Slimline St. Patricks Day Card

added stickers to white card stock for stability

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Slimline St. Patrick's Day - Whimsy Stamps

Ephemera - Lots o' Luck Odds & Ends, Doodlebug

Shamrock stickers - American Crafts - old, from my stash

Glitter Dots

Inside - Shamrocks4us - the Stamps of Life

Shamrock die - Cut Ups, Riley & Co

Stickers - old, stash

Slimline Cocktail Birthday Card

When I was flipping through this slimline paper pad, I saw the cocktail panel and decided to make it into a birthday card for a friend. I cut it down, then added it to another patterned panel from the package. The background piece was adhered to the slimline card base without trimming it down. 

I added some glitter dots above the cocktails, then die cut Karen Burniston's CHEERS! from rainbow holographic cardstock. I added a couple of fishtail banners using the same holographic cardstock and popped those up with foam tape.

Below is the inside of the card, with a closeup photo below that. 😊

I cut the scalloped circle from the same Rainbow Holographic cardstock as I used on the front, then used the stitched circle to die cut the stamped sentiment. The sentiment is a Funnybones stamp from Riley & Company.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper panel (Slimline sized) - Welcome to Paradise, Asuka Studio

Wink of Stella

Cheers die - Karen Burniston

Rainbow Holographic cardstock - Recollections

Glitter Dots

Double Stitched Circles - Divinity Designs

Scallop Circles - Divinity Designs

Margarita stamp inside - Funny Bones, Riley & Company

German Shepherd Pop-Up Card

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog!

Today I'm sharing my first play with the Raising Platform Pop Up die set (Karen Burniston) and I made a card for our son-in-law. They used to have two German Shepherds and I know he will love this card.  I started with one of the rainbow dog note cards - I have a YouTube video about those** HERE **- then pulled out the rainbow stripe Washi Tape. I love how bright and happy the card front is!

I have a walk through of this card on YouTube:  

Inside I used the nice big HAPPY die (Riley & Company) cut from a rainbow striped paper to mount on the Raising Platform and it worked out perfectly.

Below is a picture of the sentiment/signing block. I couldn't resist adding one of the peeking dog stamps (Catherine Pooler) along the bottom edge.

As I said in the video, I will move the Raising Platform mechanism up a little bit for my next card so it stands above the card when it's open. But I do like it like this look too.

Supplies used:

Rainbow Dog note cards - Amazon .com

Rainbow washi tape - Doodlebug Designs?

Short Crosshatch Rectangle dies - Karen Burniston

Raising Platform dies - Karen Burniston

Happy Cut Ups - Riley & Company

Rainbow patterned paper - JJ's Rainbows, Waffleflower

Peeking Pets - Catherine Pooler

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Hope your day - Big Happy Sentiments, Catherine Pooler

Less Wrinkly - Funny Bones, Riley & Company

How old? - Inside Snarky Birthday, Honey Bee

Black Glaze Pen

5 x 7" card blank & envelope

Eight Desert Themed Birthday Cards

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog!

It's no secret that I love making Z Fold Cards, and since I am going to need several masculine birthday cards in the next little while I pulled out the October 2019 Sheetload of Cards.

I have a walkthrough of my cards on YouTube:

I've had this paper pad for a number of years and I like that some of the sheets have gold foiling on them. It was fun to pick the four different patterns to use with the Sheetload cutting guide as well as what die cut elements I would be adding to the fronts. These were cut from black glossy cardstock for a little more pizzazz.

Inside the cards I chose a couple of Funny Bones sentiments and alternated which ones went with which cards.

There are two of each silhouette design so I have enough variety to choose what card goes to which friend/family member.

I thought this sentiment went perfectly with the horseback riders above.

I love this 'bucking bronco' die so it was fun to get it out again.

Below is one more of the funny sentiments.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Desert Dream, Recollection (old)

October 2019 Sheetload of Cards - Call Me Crafty Al

Stitched oval dies - MFT Stamps

Black glossy cardstock

Feather dies - Elizabeth Craft Designs (old)

Bucking horse - Paper Rose

Cactus & Pot - Paper Rose

Cowboys & Cactus Silhouettes - Divinity Designs

Small Happy Birthday - Birthday Banners, Stampin' UP

Larger Happy Birthday - Happy Birthday Many Ways, Catherine Pooler

Inside sentiments - Funny Bones, Riley & Company

Gold Nuvo Drops

Dog Themed Birthday Card Trio

I made these three cards as a gift for a friends birthday. I just adore the printed panels from Hunky Dory's Little Book of Muddy Paws so that is what I used for the main images on the cards. The card bases are one of the Memories & More cards from Stampin' Up and they have gold foiling on the envelopes. ❤️

This first card resembled one of their dogs, so I added the sentiment on a stitched circle on the front. Each of the envelopes were stamped with dog images that coordinate with the coloured ink I used on the cards. I also added Nuvo Glaze for the eyes & nose are nice and shiny.

The sentiment inside was added onto a folded cardstock spring for a little somethin' somethin'. 

The sentiment on this Pug card makes me smile.

Since I have such a large collection of humorous sentiments, I had fun choosing one for each of the card interiors.

The circle didn't really go with the Boxer card, so I added the sentiment to a cardstock strip instead.

That Nuvo Glaze works so well - I love the shine it gives.

Finally, here is the inside of the third card ...

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 so far - 29 cards

Additional Supplies:

Little Book of Muddy Paws - Hunky Dory

Cards and envelopes, Texture Chic - Memories and More, SU

White cardstock

Dog Happiness - Frantic Stamper

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Wintery Faux Step Mini Slimline Card

Today I'm sharing the 6th edition to my monthly series "12 Months of Christmas". Last month I created a 5 x 7" Faux Step Card and I liked it so much I wanted to try a Mini Slimline version. I really like this one too and hope to do a tutorial for it over the summer. 

I pulled out the Magic of Winter package from Echo Park - I used it a LOT last year and still have many bits leftover for even more cards. Since I wanted to feature one of the cutaparts from the package, my measurements are a little different than they would be for a 'regular' Faux Step Mini Slimline card. I didn't even really take note of the measurements for this one - it was a 'let's see if this works' type of card.

Since I used double sided patterned paper for the accordion base, the penguins on the back were upside down. I cut a same sized piece as the back panel and added it so the penguins would be right side up on the back of the card. 😊

The sentiment is a Funnybones stamp from Riley & Company, and even though it's JUNE, I'm already tired of winter. HA - that should tell you how much I dislike winter and being cold. 

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 so far - 16 cards

Additional Supplies:

White cardstock

Snowflake punches - Martha Stewart

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but 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! 😊

Masculine Gift Card Holder

I made this humorous Gift Card holder for our son-in-law using stamps from Riley & Company. I get such a kick out of their Funny Bones stamps 😊.  I've had the pop up gift card holder die set for awhile, and for this one I paired it with succulent printed patterned paper from my stash. Oh, how I love this paper, and if I'd known how quickly it would be retired I would have purchased several more pads. 

Below is the pop up inside, and the white rectangle is where we wrote our personal message to him.

The die set also allows you to create a matching envelope, which I did.

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 so far - 7 Cards

Additional Supplies:

Patterned Paper - Succulent Serenity (Lynda Kanase)

Corner Rounder - Creative Memories

White cardstock

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but 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! 😊

Mini Slimline Wine Themed Shaker Card Duo

I had so much fun making these cards! I needed one for a friend whom we were meeting for dinner, and decided to make a second one to have on hand. The wine bottles were die cut from a coated cardstock and then coloured with an alcohol marker. The coated paper came from a paper pad and I had pulled it out to set aside as I didn't really like it to use for cards. But it worked perfectly for these wine bottles! 

After colouring the die cut bottles with a tealish alcohol marker, I spritzed them with shimmer spray which made the marker run. I loved the mottled look it gave the bottles.

I created infinity shakers (also called edge-to-edge shakers, or full front shakers) by wrapping acetate around the Mini Slimline panel and attaching it at the back with strong tape after adding the filler. Then I mounted the shakers to green card bases.

The stamps are from both Riley & Company and MFT and I added some to the envelopes as well.

The second card has Karen Burniston's CHEERS across the front.

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 so far - 39 Cards

Additional Supplies:

Card Size - 3-1/4 x 6-1/4

Patterned paper - Photo Stack, DCWV (old - from my stash)

Transparency

Various sequins & filler - stash

Alcohol markers

Shimmer Spray

Rainbow holographic cardstock - Recollections

White cardstock

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but 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! 😊

Stashbuster Pop Up Cards for Easter

As I have mentioned in other posts, I am making an effort to USE UP a bunch of my Easter supplies ... stickers, ephemera, pre-stamped and coloured images. Just stuff that has been hanging around for toooo long. I have made a big dent in it too ... and next year I will be able to purchase some new goodies for the season.

Today's cards are stashbuster cards and I made them all into pop ups too. I have a walkthrough of the cards on YouTube:  

This card was actually the last one I created, and used up some of the leftover papers etc from  the other six cards 😊.

I have had this patterned paper for several years, and have both the 12 x 12" AND the 6 x 6" pads. They must have been a screaming deal, ha ha. So I used one of the 6 x 6" pieces to create the explosion inside and decorated it with the cut-aparts from the smaller pad as well.

For the other six card fronts I used an older Sheetload sketch, February 2020. I used the paper layout only, not the 'nested string' etc that was shown on the sketch. 

The Peeps on the card below were in the little bin of pre-done embellishments I have ... initially they were made using this same paper pad and I had done enough for two cards. Glad to have used them up this year.

This card used a sweet sticker and a die cut word. It was done so long ago I didn't even remember who makes the Easter die, but I found it on Simon Says Stamp. It was also in that little bin.

Inside that card I used another sticker onto a stitched oval and that was added inside with one of Sam Calcotts paper springs. I'll link her video below if you want to watch it to see how she uses them.

This cute Riley the Moose image was also in the bin ... all coloured and everything. I guess I must not have needed any more Easter cards the year I coloured it so into the bin it went. 

For the inside of that card I used Karen Burniston's Little Twist Pop Up, but without the accordion folded panel that normally goes across the arms. There is less bulk and I always like showing you different ways you can use your dies. I also used her Easter Charms, cutting them from pastel mirrored card stock scraps.

NOTE:  I cut the bunny charm on the back side of the mirrored card stock to get the reverse image. 😊

Here is a link to Sam Calcotts video where she shows her paper springs Here is a link to the February 2020 Sheetload of cards video

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 so far - 32 Cards

Additional Supplies:

February 2020 Sheetload

Patterned paper, 12 x 12" and 6 x 6" pads: Springtime, Authentique

White cardstock

Sentiments - Old, some from my computer

Riley in basket - Riley & Company

Coloured pencils, blending stump and Gamsol

Bunny Stickers, old, stash

Ephemera - Easter, Echo Park

Chicks - Your Next Stamp

Alcohol Markers

Peeps - older card kit from Simon Says Stamp

Stickers - stash ($ Store?)

Gems - leftover from a Stampin' Up card kit

Easter Greetings - Michaels

Joules boutique  bunny sticker

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that you pay the same amount but 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! 😊