Unfrogettable

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

For my card today I am sharing a fun frog themed cards using dies and stamps from Spellbinders Jump for Joy Collection. I had lots of fun creating all the mushrooms/toadstools and the frogs.

A few weeks ago when Sam Calcott from Made To Surprise shared her May release products, she released her Winged Pop Up Card die set from the Showstoppers 3 collection. She also shared a number of new ways to use this die ... I love when you can use a die more then one way, so of course I got mine out and die cut it a few times from white cardstock and made up some of the different styles while they were fresh in my mind. For this one I added the extra panel at the bottom to make it a stepper easel card.

Here is a look at the inside and the bottom panel. While I did get the Spellbinders sentiment set that goes with the frog die set, I ended up using the Waffle Flower Crafts stamp set. I preferred the size and wording of these for this particular card.

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Yeah ok … so it’s not beginning to look like Christmas just yet! It’s still seven months away, we can all keep breathing haha. 

I finally got my hands on a few Christmas themed die sets I have been after from last year, so I decided to pull one out to play. This one is the Festive Friends die set which was Spellbinders October 2024 Small Die of the month, I recently came on sale on the Spellbinders web site, so I grabbed one.

For my card I created a Centre Step Card which I turned into a Centre Step Easel Card, I used an old Cheery Lynn Designs die set, which has long been retired. I have linked to a couple of others, the Divinity Designs one is exactly the same, but I like the insert for the inside on the one I used. 

To add the panel to turn my card into an Easel Card, I cut a piece of Cardstock that was 5 1/2 inches x 6 inches and then scored along the 6 inch side at 1/2 inch, I then used the 1/2 inch tab to attach to the back of the card.

I went a little crazy with the penguins, making seven all up, I assembled two upside down, so that they were facing the opposite way, so they weren’t all the same.

I used glitter cardstock to create the snowy hill at the bottom of the card, the base is also glitter.

The sentiment is one from Mama Elephant, which I have used for the stopper of the card. I layered the sentiment using Spellbinders Essential Stylish Ovals.

For the polar bears jumper, after die cutting the piece, I used an embossing folder to add texture, rubbing white ink over the raised areas.

The card folds flat and will fit in a 6 inch square envelope.

Here is a look at the inside of my card and the easel base, 

The Merriest Christmas is a Spellbinders Betterpress plate which I stamped using black ink. 

Cactus Makes Perfect

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Centre Stepper Easel Card using a die set from Creative Craft Products available from Craft Stash. 

This card turned out to be a lot smaller than I was expecting, especially after using most of the Creative Craft Products Stepper dies. This one when folded to go into an envelope would measure approximately 5 inches x 4 inches. It's also very different to what I think an Centre Step Easel Card would look like, as most easel cards would have a portion of the easel base showing in front of the design. I have made a few Centre Step Easel Cards and this is definitely different to those. It took me a while to work out how to assemble it as there was no picture to see what it was supposed to look like, but I finally found a video done by Craft Stash that helped. 

To decorate my card I used one of the cacti images from Colorado Craft Company's Stay Sharp Stamp set, the cacti in this set are very small so they were perfect for this card.

For the inside of the card, I used all the layering dies included in the die set. I also added two sentiments from the Grow Girl Stamp set. The small cacti in the top section is another of the cacti included in the Stay Sharp stamp set.

Guitar Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Center Step Easel Card I created recently. This is a card I made for a friends son who is turning 50 this year and apparently likes guitars.

For the base of my card I used Divinity Designs Center Step Card with Layers die set. To create the easel portion of the card at the bottom of the card, I cut another piece of black cardstock that measured 5 1/2 inches x 6 inches. I scored along the 6 inch side at 1/2 inch and adhered this to the back of the centre step card.

To decorate my card I used Tonic Studios Electric Guitar die set. I die cut the guitar from black cardstock and then layered this onto a piece of white cardstock that has double sided adhesive on the front. I then covered the exposed adhesive with Dark Mint Silk Microfine Glitter.

I added silver glitter stars around the card before attaching the guitar. I added black music notes to three of the larger stars.

I used Lawn Fawn's Oliver's 123s to add the "50" to the top left hand corner of the card.

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

I added some flames to the two sides of the card which are from an older MFT Stamps die set called Rock and Roll.

Another photo showing the back of the card when the card has been folded flat.

I added the Happy Birthday Melody die from Memory Box for the sentiment. I also added a tab above the sentiment using the smallest rounded rectangle from the Hero Arts Rounded Rectangles die set. This tab helps keep the card open when it is on display.

I cut a white panel for inside my card and added the same paper I used on the front along the bottom of the card.

I added the "Have a Rockin' Birthday!" sentiment to the white panel which is from The Stamps of Life Guitars2Play stamp set.

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. For the benefit of my Australia readers, I have started to include some links to Australian stores when available. Please note I only use and share products I love.

Happy Birthday Melody die set - Memory Box
Rock and Roll Die-namics - MFT Stamps

You're The Sweetest

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Anne Harmon our challenge hostess for the month, continues to issue the challenges.

For our challenge this week, Anne has requested that we make a card for a friend using paper piecing.

It's probably been a while since I have using the paper piecing technique on a card, but it is a fun technique and can be used on all sorts of images. Just before I made my card, Jennifer McGuire posted a video on how to do Stamped Paper Piecing using Patterned Paper. While paper piecing isn't new to me, this video inspired me to look at my stamps a little closer to see which image would work to be totally paper pieced.

For my paper piecing, I selected Colorado Craft Company's Big & Bold Sweetest Friend Stamp set, this cupcake is massive and is another of the stamps I got last year when a stamp shop was have a 40% off sale. I used papers from various companies to paper piece the cupcake line, cupcake, icing, strawberry and the calyx of the strawberry. I have included links to the papers where possible in my supply list below.

I had my card all made, photos taken and all blogged. Then I watched a video on how to create a Center Step Easel Card, which is only a matter of adding a piece of cardstock to the bottom of the back of the card and decorating however you wish. I hadn't planned on changing my card, but rather make a card using that technique in a few days, but then I looked at my card and thought .... why not! 

To create the Center Step portion of my card for my cupcake, I used Divinity Designs Center Step Card with Layers die set, this die makes easy work of creating this style of card. 

To turn it into an Center Step Easel Card, I just cut a piece of cardstock that measure 5 1/2 inches (the width of my card) x 6 inches (the height of my card at it's tallest point plus 1/2 inch. I then scored 1/2 inch in along the 6 inch side and adhered the tab to the back of my Centre Step card. 

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

Along the sides of the card, I added Crafter's Companion's Birthday Edge'ables die which I die cut from teal glitter cardstock. I die cut the sentiment about 3 times and layered them on top of each other for extra dimension.

I added the "You're The Sweetest" sentiment which is also included in the stamp set on top of the cupcake which I white embossed on black cardstock and then die cut using Honey Bee Stamps Banner Builder die set.

Another photo showing the back of the card when the card has been folded flat.

The two sentiments used on the Easel portion of the card are from Colorado Craft Company's Birthday Cake stamp set. 

I cut a white panel for inside my card and added the same paper I used on the front along the bottom of the card.

I added the "Happy Birthday" sentiment which is from Altenew's Birthday Builder stamp set and also the "Sweet Friend" which is from the Big & Bold Sweetest Friend stamp set.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

Anne Harmon

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Vicky Gould

Kelly McKown-Santi

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. For the benefit of my Australia readers, I have started to include some links to Australian stores when available. Please note I only use and share products I love.

Mega Ovals Nested Dies - Spellbinders
Mega Scalloped Ovals Nested Dies - Spellbinders