock.

Here is a peek at the inside ...

Both cards have already been sent off to friends who were celebrating birthdays!

Supplies Used:

Patterned paper - Desert Dream, Recollections (old from my stash)

Stickers - Sticko (old from my stash)

Photo Booth Polaroid die - Your Next Stamp

Blending Brushes

Inside Snarky Birthday - Honey Bee Stamps

Inside - Lots of Birthday2Stamp - the Stamps of Life

Mini Misti

Trio of Birthday Cards

I thought I was done with this 6x6" patterned paper pad, but apparently I had set aside 'kits' to work on later 😂   Most of those 'kits' used the June 2021 Sheetload of Cards for cutting the patterned paper & the intended layout. Since I'm also trying to use what I have, I pulled out these old felt stickers and added them to the cards on a die cut oval. The sentiments were stamped on card stock strips & popped up with foam tape.

All three of these cards will be donated to my Mom's old nursing home and I believe there are three more 'kits' for me to make up. I have to work at building up my nursing home card stash again, as after delivering the last ones I'm fresh out! 

Supplies used:

                                        Sentiment inside - Birthday, Darkroom Door

Felt stickers - from my stash, very old.

Birthday Wishes stamps - Honeybee Stamps

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

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

Floral Pop-Up Birthday Card

It's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog! The pretty floral bouquet on this card was made using a stamp/layering stencil set from Taylored Expressions, called Autumn Array. I die cut it using Karen Burniston's Squares Crosshatch and added it to a 5x7" card that had a floral paper panel mounted to the front. Since it's a birthday card going to a friend, of course I made it into a pop-up, too!

The sentiment is from my plastic envelope - I do a bunch of different birthday greetings at a time and store them all together so I just need to poke around in that envelope to find the one I want to finish off my card. So I'm not sure who makes that stamp!

Inside I used the Twist Flower Pop-Up die set by Karen Burniston, which is definitely one of my favourites. This time I actually used the included decorator dies, which was also fun. I took a 4 x 6" strip of leftover patterned paper and cut it in half at 2". Then I adhered each piece right up to - but not over - the fold. The daisy borders were also cut from the patterned paper, but since it's double sided I used the blue print side instead of the floral. 

The leaves were die cut from scraps of green pearlized cardstock and I added Pops Of Color (sparkly thick glitter glue) on the daisy border centres and the focal flower centre as well.  Finally I added a stamped sentiment on either side of the card and got it photographed and ready to mail.

Supplies used:

Autumn Array stamp and stencil set - Taylored Expressions

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Blending brushes - Taylored Expressions

Blending sponges - Ranger

Twist Flower Pop Up die set - Karen Burniston

Squares Crosshatch dies - Karen Burniston

Scraps of green pearl cardstock

Shimmer Spray

Patterned paper - Miss Caroline, My Minds Eye

Happy Birthday (stash)

Pops of Color, Snowflake - Scrapbook .com

Birthday Wishes stamps - Honeybee Stamps

5x7 Card base and envelope

Pop Up Birthday Card w/ July's Sheetload of Cards

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog!  I finished off another one of the July Sheetload of Cards - this time it's a fancy-dancy pop-up Birthday Card. 😊

I added a foiled sentiment strip to the front. I haven't used my glimmer machine in months - it's REALLY difficult to remove the hot tray from the base so I tend not to want to use it. I actually wrenched my shoulder one time using it and was in pain for a few days. However, I did do a batch of foiling the last time I had it out and this sentiment is from the little bin of foiled words I have. 

Inside I used Karen Burniston's Little Labels Pop Up - and added it to a simple box pop up to raise it up a bit inside the card. This is totally Karen B's idea - I think she taught in in a class last year and I have wanted to try it ever since. I tried to find the link for you but I have no idea where I ended up finding it when I was ready to make this card.

I added more of the patterned paper inside the card, and realized that the Washi Tape Balloons from Pinkfresh Studios matched the patterned paper AND the theme of the card. The entire roll of Washi Tape had been adhered to white card stock last year so I simply fussy cut the ones I wanted to use. I added another foiled sentiment, and a washi tape flower from a different PFS roll. Oh, and I added a stitched, scalloped circle to the centre label of the Little Labels Pop Up for a different look.

The final sentiment was stamped on one of the Labels Crosshatch and I added it inside the card, trimming off the bottom edge. 

If you are curious about the pop up box, I used a strip of patterned paper that measured 6.75 x 3".  It was scored at .5", 1.5" and 2.5" then adhered inside the card. When it was dry I added the Little Labels Pop Up on top of it. Definitely a technique I will use again, since I love this die set with a 5x7" card.

I will keep working on finishing off this second Sheetload of cards and sharing them as I do.

Supplies used:

July Sheetload of Cards - Call Me Crafty Al

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

Little Labels Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Labels Crosshatch - Karen Burnistson

Balloon Washi Tape - Pinkfresh Studios

Floral Washi Tape - Pinkfresh Studio's

Foiled sentiments - my stash

Glimmer Foil machine - Spellbinders

Birthday Wishes - Honey Bee

Alcohol Markers

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

Honey Pot Mini Slimline

Last week I shared a Mini Slimline card with leftover strips of patterned paper that came in Paper Roses' cardmaking kit "Bee Happy". Today I'm sharing another Mini Slimline and it's my final card with the kit!! There is only one small piece of black printed paper left and the sentiments but I'm calling it done and tossing all the tiny bits and pieces. I save all but the smallest pieces when working with a kit, because sometimes they are perfect to punch or die cut a little somethin' something' to add to a card from the kit. When I'm done with the kit though, I'm done with all the small pieces too. The sentiment strips I added to my clear envelope of stamped ones to use on future cards.

There are touches of gold on the card, with the narrow gold foil tape, the gold foil bee stickers and I rubbed the honey pot lid with gold Lunar paste. I was happy with how well that die cut worked on this card!

Below is a peek at the inside ...

Note:  I did colour the foil bee stickers with a yellow alcohol marker to make them stand out a little more.

I didn't count how many cards I made with the kit, but it was well over a dozen and I really enjoyed using it.

Supplies used:

Bee Happy Cardmaking Kit - Paper Rose

Gold foil narrow tape - Amazon .ca

Honey Pot dies - Honey Bee Stamps

Gold Lunar Paste

Blending sponge

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Hello die - MFT Stamps

Shimmer Spray

White gel pen

Alcohol markers

Gold bee stickers - Amazon .ca

Petite Scalop Mini Slimline die - Taylored Expressions

Bee Sentiments - Elizabeth Craft Designs (old)

'Celebration Mouse' Pop-Up Birthday Card

 

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog!

I know I haven't posted much this week - it's been so busy and honestly, I'm only willing to spend so much time on the computer and then I'm done. So my blog posts had to be put on the wayside for a couple of days. I also haven't been in my craft room and unable to make anything new. 😩  Doesn't look like I'll get in there this weekend either, as we will be busy with family both Saturday and Sunday. 

Today's card is one I had envisioned when I bought the Mouse Edger die. I can't remember if it was just last year or if it was the year before - R&R Scrapbooking had a great sale on Crafters Companion dies and I picked up a number of these cute edgers. It's perfect for birthday cards and I figured I'd be able to use it for some nursing home donations cards as well. The mouse was cut from a 4.5 x 6" piece of Rainbow Holographic card stock and I wrapped narrow gold foil tape around the left edge before adhering it to a 4.75 x 5.75" sheet of patterned paper. NOTE:  I outlined the right side of the die cut with a grey alcohol marker for some definition, and lightly ink blended some orange ink around the mouse to give it more contrast from the patterned paper. The dye ink just wiped away from the holographic card stock so this was easy to do.

The Happy Birthday was cut from a different paper pad, matted with white card stock and added with thin foam tape.

Once again, inside I used Karen Burniston's Twist Flower Pop Up - I just love how versatile this pop-up is! This time I added a gold foil scalloped circle along with a white circle and the Birthday Wishes sentiment. Cutting two 4" square sof the orange marbled paper then cutting them on the diagonal gave me some colour inside the card and I stamped a sentiment on the right side. Some gold glitter dot stickers for additional sparkle and I was finished the card.

Here is a closer look at the pop-up ...

Supplies used:

Party Mouse Edges - Creative Expressions

Twist Flower Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Rainbow Holographic card stock - Recollections

Gold foil card stock - Recollections

Patterned paper - Gilded Ink, Recollections

Gold glitter dots

Grey alcohol marker

Nuvo Drops - Tonic Studios

Double Stitched circles - Divinity Designs

Scallop Circles - Divinity Designs

Birthday Wishes - Simon Says Stamp

Inside Birthday Wishes - Honey Bee

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Washi Tape - Doodlebug

Happy Birthday - Dancing Daisy's, Paper Boutique

Wink of Stella

5 x 7" card base & envelope

Valentine Heart Flip Card

The last card I made with this heart flip die set was a Thanksgiving card (see that one HERE) so with Valentine's Day coming up I decided to bring it out again. Because those cute little bees are paper pieced and I wanted to pop them up with foam tape, I have a YouTube video showing my process.  

Of course the card started with the patterned paper, which is an older one by Doodlebug. 

The holographic cardstock for the bee wings give the card so much shine! ❤️

Supplies used:

SL Heart Essential die set - Studio Light

Patterned paper - Sweet Things - Doodlebug

Rainbow Holographic cardstock - Recollections

Honey Bees Paper Piecing - Honey Bee Stamps

Circle - Tasteful Label Dies, Stampin' Up

Happy Valentine's Day - Sending Love, Waffle Flower

Sweet Sentiments - MFT Stamps

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Scrap of white pearl cardstock

Wink of Stella

Mirrored Heart confetti - Kat Scrappiness

Seven Masculine Birthday Cards

Welcome to Masculine Card Monday here on my blog!

Back in September I pulled out this retired 6x6" paper pad as I knew there would be some strips to use up.  I decided to use those strips and create another August Sheetload of Cards, 😊 making masculine birthday cards for donating to my Mom's old nursing home.  Then I made the pop up Thanksgiving cards (see those HERE) and I was able to use up the remainder of the paper pad!

Once again, I didn't get these cards posted in September because of sharing various holiday cards, but I can finally share them.

I'm still loving the August 2023 Sheetload of cards. but these ones were made back when it was still fresh in my mind. Pretty much every paper pad I pulled out, I could see that sketch working for - especially since I have so many 2 x 6" paper strips leftover in most of my 6x6" paper pads!

Using up the remainder of this paper pad makes me SO happy. Note - one of the front panels is slightly smaller than the others because I was working with partial sheets - I used what I had and it worked out just fine.  

Once I had my patterned paper all cut and assembled, I went poking around in my dies to see what would work as masculine embellishments and I really like that long Happy Birthday stamp which I've had for years.

Here is a peek at the inside ... they were all done the same inside.

Supplies used:

                                             August 2023 Sheetload of Cards

Patterned paper - 6 x 6" Pumpkin Spice, Pink & Main

Bike stamp & die - Fun On Wheels - Stampin' Up

Dragonfly die - Lovely Layers Bugs - Honey Bee Stamps

Forest Trees - Echo Park

Music notes - Paper Rose

Happy Birthday - Perennial Birthday, Stampin' Up

Catherine Pooler coloured Inks

Vellum Infinity Shaker Card

I make a lot of Infinity Shakers (also called Edge to Edge Shakers) and have wanted to try one using vellum for awhile. Using the beautiful Fragrant Forest background stamp, I made my first one for this card. And went 'meh'. Ha. So now I have tried it but I'll be going back to using transparency's or clear stamp packaging instead of the vellum.

I stamped a sentiment on the vellum before adhering it over the filler and stamped background and added gold peel off stickers as well. The pretty washi tape has gold foiling on it and the panel was matted with gold foil card stock. Now that I look at the photos though - using an embossing folder on the gold panel might have been a nice touch but in real life the card is very sparkly and shiny.

Here is a peek at 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 - 56 cards

August - 106 cards

September - 61 cards

October - 51 cards & 5 Tags

November - 46 cards

December so far - 11 cards (& 16 simple tags)

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used. 

Supplies:

Fragrant Forest background stamp, Stampin' Up

Catherine Pooler Inks

Blending Brushes - Taylored Expressions

MISTI stamping platform

Dashing Rectangle dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs (old)

Vellum

Joy to You - Stampin' Up

Catherine Pooler Inks

Various filler and glitter - stash

Snowflake Peel Off's - Ecstasy Crafts

Gold mirror card stock - Hunky Dory

Tree washi tape - Lawn Fawn

Glitter Dots - Ecstasy Crafts

A7 Double Stitched Frames - Honey Bee

NOEL Platform Pop Up Card

Here is the 12th and final edition to my monthly series "Platform Pop Up Cards".  I feel like I've sure got good use out of this die set now, and hopefully inspired those of you who also have the set. 

Today's card uses some older ephemera to decorate the platforms and there is a spot on the back where we will sign our name. I'll be including a Christmas letter with the card, so I don't need a lot of room for a personal greeting.

I love how flat the card folds down for mailing.

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

August - 106 cards

September - 61 cards

October - 51 cards & 5 Tags

November - 46 cards

December so far - 4 cards

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used .

Supplies:

Patterned paper - Winter Wonderland, Recollections (0ld)

Platform Pop Up - Lawn Fawn

Ephemera - Cozy Christmas, My Minds Eye

Stacking Star dies - Honey Bee Stamps

Twine

Hanukkah Card Duo

Today I'm sharing a pair of Hanukkah cards I made for our grandkids. I couldn't resist the new (6x6") patterned paper pad by Catherine Pooler because it's so different from the 12 x 12" papers I've been using for the past few years. The layout is loosely based on the August 2023 Sheetload of cards, which has become my new go-to sketch.

The images were stamped in Catherine Pooler ink and I added some sparkle with a Wink of Stella Pen.

Both cards have Happy Hanukkah stamped inside and I added a couple of angled patterned paper scraps to add a little colour 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 - 56 cards

August - 106 cards

September - 61 cards

October - 51 cards & 5 Tags

November - 46 cards

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used with

Supplies:

Patterned paper - 6 x 6", Eight Nights - Catherine Pooler

Catherine Pooler Inks

Nested Hexagon dies - Pinkfresh Studios

Stamps - Happy Hanukkah, Honey Bee Stamps

Wink of Stella

Gold glitter dot stickers - Ecstasy Crafts

Fox & Foliage Mini Slimline Card

While poking around in my 'in progress bin" I came across this birch tree background that I had printed off of my computer years ago. I didn't end up using it at the time, as there was a red vertical line through the tree stump which meant I needed to change the ink in my printer. I did that, printed off a fresh one for the project I needed it for and put this 'defective' one into the bin. Ha - why? Who knows.

When I pulled it out again I realized how easy it would be to disguise the line on the tree stump with a critter. I trimmed it to fit behind the die cut foliage frame then die cut the fox from Honey Bee's Heart Hugs. I just adore the critters in that die set and don't use it nearly enough.

Here is a peek at 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 - 56 cards

August - 106 cards

September - 61 cards

October so far -  cards

November so far - 1 Card

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used with a few affiliate links included.

Supplies:

Clip Art printed piece, unknown, old from my stash

Mini Slimline Foliage Frame - Kat Scrappiness

Mini Slim Fancy Scallop dies - Kat Scrappiness

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

Chalks & Q Tip - Stampin' Up (old)

Fox, Heart Hugs - Honey Bee Stamps

Catherine Pooler Inks

Small blending brushes - i crafter

Black marker

Wink of Stella

From the heart - Petal Palette, Stampin' Up

Thanksgiving Blessings - Taylored Expressions

Pops of Color