Lovely Day Accordion Card

Hello!  Today I'm sharing my sixth card using the April 2021 Blessings Box from Divinity Designs. All of the stamps, dies and patterned paper used today are from Divinity Designs and are linked below. I also have a walkthrough of my card on YouTube:

 

I purchased the Accordion Card with Layers die set back in April and I am really enjoying it! I know you can use a Belly Band to hold the card closed, so maybe the next time I use it I'll try that. Love how easy it is to change up the look of this die set.

The photo above shows what the card looks like coming out of the envelope, and I used the pretty blooms from Beautiful Blossoms Paper/Die Duo Set 3. The sentiments were white heat embossed onto Double Pierced Vintage Labels and come from the Sweet Friend stamp set from the Blessings Box.

The beautiful papers in the Floral Favorites 6 x 9" paper pad are just stunning, and I love using fun fold card die sets like this that showcase all those pretty florals.

For your convenience I have linked many of the products used below. Some may be affiliate links which means if you use these links to purchase I may earn a small commission at NO extra cost to you.

Additional Supplies:
Green card stock
Card size - Standard A2, 4.25 x 5.5"

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May Paper Pumpkin Alternate Z Fold Card

Hello!  It's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog and today I'm sharing another Paper Pumpkin Alternate card using the May kit "Batter Up". I had a partial sheet of this blue card stock on my stamping table and since it coordinated with the striped card base and envelope in the kit, I decided to turn the card base into a Z-Fold card and use that blue card stock to decorate the left side.

I added a few of the enamel shapes from a Christmas package and layered the die cut pieces from the kit onto a Wonky Stitched Rectangle.

Below is a peek at the inside, with a stamped sentiment, the final scrap of that blue card stock and the red & yellow piece from the Paper Pumpkin kit.

This card will be for our Grandson's birthday and I know he is really going to like it.

For your convenience I have linked many of the products used below. Some may be affiliate links which means if you use these links to purchase I may earn a small commission at NO extra cost to you.

Additional Supplies:
May Paper Pumpkin Kit "Batter Up" - Stampin' Up
Blue card stock
Enamel shapes -  All the Trimmings, Stampin' Up (retired)
Card size - Standard A2, 4.25 x 5.5"

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Stencilled Floral Slimline Duo

Hello!  Today I'm sharing two Slimline cards I made to send out for Happy Mail. I took the photo above so you could see the difference in the Slimline sizes. The card on the left is my most used Slimline card size, 3.5 x 8.5".  The card on the right is the larger 4 x 9" size. Both fit in a #10 Business Envelope. 

I used some new items in my craft room ... a Slimline layering stencil set by Pinkfresh Studio (linked below) that also has a coordinating stamp. I didn't use the stamp for these two mostly because I was too impatient and couldn't wait to try out the stencils. What a quick and easy way to add a large statement floral image to your cards!

The butterfly was cut from pink foil card stock, and the Hello is from Crafty Meraki (also linked below). The floral panel got a spritz with my shimmer spray as well.

Here is a peek at the inside, where I added a punched butterfly and sentiments from Gina K.

The second card uses a different colour combo and has a pink foil matting layer. Note, I actually cut out the butterflies, Hey You and Hello from the centre area of that pink foil since the openings are hidden by the white stencilled panel. I hate to 'waste' specialty papers!

I have had the Hey You for awhile, but this is my first chance to use it. I am looking forward to playing with some more of my own products again, now that a lot of my Design Team work has settled down.

I decorated the inside similar to a Slimline Poppy card made last month. The pretty lacy element is from a long retired Stampin' Up set. It's such a lovely touch and I have to remember to use it more. Hmmmmm ... maybe I should just die cut a bunch of them from different colours and keep them on hand?

The bold Happy Birthday stamp is from Divinity Designs.

This idea would be pretty on the front of a CAS (Clean And Simple) card too!

For your convenience I have linked many of the products used below. Some may be affiliate links which means if you use these links to purchase I may earn a small commission at NO extra cost to you.

Additional Supplies:
Shimmer spray
Pink foil card stock - Stampin' Up
Butterfly die - Watercolour Wings, Stampin' Up (retired)
Lacy Strip - Petal Palette, Stampin' Up (retired)
Pink & green card stocks - stash
Butterfly punch - Martha Stewart
Card sizes - 3.5 x 8.5", and 4 x 9" - both fit in a #10 Business Envelope

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'A2' and Slimline Cards for Divinity Designs

Hello!  Today I am sharing two more cards featuring the June release at Divinity Designs and the supplies are linked below. You can also see them on the Divinity Designs Blog.

My first card is a top folding A2 card and started with the A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer. Using the Double Stitched Rounded Rectangles, I die cut 3 nested pieces from a sheet in the Landscapes 6 x 6" paper pad.

The rectangles were adhered to the card base using different thicknesses of foam tape for added dimension. The sentiment from Scripture Collection 14 was stamped on white card stock that was die cut using the Slimline Pierced Rectangles and matted with the Slimline Pierced Layering Rectangles cut from blue card stock. 

I added the Fancy Flourish and a butterfly from the Butterfly Trio, and finally some leaves and a flower from Bitty Blossoms.

Here is a peek at the inside:

My second card is a Slimline card featuring the Flower Layering Combo 1 and the Slimline Circle Windows. The fallaway circles were added back into the openings, each with different heights of foam tape and I like the shadows they cast. I also used the Slimline Pierced Rectangles and Slimline Pierced Layering Rectangles on this card.

The stamped sentiment from Three Strands was added to a Double Stitched Circle that was then matted with a white Scalloped Circle. I used the same circle die sets for the white accent around the centre circle, cutting a Double Stitched Circle out of the centre of a Scalloped Circle to create a scalloped frame.

Look at all the dimension you get from the Flower Layering Combo 1.  I added Stickles inside each of the openings in the flower centre.

Finally, here is a peek at the inside where I used stamps from the new Three Strands stamp set.

**The Slimline Card Base requires a larger die cutting machine

For your convenience I have linked many of the products used below. Some may be affiliate links which means if you use these links to purchase I may earn a small commission at NO extra cost to you.

Additional Supplies:
Blue, green and tan card stocks - stash
Copic markers
Bling - Jelly Gems, Queen & Co (blue and green)
Card sizes - first card, Standard A2 (4.25 x 5.5"), Slimline Card is ~4 x 9" and fits in a #10 Business Envelope.

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Lake Scene Book Card

Hello!  Today I'm sharing a card for Masculine Card Monday here on my blog ... but my post had to get moved until today. It still counts, right? Ha. I used the Book Card with Layers die set from Divinity Designs, which I purchased last year and haven't used nearly enough. This card started when I went to my stash to select a Birthday Card to send to a friend and discovered I didn't have any fun fold or pop up masculine cards in there. What??? 

Our friends live near a lake in BC, so I pulled out some older Hero Arts stamp sets. I stamped the scene on a white card panel that measured 5 x 3.75", then used the layering dies to cut them to fit the inside of the pop up portions. It was a good way to make sure I could get everything I wanted to in the scene.

Oh, and the front of the card was stamped with a partial image of a beautiful stamp by Penny Black called Quietude. That was die cut and matted with Karen Burniston's Crosshatch Rectangles.

One more look at all the dimension you get with this Book Fold!  Since I didn't leave much room to write a note, I added a Kraft panel to the back side and that is where we signed our names.

Since people generally turn cards like this over so they can view it from the top - I've included a photo of that view as well.

Once I got this card finished and in the mail, I immediately broke out an older, unused Paper Pumpkin kit that I recently purchased and will be making those into Paper Pumpkin Alternates with Pop Up's so I don't run into this situation again. I am usually really good about making my cards ahead of time, so I don't know how this friends' birthday got by me until I was scrambling.

For your convenience I have linked many of the products used below. Some may be affiliate links which means if you use these links to purchase I may earn a small commission at NO extra cost to you.

Additional Supplies:
DSP - Happy Trails, K & Co (old)
Various card stocks
Twine
Card size - standard A2, 4.25 x 5.5"

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Love You Pig Time

Hello!  Today 'm sharing a fun shaker card using several different dies and stamps (linked below) from your Next Stamp. I die cut the hills twice and layered them onto the blue background. The flying pig was added with foam tape as was one of the puffy clouds. 

Then I built my shaker card cutting the Stitched Frame from rainbow striped paper. I don't often add stamped images INSIDE the shaker area, but I quite liked the look on this one!

Here is a peek at the inside, where I added stencilled clouds and images from the Pigs Can Fly stamp set. There is lots of room to write a quick note to one of our grandkids when I go to send this card!

For your convince I have linked many of the products used below. Some may be affiliate links which means if you use these links to purchase I may earn a small commission at NO extra cost to you.

Additional Supplies:
Patterned paper - Over the Rainbow, Recollections
black card stock
Copics
Ohuhu markers
Sequins and various filler
Card size - standard A2, 4.25 x 5.5"

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Floral Lever Card

Hello!  Today I'm sharing my fifth card using the April 2021 Blessings Box from Divinity Designs. In fact, all of the stamps, dies and pretty patterned papers are by Divinity Designs and they are linked below. I chose their Lever Card With Layers for the fun fold card base - this is a die set I have used a LOT over the years. On the right side of my blog I have labels, and under the label Lever Cards you can see twenty plus cards made using this die set!

Below is what the card looks like when it comes out of the envelope. I added the beautiful roses from Paper/Die Duo Set 2, and a sentiment from Sweet Friend ... both were in the Blessings Box.

All the times I have made a Lever Card, and I rarely make them 'two toned' by using a different coloured card stocks for the outside and inside. But I really like the look, so you will see me doing that again for sure.

The die cut sentiment comes from the Celebration Words die set ... lots of single words you can combine to customize your card.

For your convenience I have linked many of the products used below. Some may be affiliate links which means if you use these links to purchase I may earn a small commission at NO extra cost to you.

Card size - Standard A2, 4.25 x 5.5"

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Crab and Shark Pop Up Card

Hello!  Today I'm sharing a card that was made a LONG time ago for a challenge that didn't end up happening. I had been hanging onto the photos and decided to just go ahead with a video and get this card shared. I have a YouTube video here with all the details: 

Inside, I used Karen Burniston's Train Pivot Panels turned vertically instead of in a horizontal format as it was designed. Doing it vertically gives you lots of pop up platforms to decorate!

Note, I trimmed the train engine from behind the top shark so nothing would stick out the bottom when the card was closed.

Remember Karen Burniston has assembly videos for her pop up dies! Once you know how to assemble your die, the rest is card size, paper and colour choice as well as embellishments! You can change the look of your card every time you use the dies. :-) I always enjoy showing you different looks and ways you can use your dies once you know how to assemble them.

For your convenience I have linked many of the products used below. Some may be affiliate links which means if you use these links to purchase I may earn a small commission at NO extra cost to you.

Additional Supplies:

Blue textured card stock

Patterned paper - K & Co, old from my stash

Grey card stock

Black fine point pen

Glitter card stock - scraps from my stash

Copic grey marker

Word stamp inside - Sea Creature Sentiments, Your Next Stamp

Holographic circle stickers - Stampendous

Card size - 4.5 x 5.5", fits in an A6 envelope

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Peek-A-Boo Mermaid Mini Slimline Card

Hello! The Fun Friday Challenge #166 at Your Next Stamp is: "Incorporate water in to your creation - include a water image or use watercoloring". 

This Mini Slimline Card is one that practically made itself. I love it when that happens! I knew exactly what I wanted to do when I saw the theme and pulled out the sweet Happy Days Mermaid stamps, the new Wonky Stitched Ovals and the new Mini Slim Stitched Panel dies. The largest mini slimline die was cut from pretty patterned paper and adhered to my card front. Then I cut out one of the Wonky Stitched Ovals through both layers for a window.

Once the card was finished, I added Glossy Accents to the stamped bubbles and a few on their own and set the card aside to dry overnight. I am terrible at being impatient and smearing Glossy Accents!

When the card is opened you see the entire mermaid, another stitched panel cut from pretty papers and other images from the stamp set. 

I added the mermaid to a folded paper spring, so she bounces a little when you open the card. I will add the video I used to make the springs below ... 

Our challenges always come with 2 ways to win:

#1 – Would you like the chance to win a YNS stamp set? Leave a comment on the Your Next Stamp Blog by June 16, 2021 at midnight EST to be entered in the random drawing. Want more entries in the drawing? Leave comments on YNS’ IG and FB pages too!

#2 – Would you like the chance to win a YNS store e-gift card? Play along with the challenge! Link up your creation at the bottom of the post on the YNS BLOG by June 24, 2021 at midnight EST to be entered in the random drawing to win a $15.00 YNS gift certificate. If your creation contains YNS products and you are the random winner then you receive an extra $5.00. 

Here is a link to the YouTube video I use to create the Paper Spring: MayMay Made It Crafts

For your convenience I have linked many of the products used below. Some may be affiliate links which means if you use these links to purchase I may earn a small commission at NO extra cost to you.

Additional Supplies:
Ohuhu Alcohol markers
blue  card stock
Card size - 3.25 x 6.25, fits in a #8 (sometimes called a 6-3/4" envelope)

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Two Paper Pumpkin Alternate Birthday Cards

Hello!  Today I'm sharing two more masculine cards created with the May Paper Pumpkin Kit called 'Batter Up'.  I admit that the red and yellow together in this kit made me cringe. I wasn't going to use this red & yellow striped panel, but pulled out some older patterned paper (the yellow polka dot) and you know what? I ended up loving these two cards! 

We have lots of family & friends who are baseball lovers, so I am putting these two cards away to send out as birthday's roll around. I did the insides the same on both.

For your convenience  I have linked many of the products used below. Some may be affiliate links which means if you use these links to purchase I may earn a small commission at NO extra cost to you.

Additional Supplies:
May Paper Pumpkin Kit "Batter Up" - Stampin' Up
Yellow print patterned paper - Boy Oh Boy, Carta Bella
All the Trimmings, Stampin' Up (retired)
Yellow & Kraft card stocks - stash
Card Size - both, standard A2 (4.25 x 5.5")

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