And Many S'More

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another card using Spellbinders Summer Camp Collection designed by Allison Frazier. 

This time round I created a Slimline Easel card so I had plenty of room to create a scene. This card measures 4 inches x 8 1/2 inches when folded.

I used Lawn Fawn’s Slimline Grassy Hillside die set to add all the grass to the card.

To decorate my card I used the Woodland Trio, Trails End and Camp Days die sets.

I used the sign from the Trails End die set to add my greeting and added the stamped sentiment from the Summertime Sentiments Clear Set.

 

Hello Cookie!

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog. Today I am sharing a Slimline card using some of the new products from Spellbinders Make It & Bake It Collection by Tina Smith.

For this card I used the Measure Mates and the Fluff, Frost & Roll die sets for all the images on the card.

I wanted to use the coordinating embossing folder on my background. This is a directional embossing folder and 5 inches wide. My card is 8 inches wide. So I had to do so partial embossing to get a full image. It’s not perfect, but the images hide the join,

To finish off the front of the card, I added the “hello” sentiment.

For the inside of the card, I added two more images left over from decorating the front. I also added a sentiment from the Sugared Expressions stamp set. 

Butterfly Smile

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Slimline card I created using a few of the club kits from Spellbinders All Clubs Crate from January 2026.

The Butterfly and flowers are from the Stitching Die of the Month called Butterfly Dance. Rather than adding stitching I decided to add glitter card to the centre part of the butterfly.

For the Slimline background I used the Cloud Nine 2D Embossing Folder, after embossing the panel, I added white pigment ink over the raised area to highlight the embossing.

Finally I added two sentiments using the Clear Stamp & Die of the month called Best Year Sentiments. 

For the inside of the card, I added another butterfly and two more of the sentiments from the Clear Stamp & Die of the month.

Gnome Slimline Card

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Slimline card using products from the Made To Make Craft kit, which is the first Craft kit designed by Sam Calcott/Made to Surprise available from Craftworld. 

For this card, I used the stamp set and pattern papers included in the kit.

For the inside of my card, I added a sentiment and a couple of images included in the kit.

Slimline Ornaments

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing two Slimline Christmas cards I created recently. I made these a few weeks ago, but haven't had the time or energy to take photos to add them to my blog.

For these two cards I used Concord & 9th's Ornaments Stencil Pack designed by Kristina Werner. I am loving her stencil packs as they are all 6 x 9 stencil packs which means they are ideal for larger cards like Slimline and 5 x 7 cards which is what I prefer to make. I used four different shades of inks for the ornaments and a darker shade for the snowflake on each ornament, I then cut the panel into two panels to create slimline cards.

I added a reverse foiled sentiment to the inside of the cards. Being that these are Christmas cards, I kept the inside fairly simple.

 

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.

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.

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.

 

Thinking of You Slimline

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing two Slimline cards I created to add to my stash of male Thinking of You / Get Well Cards. It seems it is easy to make these for women, but making for men not so much. 

I recently received my Spellbinders September Caboodle Club kit which is mostly a fall/autumn theme. I love the pattern on the new 3D Embossing Folder to use on this card. I also used Sellbinders Postage Edge Slimlines die set for the layers.

For the sentiment, I used LDRS Creatives Big Word Thinking die set. I die cut the layer from vellum and the word die from either dark blue or black Cardstock.

For the inside of the card I used two stamps from Whimsy Stamps Boo Boo Manflu stamp set.

50th Anniversary Card

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

A friend asked if I would make an Anniversary card for friends of hers who are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary this month. As you can see, I said yes! I drew inspiration from a card I created earlier in the year making a few changes and adding gold, seeing the 50th anniversary is also known as the golden wedding anniversary.

As you can see I used Karen Burniston's Arch Pop up die set. Like the card I made back in June, I pulled out a number of different heart die sets to create a love themed card. I added the gold hearts in the centre of the arch, again to indicate the Golden Wedding Anniversay.

Along the bottom portion of the card, I added the Anniversary sentiment using the Word Set 12 - Anniversary and the Numbers die sets. I die cut this from gold and red cardstock and offset the gold over the red.

On the other side of the card I added a red heart and then added the names "Mary, Bill" the names of the couple celebrating.

As the focus of this card is on the inside, I kept the front of the card simple. I added a few hearts and then a couple of sentiments.

I added a panel on the back of my card, for a place to write a personal message.