Eleven Beachy Birthday Cards

Last month I pulled out a 12 x 12" paper package by Echo Park that I've had for a couple of years. I used it to make a Flip-Its card for our eldest granddaughter to celebrate the end of the school year, and also five money holders that I slipped into each of the grandkids end of year card envelopes.  I had a look at the remaining paper pieces, which included a 12 x 12" sticker sheet, and decided to just USE IT UP. 

I got eleven Birthday Cards that I will be donating to my Mom's old nursing home! I made one Mini Slimline card, one 4x6" card and the rest are A2 sized.

There were some border stickers on the sticker sheet so I incorporated them into the cards as well - some on the outside and some inside.

I donate 25 cards each month to my Mom's old nursing home and like to have at least one month's done ahead. I was scrambling to catch up but plan on doing a couple more Sheetloads which will help. As will these 11 cards! In fact, by the end of the month I should have a couple of months cards done ahead. Whew.

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 so far - 60 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.

Supplies:

Patterned paper and stickers, Paradise Found - Echo Park (retired)

Rainbow packing tape - Amazon

Sentiments - from my stash packet

White paint Pen

Birthday Builder - AlteNew

Mini MISTI

Little Something Sentiments - Catherine Pooler

Large Birthday - Technique Tuesday

Various cardstock from my stash

Bee Thankful Curvy Gatefold Card

When I posted a Curvy Gatefold card with a coneflower on the belly band, one of my followers suggested I do one with a Bee. Well - I love bee images, and decided to pull out this beautiful 6x6" sunflower paper pad and Honey Bee's Babee stamp/dies and this is what I came up with.

The wings on the bee have a coating of Nuvo Glaze so they are raised and shiny, and I added some gold gems for sparkle.

When you slide off the belly band, this is the inside. I plan on using this one for a Thanksgiving card as the Canadian Thanksgiving is in October. I also send Thanksgiving cards to our American friends and family in November so I like to have a bunch of them made.  I had made a note last year that I needed to restock Thanksgiving cards for 2023 so I'm working on that now. 

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 - 49 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.

Supplies:

Curvy Gatefold die set - Creative Craft

Patterned Paper - Sunflower Collection 6x6", Crafters Companion

Double Stitched Circles - Divinity Designs

Babees stamps (and dies) - HoneyBee 

Mini MISTI

Bee Happy - Divinity Designs

Momento Ink

Alcohol markers 

Nuvo Glaze

Shimmer Spray

Label Maker

Gold Gems - Spellbinders

Wink of Stella

Various cardstock - stash

Eight Blue & Yellow Birthday Cards

I don't usually post cards on weekends anymore, but I have been creating a lot of Birthday Cards lately and wanted to share these ones instead of hanging onto the photos for weeks. My nursing home donation cards were depleted and I like to have at least one month done ahead. I've been taking advantage of different Sheetload of Cards to help me build up a few months worth of cards and last week I took them their 25 cards for August. Once I have a stash built up I will be happier, so I'll be sharing a lot of birthday cards this month. In fact, it will likely be a record month for me but I won't have to keep up this pace as my stash will be well supplied. Then it's easy to make a couple of cards here and there to keep it up.

These were made using another of my favourite Sheetloads - the June 2021 and I have it linked below if you would like to try your hand at it. Such an efficient way to use your patterned papers and create a bunch of cards at once. ❤️

The 6x6" patterned papers are very old and were part of a 6x6" paper share from my then Stampin' Up demonstrator. I had worked hard to USE IT UP earlier this year, so the pieces were all cut and in a bag ready for me to assemble the cards. I found them when poking around in my 'In Progress' bin so grabbed my cardstocks and finished them off.

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 - 48 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.

Supplies:

Patterned paper - OLD, Stampin' Up

June 2021 Sheetload of cards - Call Me Crafty Al

Magic Messages - Lawn Fawn

Inside - Everybody Say Happy Sentiments, Catherine Pooler

Purchase scrapbooking supplies from Scrapbook.com! (affiliate link)

Thanksgiving Magic Iris Card

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog! This is the 8th edition to my monthly series "Magic Iris Cards" and I decided to make a Thanksgiving card. I am not trying to hurry Autumn along - Summer is my favourite season - but I am going to need some Thanksgiving cards. In the first photo above, the shutter is closed.

When you slide the arrowed tab down towards the bottom the card, the shutters open to reveal  a circle sticker that reads Happy Thanksgiving. I used a circle punch to line up where the notch is on the Magic Iris panel then finished the trimming with scissors. I find that makes it a little easier to get your fingers around that pull tab.

Inside I added a stamped panel that has washi tape on the top and bottom edge as well as a stamped greeting.

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 - 40 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.

Supplies:

Magic Iris and Magic Iris Add On

Patterned paper - Amber Moon, Prima (old)

Stickers - my stash

Washi tape - stash

Inside stamp - Give Thanks, The Alley Way Stamps

Catherine Pooler inks

Glitter dots - Elizabeth Craft Designs (old, from my stash)

Wink of Stella

Ice Cream Shaped Slimline Card

For the 8th edition to my monthly series Shaped Cards, I created a Slimline sized Ice Cream Sundae card! I will be putting this one away until next July when I send the family their ice cream cards - this year I was scrambling as Summer can get busy. So now I will be ahead of the game!I have had these two ice cream sets (Stamps of Life) for years, and I'm still getting good use out of them. This is the first time I've created a shaped card with them though!

I took a 4-1/4" folded card base, and lined up the sundae dish on the top fold. Then I slid that top edge just over the fold, so everything would cut but that top edge which would remain as a fold. That gave me a top folding sundae dish shaped card. 😊

Then I stamped another sundae dish on rainbow striped paper and die cut it out, adhering it to the shaped card base. Because I used dies for this - they lined up perfectly! The ice cream scoops were stamped and die cut from some patterned paper and I inked the edges for definition. Once they were glued on top of each other, I added some sequins.

Finally, after the card was done I decided to add a spoon from Karen Burniston's Ice Cream die set. That was cut from silver mirror card stock. The sentiment inside was hand written with coloured pens.

Thinking it would help the card stand better, I trimmed off a narrow strip from the inside bottom edge as you can see in the photo. Not sure if that really was necessary but the card does stand for display!

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 - 39 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.

Supplies:

Patterned paper - Over the Rainbow, Michaels

Cone2Dish and Scream4IceCream - the Stamps of Life

Catherine Pooler Inks

Shimmer Spray

Sequins - Rainbow Fusion, Studio Katia

Itty Bitty Summer stamps - MFT Stamps

Stitched Sentiment Block - Kat Scrappiness

White Pain Pen

Coloured pens

Distress Oxide Inks

Spoon die - Ice Cream Pop Up, Karen Burniston

Silver Mirror cardstock

First Group of Birthday Cards

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. 

Supplies:

Various cardstocks

Cut Aparts - It's Your Birthday, Echo Park

Patterned paper - Back to School & Happy Birthday (Echo Park) 

Nuvo Glaze

Stickles

Glittery Dog - Paper Smooches

Silk Microfine Glitter - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Cool Tag Banner Sentiments - Your Next Stamp

Catherine Pooler Inks

Special Sentiments - Penny Black

The Inside Scoop Birthday - Taylored Expressions

August 2023 Sheetload of Cards

I am in love with the August 2023 Sheetload of Cards and I can say it's my new favourite! I always know it's a great Sheetload when I want to make another set right after completing my first one. For this one though? I hadn't even assembled the pieces before I was rooting around for more papers to cut up. I have a set of Doodlebug papers & borders cut for a Thanksgiving set and some cheerful rainbow Christmas trees cut for holiday cards. You can see all the details of these Birthday Cards in my YouTube video:  

I thought the greeting would be cute on a die cut cloud, so that is what I did for the first four cards.

The next four cards have the striped paper as the diagonal strip and I wanted something more than just a cloud. Adding a die cut sun was just what I was going for and these cards make me HAPPY.

I added the same sentiment inside all eight of the cards and these ones are ready to go to my Mom's old nursing home. I am going to cut a bunch more from different papers to have ready to assemble, as this Sheetload goes together SO quickly! 😊

If you are wanting to download your own Sheetload of Cards, check out Call Me Crafty Al's YouTube video HERE.

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 - 23 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.

Supplies:

August 2023 Sheetload of Cards

Patterned paper - Lets Party, Echo Park (Double sided)

Cloud & Sun dies - Up In The Clouds - Whimsy

Happy Birthday - Happy Cat, Your Next Stamp

Catherine Pooler Inks

Various cardstocks

Mini Slimline Birthday Trio

Welcome to Masculine Card Monday here on my blog. Last month I shared a group of cards using this 6x6" patterned paper and showed in the video that I only had three strips left until I had used up the whole pad. Well - here are the three cards I made with those leftover strips!

I added some coordinating card stock strips from my scrap bin, then added this fun elephant (Your Next Stamp). The cakes and eyes are raised and shiny because I added Nuvo Glaze to them. Below you can see the inside of the cards which are all the same. These cards will also be donated to my Mom's old nursing home.

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 - 15 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.

Supplies:

Patterned paper - Be Brave, Pink & Main (retired)

Crossstitch Circle dies - Tutti Designs

Nesting circle dies - Hero Arts

Silly Fun Birthday - Your Next Stamp

Everybody Say Happy stamps - Catherine Pooler

Stickles

Nuvo Glaze

Momento ink

Catherine Pooler inks

Various cardstocks

Purchase scrapbooking supplies from Scrapbook.com!

Flip-Its Birthday Card with Butterflies

Blogger blocked me publishing this post because of a Community Guildline violation. WTH? It's a GREETING CARD with butterflies.  Anyhow, I went to check and see what they could possibly have an issue with and when I tried to edit an underlined phrase (I mean, what else could it be????) the entire post disappeared.  So I have requested a review and will wait and see what happens.  EDIT:  Blogger has 're-evaluated' my post and allowed it to publish, so I'm going to write it out again. But it's going to be really short, as I want to get on with my day instead of re-writing my nice long post. 

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog and today's share is uses a Flip-It's die set - with a twist. This is the Diamond Flip-It's Plus and it has an extra panel that is hidden when the card is closed.

Below you can see the card fully open with all three panels.

I have been a fan of the Flip-It's die sets since they first came out MANY years ago. When Stephanie Barnard released this one last year, I had to add it to my collection.

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 - 12 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.

Supplies (from memory)

Patterned paper - 49 & Market

Diamond Flip-It's Plus - the Stamps of Life

Butterflies - stamp, die and layering stencils - Pinkfresh Studios

Stamp inside - Penny Black

Glimmer Foil system and foil - Spellbinders

Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate & die - Pinkfresh Studios

Rainbow foil - Spellbinders

Purchase scrapbooking supplies from Scrapbook.com!

Set of Nine Dog Themed Cards!

I used some premade elements, patterned paper and coordinating washi tape to create nine dog themed cards for my stash. I didn't photograph them all together though, but in groups. Oh, and I made some bookmarks from the leftovers as well. 😊.  The card on the top right, with the doggie in the window, is actually a pop up card using Karen Burniston's Katherine Label Pop Up. You can see the inside with a pop up heart in the photo below.

I also have a walkthrough of my cards on YouTube:  

I really enjoyed creating these cards, just sitting down and playing with the journal cards and ephemera pieces. No pressures, deadlines, using whatever appealed to me at the moment - just the joy of creating.

I just loved this water coloured look WOOF cut-apart so actually made two cards using it, but added a different dog element to each one. 

Our eldest grandson (11 years) is going to come and stay here next week to help me out with some chores & dog walking. I have mobility issues because of my Rheumatoid Arthritis and there are some things that I find too difficult including getting down on my knees. Truthfully, that is too painful to even attempt! We plan on paying him for his efforts, but we aren't going to tell him beforehand. He is such a thoughtful kid, he is happy to come and help - and get a break from his little brother. We will put the $$ in one of these cards to give him, and I have already sent a couple off for Happy Mail with a note written inside.

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 - 11 cards

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me too much out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used.

Supplies:

Cut Aparts/Journal Cards - Photo Play "Lucky Dog"

Ephemera - Pet Shoppe Dog, Simple Stories

Washi Tape - Pet Shoppe Dog, Simple Stories

Cut Aparts/Journal Cards/Striped patterned paper - Simple Stories

Pawsome Birthday Sentiments - Waffle Flower

Pawfect Sentiments - Waffle Flower

Katherine Label Pop Up dies - Karen Burniston

Heart Crosshatch dies- Karen Burniston

Nuvo Glaze

Enjoy the Adventure, Memories and More card bases/envelopes - Stampin' Up

Various cardstocks

A7 Double Stitched Frames - unknown

Oval Stitched Rows - Divinity Designs

Infinity Oval dies - Hero Arts

Furry Friends - Echo Park

Versa Fine Ink

Pops of Color, Icicle - Scrapbook.com

Simple Strips WOOF stamp - Taylored Expressions

Simple Strips die - Taylored Expressions

Catherine Pooler Inks

Wink of Stella

White Paint Pen

Bookmark tassel - stash