Father’s Day Card/Gift Card Holder

It’s Masculine Card Monday here on my blog, and since I didn’t get it shared back in June I’m sharing a Father’s Day card/gift card holder. We were pressed for time so I combined the two and our son-in-law was still quite pleased with it.

I cut a black card stock panel to 6.5 x 4.5”, then centred the Grassy Grove and die on that. I added scenic patterned paper in behind then wrapped a narrow gold tape around the bottom edge. The panel was secured it down to the 5 x 7” card base leaving an even white border. The stamped sentiment was popped up with foam tape and I added a couple of glitter dots for some subtle sparkle. Finally, I added a stamped and die cut deer from the Grassy Grove set.

I used a gift card pocket die inside, which comes with the layering piece. I just moved the layering die around on a patterned paper scrap until I liked what I saw. The large Treat Yourself is a stamp I’ve had for a couple of years and I love how bold it is.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Water Colour Landscapes 1.1, Paper Rose

Grassy Grove (stamps and dies) - Stampin’ Up

5x7” card and envelope

Happy Celebrations - Studio Katia

Glitter Dots

Gift Card Pocket - MFT Stamps

Treat Yourself - Pigment Craft Co

Father’s Day Card/Gift Card Holder

It’s Masculine Card Monday here on my blog!  Father’s Day really snuck up on me this year so I was scrambling to get cards made. But I did it - with a few days to spare! In the interest of saving time, I made two of the cards with gift card pockets inside and I think they turned out cute. I’ll share the second one another day - this one was made for our son-in-law. It’s a 5x7” card and the leafy die cut frame ended up working perfectly for the 6x6” patterned paper I wanted to use!

The Happy Father’s Day was done with my Brother Label Maker and attached to a 1/2” strip of white card stock then popped up with foam tape. Since I was hand delivering them I didn’t need to worry about them being too bulky to go through the mail.

This family is going on a 9 - 12 month sabbatical in August, so there really isn’t anything they want. They are busy getting rid of things, so I added cash into the pocket so he can treat himself to several nice coffee’s as they get ready for this big adventure.

Supplies used:

5x7” card and envelope

5x7” Foliage Frame, Kat Scrappiness

Patterned paper - Watercolour Landscapes 1.1, Paper Rosse

Gift Card Pocket - MFT Stamps

Best Gift Ever - MFT Stamps

Brother Label Maker

Butterfly Bunny Birthday Card Duo

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog!  After I used this die to make Easter cards, I made a note to use it again for summer Birthday cards. This week I made these two and the second one is a pop up.

The die is quite large, so I made my cards into 5x7" but a 6x6" square card would work as well. The patterned paper is MANY years old and from my stash. I die cut the Butterfly Bunny from patterned paper and adhered them both to burgundy card stock. Then the images were fussy cut so I could pop them up with thin foam tape.

For this first card I added Stickles glitter glue around the butterfly wings, and added a pair of small die cut butterflies.

Below is the inside of the first card ... with a stamped sentiment and a light green vellum butterfly.

The second card is stepped up. I die cut butterflies from both patterned paper and white pearl vellum, adhering three of them over the butterflies on the main image. They were glued down along the butterfly bodies only, so there is some lift to the wings.

The first card base was white but I wanted to try it with a Kraft card base as well. In the end, I think I like the white one better. For the inside of this second card I used Karen Burniston's Lorna Label Pop Up.

The 'fluttering by' sentiment is actually part of a larger stamp that also says 'I miss you'. I knew I wouldn't use that one very often, so I trimmed away the 'miss you' portion and can add it to the 'fluttering by' sentiment again if I do need it. But I will get lots more use out of that stamp with it saying "fluttering by to say ..." 

I also added a couple more butterflies to the pop up area, and of course - Glitter Dot stickers for some shimmer.

The birthday sentiment was stamped on a scalloped white panel - both it and the crosshatch green panel are from the Short Crosshatch Rectangles die set - also by Karen Burniston

Supplies used:

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

Bunny & Butterfly die - Creative Expressions

Butterfly dies - Scrapbook .com

Shimmer spray

Sakura glitter pen

Lorna Label Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Short Crosshatch Rectangles - Karen Burniston

Little Etched Butterflies - Paper Rose

White pearl vellum - stash

Fluttering By Sentiments - Waffle Flower 

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Blending sponge - Tim Holtz

Glitter Dot stickers - Ecstasy Crafts

Stickles glitter glue

Happy Birthday - Birthday Blowout, Poppy Stamps

Essential Birthday Sentiments - LDRS

Kraft 5x7" card base & envelope

White 5x7" card base & envelope

'Game On' Birthday Card

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog! 

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

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Water brush

Inside - Everybody Say Happy, Catherine Pooler

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)

Butterflies & Daisy's Birthday Card

My first card share for July is a 5x7" Birthday card. I checked out the July '24 Sheetload of cards last night and it's for 5x7" cards as well and I can't wait to get started on it. I gave lots of my hand made cards to family & friends in the fall, so now I can start to build up my stash again which is where this card is headed. 

The patterned paper pad is one I got back in February - which is the last time I bought anything new for my craft room - and I specifically chose the papers because of the daisy prints. I have those daisy punches from Stampin' Up and I thought the two would work well together. Ha - then I didn't use the punches on this card!

I was surprised to find several pages of printed panels in the package as well - such as the front panel on the card. I trimmed it down and matted it with yellow, and then fussy cut the two fishtail banners that were also on the sheet. Those got mounted inside the card and there is one more piece leftover for another card another day.

The 'love & best wishes' was already printed in the centre, so I added the 'on your special day' with foam tape. That is on a sheet leftover from Paper Roses' Bee Happy cardmaking kit and the colours worked well. The flower centres on the floral circle are raised, shiny with a little sparkle but of course that doesn't show up in the photos. I used Pops of Color for that. 

Supplies used:

Patterned paper & Coordinating solids - Dancing Daisies, the Paper Boutique

Little Etched Butterflies - Paper Rose

Gold foil card stock

Pops of Color - Scrapbook .com

Narrow gold foil tape - Amazon .ca

Inside - the Inside Scoop Birthday, Taylored Expressions

5x7" Card base & envelope

Mini Slimline 'BUZZING BY TO SAY...' Card

I was moving things around in my craft room and found the Bee Happy pouch with a few leftover pieces inside it. This is a cardmaking kit by Paper Rose that I worked on a lot several months ago. I decided to see what was in the pouch and ended up with enough pieces to make two Mini Slimline cards. This is the first one and I'll share the second one another day.

There were no more ephemera pieces left so I stamped and die cut a bee to add onto a die cut hexagon. The bee was coloured with alcohol markers with some glitter glue added as well. The outside sentiment is in the same stamp set as the bee (Studio Katia).

Here is a peek at the inside, with a very old stamp and a few scraps of the patterned paper. Since there is narrow gold tape on the front I added a strip inside as well.

Supplies used:

Bee Happy Cardmaking Kit - Paper Rose

Gold foil narrow tape - Amazon .ca

Hexagon Crosshatch dies - Karen Burniston

Honey Bees - Studio Katia

Alcohol Markers

Wink of Stella

Blending brushes - Taylored Expressions

Catherine Pooler Coloured Inks

Bees Sentiments - Elizabeth Craft Designs (old)

Adventure Pop-Up Father's Day Card

Today I'm sharing a fairly simple pop-up card I made for our son-in-law for Father's Day. The patterned paper takes centre stage as he loves to travel and that winding road just spoke to me for him. The card base is 6.5 x 5", but I cut it down to 6.25" since the paper is 6x6" square. That left me with a smaller white border on each side which I liked better. (The paper was cut to 5x6")

Inside I used Karen Burniston's Little Twist Panel Pop Up die set, which I haven't had out for a while. The stamps are all older ones from my stash and listed below if you are curious.

I also added a panel on the inside bottom of the card before adding the mechanism, as it felt like it needed some balance and stability. That also helps the mechanism work smoother and it just feels better in my hand.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Watercoloured Landscapes 1.0, Paper Rose

5x6.5" card base and envelope

Adventure - Wild Whisper

Little Twist Panel Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Birds & tree stamps - Here's to you, March 21 Paper Pumpkin

Happy Father's Day - Tie-Riffic, Reverse Confetti

Short Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Floral Cluster Birthday Card

I'm getting closer to using up this paper package! I bought it online a few years ago, but was surprised at how large the patterns were and struggled to use it on cards. I had also purchased the coordinating embellishments and obviously didn't read the description close enough because when they came they were chipboard. Beautiful, but ... chipboard. I find chipboard makes a card too heavy and bulky for mailing so I wasn't use them for the longest time. 

Finally I realized I could peel off some of the back layers and that did the trick. That is what I did for this pretty floral cluster element.  The layout was kind of fun - I haven't done this on a 5x7" card before. I cut the patterned paper into a 4.75" square, then cut it on the diagonal into two equal pieces. These were adhered to a piece of lightweight cardstock cut at 4.75 x 6.75" then I added narrow gold foil tape and wrapped the ends around to the back. That panel was then adhered to my card front.

The scalloped circles were die cut from white card stock (they all cut at the same time).  I inked the three pieces with blending brushes and re-assembled on the card front.  The little Happy Birthday was fussy cut from a leftover sheet in a card making kit.

Here is a peek at the inside, where I used a nice big piece of that patterned paper. 

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Stamperia

Narrow gold foil tape - Amazon .ca

Chipboard elements - Stamperia

Stitched Scallop Circle dies - Pinkfresh Studios

Happy Birthday - Bee Happy Cardmaking Kit, Paper Rose

Gold Glitter Dots - Ecstasy Crafty

Special Sentiments - Penny Black

Stickles Glitter Glue

5 x 7" card base & envelope

Windmill Sympathy Card

I just love the look of a black silhouette over pretty scenic patterned paper. For today's card I spritzed a windmill die cut with shimmer spray, then popped it up onto the 4x6" patterned paper panel. Using coloured dye inks and blending brushes, I added some colour to the card base and I was happy with how that looked.

After stamping the sentiment directly onto the patterned paper, I matted the panel with black cardstock and adhered it to the card front. I forgot to photograph the inside, but I stamped a sympathy sentiment and there is lots of room for a personal message.

 

Supplies used:

Patterned Paper - Meandering Meadows, Stampin' Up

Windmill die - Paper Rose

Blending brushes - Taylored Expressions

Dye inks - Catherine Pooler

Sentiment outside - Heartfelt Hexagon, Stampin' Up

Shimmer Spray

Sentiment inside- Sympathy to Stamp, the Stamps of Life

5 x 7" Card blank and envelope

Pop-Up Mini Slim Birthday Card

While I have been having a lot of fun with the Pop Up Mechanism included in the Twist Flower Pop Up, I haven't really used the included flower dies before. So that is what I added inside today's card.

The front of the Mini Slimline card, as well as the banners inside are actually on a sheet designed to be cut apart. I was ready for some different floral paper, so picked up this paper package and the coordinating solids and look forward to playing with them some more. 

The sentiment was stamped on a lightly inked, punched out hexagon and I added some gold glitter dots for shimmer & shine.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper (and coordinating solids)- The Paper Boutique

Ephemera - Woodland Stories - Little Birdie

Hexagon Punch - Stampin' Up

Gold foil card stock

Little Etched Butterflies - Paper Rose

Happy Birthday Many Ways - Catherine Pooler

Glitter Dots

Inside Out Birthday - Catherine Pooler

Twist Flower Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Blending Brushes

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Small Butterfly Tri-Shutter Card

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog!

Today's card is petite when it comes out of the envelope, but it opens up nice and big. Years ago I ordered a Tri-Shutter die set because I couldn't believe the price point! Then I couldn't believe the size of it when it came - no wonder it was priced so well. Totally MY fault for not paying more attention to the size that was clearly listed when I ordered.  The set was intended for pocket scrapbooking, so folded the card is 3x4". 

I actually wanted to see if I could use a printed note card for the card base and the die fit perfectly! This copper foiled one is from my stash and it's just SO pretty with that foiling. I did adjust the center fold a little so I could mount the larger matted rectangle & butterfly on it. The ATC dies from Waffle Flower are the perfect size for this card as well so that made me happy.

The larger butterfly die was included in the Sri Shutter die set and I added a smaller butterfly as well. The copper metallic card stock was in my stash and I coloured gold glitter dots with a rust alcohol marker so they would match a little better.

While I don't get a ton of use out of it, I do make sure to pull it out now and again to make a card. I shake my head every time, at how foolish I was. 

Supplies used:

Tri-Shutter die set - Sizzix (old)

Foiled note card - the Paper Studio

ATC Layer dies - Waffle Flower

Subtle Dynamic Embossing Folder - Stampin' Up

Copper foil cardstock - Recollections

Fluttering By Stamps & dies - Waffle Flower

White pearl cardstock scraps

Little Etched Butterflies - Paper Rose

Glitter Dot stickers

Alcohol markers

Mini Slimline Butterfly Pop Up Card

I have a fairly new 8x8" paper pad that includes a sheet with panels & tags to fussy cut. Since the panels fit perfectly on a Mini Slimline card, that is what I used for the front of this card. I have both the printed papers and the coordinating solids and used both as it's nice not to have to try to match up random cardstock colours. I added a stamped and die cut circle over the open circular area on the panel and some glittery ephemera for a pop of colour. I also added a small gold foil butterfly and gold glitter dots for additional shimmer & shine.

I haven't used the Butterfly Pop up die set in awhile, so pulled it out again. I wasn't sure if it would work in a 3.5" width - but it fits easily!

The butterfly base was die cut from gold foil card stock and I ended up cutting the wings and body from scraps of patterned paper that were sitting on my stamping table. The colours worked out well and I was able to use them up. Finally, a stamped sentiment from Catherine Pooler and some glitter dots and my card was finished. I know just who this is going to 😊

Supplies used:

Patterned paper (and coordinating solids)- The Paper Boutique

Ephemera - Woodland Stories, Little Birdie

Double Stitched Circle dies - Divinity Designs

Hexagon Punch - Stampin' Up

Pop Up Butterfly die set - Spellbinders

Gold foil card stock

Little Etched Butterflies - Paper Rose

Happy Birthday Many Ways - Catherine Pooler

Inside Out Birthday - Catherine Pooler

Glitter Dots

Six Birthday Cards for Donating

I pulled out a Project Life kit and decided to use several of the 4x6" journal cards to make some birthday cards for donating to the nursing home. Several years ago I picked up several Project Life kits for a great deal, knowing I would use them for cards like this ... but I keep forgetting about them! (Project Life kits contain both 4x6" and 3x4" journal cards for pocket scrapbooking.)

I made three floral cards and three more masculine ones with Stampin' Up's Truckin' Along stamp & punch. The cards are all 6x4" and some have narrow gold foil tape for a little shine. Other's have Stickles glitter glue on them.

PaperSupplies used:

4 x 6" Journal Cards - Project Life (unknown kit name)

Special sentiments - Penny Black

Little Something Sentiments - Catherine Pooler

Gold narrow foil tape - Amazon .ca

Stickles Glitter Glue

Little etched butterfly dies - Paper Rose

Truckin' Along Bundle (punch & stamps) - Stampin' Up

Alcohol markers

4 x 6" card bases

Lots of Birthday-2-Stamp - the Stamps of Life

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

'Sending Love & Hugs' Pop Up Card

Today I'm sharing the 14th card made with Paper Roses BEE HAPPY Cardmaking Kit. This one is a 7x5" Pop Up card and I have a walkthrough on YouTube:   

The gold foiled bee stickers were attached to white card stock then fussy cut so I could pop them up with foam tape. I added some colour with alcohol markers and stamped the For You on the paper panel. The panel was trimmed from the 6x6" sheet to measure 4x6" then matted with black card stock

Inside I used Karen Burniston's Little Label Pop Ups and the last large ephemera piece from the kit (the sunflowers) . The upper sentiment stamp and punch are from Stampin' Up - since this card was mailed to a friend who wasn't feeling well.

One more look which shows the pop up a little better.

Supplies used:

Bee Happy cardmaking kit - Paper Rose

Little Labels Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Gold foil bee stickers - Amazon .ca

Alcohol markers

Catherine Pooler dye inks

Heartfelt Hexagon (punch and stamps) - Stampin' Up

Narrow gold foil tape - Amazon .ca

Inside stamp - Drop a Note, Taylored Expressions

5 x 7" Kraft Card blank & envelope

Mini Slimline Thank You Card

This is the 13th card I'm sharing made with Paper Roses' cardmaking kit 'BEE HAPPY'. I think it was actually the first one I made, but I rarely share things in the same order I make them.  I just loved this print and didn't want to cover any of it up. I simply added two pieces of ephemera to the card front - both came in the kit. Then a bit of Stickles glitter glue for sparkle & shine.

Supplies used:

BEE HAPPY cardmaking kit - Paper Rose

Stickles glitter glue

Embossed edge Mini Slimline dies - Kat Scrappiness

'Hello' Shutter Card

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog!

Today I'm sharing my 12th card made using Paper Roses BEE HAPPY Cardmaking Kit. I made a Shutter Card using dies from Lawn Fawn and also added a couple of gold foiled bee stickers.

You slide off the belly band then open the side flaps to reveal the sunflower ephemera inside the shutter. I haven't made a Shutter Card since December, so it was fun to pull the dies out again.

I'm getting pretty close to finishing off that kit - and I sure have enjoyed it.

Supplies used:

Bee Happy Cardmaking kit - Paper Rose

Shutter Card die set - Lawn Fawn

Shutter Card Add On - Lawn Fawn

Gold foil bee sticker - Amazon .ca

Catherine Pooler Coloured Inks

White circle - leftover from an old card kit

Fluttering By sentiments - Waffle Flower

Tasteful Labels - Stampin' Up

Glitter Dots - Ecstasy Crafts