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

Halloween Sheetload of Cards

Since I wanted Halloween cards for the five grandkids, I decided to give the October Sheetload another go - and this time pay attention 😂.  The first time I made the sketch I was listening to a good audio book and cut some of the papers incorrect AND messed up on the matting positions. Also  last week I shared a shaker card with a jewelled spider sticker but there were three stickers in the package. I was able to use up the final two spiders with this set of cards, and most of the 3-D stickers got used up too!

Those stickers have been in my stash for a long time, in a baggie with no packaging. So I have no idea where I got them. There are only a few left and I'll be able to use them up next year. 

Below is the inside - using a stamp set from Your Next Stamp. Since my Halloween cards have all been mailed this year, I will save the remaining three from these ones for next Halloween.

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 - 49 cards & 5 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:

Jewelled spider - Recollections (old)

3D Ephemra stickers - Unknown, (old)

Spooky Fun - Your Next Stamp

Catherine Pooler Inks

Mini Slimline Pull Tab Card for Halloween

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday on my blog! Today I'm sharing a Mini Slimline card made as the October edition to my monthly series 'Throwback Fun Fold Dies'. I pulled out these VERY OLD pull tab dies from Papertrey Ink. At the time there were very few fun fold dies out there, and I thought these were so fun! 

When you pull the tab, the center section lifts up to reveal the stamped sentiment. Aren't those tiny mouse stickers adorable? I added one in the greeting  area and one on the back as well. All of the papers, stickers and ephemera are from Doodlebug Designs. ❤️

When I make a card like this, I tend to make them post card style rather than an opening card. Below is the back of the card, which is where I will add our personal message & signature. The stamp set by Karen Burniston & is retired. It continues to be a set I pull out and use every year!

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 - 35 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:

Pull Tab die - Papertrey Ink (old)

Patterned paper - Doodlebug, Boos & Brews

Stickers - Doodlebug, Ghost Town

Catherine Pooler Inks

Halloween stamps - Karen Burniston/ECD (retired)

Happy Birthday Platform Pop Up Card

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog. This card is the 8th edition to my monthly series "Platform Pop Up Cards". I made it for our son's partner (close enough to a Daughter In Law and that is how we think of her ❤️). I knew I wanted to use bright colours and add a die cut greeting on a piece of acetate. But what to add to the front and centre sections???

Well I went through my embellishment binder, which is a large zippered binder filled with baseball card holders and page protectors. I had organized it last year (or the year before?) with odds and ends elements I had cut for cards and didn't use. My Pinkfresh Studio washi tape die cuts are in there too, as well as things I cut multiples of or fussy cut. It's so easy to just flip through the pages to see at a glance what I have. Well - I had a couple of these Snowball the Sheep done and in one of the clear pockets, as well as the fence in another. Ta Da! 

Afterwards I dug out the bin where I have all the other Pop it Ups Characters by Karen Burniston when she was designing for Elizabeth Craft Designs. I always loved the size of those characters, and now they are on magnetic sheets and much easier for me to get to. The Party Hat is from one of the character Props, but I don't remember what it's called. I thought that Snowball should be wearing a party hat, since this IS a birthday card! 

I also added some self adhesive gems onto the acetate which is fun as they look like they are floating.

This card folds down flat for mailing, but I will likely be hand delivering it to her with her Birthday Gift. I stamped the sentiment on the bottom since she will see it when she takes the card out of the envelope. We can sign it there as well. Usually I add a sentiment on the back, but I am liking this idea and will do it again.

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 so far - 88 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:

Platform Pop Up - Lawn Fawn

Birthday Wishes - Honey Bee

Patterned paper - Sweet Celebration (6x6"), MFT Stamps

Snowball the Sheep - Karen Burniston (discontinued)

Fence die- Sizzix (retired)

White gel pen

Party Props (hat) - Karen Burniston (discontinued)

Pops of Color - Icicle, Scrapbook.com

Happy Birthday die - Penny Black

Fairy Jewels - Memory Box

Catherine Pooler Inks

 

Southwest Pop Up Birthday Card

This card is the eighth edition to my monthly series "Throwback Fun Fold Dies" and I made a masculine pop up Birthday card. The patterned paper has gold foiled bits, so I added narrow gold Washi tape for additional shine.

The label was cut from white cardstock and then I used brushes to ink the edges. The desert border was die cut from a strip of black cardstock, then I laid the same label die over it to determine what area I wanted to keep for the label, and I ran it through my die cutter again. That gave me a border with the bottom edge in the exact size and shape of my label for perfect placement. The sentiment was stamped then the label was popped up with thin foam tape.

Inside I used an older die by Karen Burniston - the Happy Birthday Pop it Ups die - which is from her days as a designer at Elizabeth Craft Designs. I haven't used it in a long time so it was fun to pull it out again.

Side view ...

I cut the Happy Birthday twice, once from black and once from green. Then the black one was adhered on top of the green with a slight off set. 

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 so far - 61 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 - Desert Dream (Michaels)

Happy Birthday Pop it Ups - Karen Burniston (retired)

Narrow gold wash tape

Gold mirror cardstock

Labels - Tasteful Label Dies, Stampin' Up

Blending Brushes - Taylored Expressions

SW border dies & coyote - Crafting Desert Divas

Sentiment - Laugh Out Loud Again, Clearly Besotted

Catherine Pooler Inks

Various cardstocks - stash

Fun Fold Christmas Card Trio

Hello crafty friends. Today I have THREE different fun fold cards to share today. While they could have each been separate posts, since the supplies on each are identical I decided to lump them together in one ***long*** post. 😊. 

I have a walkthrough of the cards on YouTube as well:  

The first card is a Double Z Fold card - I haven't done one of these in a long time! The patterned paper is double sided, with the paw prints on one side and cutaparts on the back. In the video I said I'd purchased three sheets, two to use the cutaparts and one to use the cutaparts. But in fact I only purchased TWO sheets and a coordinating 12 x 12" sticker sheet. 

I love now nice and sturdy these cards are for display.

The second card uses my favourite cut apart from the sheet. I added Pops of Color to his nose so it's nice and shiny.

Inside is a simple box pop up for the sentiment piece (another cut apart) and I also added one of the Mini Pops arms for the circle dog piece. I show more of that detail in the video.

All of the cards started with these Memories & More card bases (with. matching envelopes) from Stampin' Up. There are 10 green speckled card/envelope sets and 10 red & green polka dotted cards with red envelopes. The front of the third card has another one of the cutaparts as well as stickers from the sheet.

Inside I used another of Karen Burniston's pop up dies - the Rockin' Rectangle. I also used the second double decker bus cut apart on this one and a few more stickers from the sheet.

I made another trio of cards, and will be sharing those in the coming weeks.

Additional Supplies:
Santa Express Memories & More card pack - Stampin' Up
White cardstock
Peppermint embellishments - from my stash, but I linked similar ones for you below.

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! 😊

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)

Hello Santa Half Shutter Card

 

Hello!  I used the Half Shutter Card With Layers die set by Divinity Designs for my card share today, with the second half of the deep red 12 x 12" sheet of card stock on the first plaid Half Shutter Card shared HERE.  The die requires a minimum of 12 x 5.5", but I just cut my 12 x 12" sheets of card stock in half at 6" to make it easier on myself. 😊 I have a walkthrough of my card on YouTube: 

The plaid paper and cut apart are from Photo Play's Mad For Plaid series but I couldn't find it to link for you. Everything that is available is linked below though, and I did find a different plaid paper package to link.

The journal cards (or cut aparts) were matted on red card stock, and the stickers were on a sheet by Photo Play that I purchased at the same time as the papers.. I adhered them to white card stock with glue, then fussy cut them out.

Love that Karen Burniston has a shadow die for her Merry Christmas and I used both of them here.

These cards fold flat for mailing, and fit in a standard A2 envelope. They also display very nicely on a table. 

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:

Burgundy (dark red) card stock, 12 x 12" - stash

Patterned paper, stickers and cut aparts (Journal Cards) - Mad for Plaid, Photo Play

Sunset Silhouette Mini Slimline Bridge Card

Hello!  Today I'm sharing the Birthday Card I made for hubby ... a Mini Slimline Bridge card. I have been in a MAJOR Moho slump, so barely got this card done in time to give him and I didn't have a chance to do a tutorial or video. I will list the measurements I used for the base itself, and since I'm happy with how the card turned out I will make more and promise to do a video tutorial as well. 

Thankfully I had already finished my Christmas cards and scheduled most of the posts or my blog would be pretty bare this month. I think I went over two weeks without making a card or even WANTING to make a card. Definitely out of character for me and I'm happy to say I'm starting to feel more like creating again. 

The silhouette dies I used are from Divinity Designs with the sunset/sunrise paper from Whimsy stamps. Everything that is available is linked below for you. I added the 'Love You' from Karen Burniston's Word Set 12 Snow, cutting it three times. Once from dark yellow, once from orange and the final time from black. Then I stacked them on top of each other and I like the little shadow of colour this gives the words and helps them stand out more. 

The card folds flat and fits in a #8 (or 6-3/4") envelope. I added several layers of foam tape for dimension knowing I would be hand delivering the card. Ha.

The back of the card is where I wrote him a personal message.

One more look ...

Measurements **I was just fiddling around and came up with this so there may be other measurements out there.

Folded, my card is 6 x 3.5", which is my favourite size of Mini Slimline card to make.

The Card Base measures 7.5 x 3.5", scored along the long side at .75". 1.5", 6" and 6.75". 

The Bridge Strip is 6" long, and as deep as you wish. Mine was about 6 x 1.25". Since the dies weren't quite long enough to reach across the 6" span I used scissors on either end to finish the cut. 

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:
Card stock scraps - stash

Six Thanksgiving Pop Up Cards

Hello!  This year I'm making an effort to finish off a lot of the 'in progress' cards I have in my craft room. That is where these six came from, and I have all the details on YouTube:  

I loved this patterned paper and wish you could still get the K & Co paper pads. Both the Happy Thanksgiving on the card fronts, and the leaf & pumpkin inside were cut from a mottled foiled card stock and I adore the shine. I also added some gold Glitter Dots!

Since the card bases and pop up interiors were already cut and sitting in my 'In Progress' bin, I just pulled in some additional items from my stash to complete them. These cards were made using an older die cutting system from Karen Burniston called "Pop 'n Cut" these are the big Steel Ruled dies and I still have all of mine. 

I used Karen Burniston's Autumn Elements for the leaf and the pumpkin elements - and I love that the veining shows up so well when you use a metallic or foiled card stock.

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!

Supplies I'm unable to link for you:
Pumpkin patterned paper - K & Co (old, from my stash)
Inside patterned paper - Basic Grey (old, from my stash)
Pop 'n Cut with Wavy Label Insert - Karen Burniston (long retired)
Wavy Label Thinlets - Karen Burniston (long retired)
Patterned Paper strips - Gilded Autumn, Stampin' Up (retired)
Confetti card stock
Mirri Ombre Card Stock - Hunky Dory
Copic marker
Happy Thanksgiving 3D Drop Ins - Stamps of Life (retired)

Thanksgiving Blessings stamp set- Taylored Expressions (retired)

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'Thinking of You' Iron Fence Pop Up Card

Hello!  I'm back today with another card featuring dies in Karen Burniston's NEW RELEASE.  (The dies will be shipping on August 9th.)  I have a video walkthrough on YouTube (click HERE) and everything that is available is linked below:

My card is larger than A2, and I used the Flower Pattern Plates inked in a rainbow of colours for the background. Then I added the new HELLO die onto a Crosshatch Rectangle and a mushroom from the Backyard Charms.

Inside is a colourful stencilled sunrise and you see the new Iron Fence Pop Up. Cutting the Long Nature Edges from green polka dot patterned paper adds to the whimsical feel.  I used more of the Backyard Charms to decorate the grass around the bottom of the fence, and the snail is added to the right post so it moves with the fence as the card opens and closes!

The words from Word Set 10 were die cut from aqua card stock, the flowers got some glitter in their centres and I added a few sparkling items as well. 

There is a fairy perched on the fence with glittery wings, carrying on the whimsical theme of my card.

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:
5 x 6.5" card and envelope - Recollections
Green patterned paper - Nana's Nursery (Girl) - DCWV, retired
Brass pearl card stock - stash
Black pen
Shimmer Spray
Rainbow Packing Tape
Pink, aqua card stocks

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