Floral Fan Cards

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing two Fan Cards I created recently. These are both 5 x 7 cards, when you are making this style of card, there are times when you have a spare piece of cardstock as you are cutting things in half, so it is easy to make two cards while you are cutting pieces. I used two different patterned papers which I have been wanting to use to make a card for ages.

You can find the tutorial on the Iced Images YouTube channel here. 

For the sentiment on this card I used the birthday sentiment from Spellbinders  Let's Celebrate - Sentiments Press Plate. Instead of better pressing the plate I foiled it and this particular sentiment is the result from using the left over foil and the solid foil plate.

I added a wax seal which was created using Spellbinders Floral Jewel Wax Seal which was the January 2025 Wax Seal of the month. To get the fancy shape, I used a metal mould which I poured the wax into before impressing the wax seal into the melted wax.

The sentiment used on this card, is from Alex Siberia Designs and is a Hot Foil Plate and die.

I also added red pearls to the corners of both cards.

For the inside of the cards I added to foiled sentiments which are from the Spellbinders You are Everything Press Plate and Waffle Flower Crafts Hey There Foil Plate set.

Magnolia

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Today I am sharing a square card I created using Lisa Horton Crafts Corner Magnolia Embossing Folder & coordinating stencils. 

I added the die cut sentiment & stamped sub sentiment using the Little Hello stamp/die set also from Lisa Horton Crafts. 

To finish off the card I added some apricot gems.

For the inside of my card, I grabbed the stencil again and applied ink to part of the stencil using 5 of 6 stencils. I added the sentiment which is an older Honey Bee Stamps stamp set.

Hello Tulips

Hi Crafty Friends,

Well April is well and truly over, but today I am sharing two cards I created using the April Embossing Folder - Tulips from Lisa Horton Crafts A Year in Bloom Embossing Folder set. I did create these in April but I have had a fair bit to share here recently.

Both cards have been coloured using inks from Lisa Horton Crafts. 

For my first card, I used white cardstock to emboss my design. I then used a fine blending brush Tropical Paradise Interference Ink for the flowers & Summer Garden Interference ink for the leaves. This has a beautiful shimmer effect to it.

Recently while looking at some cards I made previously, I remembered I had a few Spellbinders 5 x 7 frame die set., so I pulled out the Scallop Favade Frame die set to create my card base.

I added the sentiment using Lisa Horton Crafts A Little Hello Die/Stamp set.

For the inside of my card I added a sentiment using Spellbinders Clear Stamp of the Month April 2025 - Send & Seal. I also embossed a scrap of white card to add another tulip to the lower right hand corner.

My send card is the same as the previous card, other than I used teal Cardstock to emboss my design and then used Lisa Horton Crafts Silver metallic ink to add colour to the flowers,

I added the same sentiment as I did on my first card and added another tulip to the corner.

 

Hello A Note For You

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog. Today I am sharing another card I created using products from Spellbinders April 25  Club kits, I had such fun making all these cards which were mostly made over the Easter weekend. 

I used the Stitching die of the month … Stitched Take Noes to make a shaped card. As you can see, I did add stitching on this card. It was very easy to do, even with my problem fingers. 

The three die cut sentiments at the top left of the card also are included in the Stitching die set. 

The large tulips come from the Small Die of the Month called Snail Mail Post. Finally I added two postage themed wax seals from the Wax Seal of the month called Petal Postage.

For the inside of my card I used the clear stamp of the month, Send & Seal. I also added another wax seals from the.

 

Mailing You A Big Hello

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another card using Spellbinders Glimmer of the Month - Scattered Letters, this time to make a Slimline Card. 

First up I glimmered my panel using black glimmer foil. I glimmered once at the top and the again down the bottom. As I get the caboodle kit (all the kits) I get the bonus, which this time was a stencil to colour the envelopes. 

I then cut my panel and added it to a 3 1/2 inch x 8 1/2 inch slimline card.  To finish off the front of the card I added the black glimmer foiled sentiment which is also included in the glimmer set.

For the inside of my card I added the negative foiled panel along the bottom of my card, adding a postage edge border along the top edge. 

I added the big hello sentiment, which is an older Waffle Flower Crafts foil/die set. I then added the sub sentiments which is from Lisa Horton Designs A Little Hello Die/Stamp set. 

 

May 2025 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our May 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 ... "MAKE IT FLUFFY" - You decide what's fluffy - is it an animal? Clouds? Something in the Kitchen? Incorporate something fluffy into your design.

When I started thinking about what could be classed as fluffy, I decided to go with cupcakes ... you have the yummy fluffy batter the cupcakes are made from and of course the frosting! For the cupcakes I used the Cupcake Add-Ons die set. 

For the pop-up mechanism, I used the Triple Platform Pop-up die set. I used the labels that came in the die set to add to each of the platform panels, plus one for a signature. I also added a cupcake themed sentiment using the Sweet Treats Clear Stamp set.

I also added the "You're Sweet!" sentiment to the lower left hand corner of the card.

As the focus of the card is the inside, I kept the front of my card simple. Adding two sentiments to the oval panels which were die cut using the Crosshatch Ovals die set. and then adding two more cupcakes.

The Sentiments are from the Sweet Treats and the Birthday/Belated Clear Stamp sets.

 

Open Me For A Smile

Hi Crafty Friends, 

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

For the front of the card I used the Glimmer of the Month - Scattered Letters. I glimmered this piece twice on a 5 x 7 piece of white cardstock using black glimmer foil, I decorated the panel using the tulips & envelopes from the Large Die of the Month - Lock & Key Mailbox. 

The sentiment is from the Betterpress of the Month - Post Edges Expressions. 

For the card base I used a die from the 5 x 7 inch Diamond Fold Die set by Creative Craft Products/Craft Stash. I die add a layer between the patterned paper and base of the card which was fairly simple to do, even with the odd shape.

For the inside of the card I added a rectangle panel that I decorated using the script Betterpress plate included in the  Post Edges Expressions Betterpress set, which I repeated 4 times to cover the whole panel.

I added the odd shape panel over the top of this using the die used on the front, along the bottom I used the negative foiled piece using the left over foil from foiling the front panel. I also added another sentiment also from the Betterpress set. 

K

 

Wishing You A Day As Sweet As This Letter

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thanks for visiting my blog. Today I am sharing a 5 x 7 card I created using some of the club kits from Spellbinders April 2025 Caboodle Club kit. 

I was lucky for my parcel to arrive the afternoon before Good Friday, so I had an interrupted few days to create!

For this card I used the Lock & Key Mailbox from the April Large Die of the Month. I love all the details included in this set, which includes the large mailbox, letters & the tulips. 

For the background & the sentiment I used the Betterpress Kit of the Month. I betterpressed the word script four times on my background panel.

For the inside of this card I used the postage frame which is also included in the April Betterpress club. I added two sentiments inside the frame using the April Clear Stamp of the Month.

The snail mailman is from the April Small Doe of the Month.

Rebus - Creedence Clearwater Revival Songs

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's time to share another rebus swap with you. This month the theme is "Songs by Creedence Clearwater Revival"

If you would like to solve my rebus puzzle, why not post a comment on my blog post with your answers. I will let you know what the correct answers are next time I post a rebus card here.

How did you go solving my March Rebus which was "Famous Names from the Wild West either real or fictional"

 Here are the correct answers so you can check how you did.

1. Wild Bill Hickox
2. Sundance Kid
3. Lone Ranger
4. Black Bart
5. Belle Starr
6. Matt Dillon
7. Doc Holliday

You can find all my past Rebus Cards here.

Mother's Day Flowers

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog! Today I am sharing a 5 x 7 Mother’s Day card I created using the March 2025 3D Embossing Folder of the Month. 

This is such a beautiful embossing folder. I have been wanting to try the blackout technique for some time, so I decided to do it for my card today. For this technique, after embossing the card panel, you colour the design on the back side and then rub black ink all over the design.

I layered the design onto a 5 x 7 card base, layering using various rectangle dies including the filigree rectangle from Craft Stash.

I added a sentiment using the Mother’s Day sentiment from the Let’s Celebrate Sentiments Betterpress plate which I foiled using black foil. The sentiment is actually the negative design created by using the leftover foil & a solid foil plate.

For the inside of the card, I added a stripe of the leftover embossed design used on the front of my card.

I added two sentiments, the first from the We Are All Family Glimmer Hot Foil Plate. The second from the Sending Love Betterpress Plate which is also glimmer foiled using black foil,

K

A Note Just For You

 

Hi Crafty Friends, 

Today I am sharing an Easel card I created using some of the club kits from Spellbinders April Club Kits. 

The snail, letterbox & tulips are from the Small Die of the month, Snail Mail Post. On the blue background I used the Embossing Folder of the Month, Perforated Post Edges.

I added to Betterpress sentiments to the card which is from the Post Edges Expressions the Betterpress kit of the month. 

The “hello” sentiment is from the large die of the month.