Happy 90th

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a 90th birthday card I created for a friend who is turning 90 in December. As December is a busy month and very hot down here in Australia, he had his party early. 

For the card base, I used Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Side Panel Card die set which creates a 5 x 7 inch card.  

For the blue panels, I pulled out Kristina Werner's Dots on Dots Stencil Pack. I love that she is creating 6 x 9 stencils as I love making larger cards and this gives me more options.

The "Happy", "Birthday" and "90th" are also from Made To Surprise.

I used the whiskey glasses from Spellbinders Love on the Rocks die set for the middle portion of the card.

 This is a look at the back of the card. I added the white panel and added a stamped sentiment, leaving enough room for a personal message to be added.

Christmas Slippers

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing three Christmas cards using Spellbinders Cozy Toes Slippers die set that was the large die of the month for October 2024. This was such a popular set that they have released a coordinating set that can be used all round. But before I use that sent I wanted to play a little more with the Christmas version.

For my first card I added Santa to the slippers. I also added a couple of sentiments.

The next one features Rudolph. It’s fun to select the papers for the pjs. Again I added the two sentiments.

For my final card, I used the cute penguins. This time round, I crossed the legs when I attached them to the card.

I added a stamped sentiment to the inside of the card, keeping it fairly simple.

Ornament Season's Greetings

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing yet another Christmas card. This one is a Slimline Floating Cube card and is another tutorial from Sam Calcott. You can find her instructions on how to create this here.

Recently when I was looking for a die, I discovered that I had several ornaments already assembled from Elizabeth Craft Designs Winter Ornaments die set. This is an older die set, but it seemed silly not to use some of the ornaments,  so I pulled them out for this card.

I added a foiled sentiment to the bottom of the card, which is a Spellbinders Betterpress Plate.

Here is a look at the back of the card. I added another one of the ornaments and a sentiment.

 

Rebus - Types of Hobbies

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's time to share another rebus swap with you. This month the theme is "Types of Hobbies"

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 October Rebus which was "Movies Starting with the Letter F"

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

1. Frozen
2. Five for Hell
3. Firefox
4. Fort Apache
5. Funny Girl
6. Fall
7. Frances
8. Flipper
9. Foe

You can find all my past Rebus Cards here.

Tree-Mendous Christmas

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing the last of the Postal Collage Christmas cards, I have shared recently. Again this card uses products from Waffle Flower Crafts and Spellbinders. This is another 5 x 7 card, which I prefer over A2 sized cards.

The Postage Collage stencil used here is called Vertical Tree and is another from Waffle Flower Crafts. After stencilling the tree, I splattered over the whole image using white paint for a snowy look.

For the background I used Spellbinders Starry Snowfall 3D Embossing Folder, apply white pigment ink to the raised areas after embossing.

To finish off the front of the card I added an older sentiment from Made To Surprise.

For the inside of my card I added a panel of embossed card to the bottom of the card.

I also added a Christmas sentiment and postage cancellation images which are all from Made to Surprise.

 

Penguinning To Look Like Christmas

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a fun Christmas card I created recently. This card is a Swing Box Card which is 5 x 7 in size. I used a tutorial by Sam Calcott, which you can find here.

To decorate my card, I used Spellbinders Festive Friends die set which was the Small Die of the month for October 2024. I had spent about a week looking for this die set in my stash, so when I finally located it I decided I had to use it again LOL!

For the bears jumper, I used Spellbinders Sweater Weather Embossing Folder, adding white ink over the top once I had embossed it.

For the snowy background, I used Spellbinders Snowfall Shimmer Betterpress Plate, using my die cutting machine to emboss it rather than Betterpress it.

I used an older Mama Elephant sentiment for the sentiment on this card.

Here is a look at the back of my card. I added two foiled sentiments using the Merry & Bright Sentiment Strips Betterpress Plate and added another of the cute penguins.

 

Karen Burniston - KB Riley LLC November 2025 Release Blog Hop

 

Hi Crafty Friends, 

Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products - KB Riley LLC November Release Blog Hop. The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 15 new dies and 5 new stamp sets. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

This release Includes:

• 1 new Pop-up Die Set
• 2 new Playful Add-on Die Sets
• 1 new Ball Add-on Die Set
• 3 new Ball Access Tab Die Sets
• 3 new Word Die Sets
• 3 new Border Die Sets
• 1 new Greetings Label Die Set
• 1 new Stand Alone Die Set
• 5 new Clear Sentiment Stamp Sets
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GIVEAWAY:

 

To celebrate the release Karen Burniston and each of the Karen Burniston - KB Riley LLC Design Team members will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to some lucky person who comments on our blog posts, so make sure you join the hop and comment on everyone's blog post. Winners will be randomly chosen from ALL of the blog hop comments received on our blog posts by Monday, 1st December 2025. Lots of chances to win some goodies, so just leave a comment on this post or any other blog hop posts to enter! Don't forget to leave some way for us to contact you, in case you are a lucky winner!

For my card, I used the new Playful Pop-up die set along with the Dog and Cat Playful Add-ons die set. I just love that adorable puppy! 

This die set can be used on a standard A2 card, but I prefer bigger sizes, so I created a 5 x 7 card.

To decorate my card I added used the new Woof! die set and Dog Borders to add the dog bowls complete with food and bones.

As the focus of this card is on the inside, I kept the front of my card fairly simple. I added the two patterned papers I used on the inside to the front of the card. I then added the bone border along the edge that the two papers meet.

I used the new Dog Sentiments and the Greetings Labels die set to add the birthday sentiment. To finish off the card, I added the two paw prints which are from the Woof! die set.

Well that's about it from me today, thank you for dropping by. To continue on the blog hop, click on the next person on the list, which is Jennifer Webster

Here is the complete blog hop list in case you need it.

Blog Hop Order

Karen Burniston

Lois Bak

Sue Small-Kreider

Frances Byrne.  <<<<< you are here >>>>>

Jennifer Webster

Suzanne Smit

Nicky Foden

Arched Lights

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog. Today I have 4 more Christmas cards to share with you. As you can see, these ones are Arch shaped.

I used Spellbinders October Betterpress Society Plate to create this card which is called Twinkling Tidings. It includes the Betterpress Plate and a coordinating stencil. 

I added foiled sentiments to the cards using the positive and negative images. These are older Pinkfresh Studio plates..

I kept the inside simple, adding a sentiment using red ink.

 

Pine Cone Christmas

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Christmas card I created using a couple of the new dies by Karen Burniston, these will be available for preorder on Monday 24th November.

I don't normally use Kraft card much in my cardmaking, but I decided I wanted to use it for my card today. For this card I used the new Pine Cone die set as well as the Greeting Labels die set. 

For the other layers on the front of the card, I used the Rectangles & Labels Crosshatch die set. 

The sentiment is from the Season of Cheer Clear Stamp set.

For the inside of my card, I pulled out the Katherine Label Pop up die set and the Christmas Wishes Clear Stamp set.

 

Sending Smiles with Every Step

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Slimline Card I created using Spellbinders Clear Stamp & Die of the Month for November 2025.

For the Slimline Card base I used an older Spellbinders die set called Hemstitch Slimline. I used an older stencil to add the clouds and grass area to the white panel. 

For the inside of the card, I added more grass along the bottom edge. I added another of the cute girls to the right hand side of the card and a sentiment.