Sewing Jar

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a fun sewing themed Jar shaped Easel card I created for a friends birthday. I have been making her sewing themed cards for as long as I can remember. 

For my card I used two die sets from Spellbinders April 2024 Club Kits ... Pins & Needles Jar die set and Faux Stitched Sentiments & Floss die set. Unfortunately both of these die sets are out of stock now, but fortunately I had them so I could make this card.

As you can see, I decided to create a jar shaped Easel Card, adding the sewing themed images to the jar and also the base (which is also jar shaped).

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

Crawling By To Say Hi!

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a fun Double Z Fold Card using dies from Pretty Pink Posh.

I used their Caterpillar Holder and Stitched Dandelions die sets to create this card.

I put the caterpillar on the front brown panel and then added the flowers to the back panel and surrounding the caterpillar at the back.

For the sentiment on the sign the caterpillar is holding I used a sentiment set from Karen Burniston called Bug Greetings. 

I added another dandelion to the lower left side of my card and also added a ladybug. For the sentiment I used one from Made To Surprise's Bug Additions stamp/die set.

Happy Birthday

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog! My card today uses products from Hero Arts “My Monthly Super Hero” kit for June 2026.

For the background of my 5 x 7 card base, I used the Reflection Layering stencil. To create the girl I used the Sipping Summer die set. I added the birthday sentiment to the hat using the Fabulous Phrases stamp & cut.

For the inside of my card, I repeated the stencilling along the bottom & added another hat.

The sentiment is from the sentiment included in the Spellbinders Just Add Cake stamp set.

Birthday Slimline

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a cute Slimline card using some of the Peanuts characters.

The images are stamps that was the freebie stamp set included in the Creative Stamping Magazine issue 156. Someone post on Facebook the week before Mother’s Day that she found the magazine in a newsagent down here in Australia. So I messaged my daughter’s asking if they were near a newsagents could the see if they had it. Fortunately my eldest daughter found it and gave it to me for Mother’s Day, which I was happy about 😊.

The grass is from an older MFT Stamps die set & the clouds & sun are from Spellbinders Tunnel Clouds die set.

For the inside of the card I added another Peanuts image & sentiment from the stamp set.

Untamed Joy

Hi Crafty Friends,

I recently purchased Spellbinders Weekender 2026 kit, which includes dies, stamps, Cardstock etc to use on cards for an online class which took place this past weekend.

About two weeks before the event, Yana Smakula one of the tutors for this event did a live tutorial showing how to create this fun Arched Toucan card. You can see Yana’s tutorial and card here.

I did change up my sentiment & added some flowers & leaves to the branch, but I pretty much CASED her card.

For the inside of the card, I added two sentiments also included in the weekender kit.

 

Best on the Block

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a 16th birthday card I created with a Lego theme. As soon as I saw this Let’s Connect stamp set from Simon Says Stamp, I knew I had to order it as I have two Lego enthusiasts in my family.

For this card I used the Diamond Showstopper die set from Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott. 

I added the “16” to the middle of the diamonds which helps to keep the diamond portion of the card intact.

For the sentiment I used Concord & 9th’s Big Day Birthday die sets. I cut off the “IG” from the word “Big” to create the “BDay”.

Here is a look at the back of my card, I added the birthday sentiment which is from Altenew’s Birthday Builder stamp set. The other sentiment is from the Let’s Connect stamp set.

50th Birthday

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a 50th birthday card I made for my eldest daughter’s birthday recently. 

For this card I used the 5 x 7 Side Panel Card Showstopper die set from Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott. 

The numbers are also from Made to Surprise.

To decorate my card I used Papertrey Ink’s Cake Builder, Build-A-Party Hat & This is Big - Birthday die sets.

I added a sentiment from Made to Surprise to the panel on the back of my card.

Fresh Packed Birthday Cheer

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Mini Slimline card using products from Spellbinders April 2026 All Clubs Crate.

The pansies, pot & zigzag panel are all from the Pansy Seed Co. die set. I layered this onto a Mini Slimline card, embossing the blue panel with the Market Weave Embossing Folder. 

I added a sentiment using the Fresh Packed Sentiment stamp & die set.

For the inside of the card, I added another pansy & zigzag panel, 

I added two sentiments, the second being from the Ears to Spring stamp set.

It's Your Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,

 Welcome to my blog! Today I am sharing a 5 x 7 birthday card I created recently.

For this card I used Concord & 9th’s Big Day Birthday Stencils designed by Kristina Werner to create the background panel. I used the Big Day Birthday dies to add the sentiment. 

For the inside of my card I had a leftover piece of the stencilled card, so I added that to the right edge of my card. I then used the Big Day Birthday stamp set & an older Altenew birthday stamp set to add the sentiment.

 

Totes the Best

Hi Crafty Friends

Today I am sharing a 5 x 7 card that I created recently. For this card I created two tote bags using Hero Arts Tote Bag die set. After making the bags I layered them onto a landscape style top folding 5 x 7 card.

 I added a sentiment on each bag using the coordinating stamp set.

Here is a look at the inside of the card. I added a rectangle panel of the paper I used on the front and then added two more sentiments from the stamp set.

Flower Shaker Card

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog. Today I am sharing another card using products from Spellbinders Just Add Cake Card Kit. 

This time round I created a shaker card using the Garden Party die set and the shaker domes which are designed to fit in the centre of the large flower. 

The sentiment is also from the sentiment set also included in the set.

I added a bee to the top left corner of the card. This is on a tiny spinner, so the bee spins around 

For the inside of the card I added a few flowers along the bottom of the card. I also added a couple more sentiments.

 

Deer Slide and Hide

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a fun interactive 5 x 7 card that I created recently.

For the interactive portion of the card, I used the Slide & Hide Mechanism die set from Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott.

When you pull up the panel with the arrow, it reveals the background scene and a sentiment comes down from the bottom. 

To decorate the card I used dies from Spellbinders Summer Camp Collection designed by Allison Frazier.

Here is a look at the inside of my card, I used a sentiment from an older Honeybee Stamps stamp set.