Christmas Mugs

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog! Today I am sharing four Christmas themed A2 Centre Step cards I created on the weekend. My Spellbinders July 2025 Club Kit arrived last week, so as soon as I had a free moment I was playing with all the fun new products.

I just love all these cute mugs that the Small Die of the Month for July 25 "Cocoa Greetings" creates. I used white and red glitter on Santa's Hat to add some sparkle to the image.

For these cards,  I created A2 Centre Step cards using Divinity Designs A2 Center Step Card with Layers die set. It's been a while since I have played with this die which is always lots of fun.

The bases of all cards are the same, I just changed the mug and sentiments to suit each image.

For the background for all four cards, I used the Starry Snowfall 3D Embossing Folder, which is the 3D embossing folder for July. After embossing each of the panels, I applied white pigment ink to the raised areas.

For the card above I created a reindeer, adding a red nose to make it rudolph. 

I searched through my sentiment stash to find the best sentiments to suit each of the images for the individual cards.

For the inside of the first two cards, I added the sentiment shown above. 

Who doesn't love penguins, and it was a chance to pull out one of my penguin themed sentiments from Mama Elephant.

This is the inside of my penguin card. I used a Christmas sentiment from Waffle Flower. The other part of the sentiment is from the Stay Snuggly, sentiment set from the Club kit. Unfortunately most of the sentiments this month suit a Winter Christmas rather than one for all the world.

The caboodle product for this month is a Gingerbread man, which comes with a die to chop of it's head to turn it into a mug using the handle and accessories included in the Small Die of the Month.

I have a few gingerbread sentiments in my stash so I used some of those on my card.

 

And finally the inside of my gingerbread card.

Nativity Open Book

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I have three Nativity themed Mini Slimline cards I created for Christmas in July.

For this card I used Waffle Flower Crafts Open Book die set along with the Open Book Nativity Stencil.

The background was created using Trinity Stamps Time Warp Letterpress Plate which I gold foiled onto white cardstock. I die cut the panel using Waffle Flower Crafts Mini Slimline Layers die set. 

The sentiment is from the Open Book Holiday sentiment stamp set. 

For the inside I added another sentiment from the stamp set. I added a star above using one of the stencils.

A Happy Bay Window

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another card using dies from Spellbinders Say Cheese Classic Mouse Collection. I just love the Steamboat Willie die set and the accessory dies that come in this collection.

I have created a Bay Window Card as I also wanted to use the window die which is also from Spellbinders. My Bay Window card measures 7 inches x 7 inches, as I needed the height for the window. 

To create my card I cut two white panels of card that measure 7 inches x 7 inches.. I then score along the 7 inch side of one of the panels at 1/2” on each side and then centred the window in the centre of the card, allowed a little on each side and scored. 

I added the word ‘HAPPY’ using the alphabet dies in the collection.

When you open the card it reveals the scene using the Flags & Banners die set.

Here is a look at the full inside of my card. I also added a border using the Classic Mouse Borders die set. 

My card will fold flat to be put into a large envelope. 

Elf Hats

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing four Christmas themed Slimline cards I created for Christmas in July. I didn’t manage to post any Christmas cards on my blog last week, so I am making sure I do this week.

For my cards I have used Waffle Flower Crafts Elf Hat die set which was recently released. This is such a fun die set.

As you can see, I die cut two hats per card and added a portion of a face using a circle die from my stash. I adhered one to the bottom right corner, and the other to the top left corner. I added googly eyes to the bottom elf,

I couldn’t decide which patterned paper to use, so I used two different ones. But otherwise they are the same. Although one card, the elf does have eyes on the top elf which the others don’t have, as the face area ended up being larger.

For the sentiment, I used Waffle Flower Crafts Elf Sentiments stamp/die set. 

I added another of the sentiments from the stamp set on the inside of my card. I also added the left over gold glitter pieces that came out of the bell.

 

Seas The Day

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Today I am sharing two beach themed 5 x 7 postage cards I created recently.  Both cards use the Waffle Flowet Crafts Coastal Postage Collage stencil and Postage Collage die sets.

For the first card, I cut apart the postage stamps and added them to the top portion of the card.

I decorated the lower portion using Waffle Flower Crafts Coastline Die-N-Stencil. I added a sentiment from Spellbinders June 2025 Stamp of the Month.

The red base panel was embossed using Spellbinders Mariners Weave Embossing Folder for June.

For the inside I added two more of the postage stamps & another sentiment.

For my second card, I kept the Postage Collage panel in tact. I layered it to my 5 x 7 card base which I have again embossed using the Mariners Weave  Embossing Folder.

For the inside of the card, I added the lighthouse using Spellbinders Large Die for June 2025. I also added a sentiment from the Clear Stamp for June 2025.

 

Walrus Skipper

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I have a card I created using some of the products from Spellbinders June 2025 Club kits, I just loved this theme especially that walrus.

I created a Centre Step Card using an older die set from my stash. The background panel uses the Cast Away Glimmer Plate which was the Glimmer Plate for June. The walrus & smaller seagull are from the Small Die of the month. The ships wheel & larger seagull are from the Stitched Die of the Month.

Finally the lighthouse is from the Large Die of the month.

For the inside of the card, I used the Cast Away 3D Embossing Folder on the left side of the panel. I added the sentiment which is also included in the Glimmer of the Month set.

 

Influence of a Great Teacher

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing three more teacher themed cards I created for my daughter to use for Early Chiodhood Day in September.

As you can see this time round I made Slimline cards, using slimline dies from Lawn Fawn.

I stamped the sentiment to the upper portion of the card. This sentiment is from Trinity Stamps.

I added the pencils which are from Spellbinders May 2025 Glimmer of the Month set. I used black foil, coloured and then fussy cut them out.

I added another sentiment on the inside and added a few more pencils.

Lemons

Hi Crafty Friends,

Last month I participated in Spellbinders Weekender Virtual Class, I managed to get about 6 cards made over the weekend. Today I am sharing two more cards I made inspired by two more of the classes. 

My first card is from Cathy Zielske’s class featuring the Lemon Fresco 3D Embossing Folder. This is such a beautiful embossing folder. I inked the embossing folder with lemon drop ink before embossing a panel of white cardstock. I made my card a 5 x 7 card rather than A2, otherwise I followed the class directions for the front of my card. 

Here is a look at the inside of my card, I used the embossed panel along the bottom.

My second card is from Jaycee Gaspar’s class. I used the same embossing folder, but used yellow cardstock & Hero Arts Blue Hawaii ink. 

I again changed the size of my card to 5 x 7. As m card is bigger than the class card, I swapped my sentiment using the Lisa Horton A Little Hello die set.

Here is the inside of my second card.