Cupcake Shaped Card Duo

For the second instalment in my Monthly Series with Shaped Cards, I am sharing a cupcake shaped card duo today. One is a Birthday card that will be donated to my Mom's old nursing home. 

I stepped up the second one and turned it into a Valentine card! I have had this Cupcake Fold-It's die set for many years and it creates a card that fits into an A2 envelope.

One more look ...

I have been asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February so far - 26 cards

Additional Supplies:

Cupcake Fold Its - the Stamps of Life

Birthday sentiment inside- Lots of Birthday2Stamp (the Stamps of Life)

White cardstock

Green alcohol marker

Sentiment - MFT Stamps

Nuvo Drops -  Carnation pink

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! 😊

Snowflake & Sleigh Slimline Card

Today I'm sharing a Slimline card that was created with Mini Slimline dies for the background!  My card started with some A2 notecards that had this pretty copper plaid on the front. I wanted to make a Slimline card, but obviously the notecards were only 5-1/2" long so they wouldn't work for the background.

I pulled out Karen Burniston's Short Rectangles Crosshatch (which I use a TON) and die cut the two note card fronts with the largest die in the set. Overlaping them in the center was fine as I knew the large snowflake would cover the seam. Perfect! To separate the copper snowflake from the background, I added two crosshatch banners (also dies by KB) cut from white cardstock. Again, that snowflake covered up the seam in the center. 

The snowflake is one I bought to work with the Magic Iris die, since I knew I could use it independently as well. The smaller snowflake in the center actually embosses the stitched snowflake rather than cut it. I added a silver snowflake on top of the stitching, and finally a silver embossed sentiment with some gems.

Inside is where I had some fun. I pulled out another KB die set - the Sleigh Pop Up and cut it from both silver and copper mirrored cardstock. Instead of adding it to the card as a pop up though, I used one of Sam Calcott's cardstock springs so there is a little movement when you pick up the card. So fun! I have been using those springs a fair bit and will link her video below  so you can scroll through it to find how she makes them if you are interested.

The sentiment was stamped on another size crosshatch rectangle, and I die cut some of the gifts from scraps of leftover plaid note card from the card front. Lots of shimmer and sparkle on this card, which I love in a holiday card. 

This is the second card in my series 12 Months of Christmas - and I will be back again next month with another Christmas card for the series.

If you would like to see Sam Calcott's video on these paper springs, click HERE.

I have been asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February so far - 24 cards

Additional Supplies:

White cardstock

Copper Mirrored Cardstock - Recollections

Sentiment - Encircled in Warmth, Stampin' Up

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! 😊

Waterfall Valentine Card

Welcome to Karen Burniston's February '23 Designer Challenge, where KB gave her Design Team this challenge:  Theme: "WEDDING, ANNIVERSARY or VALENTINES" - Love is in the card!

I decided to create a waterfall card Valentine for my hubby, and below you can see what the card looks like as you slide the tab to the right.

Rather than use the included rectangles with the Waterfall Card die set, I added her Banners Crosshatch to the first three folds. Each of the four areas were decorated with patterned paper, cut aparts & stickers as well as die cut words (also from Karen Burniston)

When I was pretty much finished the card, I found that the pull tab was catching on that black card stock panel. To remedy that, I added strips of acetate to the front and back of the pull tab and it pulls smoothly with no more catching! The strips were long enough to tuck under the last waterfall panel by about 1/2" so there is no chance of it popping out when the pull tab is fully extended.

For the final panel, I use 5th included squares and one of the Love Charms.

When doing Waterfall Cards, I prefer to make them Post Card style, and for that reason I don't add foam tape or bulk to the back of the card. I added the Happy Valentine's Day and two more Love Charms onto the back and will write my personal message there as well.

The rest of the Design Team is linked on the right side of my blog and I hope you will check out what they came up with for the challenge. Karen Burniston will have her post tomorrow (Wednesday) on her BLOG.

Late last year I was asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023

January - 53 cards

February so far - 23 cards

Additional Supplies:

White cardstock

Red cardstock

Black marker

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! 😊

Snowman Platform Pop Up

Wow - can't believe we are already in round two for the monthly series here on my blog. Today I'm sharing my second card for the Series: Platform Pop Up. I know I said I was finished using that Magic of Winter collection, but as I was gathering it up to put away, I realized how cute some of the ephemera pieces would be on the Platform Pop Up ... and this is what I came up with.

I added one of the border stickers that was included in the 12 x 12" paper package, and some coordinating enamel dots.

I love how flat this card folds down to fit in an envelope!

The paper package & ephemera has been put away now though, and I won't be getting it out again until for a few months. 😉

I have been asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February so far - 22 cards

Additional Supplies:

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! 😊

You're Sweet Slider Box with Pop Up

It's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog, and today I'm sharing another Slider Box. This one has a sentiment that pops up when you slide the drawer out of the sleeve - so fun! You can see this action in my YouTube video:  

Using patterned paper and cut aparts, I decorated the outside ...

Below is what is inside the box. The You're Sweet panel pops up as the drawer/tray slides open & the Surprise Cube pops out as do the hearts.

One of the included rectangle dies has a nice edge decoration, so I cut it from acetate so I could add the speech bubble to it. That was then attached to a Bam Box that was also adhered inside the decorated drawer/tray. 

A few of the single hearts are from Karen Burniston's Hearts Crosshatch, and the others are the fallaway pieces from Whimsy's Slimline Heart Background. I shared that card last week.

I have been asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February so far - 21 cards

Additional Supplies:

White cardstock

Pink cardstock - Stampin' up

Pink ribbon - Stampin' Up

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! 😊

February 2023 Sheetload Of Cards

It's the 2nd of the month and that means it's time for the Collaboration Team to share their Sheetload of Cards. I'm on the YouTube Collaboration Team so HERE is the link to my YouTube video.  

I added pops of gold foil using older die's and I really like how they added to the card!

Once again I made birthday cards that I will donate to my Mom's old nursing home.

See what the Collaboration Team created:    YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/3HO3bqV    INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/slctfeb2023/

If YOU CREATE cards using this month’s SheetLoad, PLEASE USE the following hashtags: #SUYSFeb2023 #ShowUsYourSheetLoad

      Get more details on how to “Show Us Your SheetLoad”, here: https://youtu.be/8r6JbbGfWmo

Find out how to download the February 2023 SheetLoad of Cards, here: https://youtu.be/ZXq67liMggs

Late last year I was asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023

January - 53 cards

February so far - 20 cards

Additional Supplies:

Green cardstock

White cardstock

Patterned paper - Tropicool Vibes, Lynda Kanase (Sizzix)

Stitched circles - MFT Stamps

Pair of Leaves - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Feathers/Leaves - Paper Smooches

It's Your Day - Taylored Expressions

Wild Greenery - MFT Stamps

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! 😊

Eight Stashbuster Birthday Cards

I'm starting off February with stash buster cards! Back in November, I went through an older 6 x 6" paper pad and made a few 'stacks', or 'card kits' out of some coordinating papers. I used a stitched rectangle die for the largest background panel and set the stacks off to the side to work on as I felt like it. 

Little by little I ended up with nine card fronts! I did them similar to the way I do my Sheetload of Cards, doing all the paper cutting and then adhering everything to the card base. THEN I decided what to use for the sentiments and decorative elements.

I went through my binder of pre-done embellishments (made years ago when we were in the mountains for weekends) and decided what elements worked with the different papers. Then I went through my odds & ends box to see if any of the circles/ovals/labels in there would work. I was able to use up a bunch of items both from the binder and the box!!  I shared a single card that didn't photograph well with these eight awhile ago and you can see that one ***HERE***

I used my MISTI to stamp the same verse inside all eight of the cards. It's from the Stamps of Life, the Lots of Birthday2Stamp.

Everything I used has been in my craft stash for so long, I doubt it's still available, so I'm not going to even bother listing the supplies. The cupcake was from Elizabeth Craft Designs, Ice Cream was from Sizzix, Patterned paper a Dear Lizzy Daydreamer pad, some stitched rectangles, leftover circles & labels etc.

Late last year I was asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since many of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

Card Tally for 2023

January - 53 cards

February so far - 8 cards

Tropical Leaves Diagonal Z fold

I made this card for a friend for Happy Mail. I actually had the patterned paper out as I had used it for my February Sheetload of Cards ... so this is sort of a Sneak Peek of those! (The collaborators all share what they've made with the current month's Sheetload on the 2nd of each month). 

I have a walkthrough of this card on YouTube HERE:

I had bought the Z Fold With Layers die set (Divinity Designs) as soon as it came out several years ago, and love to get it out. While it's probably easy enough to create this type of CARD BASE without the dies - this one comes with the layering dies so all the patterned paper pieces fit perfectly. No math or measuring required!

The only thing I am not crazy about is the name ... while it IS technically a Z Fold card, it's very distinctive with that Diagonal cut line, so I always refer to it as a Diagonal Z Fold, or Diagonal Trifold card. 😊

I added touches of gold with leaves from Karen Burniston's Landscape Scene and of course a few Pinkfresh Studios butterflies. The sentiments are by Stampin' Up and I don't know if they are still available or not.

Above is the front view, and below the back ...

Usually I add a sentiment and signing block to the inside front, but for this one I added one to the back panel along with another greeting.

Additional Supplies:

Patterned paper - Tropicool Vibes, Linda Kanase

Green 12 x 12" cardstock - Bazzill

White cardstock

Botanical Blooms - Stampin' Up 

Happy Thoughts - Stampin' Up

Biggest Wish - Stampin' Up

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! 😊

Scottie Birthday Card

It's Masculine Card Monday here on my blog! I had been flipping through this older paper pad, which is by Sizzix and it's a 6 x 12" size. I was trying to decide if I liked this particular pattern or the reverse side of the paper, and realized it would make a great masculine card to donate to my Mom's old nursing home. I was also able to use up one of the leftover narrow strips in the paper pad on this 5 x 7" card.

I added the black punched Scottie dogs and the black sentiment on the front and stamped a greeting inside.

A couple of times recently, I was asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since a lot of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

2023 Tally:  52 Cards

Additional Supplies

Patterned Paper - Fox Tails, a  6 x 12" pad by Sizzix (old, from my stash)

5 x 7 Card and envelope

White cardstock

Black cardstock

Scottie punch - Stampin' Up

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! 😊

Cheerful Flower Shaped Card

Today I'm sharing a shaped card, which is the first one in my new series "Shaped Cards". If you would like to know more about my new monthly series click ***HERE***.  This one could also qualify for the series Throwback Fun Fold Cards, as it uses an older die set from The Stamps of Life.

I got it a few years ago, when we were travelling and away from my Mom. I sent her lots of cards for Happy Mail and made a number of them with this Flower Fold-Its. By the time we got home, she had a whole bouquet of flower cards on her sofa table and it looked so cheerful. It's been far too long since I've used this die set, and that is part of the reason I started these different series.

My Mother In Law has recently moved into assisted living, and I know she will be missing her garden. I will be sending this to her to brighten her day. The sentiment is a VERY old one from Stampin' Up.

A couple of times recently, I was asked how many cards I make but I didn't have a clear number. Since a lot of my posts include more than a single card or project, I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. 

2023 Tally:  51 Cards

Additional Supplies:

Flower Fold-Its - the Stamps of Life

White cardstock

Whimsical Words - Stampin' Up (long retired)

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! 😊