Thinking of You Slimline

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing two Slimline cards I created to add to my stash of male Thinking of You / Get Well Cards. It seems it is easy to make these for women, but making for men not so much. 

I recently received my Spellbinders September Caboodle Club kit which is mostly a fall/autumn theme. I love the pattern on the new 3D Embossing Folder to use on this card. I also used Sellbinders Postage Edge Slimlines die set for the layers.

For the sentiment, I used LDRS Creatives Big Word Thinking die set. I die cut the layer from vellum and the word die from either dark blue or black Cardstock.

For the inside of the card I used two stamps from Whimsy Stamps Boo Boo Manflu stamp set.

Triple Panel Box Card

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog. Today I have another Christmas card to share with you. This card is a Triple Panel Box Card and you will find a tutorial for it on Sam Calcott's Mixed Up Craft YouTube Channel here.

To decorate my card I pulled out the Christmas Cracker die set from Spellbinders. I love Christmas Crackers and have been making my own for nearly 50 years, so of course I had to get this set.

I die cut the crackers from green, red and gold cardstock as I wanted traditional Christmas colours for this particular card.

This card has extra panels attached to the left and right side of it panels to give it an interesting look.

A look at the right hand side, so you can see those extra panels a little easier.

The card folds flat, so it will fit inside a 5 x 7 envelope.

And finally the back of the card. I added white panels, one for the sentiment and the other to add a personal message.

The sentiment and cracker images are from Hero Arts A Little Nuts stamp set.

Joy

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing two Christmas cards using products from Spellbinders Paper Arts. For this card I used the Shadow Joy die set from Yana Smakula’s City Holiday Collection, I used three different colours for all the layers of this card.

For my background I used the Falling Stars Betterpress Plate to gold foil onto a piece of teal Cardstock. Once I had finished foiling I used the coordinating Wishing Stars 3D Embossing Folder to add some star texture to my panel.

For the sentiment under the “JOY”, I used the City Holiday Sentiments Betterpress Plate, this is the negative piece you get when you use the leftover foil pieces with a solid foiling plate. 

For the inside of the card, I added another of the sentiments from the City Holiday Sentiments Betterpress Plate. I alas added three good glitter stars which were included in the Shadow Joy die set.

70th Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,

A good friend recently celebrated her 70th birthday, so of course I had to make her a card. This one got made a little too close for comfort for me, due to being ill and ended up in hospital for about 4 days. It was the first card I made once I came back home and caught my breath.

For my card today, I created a Winged Pop-up Card using die from Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Showstopper 3 Collection.  The die used here is called 5in x 7in Showstoppers Winged Pop Up Card die set,  this die set can be used to make a number of different styles of card.

Here is an overhead view of the card, so you can see the winged portion of the card a little easier. The sentiment and numbers on the pop up portion of the card are also from Made To Surprise.

This is a look at the card when it is closed (so the front of the card). As the focus is on the inside, I kept this simple by just adding the birthday sentiment from Papertrey Ink.

And finally the back of the card. I wanted to add some info about what happened back in 1955 when my friend was born. I wasn't able to create this in the format I wanted as the panels are only 2 inches wide.  But I was happy I was able to get it all in!

 

Classic Father's Day Wishes

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Yesterday was Father's Day for those of us that live in Australia! So of course I had to make a Father's Day card for my husband ... this is the card I came up with using some of the products from Spellbinders Classic Road Legends Collection. I modelled the card colours to one my husband had many years ago. You can see all the supplies I used in the supply list below.

Recently I came across an older Sam Calcott YouTube video on how to adapt the 5 x 7 Trifold die set from the Showstopper Collection into a Top Fold Tri-fold Stepper Card. I love been able to use my supplies in different ways, so of course I had to play with the idea. You can find Sam's video here.

I also pulled out an older Sizzix Pine Tree die & a grass die set to finish off the card.

For the inside I used a Father's Day sentiment from Lawn Fawn which I discovered when I was looking for another die. I also added the road die which is also from Lawn Fawn.

Teacher Note Card

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing the last of the 18 teacher themed cards I made for my daughter to give to her teachers that she works with for Early Childhood Day, which was earlier in the week.

For this card I used Spellbinders Stitched Taking Notes for the card base. I used the From A to Z Betterpress plate with I foiled on blue cardstock using white foil.  I also used the Scribbled A Note - Glimmer Hot Foil Kit, foiling in black.

For the inside of my card, I added a stamped sentiment from MFT Stamps and another pencil. 

 

50th Anniversary Card

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

A friend asked if I would make an Anniversary card for friends of hers who are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary this month. As you can see, I said yes! I drew inspiration from a card I created earlier in the year making a few changes and adding gold, seeing the 50th anniversary is also known as the golden wedding anniversary.

As you can see I used Karen Burniston's Arch Pop up die set. Like the card I made back in June, I pulled out a number of different heart die sets to create a love themed card. I added the gold hearts in the centre of the arch, again to indicate the Golden Wedding Anniversay.

Along the bottom portion of the card, I added the Anniversary sentiment using the Word Set 12 - Anniversary and the Numbers die sets. I die cut this from gold and red cardstock and offset the gold over the red.

On the other side of the card I added a red heart and then added the names "Mary, Bill" the names of the couple celebrating.

As the focus of this card is on the inside, I kept the front of the card simple. I added a few hearts and then a couple of sentiments.

I added a panel on the back of my card, for a place to write a personal message.

September 2025 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our September 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 ... "LETTER" - How will you interpret this challenge? Does "letter" meana piece of mail? Or does "letter" mean an actual letter? You decide!

As you can see I decide to opt for the "Piece of Mail" definition for this challenge. I pulled out both the Postage Pop-up and Mail Box Pop-up die sets to create a large pop-up postage stamp which features a mail or letter box which ever you prefer to call it.

I die cut the main die from the Postage Pop-up from white cardstock and also sky patterned paper, trimmed around the edge of the sky panel and layered the two together.

After adding my mailbox decoration to this panel, I decided to add some of the faux post stamps from the Special Delivery Clear Stamp set.

To decorate the card a little further, I added the fence from the Fence Add-ons die set and the fence along the edge of all three red polka dot panels. I added the grass from the die set and also added a row of envelopes/letters along the bottom of the card.

I added the sentiment to another panel from the postage pop-up die set adding the heart wings to the corner. I also added a paper airplane to the top right hand corner of the card.

For the front, I echoed much of what I did on the inside, adding the mail box behind the fence and changing up the colour, so it looked like another mailbox. I added another of the sentiments from the Special Delivery Clear Stamp set, to the fence.

I added another couple of envelopes/letters to each side of the fence and added another paper plane so it would appear to be landing on the mailbox.

Make A Splash

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I have an under the sea themed Slimline card to share with you all. This card using a few more of the club kits from Spellbinders Paper Arts August 2025 Club Kits. This is such a fun kit and I have been having fun playing with all the products.

For this card I started with the Stencil of the Month - Underwater Blooms, I coloured all the plants in various shades of greens. As I was making a Slimline card, I masked off the bubbles and stars and added the bubbles in later adding a second layer above the first so that the bubbles extended the length of the card.

I added the fish from the Caboodle set of the month (the freebie you get when you get all kits), this one is called Fish Friends.

Finally I added the sentiment using the sentiment die inclued in the Large Die of the Month - Splash Tales.

 

For the inside, I pulled out the stencil once again to add the seaweed along the bottom of the ocean floor. I also added another fish.

Finally I added a sentiment using the Clear Stamp of the Month - Paper Splash