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

Four Rainbow Birthday Cards

This is a cutting layout I came up with, to use two 12x12" patterned papers for four 5x7" cards.  Since I continue using what I already have in my craft room, this will be a great way to go through my huge stack of patterned papers!

I added a quick wash of colour on die cut banners, so the puffy owl stickers would be 'grounded', and stamped the sentiment along the top edge of the banner. The banners were popped up with foam tape for some dimension. Oh, and the patterned paper has random glittered areas so that's always fun for a birthday card.

Inside, I added two separate stamps in different colours, and a little fishtail banner to bring in some colour to the inside.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Over the Rainbow, Recollections (old, from my stash)

5x7" card bases & envelopes

Banners Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Happy Birthday To You stamp - Cool Tag Banner Sentiments, Your Next Stamp

Puffy Owl stickers - The Paper Studio (old, from my stash)

Water brush

Happy Birthday Sentiments (for the inside) - Pink Fresh Studios

Trio of Birthday Cards

I thought I was done with this 6x6" patterned paper pad, but apparently I had set aside 'kits' to work on later 😂   Most of those 'kits' used the June 2021 Sheetload of Cards for cutting the patterned paper & the intended layout. Since I'm also trying to use what I have, I pulled out these old felt stickers and added them to the cards on a die cut oval. The sentiments were stamped on card stock strips & popped up with foam tape.

All three of these cards will be donated to my Mom's old nursing home and I believe there are three more 'kits' for me to make up. I have to work at building up my nursing home card stash again, as after delivering the last ones I'm fresh out! 

Supplies used:

                                        Sentiment inside - Birthday, Darkroom Door

Felt stickers - from my stash, very old.

Birthday Wishes stamps - Honeybee Stamps

Patterned paper - Let's Celebrate, Carta Bella (6x6")

Let's Celebrate Ephemera - Carta Bella

June 2021 Sheetload of Cards - Call Me Crafty Al

Sentiment inside - Lots of Birthday2Stamp, the Stamps of Life

Stickles glitter glue

Cactus Pop-Up Birthday Card

It's Masculine Card Monday here on my blog and today I'm sharing the birthday card I made for my brother, and I made it a pop-up using dies by Karen Burniston.  I love the add-on sets she has come up with for the Lorna Label Pop Up, and this Happy Birthday Add-On is getting a lot of use!

I haven't purchased any new crafting supplies for a year now, and am focusing on using up some of my huge stash. These stickers were in there, as well as the patterned paper - both several years old. In doing this, I have come across some stickers that have either completely lost their adhesive backing or are permanently adhered to their backing. They crack and tear when trying to remove them and ended up in the trash. Such a waste - if only I'd just used them when I bought them instead of 'hoarding' them or 'saving them for a special project'.

The cactus stickers were adhered to white card stock then fussy cut, which gives them stability and allows me to pop them up with foam tape. I also love how the black glossy card stock looks - it catches the light and just adds a little somethin' somethin'. 😊

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Prairie Hill, Pink Paislee (old)

Card and envelope - 5 x 6.5", Michaels (old)

Lorna Label Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Happy Birthday Lorna Label Add-Ons - Karen Burniston

Rectangle Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Stickers - Sticko (old, from my stash)

Inside Out Birthday - Catherine Pooler

Photo Fan Pop Up Birthday Card

I had SO much fun making this card and I couldn't wait to give it to my hubby for his birthday.  I used Karen Burniston's new Photo Fan Pop Up die set - actually all the dies I used on this card are hers. 🥰

We had been visiting Arizona, so I followed Karen Burniston's video instructions on having the collage photos printed at Walgreens. I don't know if we have the same options at photo places in Canada, but I'm going to have to check because ... how FUN!!  I kept the front nice and simple because all the fun is on the inside.

Ta Da!  Honestly, I looked at the dies and thought those little 1" photos would be almost invisible ... but nope - everyone is easily recognizable and each picture brought back such happy memories.

Needless to say, he loved his card. I haven't had much crafting time lately but I look forward to more playtime with this die set in the coming months.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Prairie Hill, Pink Paisley (old, from my stash)

5 x 6.5" card and envelope - Michaels (old, from my stash)

Photos - Walgreens

Black glossy card stock

Photo Memories stamps - Karen Burniston

Happy Birthday Lorna Add-Ons - Karen Burniston

Ovals Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Inside Out Birthday - Catherine Pooler

Holiday Dog Card

I guess this will be my last holiday card share for the year and it's the card I made for our veterinarian. We love her, and her clinic staff. I had also ordered them a Christmas gift back in November, which ended up shipping the day before Canada Post went on strike. So the package is sitting somewhere and hopefully it will turn up one day. 

Gifts for our daughters were in the same package, so I'm not impressed. Also not impressed that I didn't get to mail my Christmas cards. The strike is 'over' (postponed until the Spring) so I could actually mail then now. But with the backlog of mail in the system already, and potentially grumpy workers that were forced back to work - I am not taking a chance with my hand made cards getting lost or not delivered until the middle to end of January.

Anyhow, since this card would be hand delivered, I ended up making a 6" square card and was able to use up two 6x6" panels that were in this older paper pad. The stamped images are by Your Next Stamp.

One more look ...

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Holiday Bash, Recollections

Stickles glitter glue

Alcohol markers

Simple Strips Christmas, stamp and die - Taylored Expressions

Holiday Hello stamps & dies - Your Next Stamp

Pops of Color, Scrapbook .com

Inside stamps - Paws-liday Pups, Your Next Stamp

Santa Mail Pop Up

Welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog! Today I'm sharing a Christmas card made using Karen Burniston's new Postage Pop Up die set and older papers from my stash.

I was tickled at how well the papers work with the theme, as I've had them for a couple of years. I was just flipping through the remaining papers in the 6x6" package and saw these ones in there. Serendipity 😊

Here is a close up of the postage part of the pop up. The mechanism is completely generic and can be used to pop up all kinds of things, but since the postage theme is so hot right now - I used the included decorator dies and her coordinating stamps to complete the card.

Our Canada Post strike is 'over' - after over 4 weeks of no mail service - but I have decided not to send out our Canadian Christmas cards. With the backlog of mail they have in the system already, and grumpy workers forced back to work ... I'm not taking the chance. Plus, I don't want people to receive their holiday cards towards the end of January. Instead I will send out some Happy New Year cards and will send out extra Valentine's. The cards I made for this year will be sent out next year 

Supplies used:

Patterned paper - Letters To Santa (6x6"), Cartabella

Postage Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Season of Cheer stamps - Karen Burniston

Special Delivery stamps - Karen Burniston

Wink of Stella

Heart from Cupcake Add-Ons, Karen Burniston

5 x 6.5" card base & envelope - Michaels (old)

'Having Surgery?' Pop Up Card

It's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog and today I'm sharing my first play with Karen Burniston's Photo Fan Pop Up. We had a friend who had surgery so this is the card I made for him. 

We were in Arizona at the time, & I had only brought a few craft supplies down with me so I was fairly limited in embellishments, sentiment stamps etc etc. However this fun (and years old) paper package seemed perfect and I was able to fussy cut feathers from one of the sheets to decorate the squares. I used markers to create the custom sentiments and he really liked his card.

Once again I wish I'd watched the assembly video before I got to work on it - but instead I followed the directions on the package. Karen B always has great tips in her videos - like adding a backing square to the two outer fan squares, and I wish I'd done that. 

I was not expecting to like this die as much as I do - it's so fun! 

Supplies used:

Photo Fan Pop Up - Karen Burniston

Rectangle Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Patterned paper - Tribal, Scrapbook Customs

Sheetload Birthday Cards with Stars

Since I'm still trying to build up my Nursing Home Donation Card stash, I pulled out an older Sheetload and even older patterned paper for these six cards. It's the February 2020 Sheetload and I have used it multiple times.

The sentiments were stamped on leftover strips of cardstock then I added a stitched star cut from black card stock. Six more cards done!

Supplies used:

February 2020 Sheetload of cards

Patterned paper - DooWop Diddly Wink. - the Paper Studio

Washi tape sentiments - Your Next Stamp

Star from Circle Charm Pop Up die set - Karen Burniston

Wink of Stella

Inside - Special Sentiments - Penny Black

Four Silhouette Birthday Cards

Welcome to Masculine Card Monday here on my blog!  I need to get a bunch of my nursing home donation cards done, so pulled out these sports themed panels and got these four cards  made. The panels are from the Big Book of Sports by Hunkydory, and I don't think it's available anymore. But there are a ton in the pad so I'm all set. 😊 

They are a UK size so I trimmed them down to 4x 5.25" then added them to a white A2 card base. The stamped sentiment was added with foam tape for a little dimension. I have a plastic envelope filled with these sentiments, so I can just go through and pull some out when I'm ready to complete a card. 

The insides are very simple ... all done the same.

Supplies used:

Little Book of Sports -  Hunky Dory

Happy Birthday sentiments etc - from my stash

Inside - Birthday Blowout, Poppy Stamps