Dog Sticker Birthday Card Duo

These two cards use up lots of odds & sods from my craft room! The patterned rectangles are actually the back side of a couple of journal cards that I wouldn't have used otherwise and I thought the bright happy colours would make fun birthday cards. I had a striped note card that I'd cut down into 3/4" strips for a different project so I added the extra pieces to the top and bottom of the cards.

The stickers were in my stash and I adhered them to white card stock & fussy cut them out before popping them up on foam tape. Finally, I aded a couple of stamped sentiments.

Below is a photo of the inside - both of them were done the same.

Cactus Birthday Cards

 

Today's card share uses the June 2024 Sheetload of Cards. I was putting something away, saw this 6x6" paper pad by Whimsy Stamps and that was al it took to inspire me. 

I used a variety of dies & punches for the sentiments and a few of them got a cactus stamp on the front as well. These cards were all donated to my Mom's old nursing home.

Below is a peek at the inside ...

Supplies used:

June 2024 Sheetload of Cards - Call Me Crafty Al (YouTube)

Patterned paper - Whimsy Stamps

Stitched Nested Label Dies - Stampin’ Up

Large Happy Birthday - Every Birthday, Taylored Expressions

Cactus - Recollections (old)

Happy Birthday - Birthday Banners, Stampin’ Up

Tasteful Labels - Stampin’ Up

Inside - The Inside Scoop Birthday, Taylored Expressions

Ducks & Bunny Birthday Cards

Hello friends! Here are a few more Birthday Cards - these ones use printed panels from Hunky Dory in a farm theme. They are nice and cheerful and I think the nursing home residents enjoyed them.

I have a plastic envelope filled with sentiments - I’ll stamp several at a time and add the extra’s into the envelope. So I don’t keep track of who makes which stamp. Makes it much faster to finish a card when the sentiments are done and ready to go!

I don’t use a heavyweight cardstock for these cards, so often add a 4 x 5.25” panel inside where I can add the greeting. Since there are layers on the front adding this panel inside helps to balance the card.

When cutting down a letter sized sheet of white card stock for these panels, the first thing I do is trim it to 8” wide and save that 1/2” strip. I also save the 1/2” strips from cutting the panels to 5.25” length and they work great for sentiments.

Below is a peek at the inside, with all of them done the same.

Supplies used:

Little Book of Farm Animals - Hunky Dory

Sentiments - from my plastic envelope

Inside sentiment - Lots Of BD2Stamp, the Stamps of Life

Cupcake Birthday Cards

 

Well hello friends! I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted and holy smokes have things changed with trying to post on social media. I ended up taking a break from sharing online, and when I was ready to come back I had a new laptop. Which meant my photo editing program needed to be updated and all my actions and brushes (I use Photoshop) were gone. It was such a chore to try to edit the photos so I just didn’t bother uploading.

I had somehow injured my hip mid April and was in a lot of pain with very limited mobility so sitting and trying to figure out photo editing AND uploading to Instagram etc was beyond me. When you are in pain - and on strong pain meds - it’s hard to think clearly. I can now say that I am finally turning the corner and have much better mobility and a lot less pain. I still can’t go up a full size step but I can now do a 3” one!! Thank goodness for physio therapy.

In May I suggested to hubby that I wanted to 're-do’ part of my craft room. I pictured going through the drawers etc one at a time, and showed him a few cabinet options. Again, I was thinking sometime in the future. I could only stand for about 10 minutes at a time because of the hip injury so knew it would be a long haul project. My hubby does not do long drawn out projects, and immediately started emptying about 2/3 of my room, dragged out the old cabinet - which was initially our daughters and she was happy to take it back. He showed me a couple of cabinets that he thought would work - paper and dies are HEAVY - and placed the order. Let me tell you, I had craft stuff EVERYWHERE in our main living area. 

It took me WEEKS to go through what remained in the room, get it all re-organized into the new cabinets, and then purge what came out of there initially. The night I got the last bin emptied and we had our living area back was cause for celebration!  I love having everything organized and easily accessible but mostly out of sight. I have room to work again - my work space just kept getting smaller and smaller because of STUFF. 

With this injury, I really came to terms to how much paper crafting stuff I owned that I was not using … just keeping it for someday. Of course, I had also stopped purchasing craft stuff - haven’t really done much in the past couple of years. I have continued to make 25 birthday cards each month for my Mom’s old nursing home as well as most of our families cards. That being said, I didn’t get Canada Day cards made or even our July Ice Cream cards done. But I’m back on track now and just finished Back To School cards for the grandkids so I’ll have them ready at the end of the month. 

Meanwhile, I’m here to share these birthday cards made for the nursing home. I used my very favourite Sheetoad layout, the August 2023 one. Now I’m off to see if I can get the pictures uploaded to Facebook and Instagram too!

Supplies used:

August 2023 Sheetload of Cards, Call Me Crafty Al

Patterned paper - Confetti, DCWV

Happy Birthday - Magic Messages, Lawn Fawn

1-3/4” Circle Punch, Stampin’ Up

Pair of Slimline Birthday Cards

I had been flipping through an older paper pad and pulled out a sheet that had lots of borders on it. They are perfect for adding to a Slimline card! The paper was cut to 8.25 x 3.25” so I would have an even border all around from the coloured card base, and I wrapped each panel with narrow gold tape for some birthday shimmer & shine. 

The Happy Birthday was stamped directly on the patterned paper panel and both the balloons and the cupcakes got brushed with Wink of Stella for a little more sparkle. The panels were popped up onto the card bases with thin foam tape.

I really do like the colours in this paper pad and will be getting it out again soon.

Here is a peek at the inside - both are done the same and went into my Nursing Home donation bin. Love letting the patterned paper do most of the work for me.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Confetti, DCWV

Narrow gold tape - Amazon .ca

Happy Birthday Many Ways - Catherine Pooler

Essential Birthday Sentiments - LDRS

Wink of Stella

Red Balloon Birthday Card Trio

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

White paint pen

Puffy Stickers - Birthday Wishes, Pebbles

Inside - Big Birthday Bolds, Divinity Designs

Three Nautical Themed Birthday Cards

I never seem to post things in the same order I make them … I had been working with an older paper pad to make some masculine cards for the nursing home and these three were actually the last ones I made. I will share the others another day.  The patterned paper is nice and heavy weight, many of them have gold foiled accents and they are semi glossy as well. 

I was just using up some of the leftover strips and scraps in the paper package and I think they turned out cute. The Happy Birthday was stamped onto white scrap strips and popped up with foam tape. The inside of all three were stamped with the same image and these three were ready to go.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Hey Sailor, DCWV (old, from my stash)

Happy Birthday Many Ways - Catherine Pooler

Inside sentiment - Essential BD Sentiments, LDRS

Birthday Card Trio

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

Four Floral/Butterfly Birthday Cards

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

Stickles glitter glue

Inside sentiment - Cake & Candles, Avery Elle

Mini MISTI

September Sheetload Birthday Cards (2nd round)

I had intended on posting this yesterday, but once again the day got away from me. This is my 2nd play with the September Sheetload and I think the cards turned out so cute! I can see me using this one again and again as you can really change up the look depending on what you add as your decorative element.

I did some stamping and colouring for mine - four of the card have this cute chick (MFT Stamps) and four have a hamster in a cupcake wrapper (Your Next Stamp)

Inside I added a sentiment from the Birthday Chicks stamp set and they all have a punched banner to bring a little colour inside.

 

Supplies used:

September 2025 Sheetload of Cards - Call Me Crafty Al (find her on YouTube)

Enjoy your special day - LJD Birthday, MFT Stamps

Patterned Paper - Birthday Bisque, Jillibean Soup

Banner Punch - Stampin’ Up

4 w/ Hammie Sweetness Overload

4 w/ Birthday Chicks - MFT Stamps

Circle die - Tasteful Label Dies - Stampin’ Up

Alcohol Markers

White paint pen

Stickles

Collage Style Birthday Cards

When I was poking around in a drawer of 12x12” papers, I found this single sheet with a collage of different patterns. I have no recollection of where I got it and it wasn’t included in a paper pad. But I liked the cheerful colours so decided to cut the sheet down and make some birthday cards for the nursing home.

I cut the panels to 4 x 5.25” and added a striped washi tape were the patterns intersected. The edges of the tape were wrapped to the back of the panel which secured them firmly as the panel got attached to the card base.

I stamped the Happy Birthday onto white card stock and punched them out before attaching them with foam tape. Finally, I added a dollop of Nuvo Drops.

Below is a peek at the inside, with all the of them done the same.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - unknown, collage/colorblocked and only one 12x12” sheet

Washi tape

Blending sponges

Sentiments - Large Birthday, Technique Tuesday

Label punch - Stampin’ Up

Nuvo Drops

September 2025 Sheetload of Cards

Today I’m sharing my first play with the September Sheetload of Cards - and I quite liked it. After I got these ones cut, I pulled out additional sheets from the same (really old) paper pad so I could make another set. I’ll share those another day.

These went into my Nursing Home donation bin - I have needed to build up my stock for them! The label and ice cream cone are older punches from Stampin’ Up and I aded a stamped sentiment as per the Sheetload sketch.

Inside each card is a two toned stamped sentiment and a little fishtail banner for a pop of colour.

Supplies used:

September Sheetload of Cards - Call Me Crafty Al

Enjoy your special day - LJD Birthday, MFT Stamps

Patterned Paper - Birthday Bisque, Jillibean Soup

Ice Cream Punch - Stampin’ Up

Label Punch - Stampin’ Up

Sweet Ice Cream stamps - Stampin’ Up

Shimmer Spray

Banner Punch - Stampin’ Up

Birthday Wishes Card

 

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted! I have been making a few cards and even taken the photos - but getting them posted here then shared on social media has proven to be difficult these days. I guess I’m only willing to be on the computer so long in a day and my computer time has been used up doing other things. But I am going to try to do better at sharing, since my finished card photos are stacking up!

I’m starting out with this simple card created using a patterned note card (the yellow framed piece) and a journal card from my stash that I popped up with foam tape. I added some black Nuvo Drops for contrast & a puffy balloon sticker. Finally some glitter glue and this card was ready to be donated to my Mom’s old nursing home. (Looks like I forgot to take a photo of the card inside, or the photo got misfiled since it’s been so long since I made it).

Supplies used:
Patterned note cards - Paper Studio
Inside sentiment - Large Birthday, Technique Tuesday
Puffy Balloon Sticker - Pebbles
Pops of Color, Black - Scrapbook .com
Stickles glitter glue

Rainbow Stripe Birthday Card Group

These cards just make me happy! With everything going on in the world, I just need happy colours and I actually kept these out on my stamping desk for about a week before I took the photos - just so I could enjoy them for awhile.

The journal cards were cut from a 12x12” sheeet in my stash and I added some sparkle with Stickles glitter glue. After the cards were assembled onto the striped patterned paper and card bases, I added black Nuvo drops to some of them. I like how the black makes the other colours pop.

I think the nursing home residents will enjoy these happy cards as well.

Finally, here is a peek at the inside. All the cards have the same sentiment inside.

Supplies used:

Journal cards - Happy Hooray, Pebbles

Striped patterned paper - Cream & Sugar, Doodlebug

Stickles glitter glue

Pops of Color, Black - Scrapbook .com

Inside - Best Birthday Yet, Catherine Pooler

Mermaid Tail Birthday Card

I bought several boxes of printed note cards from Hobby Lobby several years ago when we were visiting Arizona. One of them is mermaid themed, so I pulled one out and cut it down to make this birthday card. While both the front and back of the note cards are printed, the foiled mermaid tails are only on the front side so I layered it with a different not card back panel for some contrast.

The sentiment was pulled from my plastic envelope - I make a whole bunch of them at a time, so I can just add one as needed. When the envelope looks like it’s getting low, I will spend an evening creating just sentiment strips!

Since the outside of the card was kind of fancy, I kept the inside simple with a large Happy Birthday. This card will be donated to my Mom’s old nursing home.

Supplies used:

Note card - Paper Studio

Sentiment - Simple Strips Birthday? stamp and die by TE

Platinum Embossing powder

Happy Birthday - Little Something Sentiments, Catherine Pooler 

Two Floral Birthday Cards

I have had these floral note cards for several years - they are printed on both the front and back, so I cut one in half to give me two floral panels. After trimming the panels to 4x 5.25”, I added them to white card bases. 

I had been going through my “in progress” bin and found these 3-d flower stickers that were already adhered to the die cut labels. I replaced the foam tape, since the foam squares that I had initially used were losing their adhesive, then added them to the card fronts with thin foam tape. The sentiments were stamped on a scrap strip of white card stock and I fishtailed the ends with scissors.

Here is a peek at the inside using a bold sentiment by Catherine Pooler.

Supplies used:

Floral note card - front and back

Labels & Stickers - many years old, found in my stash. K & Co

Sentiment - Be Happy, Twice The Wishes, MFT Stamps

Pops of Color, Snowflake - Scrapbook .com

Happy Birthday - Little Something Sentiments, Catherine Pooler