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.

Candy Cane Wishes

 
Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog! Can you believe it is July already, this year is definitely flying by fast!

Many of us who make cards, like to do "Christmas in July", so this month I hope to post at least one Christmas card a week to celebrate this.

For my card today I am playing with new products from Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott. This is part of her Christmas Showstopper collection and includes the Circle Accordion Showstopper die set; two Christmas themed stamp/die sets; Christmas Sentiments stamp set; Patterned Paper Pad and a Christmas themed Embossing Folder. 

As this is the first time using the Circle Accordion Showstopper die set, I decided to keep this card simple by just using it as it is designed. But there are lots of different ways to use this die set which I will get to later on.

I decorated the back of the card using the same papers I used on the front. I also added a sentiment to the centre panel, leaving lots of white space so I can add a hand written message to the recipient.

Here is a look at my card when it is closed ready to be placed in an envelope. It will fit inside a 5 x 7 envelope.

Scribbled A Note Mini

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing four teacher themed Mini Slimline cards I created using products from Spellbinders Mau 2025 Club Kits. This is four more of the 18 cards I need to make for my daughter’s Childcare Centre for September. 

For the front of the card I used the pencils from the Glimmer of the month and the Alphabet Background from the Betterpress of the Month.

 

For the inside of my card, I added a stamped sentiment from MFT Stamps and then added a few more pencils randomly around the sentiment.

July 2025 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our July 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 ... "RAINBOW" - This can be an actual rainbow, or you can use it as a colour or shape prompt.

For my card today it wasn't hard to decide to use the new Arch Pop-up die set with the Rainbow Add-ons die set to create my rainbow themed card. As my previous card I made using this set was an A6 card, I decided to make a Slimline card this time around 4 inches x 8 1/2 inches. Last time I also created a pastel rainbow, so this time I went for the more traditional bright rainbow.

As suggested by Karen's Rainbow Assembly video, I create three rainbows using all my die cut pieces, I used the rainbow with the correct order for the pop-up on the inside of the card. I used the other two to decorate the back of the rainbow pop-up and the front of the card.

I used cloud patterned paper that I found in my stash recently for the base of my card. I used the grass die from the Curved Edges die set to create the grass along the bottom of the card.

The large clouds that have my sentiments were created by using the cloud die included in the Curved Edges die set. After die cutting the card once, I then repositioned the die to the bottom and kept diecutting until I got the shape I wanted.

As I wanted to make this a birthday card, I added presents using the present dies included in the Gift Pivot Panels die set which I added to the grass area.

I also added a few party hats using the Birthday Charms die set which i added to a few of the clouds.

Here is a few of my card when it is partly open, you can see how I used one of the other rainbows I created to decorate the back of the pop-up rainbow. It looks so much nicer than having a white backing piece.

For the front of the card, I used pretty much the same layout that I used on the inside, adding the cloud patterned paper and grass. 

I added one of the rainbows I created when I die cut all the rainbow pieces so it stretched from the sky to the grass. I decorated the rainbow with the sun and clouds included in the Rainbow Add-ons die set.

I added another rainbow themed sentiment using the Rainbow Greetings die set. The large cloud is another I created by diecutting the cloud die from the Curved Edges die set twice (top and bottom).

Finally to finish off the card, I added some presents to the bottom of the rainbow. If it's not a pot of gold, why not presents for a birthday!

Rebus - Movies Starting with "E"

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's time to share another rebus swap with you. This month the theme is "Movies starting with the letter 'E' "

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 May Rebus which was "Types of Fish"

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

1. Mackeral
2. Snapper
3. Carp
4. Rainbow trout
5. Grouper
6. Oysters
7. Tiger Shark

You can find all my past Rebus Cards here.

 

Hello

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog! Today I am sharing a fun new card I created with you!

What do you do when you get new dies from two different companies that you desperately want to play with ... combine the two of course. Which is what I did for this card. 

I just love the new Steamboat Willie Duo die set which I used to create this familiar cartoon character, it is soooo much fun.

For my card base, I used Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's new Star Showstopper die set.

For the top stars I used Spellbinders Mariner's Weave Embossing Folder which is the June 2025 Embossing Folder of the Month. 

For the sentiment, I added the Hello die set. I didn't order the accessories when I ordered Steamboat Willie, but I have fixed that now LOL!

Here is a look at my card when it is closed ready to be placed in an envelope. It should fit in a Slimline Envelope or a 5 x 7 Envelope.

Here is a look at the back of my card. I kept it very simple, just adding the stars to the centre of the card and a "For You" stamped sentiment.

Santa Slippers

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s the 25th June, which means it is exactly 6 months until Christmas! So today I am sharing a Christmas card I created. 

This card uses Spellbinders Cozy Toes Slippers die set which was the large die of the month for October 2024. This is such a fun die set with slippers of various designs including Santa, Reindeer, a penguin etc. You’ll definitely see more of this set in the future. 

For my card I created a Tri Shutter card, using an older die from Tattered Lace. I covered the front with a rectangle panel for a different look. 

Here is a look at my card when it folded ready to be placed in a envelope.

And finally the back of my card. I added a white panel to the right side of my card so I could add a stamped sentiment and a place to write a personal message. 

Scribbled a Note

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing 3 cards I created for my teacher daughter to give to the staff at her Childcare Centre she works at for Childcare Educators Day in September. 

Apparently I need to make a total of 17 cards … these three now bring that total to 13 (I shared another a few weeks ago).

To create this card I used products from Spellbinders May 2025 Club Kits. For this card I used the stencil of the month, colouring the pencils in rainbow colours. 

The sentiments used on the front is from the Glummer of the Month, which I glimmered onto red cardstock using white glimmer foil.

For the inside of the card I added a stamped sentiment from MFT Stamps.

I added the large pencil which is also included in the Glimmer of the Month set.

 

Springtime in Kyoto

Hi Crafty Friends

 I have a fun fold card to share today that I created recently. I used the Honeycomb Card die set from Creative Craft Products to make this fun fold card. 

To decorate my card I used products from the Spellbinders Spring in Kyoto Collection designed by Alex Siberia. For this card I used the Kokeshi Doll die set and Parasols Betterpress Plate & stencils.

I betterpressed the Parasol plate four times so I could decorate all the panels on my card.

Here is a look at the back of my card, I added a vertical happy birthday Sentiment which is an older stamp from my stash.

Here is a view of the back of my card when it is closed.