Build A Snowman Slimline Easel

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog. Today I am sharing a Christmas themed Slimline Easel card I created using products from Spellbinders. 

The theme for the Spellbinders October 2025 Club Kits is a Christmas/Winter theme and while it is Summer down here in Australia at Christmas time, I am loving all the new kits.

For the sky portion of my card, I used the Magic Wonderland Glimmer Plate to foil a panel of Malibu Cardstock with white foil. This was pretty easy to repeat on my slimline panel without any obvious lines.

I then used the Snow Day Friends which is the Small Die of the month to create my scene. I added two sentiments to the base of the card both of which are also included in the kits.

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

And the inside panel. I added glitter card to the base, so it looked like the snow used on the main image. There is still plenty of areas to write a personal message on this card.

Gingerbread Hugs Postage

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog,  Today I am sharing a Christmas theme Postage Collage Card using products from Waffle Flower Crafts & Spellbinders.

The Gingerbread Postage design was created using Waffle Flower Crafts Gingerbread Postage Collage Stencil and the coordinating Postage Collage die sets. The stencil is one I.got last year, but ran out of time to use it then,  so it has been one I wanted to use this year. I also added a combination of postage stamps to the finished design from both Waffle Flower Crafts & Made To Surprise.

For the background on my 5 x 7 card, I used Spellbinders Waffle Cone 3D Embossing Folder. The sentiment is also from Spellbinders.

For the inside I added the embossed border along the bottom of the card.

I also added the Gingerbread thened sentiment & the cute gingerbread girl & boy which are all from a stamp set from Chloes Creative Cards.

On The Nice List

 
Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog. Today I am sharing three fun Santa shaped cards I created using products from Concord & 9th.

I love making shaped cards, so of course that is the first type of card I decided to make using this collection of products.

To create this card I started by taking the main die from the Jolly St. Nick die set to cut the Santa face shape. I did cut one for the top of the card, and another where the top of the die overlapped the fold in the card so I could get a top folding base for the card.

Next I took the coordinating Jolly St. Nick Stencil set to add the details for the face, hat etc. This was pretty easy to line up 

Using the coordinating clear stamp set. I added both sentiments and the holly & berries to the hat. 

To finish off the card, I added Stardust Stickles to Santa's hat & glossy accents to the eyes and berries.

For the inside of the card, I added another of the sentiments included in the stamp set.

Three Magi Bridge Card

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Today I am sharing a Christmas card using Spellbinders The Three Magi Die set. For this card I created a Bridge Card, I have had this idea for this set for a while, and finally found some time to get the card made.

 I started with a piece of Spellbinders Cosmic Sky cardstock that measures 8 inches x 4 3/4 inches. I then scored along the 8 inch side at 1 1/4 inches and 2 1/2 inches on each side. I added patterned paper to each of the five sections, splatting them all. with gold ink to resemble stars.

I used a Slimline Hillside Border die to die cut the kraft panel which the Magi are standing on. I attached this to the base of my card to be the "bridge" of the card.

I assembled the Magi images using various colours of cardstock and attached them to the "bridge"

I added a gold foiled sentiment under the Magi using a sentiment from Spellbinders Merry & Bright Sentiment Strip Betterpress Plate.

To finish off the front of the card, I die cut the stars included in the set twice from gold mirror cardstock and adhered them to the card.

I added a white panel to the back of my card, adhering more stars to the top of the panel. I then added a stamped sentiment from the coordinating stamp set to the panel.

At Christmas Time

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog! Today I am sharing a Christmas themed Slimline card with you. 

For my card I used Pinkfresh Studio's Lantern Landscapes die set along with the coordinating Lantern Landscape Snowy Cottage stencil. 

For the background of my card I used the Branches 3D Embossing Folder by Simon Hurley/Spellbinders. 

I used a sentiment from Spellbinders Christmas Cheer Sentiments Betterpress Plate which I glimmered using gold foil. 

To finish off the card I added a bow from Spellbinders Christmas Cocktails die set at the top of the lantern.

For the inside of my card I added a sentiment using a Divinity Designs stamp set and added a couple of branches using the embossing folder that I used on the front.

Stitchmas Nutcracker

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Mini Slimline Christmas card using the final die set from Spellbinders 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025. Wow so many pieces in this set to creat this cute nutcracker, but it was easy enough to put together by just die cutting and assembling one section at a time. 

As you can see I did stitch the various pieces, I felt this one needed to be stitched, however I would have preferred to have some gold metallic embroidery floss rather than the thin gold thread I had to use as it was all I had. 

I added the sentiment from Hero Arts A Little Nuts stamp set, to the red panel on the left hand side of my card. To finish off the card, I added three gold pearls to the top of the same panel.

For the inside, I added another of the sentiments from the Hero Arts stamp set, and added a gold border to the right hand side of the card.

 

Fa La La Bear

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am continuing sharing my cards I created using the dies from Spellbinders 12 Days of Stitchmas Advent Calendar. For this card I ended up using dies from three different days. The cute bear is from Day 6; the "Fa La La" from Day 7 and I also used the Christmas Tree from Day 3 on the inside.

For this card I created a Centre Step Card using an older die set from my stash. I also have a video tutorial on my YouTube channel showing how easy these are to make if you don't have dies.

I used the Snowflake Shimmer Betterpress plate to create the snowy background. This was white foiled onto blue cardstock and then I added darker inks to the top portion of the panels.

The sign post is from the North Pole Sentiments die set. As you can see, I did stitch the bears tummy and scarf.

I die cut the letters to spell "FA LA LA" from red and green cardstock and added them to the bottom to the card. I didn't stitch these.

For the inside of the card, I added the Christmas tree from Day 3 to the lower right hand side of the card. I also added a stamped sentiment from my stash.

October 2025 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our October 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 ... "PEEK-A-BOO!" - What is hiding in your card? Is it scary? Is it cute? Surprise us!

When I first thought about this challenge, I thought I was going to go the cute route! But then this witch scene with the witch flying across the moon and the rainbow took over.    

My card is a 5 x 7 inch card. I started with some purple patterned paper which I inked the edges to get more depth. I also splattered black ink over the panels.

I die cut the Arch Pop-up and Rainbow Add-ons dies from grey cardstock and adhered that to the top of the card. 

I die cut a circle using the Crosshatch Circles die set and die cut the pieces to create the witch using the Witch & Cauldron die set.. I added that to the left side of my rainbow.

Along the bottom of the card I added the graveyard from the Halloween Scene die set.  The hands, ghosts and crow are all from the Halloween Elements die set.

I pulled out the Halloween Borders die set to add the row of bones and the skulls to the gravestones.  The bats are from either the Halloween Scene die set or the Bats Slim Pattern Plate die set.

To finish the inside of the card, I added the "Happy Halloween" sentiment which is from the new Halloween Phrases Clear Stamp set which was released on the 1st October. After stamping the sentiment, I die cut it using an oval from the Crosshatch Ovals die set.

For the front of the card, I used the same patterned paper that I used on the inside. I added grass to the lower portion of the card using the Nature's Edges die set. I then added the cauldron from the Witch and Cauldron die set.

I added more bats and a ghost using the die sets I used on the inside. 

Finally I added the "Happy Haunting" sentiment which is another sentiment from the Halloween Phrases Clear Stamp set.

Happy Holidays Tree

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Mini Slimline Christmas card I created using the Day 3 die set from Spellbinders 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 kit. For this card I opted not to stitch the Christmas tree, instead I added some gems over the tree. 

I layered the tree onto a striped panel using Spellbinders/Lisa Horton Lots of Stripes die set. I then layered this to a mini slimline card which I had embossed using the Holiday Lights 3D Embossing Folder.

For the inside of my card, I added a Christmas sentiment from an older Pinkfresh Studios die set.

 

Merriest Christmas Mugs

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another Christmas card using dies from Spellbinders 12 Day of Stitchmas Advent Calendar. This card uses the mug from Day 5. 

While looking for a slimline card die set, I came across this Slimline Star background from Whimsy Stamps. This panel was already put together and just needed to be put onto a Slimline card. So as you can see, I pulled it out to use on today’s card.

I did say the other day that I wasn’t planning to stitch these dies, but as you can see I did for this card. After 9 months my hands seem to be improving, so sewing this wasn’t a struggle. I used the reverse side of the die to get the mirror image for the mug on the left side. 

To finish off the front of the card, I added a foiled Christmas sentiment from Pinkfresh Studios to the centre of the card.

For the inside of the card, I added another mug, without stitching. I also added a foiled sentiment from Spellbinders.

 

Merry & Bright

Hi Crafty Friends,

Since Tuesday 23rd September, Spellbinders have been revealing their 12 Days of Stitchmas Advent Calendar. This is an advent calendar that you open prior to December as it contains dies to help with making Christmas cards. I managed to pick one up recently, so I have been having fun pulling out the dies and making some cards.

This is the first one I made on the weekend using the dies from Day 2 - “Merry & Bright”. For most of my cards, I won’t be including stitching. A while back while looking for a Slimline die, I discovered this slimline panel all die cut and put together which I have been wanting to turn into a card. I added the paper background to the middle and added some maroon diagonal pieces to the borders. I then die cut ‘Merry’ and ‘Bright’ from both pink and maroon cardstock and offset the pink over the maroon and adhered to my card. I die cut the ampersand from maroon cardstock and added in the centre.

To finish off the front of the card, I added the gold foiled sentiment.

For the inside of my card, I added another gold foiled sentiment. I also added two ornaments which I believe is from Day 4.