Silly Old Bear

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another "Pooh" themed card I created using the Classic Pooh Collection from. Spellbinders.

I used Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott’s 5 x 7 Cracker Tower die set to create my card base.

This time round, I added Pooh to a large honey pot. I added Glossy Accents to the honey areas to give them more of a honey look.

Here is a look at the back of the card. I added a few more die cut elements from the Classic Pooh die sets. The birthday sent is from Made To Surprise’s Moving Along Sentiment stamp set. 

Tee-riffic 60th Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,

It seems that this year my friends (and myself) are celebrating big ‘0’ birthdays, be it 60; 70 or 80! So there will be lots of opportunities to pull out my various number dies to make aged birthday cards.

For as long as I can remember (over 20 years) I have made my friend who loves to play golf a golf themed birthday card. Last year when I was ill and not stamping I was unable to make a special card, but fortunately I did have a golf themed card that I had in my stash.

When I was thinking about what type of card to make this year, I remembered the Made To Surprise Circle Cracker Tower Card. The circles down each side of the centre panel are perfect for golf balls. I used a very old Cuttlebug embossing folder to give the circles a golf ball look,

This year my friend is celebrating her 60th birthday, so I decided to pull out the new Spellbinders Bougie Birthday die set to create the cake which I decorated in a golf theme.

I used light brown cardstock for the cake and green for all the icing elements. The ‘60’ is from Spellbinders Classy Numbers die set, which are diecutting from silver mirror cardstock.

I added the cute golfing gophers (or is that golphers haha) which are from La-La Land Crafts Tee-riffic stamp set. 

I added the birthday sentiment which is an older die set from Spellbinders. The sentiment is die cut from silver mirror cardstock & layered onto a layer the same colour as the cake, so that it gave some height but didn’t overwhelm the scene.

For the back of the card, I added a panel to the centre. The golf green uses an older stamp from Magnilia Stamps. I added another of the gophers to the l green”. For the sentiment I doctored & combined two sentiment from the Made To Surprise Go Sporty stamp set.

Other Supplies:

Spellbinders Yana's Layered Script Sentiments Stamp/Die Set

Made to Surprise Go Sporty Stamp/Die Set

Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles Embossing Folder

Stencilled Flowers

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing two cards I created using a number of club kits from the Spellbinders January 2025 Clubs. Both cards use the same products, I just changed up the colours and the occasion.

For my first card I created a Get Well card using purple inks & card. I first created the floral frame using the Stencil of the Month, Natures Frame. 

I was inspired by a card by Flávia Cavaliéri where after she had created the stencilled frame she used the Glimmer Plate of the Month, Elliptical Weave to add a foiled background over the stencilled panel. I used Aura foil to do this.

The sentiment is one from the Betterpress of the Month. Take Flight which I also foiled onto purple cardstock.

I layered this panel onto a top folding 5 x 7 card. The layering panel was embossed using the 3D Embossing Folder of the month, Stylized Lattice.

For the inside of the card I added more of the stencilled flowers along the bottom of the card.

The sentiment is one from Waffle Flower Crafts.

 

For my second card I created a birthday card, this time using various shades of pink inks & cardstock. 

This card uses the same products as the first except for the sentiment, this time I used a birthday sentiment from the Clear Stamp of the Month, Nature’s Dance Stamp set.

I again added the flowers along the bottom of the card on the inside. I also added another sentiment from the Nature’s Dance Stamp set.

Dragonfly Diamond Flip Fold Card

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I have another card I created using some of the products from Spellbinders January 2025 Club Kits. This time around I have made a Fancy Fold Card, this style of card is called a Diamond Flip Fold Card. My card is the 5inch x 7 inch version of the card and you can find a tutorial for it here.

I just love this dragonfly die from the Small Die of the Month Soaring Dragonfly die set. I. die cut the wings from black and three different colours of glitter card and then paper pieced them together. I selected the colours of the wings to go with the patterned paper I was using on my card.  The "Hello" sentiment is also included in the die set.

I used the January 2025 3D Embossing Folder of the month ... Stylized Lattice to add some texture to the front diamond shaped panel the dragonfly is attached to.

The "Hope Your Day Takes Flight" sentiment is from the January 2025 Betterpress of the Month - Take Flight set. There is a similar sentiment in the stamp set, but I preferred this one for the size etc.

When you open the card, the diamond panel on the front "flips" so it can be seen in the opened position. 

I added another sentiment to the right hand side of the inside of the card. This time I did use the January 2025 Clear Stamp of the Month - Nature's Dance.

Butterfly Slimline

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Slimline card using a few of the club kits from the Spellbinders January 2025 Club Kits.

I used the Hemstitch Slimline die set to create the layers of my card. I found this older pattern paper from a Made To Surprise Paper Pad which I thought would go well with the butterfly. The butterfly is from Spellbinders Take Flight Betterpress Set which is the January 2025 Betterpress of the Month.  The sentiments are from the Clear Stamp of the month for January called Nature’s Dance.

For the inside of my card I added another layer using the dies from the Slimline die set I used on the front.

I added another butterfly and a birthday sentiment which is also from the Nature’s Dance Stamp set.

An Adventure Was Going to Happen

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thanks for stopping by my blog, today I am sharing a Pooh themed Slimline Easel Card I created recently.

For my card, I used the dies from the new Spellbinders Classic Pooh Collection.I saw these were going to be released in January when I was checking out the "Coming Soon" section on the Spellbinders website before Christmas  and have been impatiently waiting all year (yeah ok a month) for them to make it downunder.

My Slimline Easel Card measures 8 1/2 inches x 4 inches. I wanted the extra height so I could include all the characters from the various sets.

To create the card base, I used Lawn Fawns Lawn Fawn's Grassy Hillside Borders die set to add all the grassy areas on both the front and inside of the card.

I also wanted Pooh to be sitting against a tree, so I pulled out a tree die from Hello Bluebird to use for that. 

All the other die cut elements used to create this scene are included in the three "Pooh" themed die sets from Spellbinders. I spent a day assembling a heap of characters and so far have been able to make two cards from what I created and have enough left over for at least 2 or 3 more cards, which I will share as I make them.

And finally a look at the bottom panel when it is opened up. I added the honey pots and flowers to each side of the card and then a sentiment for a stopper, which will hold the front of the card up. The sentiment is from the Silly Old Bear Betterpress Plate set.

 

February 2025 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our February Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.

Check out Karen Burniston's blog on Wednesday (US Time) when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month, plus Karen will have an amazing video tutorial to share with us all.

Our challenge theme this month is ... "Bouquets" - Make a card of any theme featuring a bouquet (Note - bouquet doesn't necessarily mean flowers!)

As you can see I went with flowers! I used Karen Burniston’s Flower Pot Pop-up along with the Flower Pot Add-ons & Popcorn die set to create my pot or vase of flowers & the flowers. All the flowers etc are die cut from coloured paper that has small polka dots on them. 

I used the label from the Rectangles & Labels Crosshatch die set to add the sentiment & also one for a personal message. The sentiment is from the Seasons Sentiment stamp set.

For the front I used the same papers as I used inside the card. I added the “Happy Birthday” to the centre. I then added a few flowers & butterflies which are from the Flower Pot Add-ons die set.

Flowers

Pond Postage

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Today I am sharing a 5 x 7 Faux Post Birthday card I created recently.

For the postage part of the card, I used Waffle Flower Crafts Postage Collage die set along with The Pond Postage Collage Stencil set. I layered this to a top folding landscape 5 x 7 card. I used the Shimmering Water stencil to create the water pattern on this panel. I also added a wax seal to the lower left hand corner of the card.

For the inside of the card I added a sentiment from the Pond of You stamp set. 

Monster Love Valentine

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing two super cute Valentine platform cards I created recently which I will give to my grandchildren. 

Both these cards use products from Spellbinders December 2024 Club kits. For this card I used the Large Die of the month, which includes the die for the platform card; the Clear Stamp of the month & 3D Embossing Folder of the month.

The card folds flat so that it can easily be placed in an envelope.

Both cards are the same other than using a different monster and the colours used. After embossing the large red heart using the Tiny Heart Scallop 3D Embossing Folder, I used a white pigment ink to add colour to the hearts.

Here’s a look at the pink monster card when it is lying flat ready to be placed in an envelope.

Here is a back view of my cards. I die cut an additional red heart and attached it to the back of the embossed heart, so I had a place to add a personal message.