Slimline Back To School Card

Hello friends …. Today I’m sharing a Slimline card made for our eldest granddaughter for going back to school. She truly loves school and the hardest part of her illness is how much of it she has to miss. The high school teachers help her keep up, by posting the lessons online so that makes her VERY happy. 

She is on the Transplant List for a double lung transplant, and when the call comes in she will be in hospital for at least three months. She’ll be anxious about falling behind even though that would be the last thing on most teen’s minds. 

I made good use of a 12x12” patterned paper sheet with school themed borders printed all across it. It was perfect for a slimline card and I have a bright red envelope to put it in. I added some shimmer and it looks like I forgot to photograph the inside though.

Since I had made supply notes, I can list them below:

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - I Love School, Echo Park

Twine

Rainbow Packing Tape, cut into strips

Apple Stickers - Amazon .ca

Braniac - Photo Play (You Rule)

Enamel Dots - Your Next Stamp

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

Pop-Up Slimline Father’s Day Card

In Canada, Father’s Day was back in June but I am very behind in posting so wanted to share this card and not hang onto the photos any longer. Since it’s Fun Fold Friday here on my blog, it seemed like a good time to share this card, which I made for my hubby. 

As you can see, it’s a Slimline card and I started with this printed Slimline card panel by Whimsy Stamps. I die cut the bears and popped them up with foam tape, then stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of white card stock with brown ink. I used a stitched circle die to cut it out, attached it to the card with foam tape then trimmed off any overhang.

Inside I used the Little Twist Panel die set by Karen Burniston for the pop up inside as well as her Outdoor Edges for the details. The beaded border was an old sticker I found in my stash and I thought the colours were perfect.

Supplies Used:

Patterned paper - Enchanted Forest, Whimsy Stamps - Slimline …

Little Twist Panel Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Long Nature Edges - Karen Burniston

Outdoor Scene - Karen Burniston

Double Stitched Circles - Divinity Designs

Words - Something for Everyone, Catherine pooler

Sticker - the Paper Studio (Old, from my stash)

Brother Label Maker

Twine

Bear Family Fancy Dies - Hero Arts

Piano Teacher Slimline Thank You Card

Whoa - it’s been ages since I’ve posted! I took a lot of time off this summer, spending it with family and friends instead of in my craft room. Of course, we didn’t have great weather this summer so it would have been a perfect excuse to craft, but … … …

I did manage to make a few cards here and there - and even got photos of them, but haven’t yet shared them so I will have some new content soon. Meanwhile,  this is the card I made for our youngest granddaughter’s (amazing) piano teacher at the end of June and she said he loved it.  I used dies & stamps by Karen Burniston including the Music Charms for the Grand Piano. It got sprayed with shimmer spray and I popped up the lid with a black foam dot.

Inside is the Piano Keys Pop Up - how fun, right? Two of them fit perfectly inside a Slimline card and I left room for her to write him a note.

Side view so you can see that the black keys are raised above the white ones. 

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Guilded Ink, Recollections

Piano Keys Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Music Charms - Karen Burniston

Crosshatch Long Rectangles - Karen Burniston

Thanks - Biggest Wish, Stampin’ Up

Wink of Stella

Just A - Music Sentiments, Karen Burniston

Gold foil card stock

Glitter Dots flat adhesive stickers 

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 'New Dog' Card

It's Masculine Card Monday here on my blog, and today I'm sharing the card I made for friends who welcomed a new dog into their family.

It was fun to pull out this bone shaped slimline die set (Whimsy Stamps) for their card. Slimline cards are hard to photograph in a normal square shape for social media, so in the photo below I inserted a pic of the inside, where we wrote our personal message.

Supplies used:

Slimline Dog Bone set - Whimsy Stamps

Patterned paper - Gilded Ink, Recollections

Words/Dog stamps - Dog Happiness, Frantic Stamper

Hearts - Hero Arts

Pops of Color - Scrapbook.com

Harvest Slimline Card

 

I made so many Fall & Thanksgiving cards last year that I didn't need to make any this year. Then, I ran out of time and didn't get any mailed for our Canadian Thanksgiving in October, so now I have lots for next year too. Sheesh. At least I can mail cards to our American friends & family this month. I found this single 12x12" sheet of fall themed paper in my stash and decided to use it up. I made 4 different sized cards and will be sharing them throughout the week. 

So far I have shared a 5x7" fun fold, and a standard A2 sized card. Today Is a Slimline card! I have these Kraft #10 business envelopes and they are perfect for fall cards. I used stickers to decorate both the envelope and the inside of the card, which is shown a bit further down the post.

I love the Happy Fall die from Pink & Main and have used it many times over the years during the fall season. For this card I lightly sponged a deeper orange in the centre of the die cut then added Wink of Stella for a little sparkle & Shine. The pumpkin started off as a shaker, but I decided I didn't want to add extra postage so instead created the shaker with thin foam tape. That gave me less bulk, and some of the filler is thin and does move around but not enough that I would call it a shaker.  Still, I liked the look. 

Below is a peek at the inside, where I added washi tape to the bottom of an off white confetti panel then a big focal sticker. 

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Fall Harvest, Echo Park

Narrow gold tape - Amazon .ca

Stitched Pumpkin Frame - Lawn Fawn

Outside In Stitched Pumpkin - Lawn Fawn

Shimmering Fallen Leaves - Kat Scrappiness

Happy Fall - Pink & Main

Gold Lunar Paste

Shimmer Spray

Wash Tape - old, my stash

Stickers - old, from my stash

Glitter Dots stickers - Ecstasy Crafts

Halloween Slimline Duo

I love making Halloween cards - and when I went through my bin to get this years ready to mail, I didn't have enough! Which surprised me as I usually have lots leftover at the end of October each year. I pulled out this Slimline paper pad,  found two panels that would work for Halloween and these are the cards I came up with.

I have had these 3-d elements in my stash for YEARS. I probably hoarded them for the first couple of years but I'm over that and have been making an effort to USE my supplies and not trying to make them last for the rest of my life. Ha.

Aren't these ones cute? The frogs came with the googly eyes - so fun. I added a stamped sentiment with thin foam tape to finish off the card front.

I stamped the sentiment on a white panel that had holographic washi tape wrapped around the bottom edge (another item from my stash) and added another pumpkin element. The panel was matted with black and added inside the card.

I chose a different package of elements for the second card, and added the die cut BOO instead of a stamped sentiment.

It's hard to see in the photo, but the purple BOO layer was sprayed with Shimmer Spray.

The inside was done the same as the first card ...

Supplies used:

Patterned paper panel - Slimline Paper Pack 'Enchanted Forest", Whimsy Stamps

3-d Elements - old, from my stash

BOO die - Photoplay

Shimmer Spray

Inside greetings - Papertrey Ink

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Sponge dauber - Ranger

Washi tape - old, from my stash

Happy Boo day - Sassy Pants Spooktacular, MFT Stamps

Slimline Christmas Pop Up Card

I completely forgot to share a Christmas card in September! We ended up doing a camping trip down the Oregon coast, we've been busy since we got back and I'm having trouble finding time to get in my craft room. But this is the holiday card I made in September ... just a little late, ha ha.

I went with a Slimline card and the patterned paper is VERY sparkly. I've had the paper pad for a few years and there is also a coordinating ephemera pack that I used for the words on the front and the elements inside. The scene was at the bottom of a 12x12" sheet in the paper pad, and I thought it worked well for a Slimline.

The pop-up arms come from Karen Burniston's Mini Pops Pop Up and the signing block was die cut with her Rectangles & Labels set. 

The Canadian Thanksgiving is this coming weekend, and I didn't get a single card in the mail for it. Hoping I can dig out the extra Halloween cards I made last year and get those in the mail or I'll miss the boat on that occasion too! 

Supplies used:

Patterned paper  & Ephemera- Sugar Plum, My Minds Eye

Mini Pop Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Rectangle and Labels Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Sentiment - Christmas Classics - Stampin' Up

Sakura stardust pen

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Stickles glitter glue

Slimline 'Thinking of You' Card

After making the Pop-Up Birthday Card last week, I wanted to use up the leftover paper pieces and not just store them away. This is the card I came up with, one I can send to a friend for Happy Mail.

The diagonal strip is matted with rainbow holographic cardstock for some shine, and the flowers were added to a scalloped vellum circle.

I always like this sentiment, since I do so much texting these days.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Miss Caroline, My Minds Eye

Rainbow Holographic Cardstock - Recollections

'Hey You' die - Pinkfresh Studios

Vellum - Stampin' Up

Scallop Circles - Divinity Desixgns

Beautiful Blossoms Paper Die Duo Set 1 - Divinity Designs

Self Adhesive gem stickers - Dazzles

Wink of Stella

Slim Lacy Layers - Waffle Flowers

Inside Sentiment - Just Because, Gina K

'Sweet Friend' Slimline Diamond Z-Fold Card

I have a couple of friends dealing with health issues, so I've been making cards to send for Happy Mail. This is one of them ... a Slimline Diamond Z-Fold Card. I made a number of this type of card back in 2022 in a 5x7" size. I loved making them, so I also came up with the measurements and a tutorial for making this Slimline size. You can find that tutorial HERE, and the measurements are at the end of my post.

I usually have a Wish List for Stampin' Up items but rarely order everything on that list. Sometimes I wait and wait and by the time I decide I'd really like/use a set, it's either discontinued or out of stock or .....     So I keep an eye on a Facebook group for Canadian's selling retired SU products. This Honey Bee Bundle is one of those sets - it had been retired for a while before it popped up on that group and I claimed it right away. I've had it for over a year now, and it's one of those sets I get a lot of use out of. 

The stamped & die cut bees were coloured with alcohol markers and I added Wink of Stella glimmer paint to their wings. On the inner diamond, there is the honeycomb die cut as well as a small sentiment (from a different set). I will sign on the blank white diamond when I go to send the card.

While I prefer a Slimline card to measure 3.5 x 8.5", this one is a full 4 x 8.5" to give me room to make the diamonds this size. It fits perfectly in a #10 business envelope for mailing, and this one will mail for a single stamp!

Measurements for Diamond Z-Fold Slimline Card by Karen Aicken 

Card base - 8 x 8.5". With the 8" side at the top, score at 2" and 4". The 4" scoreline is the center, so fold your card in half along that scoreline. Then fold the front right flap back to the outside along the 2" scoreline.

Patterned paper - TWO 1.75 x 8.25" pieces and ONE 3.75 x 8.25" piece. I don't always use the two smaller ones, often just adding one to the front and leaving the inside one undecorated. It's entirely up to you.

Diamonds - TWO 2.75" squares and ONE 2-1/2" square

Patterned paper (BE MINDFUL OF THE PATTERNED PAPER IF IT HAS A DIRECTIONAL PATTERN) TWO 2.5" squares and ONE 2.25" square.

Signing block - 2.25" cardstock square with a 2" square of white or light cardstock of your choice.

Pop Up strip - 4 x 3". With the 4" side at the top, score at 1, 2 & 3"

Assemble as shown in the video.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Bee Happy, Echo Parl

Honey Bee Bundle - Stampin' Up

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Alcohol markers

Tasteful Label dies - Stampin' Up

1-1/2" square die - Hero Arts

Inside sentiment - Hand Delivered, Stampin' Up

Nesting circles - Hero Arts

Blending sponges

Wink of Stella

Holiday Slimline Wiper Card Duo

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog!  I have two more holiday cards to add to my bin for Christmas 2024 - these ones are Slimline sized Wiper Cards and I have a walkthrough of these on YouTube: 

I used Slimline sized patterned paper along with a Wiper Card die set made for a 5x7" card - I love getting more uses out of my dies.  I also used the 'Above It All' stamp/die bundle that I got from Stampin' Up last year. Since we live in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, I knew I could use this die set year round. You can take the gondola up to the top of Tunnel Mountain in Banff in the Spring & Summer for some spectacular views. Also in summer you can also take a gondola up Sunshine Mountain to hike around on top of the ski hill to see all the beautiful wildflowers.

In the photo above, you can see the card fronts and the piece that comes out when you pull on the sides. In the photo below you can see the back sides of both cards when they are closed. Yes, even though the papers are exactly the same the position of the prints are slightly different - I explain that in my video. Hint - I have a REALLY hard time making Wiper Cards - they just don't make sense in my brain. Ha.

Finally, the lower photo shows the back of the card in the open position.

Note - I lined up the die onto the right side of the papers and held it in place with removable tape before die cutting (I showed this in the video). Also, I trimmed about 1/4" from the top of the wiper piece and rounded the corners so it fit inside the card a little better. Since the card size is smaller than the 5x7" that the die was designed for I needed to make that adjustment. That part was easy peasy! 

Supplies used: 

Patterned paper - Slimline paper pack, Frozen - Whimsy Stamps

5x7" Rectangle Wiper Card die set - Sam Calcott, Made To Surprise/Mixed Up Crafts

Corner rounder

Push here - Lawn Fawn

Labels Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Above it All stamps & dies - Stampin' Up

Silver Snowflake peel off stickers

'On my Mind' Slimline Card

Well this is the last card I'll make with this patterned paper. Several of the patterns in the package are just too big for cardmaking. I've used most of them, including the ones I liked the best and I'm calling it done. The decorative elements I used on this card were actually fussy cut from one of the sheets!

I love that little girl holding the large bouquet.  It's hard to see in the photos, but I added clear glitter glue to the flower centres for some sparkle.

Below is a peek at the inside. I added more patterned paper, and a stamped sentiment onto a white panel that was inked with blending brushes, then ... a few more fussy cut elements.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Circle of Love, Stamperia

Slim Lacy Layers - Waffle Flower

Outside words - Essential Sentiments, MFT Stamps

Inside words - Good Feelings, Stampin' Up

Blending Brushes

Pops of Color, Snowflake - Scrapbook .com

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Dog Bone Shaped Sympathy Card

I decided to make a pet sympathy card to have on hand, so pulled out the Slimline Dog Bone die from Whimsy Stamps. I also made it into a shaped card! To do this I die cut the bone three times. Twice from white card stock and once from the rainbow slimline patterned paper. After doing the stamping on the rainbow piece and adding the die cut dog, I adhered it to one of the white bones. For the remaining white bone, I scored those top bumps about 1/4" down from the top. Adding adhesive ABOVE the score line I attached the two pieces together. Ta dah - a shaped top folding card!

Now if I'd been smart, I would have done the inside stamping before I adhered the back to the card front. Instead, I stamped on a fishtail banner and adhered it over a scrap of the rainbow paper inside.

One more look ...

Supplies used:

Patterned paper -  Rainbow Magic Slimline paper pad,  Whimsy Stamps

Slimline Dog Bone die set - Whimsy Stamps

Pawfect Sentiments - Waffle Flower

Get Grounded stamps - Ink Blot Shop

Critter Condolences - MFT Stamps

Wink of Stella

Slimline Thinking Of You Card

Today I'm sharing a Slimline card I made to send to a friend who recently had surgery. The cute dogs came from the bottom of a 12 x 12" sheet of patterned paper - it seemed perfectly sized for a Slimline card! The sentiment  (using dies by Karen Burniston) was die cut from white card stock and inked with blending brushes.

I added some Nuvo Glaze to the flower centres and dog noses for a little shimmer & shine.

Below is a peek at the inside where you can see the rest of the die cut sentiment.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Circle of Love,  Stamperia

Slim Lacy Layers - Waffle Flower

Word Set 10 - Thinking of You, Karen Burniston

Blending brushes

Catherine Pooler coloured inks

Butterfly punch - Stampin' Up

Pops of Color, Snowflake - Scrapbook .com

Essential Sentiments - MFT Stamps