Whew - I made a record number of cards last month but my nursing home stash is nice and full again. The Sheetloads help make it quick and efficient to create multiple cards while making the best use of patterned paper. I used a bunch of older items for these cards and pretty much everything is retired by now.
As usual, I create the Sheetloads as per the instructions and get the panels adhered to my card bases. Then I decide what I'm going to use to decorate them. For these cards I went through my embellishment binder and pulled out a bunch of stamped and die cut/fussy cut images that had been done many years ago at our cabin.
I was able to use up all the Birthday Farm Animals I had coloured & die cut, but didn't have enough for all nine cards. Going through the binder again I found another party dog then two butterflies. Done and done!
Below is the stamp I used inside all the cards.
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
September so far - 19 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 a few affiliate links included.
I was poking around in my stash for some bright patterned paper to make more birthday cards for my Mom's old nursing home. I found these cut-aparts/journal cards which I had completely forgotten about! I had purchased them back in February and had trimmed them from the 12 x 12" sheet. Ooooooh! I found some coordinating paper, matted each of the cut-aparts and made a bunch of cards.
A BUNCH.
Today I'm sharing the first of them, and it's a big group. Since you know I never post cards in the same order I make them, these are actually the last group I made, using leftover patterned paper from the others. 😊 I kept the layout simple for these ones, adding one of those leftover patterned paper strips onto the card bases, mounting the matted cut-aparts with foam tape. Simple, but fun and cheerful!
Most of these ones are singles (there are a couple of duplicates) so I can donate all of them in a single month. In the card below, I added a glittery stamped dog from my embellishment binder. The dog is from Paper Smooches, but sadly they are no longer in business. The cut-apart just needed a little something and I was happy to have found that dog in there.
I also added some glitter (Stickles and Pops of Color) so the cut-aparts have some birthday sparkle.
I think the residents will get a kick out of these bright and cheery cards.
I'll be back next week with another (much smaller) group of cards made with more of the cut-aparts.
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 - 38 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.
It's the 2nd of the month and that means it's time for the Collaboration Team to share their Sheetload of Cards. I'm on the YouTube Collaboration Team so HERE is the link to my YouTube video.
I added pops of gold foil using older die's and I really like how they added to the card!
Once again I made birthday cards that I will donate to my Mom's old nursing home.
Late last year I was 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 - 20 cards
Additional Supplies:
Green cardstock
White cardstock
Patterned paper - Tropicool Vibes, Lynda Kanase (Sizzix)
Stitched circles - MFT Stamps
Pair of Leaves - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Feathers/Leaves - Paper Smooches
It's Your Day - Taylored Expressions
Wild Greenery - MFT Stamps
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Hello my crafty friends. I'm back today with another gift tag using the Wrap It Up dies & stamps from Pigment Craft Co. I also pulled in a bunch of stuff from my craft room - the dog is from a no-longer-around company called Paper Smooches. It was stamped then covered with some double sided adhesive then Silk Microfine Glitter from Elizabeth Craft Designs. Several years ago I made a bunch of these, so ... time to use one up at least.
I had just received my order from Studio Katia with their 'Simply Hi' items and had also ordered the Iridescent Ice Flakes. The larger ones will make great toppers for party hats, so I added one here.
The blue polka dot paper was just a partial sheet so I got to use that up too. I added a dot of silver Stickles into each of the white spots for Birthday sparkle and shine.
I didn't realize the stamping was a little crooked until I was editing the photos ... oops!
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Additional Supplies: White cardstock Seam binding Twine Dog - Paper Smooches (retired) Blue Dot dsp scraps Silver Stickles
Hello my crafty friends and welcome to Masculine Card Monday here on my blog. I didn't get this shared before, but this is the card I gave to hubby for Father's Day. I created the card base with the fun Platform Pop Up by Lawn Fawn, and added Karen Burniston's Happy Father's Day to the centre piece.
This card was also a stash buster, as the plaid patterned paper was just a partial leftover sheet in my stash and the dogs and paw print heart had been stamped, cut & coloured a few years ago. Both companies that made those dogs are no longer around - that's how old they are. But I'm making an effort to use up some of the stuff that's been hanging around so ...
It folded down completely flat to put in the envelope and he liked it!
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Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.
Hello! I have been lucky enough to find a couple of on-line listings for un-used Paper Pumpkin kits, and one of them is called My Wonderful Family (April 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit). Today I'm sharing the first four cards I made using the kit and all of them were mailed to family members.
The kit came with four printed panels with a lovely family verse printed on it. Those panels are what inspired these first four cards. The card bases were all 'fun folds', so this first card uses one of the Z-fold card card bases.
I love the pretty envelopes that come in the Paper Pumpkin kids, so I kept these cards all A2 so I could mail them in the envelopes.
The second card uses another one of the fun folds and I really liked the bright pops of yellow that were included. The small butterfly came in the kit, but the larger one is was punched from yellow card stock and stamped with the tree foliage in yellow.
Here is a peek at the inside of that card, with the pretty family sentiment.
I made this third card into a pocket card, and added some of 'that paper' because the colours matched so perfectly. The pretty green sprig came in the kit. The photo below shows the sentiment panel inside the pocket ...
... and here it is out of the pocket.
I used the negative part of the sprig piece to lightly stencil the back side of the pocket insert, and added another sentiment on a fish tail banner. That is also where I signed our names.
Finally - the fourth card! I adhered the green printed piece flat against the inside of the card for a different look, and added a die cut strip of yellow card stock above that. One of the bare tree die cuts from the kit was adhered over the the stamped foliage, and I added a bird from the kit and a stamped fish tail banner.
Finally, here is a look at the inside, with the printed sentiment. This last one went to our son so it's a little less 'fussy'.
I have the next four cards done and will share those with that video later this month.
Supplies:
April 2020 Paper Pumpkin, My Wonderful Family
Card #1 (additional supplies to the Paper Pumpkin kit) Stitched Mini Scallop Rectangles - MFT Stamps Card stocks Square Vellum Doily - Stampin' Up Tasteful Label dies - Stampin' Up Crayola markers Wink of Stella I-crafter blending brushes Clear resin hearts - Stampin' Up
Card #2 (additional supplies to the Paper Pumpkin kit) Tree trunk - Paper Smooches Butterfly punch - Stampin' Up Wink of Stella Card stocks Sequins
Card #3 (additional supplies to the Paper Pumpkin kit) Patterned paper - Eucalyptus, Paper Studio Card stocks Butterfly punch - Martha Stewart Wink of Stella Scotch Tape
Card #4 (additional supplies to the Paper Pumpkin kit) Cut off gatefold portion and adhered it right to card base Halftone Lines Cover Die - Studio Katia (for yellow strip) Water brush Card stocks
Hello crafty friends ... Today I'm sharing a Slimline Birthday Card that uses this lovely feather & flower digital stamp from Angie Blom Digital Designs. I thought it was just lovely and I was glad to finally print one off to colour and mount on a card. With digital stamps, you get to choose the size so I was able to size it to work with a Slimline, but you could size it for an A2 or other card/project if you prefer. 'They' keep changing our social media platforms, and Blogger is no different. I am going to try to add a quick video here so you can see all the sparkle and shine on my card, but I won't know until the post goes live if it actually worked or not! Fingers crossed.
I used the Slimline dies from Studio Katia for my layers, and of course added lots of sparkle as well.
The sentiments are from the Simple Strips Birthday by Taylored Expressions.
Here is a peek at the inside, where I added two die cut feathers and a pretty sentiment.
Supplies: Feather dig stamp - Be Unique Feather, Angie Bloom Digital Designs Copic markers Sakura white gel pen Dotted Slimline Dies Set 1 - Studio Katia Various card stocks Patterned paper - K & Company Stickles Feather/leaves - Paper Smooches Tiny Attacher - Tim Holtz Simple Strips Birthday - Taylored Expressions Simple Strips die - Taylored Expressions Crystal Clear Confetti - Studio Katia It's Your Birthday - Studio Katia Card size - 3.5 x 8.5", fits in a #10 Business Envelope
Hello crafty friends ... I can't believe that we have two Grandsons starting Grade One this year! Our middle daughter and family moved a couple of weeks ago and are SO happy that there was room for Ilai in the neighbourhood school. Now only miss Alma is the only Grandchild not in school - time goes by SO fast! This is the card I sent to Ilai - he will be excited to be starting a new school. I used the star die from Your Next Stamps Scrapworks Mini Starburst die set as it cuts the stitching line on both sides of the cutting line. It was cut from a printed panel and I added the cutaway star back inside so the coloured pencils go all the way across the card.
Inside, I added some additional pattern and colour using a stencil and my I-crafter blending brushes.
I did an an extra stamp to this one because of the thickness, and sent it on it's way to their new address. This will be his first 'happy mail' in their new home!
Supplies:
Printed Element - unknown
Various card stocks
Embossed Edge Nesting Slimline dies - Kat Scrappiness
Black marker
Fineline markers
Scrapworks Mini Sunburst Die Set (stitched star die) - Your Next Stamp
Acetate
Various filler form my stash
Bakers Twine
Banner - Martha Stewart (old, from my stash)
Nuvo Drops
Stencil inside - Stackers, Paper Smooches
I-crafter Blending Brushes
Card size - 8.5 x 3.5", fits in a #10 Business Envelope
I have never subscribed to a monthly card subscription kit, but I have had my eye on the Stampin' Up Paper Pumpkin kit for a few months and finally signed up. The August 2020 Paper Pumpkin kit was my very first and I really enjoyed making these cards! The kit comes with everything (but scissors) you need to create nine cards with three of them being shaker cards. I was able to make thirteen cards with six of them being shaker cards! I did a walk through video for you, since I wanted to show you all thirteen cards and it was faster to talk than to type. You can find my YouTube video below, with still shots below that. Lots and lots of still shots. Ha!
Here are the three additional shaker cards I made, using extra goodies from my craft room in addition to the kit.
All three shaker cards were done the same inside ...
These two were done pretty much like the card samples in the instructions, other than I cut apart the blue argyle print card bases so I would have two card fronts and added them to my own white card bases.
Here is the inside of these two cards.
These two cards were also done pretty much the same as the instructions, with my own white card bases and a cut apart green argyle print A2 note card. I also used blending brushes to add ink to the white vellum sprigs.
Here is the inside, with both cards done the same.
You have to know I made a Slimline card too, using the Birthday Chick stamp set from MFT Stamps.
This is the inside of the Slimline card.
This card has the Pacific Point ribbon wrapped around the yellow panel.
... and the inside of the card.
Another card where I wrapped the ribbon around the panel before adhering to a white card base.
Here are the three shaker cards that came in the kit, but I did them differently than the instructions.
This one will be put away for our Grandson Ethan, who is very good at Karate and I expect I will need this for him once tournaments can start up again. The additional trophy is a die from I-crafter (Best Dad). I cut it from Stampin' Up gold foil card stock.
Inside I added Karate Riley the Moose, and there is still room to write a message to him.
The second shaker has one of the printed trophy elements added inside the shaker, but it is adhered to the base with foam tape.
And the inside of the second shaker card, which I will hang onto for the two other grandkids who take Karate.
My third shaker card has a transparent window, which is kind of fun. You can see the inside through the front of the shaker element. This one is a teacher thank you card!
Below is the card opened.
One more gold trophy was added, as well as the word teacher.
Some of these cards will be going into my stash, others are being set aside as a gift for a friend and also our middle daughter. I am working on a set of birthday cards to give both of them.
Supplies:
August 2020 Paper Pumpkin (unless mentioned below)
Gold foil card stock - Stampin' Up
Trophy die - Best Dad, I-crafter
Blue sequins
Gold microbes
Transparency
Dashing Rectangle Dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Stitched Circle dies - MFT Stamps
Banner Punch - Stampin' Up
Karate Riley - Riley & Company
Water Brush
Tasteful Label dies - Stampin' Up
Various card stocks
Large Birthday - Technique Teusday
Happy Birthday stamp - Blossoms in Bloom, Stampin' Up
Birthday - Darkroopm Door
It's Your Day - Best Catch, Stampin' Up
Holographic circle stickers - Dazzles
Leaf/Feather - Paper Smooches
White gel pen
Star punch
Wink of Stella
The Inside Scoop - Taylored Expressions
Blending Brushes - Taylored Expressions
Birthday Chicks - MFT Stamps
Blends - Stampin' Up
Copic markers
Stitched Fishtail Banner - MFT Stamps
Sakura black glaze pen
Glitter Dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs
Sprig die - Unknown
Card sizes - All but the Slimline are standard A2 (4.25 x 5.5")
Slimline is 3.5 x 8.5" and fits in a #10 business envelope
