Slimline Pop Up Butterfly Card

Hello my crafty friends! Today I'm sharing my first card made with the Pop Up Butterfly die from Spellbinders. The designer is BiBi Cameron and they released a bunch of butterfly related stamps and dies last month. I covet them ALL - seriously! But ... exercising restraint, I only ordered this Butterfly Pop Up and it's going to be lots of fun. Especially since it fits in a 3.5" width card so I can use it for both Slimlines and Mini Slimline cards!

The card base was created with the patterned paper, which is surprisingly heavy. More like a patterned card stock. I have had it for several years, it's a variety pack from Hobby Lobby which I bought when we were visiting Arizona that year. The tall sentiment was cut from mirror card stock and I added a couple of the Pinkfresh Studio butterflies and a single 3d floral sticker. The sticker is hard to see in the photo above but it's glittery and shows up perfectly in real life.

Below is the inside, with that beautiful Butterfly Pop Up!

I die cut the floral border from the same patterned cardstock as I used to create the card base and I really like the soft colour they bring to the card. The Slimline border dies are ones that I've had for a couple of months (linked below) and I love dies like this that you can use for so many different cards and occasions.

The butterfly base was cut from white pearl card stock (again, that shows up beautifully in real life) and the detail layer & body from mirror card stock. The sentiment was stamped on a stitched circle to separate it a little from the background and I added a gold Peel-Off sticker as well.

Can't wait to play with this Pop up Butterfly again, and plan on making a Mini Slimline card with it!

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Additional Supplies:
Patterned paper - Park Lane, Hobby Lobby (from my stash)
3D Stickers - Hobby Lobby
Grey fine point marker

"Cheers to Low Maintenance Friends" Mini Slimline Card

Hello my crafty friends.  Earlier this month I shared the card I made to send to our eldest daughter, who wanted to send it to a long-time friend. She had gifted me the Plant stamp and die set for my Birthday and I'd been reading her the sentiments from a different sentiment set when said they would be perfect for her and her friend. Of course, I had to make her the card, and when I was finished I decided to make a second one. Here is a link to that first card if you are curious and today I'm sharing the second card.

Lots of different product lines used for this one - and mostly older items! The patterned card stock was die cut using a Taylored Expressions window die - man, I get a lot of use out of that one. 

Inside I stamped the sentiment she liked onto a matted oval, and added a couple of clear stickers from my stash. I added one to the envelope as well.

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Additional Supplies:
Patterned paper - Park Lane, Paper Studio (old, from my stash)
Plentiful plants - stamps and dies, Stampin' Up
Shimmer spray
White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)
Stickers - Old, from my stash

Southwest Themed Four Panel Birthday Card

Hello my crafty friends and welcome to Masculine Card Monday here on my blog. Today I'm sharing a Four Panel card and I have a walkthrough on YouTube:  

I pulled out several different product lines for my card, and everything available is linked below for you. The photo above shows what the card looks like coming out of the envelope. When you open that first panel, you see the Happy Birthday, a fussy cut feather and a hawk.

The sentiment was stamped on the final panel, and I added a couple more silhouette die cuts ... they were cut from a charcoal pearlized card stock so they have a little more 'life' than if I'd used solid black cardsotck.

Below you can see the card fully open!

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Additional Supplies:
12 x 12" white cardstock - Recollections
Scrap of grey pearl cardstock - charcoal (stash)
Green cardstock

Mini Slimline Trifold Birthday Card

Hello my crafty friends. Today I'm sharing the birthday card made for our grandson who LOVES Arizona and talks about it all the time. Hopefully they can join us the next time we visit there as I know how much he enjoyed it a few years ago.

I started out with a Mini Slimline Trifold card base/envelope from Kat Scrappiness, then just started pulling out products from my craft room. Everything that is available is linked below. The card front has a window in the front that shows the grinning cactus through it. When you open the first panel you see the little scene below. I stencilled the clouds and sun, stamped the sentiment and added a strip of the same patterned paper as on the card front.

Below is what the card looks like fully open. We wrote our message to him in between the two stamped sentiments.

One more look ... I just adore the Cool Cactus stamp set from Your Next Stamp and haven't had nearly enough playtime with it!.

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Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Alcohol Markers - Annagrowy (amazon)
Biggest Wish - Stampin' Up

Happy, Happy Birthday Z Fold Card

Hello my crafty friends and welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog. Today I'm sharing the birthday card I made for a friend and it's a Z-Fold card ... my favourite fun fold card style to make. I like them because you can do a Z-Fold on pretty much any card size and this card uses a printed card base with matching envelope from Stampin' Up. The papers and dies are from the same bundle, called Hand Penned. It's quite possible it's a retired bundle - I've had it for awhile.

I added coordinating patterned paper to the inside of the card, and the ovals are from Waffle Flower (linked below). I stamped a sentiment on the inside oval, which is hidden when the card comes out of the envelope. The Happy Happy Birthday stamp is likely from Your Next Stamp ... but I'm not sure which set. I have a plastic storage envelope with a bunch of Happy Birthday sentiment strips and that is where this one came from. I made them about a year ago, so that's why I can't remember which set I used.

I also added a few of those mirrored hearts I've been loving the past couple of months. 😊

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Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Patterned Paper, printed card & envelope, flower dies- Hand Penned suite, Stampin' Up (retired)
Mint patterned paper - Hobby Lobby
White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)

St. Patrick's Day Birthday Pop-Up Card

Hello my crafty friends. Every year I send my friend and teammate Kelly, a St. Patrick's Day Birthday Card because her Birthday falls on March 17th. 😊   This one is a 5 x 7" card, and I kept the front fairly simple since there's a lot going on inside! While I did film a walkthrough of my card, when I went to edit it it was mostly off-screen. So I deleted that video and just have a short one on YouTube so you can see the card 'in action':  

Inside I used Karen Burniston's Little Label Pop Up as well as lots of Doodlebug Designs goodies. You know I'm a huge Doodlebug fan!

The rainbow strips are actually created by adhering rainbow packing tape onto white card stock. I love the look as there is a bit of shine but it is just thin packing tape and tends to stretch and buckle when you are working with it. Warning ... patience is required. 

I really liked the gold foiled bits on the elements - perfect for St. Patrick's Day!

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Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Rainbow Packing Tape - old, from my stash but originally purchased at Amazon .ca
Gold circle stickers - Dazzles
Narrow oval dies - Dees Distinctivly
Green card stock - my stash
White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca) 

Cheery Four Panel Fold Card

Hello my crafty friends.  Today I'm sharing a fun fold card that is ready to send off for Happy Mail. I used the Four Panel Fold Card Die with Layers from Divinity Designs, and some Doodlebug goodies with all of the details on YouTube:  

The first photo shows what the card would look like coming out of the envelope, and below you can see the card fully open.

I added some glitter glue here and there for some sparkle ... white gel pen highlights too.

The back of the card has a stamped sentiment and a few more bits from Doodlebug, and that is where I will write the message.

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Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
White 12 x 12" card stock - Michaels

Slimline Birthday Card with Cupcakes

Hello my crafty friends! I have been having a lot of fun using a 12 x 12" paper package and embellishment set from Doodlebug the past month or so. The collection is called Love Notes and while it definitely has a Valentine vibe, I used it today for this Birthday card as well!

I've long been a fan of the 'Odds & Ends' embellishments from Doodlebug and I have been making an effort to USE them on my cards instead of just hoarding collecting them. 😊  For Birthday Sparkle, I added mirrored hearts and glittery Pops of Color.

The Slimline dies are from both Studio Katia and Scrapbook .com and the stripes inside use those paper strips I shared in a video last week. Click HERE if you want more information. 

Love love LOVE this sentiment stamp set from Penny Black, which is new to my craft room, and I added more of the cute elements from Doodlebug inside the card as well. I had a heart leftover from a previous card that used Karen Burniston's Heart Collage Pop Up so I added that since it matched so well. 

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)

Slimline Card With Pop Up Balloons

Hello my crafty friends and welcome to Masculine Card Monday here on my blog. Today I'm sharing the Pop Up Slimline card I made for our Son In Law! Once again I used the Forest Slimline die by Kat Scrappiness on the card front along with a humorous sentiment from Clearly Besotted. The balloons give a hint at what is inside ...

I used Karen Burniston's Heart Collage Pop Up with the Balloon Collage Add on for the mechanism. The twine was added to the balloons and to the ECD tractor. 

Our SIL has a tractor on their farm and I know he is going to get a kick out of his card. When he finally receives it, that is - it is SLOWLY making it's way through the mail system, and he didn't get it in time for his Birthday. Sigh.

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Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Blue cardstock and scraps
Twine - stash
White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)
Green card stock scraps 
Patterned paper scrap - Basic Grey (old, from my stash)

'Thanks For the Therapy' Card

Hello my crafty friends. Today I'm sharing the first card I've made with one of my Birthday gifts ... the Plentiful Plants bundle from Stampin' Up. I had my eye on it when it first came out last year but didn't order it. I was happy to add it to my craft room as a gift from our eldest daughter and had to play right away!  In fact, I made this card and sent it to her, as she wanted to send it to a friend. I had been reading her some of the sentiments from the Succulent Sentiments (from Ellen Hutson) and she said how perfect some of them were for herself and long-time friend so I immediately made two cards and popped them in the mail to her. I'll share that second card another day.

Both the decorative front panel and the ombre card base are card & envelope sets from Hobby Lobby. I bought them a couple of years ago when they were on sale, and now it's time to start actually using them. Ha. I used a stitched rectangle die to cut the front and back floral card apart, then added the front to the green ombre card base. The back of the card was then die cut with a couple of stitched frames and one was added inside. The other frames will be used on other cards using the same package.

I liked this stamp set because the images are solid, so there is no colouring involved. After stamping and die cutting the images, I arranged them on the front of the stitched panel and added some gold gel pen highlights. A few mirrored hearts for additional sparkle and shine, and a stamped & fussy cut 'thanks' and the card front was finished.

 

Inside, I added one of the stitched frames and a stamped white panel with one more mirrored heart. The sentiment reads "for always being there when I can't afford a therapist.". 

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Plentiful Plants bundle - Stampin' Up
White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)
Green and tan card stock scraps
Ombre and printed A2 cards/envelopes - the Paper Studio, Hobby Lobby (from my stash)