Christmas Mugs

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog! Today I am sharing four Christmas themed A2 Centre Step cards I created on the weekend. My Spellbinders July 2025 Club Kit arrived last week, so as soon as I had a free moment I was playing with all the fun new products.

I just love all these cute mugs that the Small Die of the Month for July 25 "Cocoa Greetings" creates. I used white and red glitter on Santa's Hat to add some sparkle to the image.

For these cards,  I created A2 Centre Step cards using Divinity Designs A2 Center Step Card with Layers die set. It's been a while since I have played with this die which is always lots of fun.

The bases of all cards are the same, I just changed the mug and sentiments to suit each image.

For the background for all four cards, I used the Starry Snowfall 3D Embossing Folder, which is the 3D embossing folder for July. After embossing each of the panels, I applied white pigment ink to the raised areas.

For the card above I created a reindeer, adding a red nose to make it rudolph. 

I searched through my sentiment stash to find the best sentiments to suit each of the images for the individual cards.

For the inside of the first two cards, I added the sentiment shown above. 

Who doesn't love penguins, and it was a chance to pull out one of my penguin themed sentiments from Mama Elephant.

This is the inside of my penguin card. I used a Christmas sentiment from Waffle Flower. The other part of the sentiment is from the Stay Snuggly, sentiment set from the Club kit. Unfortunately most of the sentiments this month suit a Winter Christmas rather than one for all the world.

The caboodle product for this month is a Gingerbread man, which comes with a die to chop of it's head to turn it into a mug using the handle and accessories included in the Small Die of the Month.

I have a few gingerbread sentiments in my stash so I used some of those on my card.

 

And finally the inside of my gingerbread card.

Time For A Little Something

Hi Crafty friends,

Thanks for stopping by my blog! Today I am sharing a Mini Slimline card featuring more from Spellbinders Classic Pooh Collection.

I used Spellbinders Pooh and Friends Silhouette die for the main image of my card. I die cut it twice from black cardstock layering it for strength and adhered it with foam tape to a rectangle panel of slimline pattern paper I found in my stash of Whimsy Stamps Slimline paper pads. 

To create the Mini Slimline card, I pulled out my Divinity Designs Mini Slimline Card dies ... the Mini Slimline Card Base Die; Mini Slimline Rectangle Dies and Mini Slimline Layering Rectangles Die sets. These take all the hard work of measuring and cutting the various layers and card base.

To finish off the front of the card, I added the sentiment which is from the Spellbinders Silly Old Bear Sentiments Betterpress Plate set.

For the inside of my card, I used the Mini Slimline dies to create my layers. I also die cut the Silhouette image again. from black cardstock and cut off Pooh, Piglet and Tigger and added them to the lower left hand corner of my card.

I added a sentiment to the panel which is from Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Feeling Happy Stamp Set.

 

 

Just for You

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Mini Slimline card I created recently.

I used Mini Slimline dies from Divinity Designs to die cut all the layers and card base for this card.

To decorate my card I used Concord & 9th's Weekend Market die set. 

I kept the inside of this card simple, just adding a few layers and a stamped sentiment.

Birthday Wishes

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

My card today is a Birthday themed Mini Slimline Pop-up card that I created recently.

My Mini Slimline card measures 3 1/2 inches x 6 inches. I used Mini Slimline dies from Divinity Designs to cut the card base and the layers.

To decorate my card I used Waffle Flower Crafts new Stacking Box die and the coordinating stencil set. I die cut the box lids from white glitter cardstock and the bows from holographic card.

For the background of my card I used Made To Surprise's Ditsy Embossing Folder.

For the sentiment I used Honey Bee Stamps Birthday Wishes stamp/die set embossing both sentiments using silver embossing powder.

Finally I added some matte silver pearls randomly around the card.

For the inside of my card I created a pop-up card using Waffle Flower Crafts Inside Pop-up Stacks die set. I again used the coordinating stencil to decorate the layers and the Stacking Box die set to add the white glitter lids and holographic bows to each of the presents.

I added a birthday sentiment to the top right hand corner.

Finally I added a strip of holographic card to each side edge of the card.

Concertina Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a birthday themed pop-up card I created recently.

Recently when I was looking online I came across a card created by Sam Calcott a number of years ago. It was a 5 x 7 Concertina Pop-up card and one of the cards she made was done in landscape orientation rather than portrait. As I had Divinity Designs Concertina Pop-up Card with Layers die set which created an A2 version of this style of card, I decided to pull it out to make a landscape version of the card.

For the centre concertina layers, I added glitter card using the Ombre Glitter Pad I have.

To decorate the card I used dies from Karen Burniston, the Wedding Charms; Big Birthday Charms and Mini Alphabet & Numbers die sets.

For the front of my card, I used the same patterned paper that I used on the inside. I used Crafter's Companion's Happy Word Edge'ables die set. I used the birthday word from Made To Surprise's Showstopper Sentiments stamp set.

I added three jewels from Pinkfresh Studio's Glacier Jewels.

As there is not much room on the inside to write a personal greeting, I added a panel on the back of my card. I added a stamped sentiment and there is plenty of room for a hand written message.

 

From Our Family To Yours

Hi Crafty Friends,

I have two Christmas themed Slimline cards to share with your today.

Back in October, Crafter's Companion were celebrating their 17th birthday. I happened to watch one of their Crafter's TV videos on the first day of the celebration, where they were showing everyone a special party bag they were selling. I don't normally buy grab type bags, but this seemed pretty good even with shipping to Australia that I checked it out and purchased the bag full of goodies. When my parcel arrived, I was more than happy with what I received. One of the dies was this From Our Family To Yours Edge'able die set. I was planning on putting this away for after I had made all my Christmas card, but then I thought that sentiment suited Christmas so got it out to play.

For this Slimline card, I used the width of a A4 card to determine the width of my card. This makes the most of my cardstock. I completed card is 8 1/4 inches x 4 inches.

I die cut the edge'ables die onto a olive green top folding card. I used patterned papers from Simply Made Crafts Holly Jolly 12 x 12 Paper Pad to decorate the card.

I added acetate behind the front panel so it was level with the base of the card.

I added patterned paper to the inside panel of my card, the bottom section of this paper can be seen when the card is closed.

I added a Christmas sentiment using Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Christmas Fun Sentiments stamp set.

I used different patterned papers for my cards, but they are both from the same pad. I paper pieced the letters to create the sentiment using red cardstock, which makes it easier to read.

To finish off the front of my card, I added the pointsettia and branches using two die sets from Divinity Designs ... Peaceful Poinsettias and Pinecone & Pine Branches die sets. 

Here is a look at the inside of my second card I created.

Warm Wishes

  Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Maryann Einam our challenge hostess for the month finishes off the month with one last challenge.

For our challenge this week, Maryann tells us ... What ever the season it is great to get away, celebrate the day with a seaside holiday.

Right now I am in Christmas card making mode, the majority of my cards between now and Christmas will be Christmas themed where possible.  So when I was thinking about the beach I was thinking how I can adapt this for Christmas. Living where I do in Australia, we don't get snow and of course it is summer for us at Christmas time. I love snowmen, but of course the closest we get to snowmen here is either a bucket of water with some bits floating in it, or a sand version. So I decided to create sand snowmen or sandmen I guess they are.

As you can see I created a Centre Step Card using Divinity Designs Centre Step with Layers die set. For the background and sand for the bottom of the card and sandmen, I used the Beautiful Beaches patterned paper also from Divinity Designs.

To decorate my card I created two palm trees using an older palm tree die set from MFT Stamps, I added Christmas lights to the trunk using a Christmas light die also from MFT Stamps.

The sandmen or sand snowmen were created using Karen Burniston's Snowman die set.

I added a sun using a circle die to the top left corner of the centre panel and added some seagulls using an older Couture Creations die set.

Finally I added a sentiment to the bottom right using Waffle Flower Crafts Merry Christmas duo stamp/die set.

For the inside of the card, I added a white panel, adding sand to the bottom of the panel.

I used the Hot Foil plate that coordinates with the Merry Christmas Duo set to create the foiled sentiment, using the Solid Foil Plate so I could use the negative image of the sentiment. I also added the "Happy New Year" sentiment underneath.

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

Kelly McKown-Santi

Other Supplies:

Palm Tree Die - MFT Stamps (discontinued)

Seagulls Over the Ocean Die Set - Couture Creations (discontinued)

Quilted Tile Fall

 
Hi Crafty Friends,

I am sharing two fall themed cards with you today, sharing products from Divinity Designs.

For my first card, I created an A2 Landscape card using Divinity Designs A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer die set. For the background I used the Quilted Tile Background which I adhered over a checked paper from the Thanksgiving Gnomes Paper/Die Duo set.

I added a sentiment from the Let's Celebrate stamp set, which I layered using the Double Stitched Ovals and Ovals die set. 

To decorate the card, I added the gnomes and leaves from the Thanksgiving Gnomes Paper/Die Duo set.

For my second card, I created a Portrait style A2 Card using the A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer die set. I have again used the Quilted Tile Background, which this time I layered over one of the plaid papers from the Autumn Plaid Paper Pad. I layered this panel onto a black rectangle using the Matting Rectangle die before layering it onto my card base.

To decorate my card I added the scarecrow from the Happy Fall Stamp set. The sentiment is also included in the stamp set and I layered this using the Double. Stitched Circles and. Circles die sets.