It's Your Birthday

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Today I am sharing a Slimline Pop-up card I created recently using stamps, dies and foil plates from various companies.

For the front of my card, I pulled out my Studio Katia Dotted Slimline 2 die set, to create all the layers of my card. I used a rainbow coloured patterned paper for the scallop layer.

The girl is die cut using Concord & 9th's Celebration Squad die set. I love all the different options you have in this die to create girl images.

I added a balloon to the girls hand, using a Lawn Fawn die set ... Outside In Stitched Balloon Stackables.

The sentiment is from Alex Syberia, a new company for me. It is a foil plate with a coordinating die to die cut out the sentiment. The sentiment was a little smaller than I was excepting, but I am more than happy with it. I foiled the sentiment with black foil and used a foiled foil plate so I could get the reverse image of the sentiment where the letters are white and the outline black.

For the inside of my card, I created a pop-up card, using Karen Burniston's new Stocking Pop-up die set. The pop-up mechanism in this die set, is generic and can be used with whatever you wish, in my case I added balloons using balloon dies from the same set that I used on the front. When you open the card, the balloons move up.

To finish off the card, I added a stamped sentiment using a Honey Bee Stamps Birthday Bliss stamp/die sets.

To The Best Teacher

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Rebecca Ednie, our challenge hostess for the month continues to issue the challenges.

Being the third Saturday of the month it is time for a sketch challenge.

As you can see I created a Slimline Card, the Studio Katia Dotted Slimline Set 1 die set was perfect for this challenge. I love that long oval die. 

I looked through my stash and found this older Gorjuss stamp set called New Heights which I thought would make a good teacher thank you card. I need to work on getting a few more teacher cards done before the end of the year.

I used rainbow colors to color in the image and used some crayon paper from Doodlebug Designs for the background.

The sentiment is from Sunny Studio Stamps Teacher Appreciation stamp set.

For the inside of the card I used Karen Burniston's Katherine Label Pop-up die set to create a double pop up card. For the sentiments I used more stamps from the Teacher Appreciation stamp set from Sunny Studio Stamps.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Amy Ottmers

Karen Ostergard

Maryann Einam

Rebecca Ednie

Nicky Foden

Lois Bak

Other Supplies:

Gorjuss New Heights Stamp Set - Do Crafts

Birthday Cake Fold Flap Slimline Card

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog.  Being a brand new month it's time to introduce our new challenge hostess, which is ME!

Apparently the 2nd March was Old Stuff Day, for our challenge this week let's combine something older (stamps, dies etc) with something newish.

For my card today I have created a Fold Flap Slimline Card. I have made this style in the past in A2 format, but this is the first slimline version. My friend Karen Aicken has been making a few of this style recently which you can find on her blog here along with a tutorial. 

For the "old stuff" portion of the challenge I pulled out Darcie Rubber Stamps Tall Birthday Cake stamp. I have had this stamp about 20 years or so and being a tall stamp, it is perfect for Slimline Cards. As you can see by the photo above I used the cake to create a shaker card. I added a birthday sentiment using a stamp from The Stamping Village's Happy Birthday stamp set.

For the new portion of the challenge I used Studio Katia's Dotted Slimline die set to add my sentiment to the inside. The sentiment is also an older stamp from Hero Arts.

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

Manila Habib

Other Supplies:

Tall Birthday Cake Frame Stamp - Darcie Rubber Stamps (discontinued)

Birthday Be As Special Stamp - Hero Arts (discontinued)

 

Sympathy Slimline

Hi Crafty Friends,

Unfortunately I recently needed a Sympathy card, and as it has been a while since I have made one and didn't have any in my stash ... I had to make one.

I created a Slimline card using a Slimline die set from Studio Katia.  One of my two favorite stamps for  sympathy cards are this Penny Black rose image and the Paper Inspirations Sympathy sentiment which I pulled out to make my card today. 

I stamped the rose onto white cardstock using two different colored inks and then stamped the sentiment over the image. I then die cut the panel using the elongated oval included in the Studio Katia slimline die set.

For the inside of the card I used the inner green oval which was left over after die cutting the thin green oval frame for the front of the card. I used Honey Bee Stamps With Sympathy Stamp set and coordinating dies to add the sentiment. 

I also added a few pink flowers around the oval.

Supplies:

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Sympathy Calligraphy Rubber Stamp - Paper Inspirations (no longer available)

Coffee and Friends

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Being a brand new month it's time to introduce our challenge hostess for the month which is ME!

This month all the Crazy 4 Challenges challenge all have a common theme. They all start with the letter "S" for September.

Apparently September is “Shake Month” … now technically this relates to Milkshakes. However for our challenge we are going to shake in a different way by creating shaker cards.

This year I have purchased a number of Tonic Studios Shaker Creator die sets these come in coffee/tea, alcohol and number themes.  Each die set come with two dies to create the shaker and five clear plastic shaker pouches. As I haven't gotten around to using any of these as yet, todays challenge was the perfect opportunity to use one of the sets. For my card today I used the Coffee Cup Die & Shaker set.

As you can see I created a Slimline Card using Studio Katia's Dotted Slimline Set 1 die set. 

I used Trinity Stamps Waving Hello 6 x 9 Stencil to create the background design. I used inks from Catherine Pooler Designs Over Coffee & It's A Girl inks.

I die cut the shaker to the centre of the oval panel adding sequins, in brown, pink and white.

I used Honey Bee Stamps Perfect Blend Stamp set and coordinating die set to add the sentiments to the oval panel.

For the inside of the card I decorated another panel using the stencil I used on the front of the card. I cut it in half and adhered it to both edges of the card.

I used Karen Burniston's Katherine Label Pop-up die set to add the pop up panel for the sentiment.

I die cut the coffee cup from the Tonic Studios shaker die without the inner die for the sentiment.

The sentiment is from Divinity Designs Hug in a Mug stamp set.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Amy Ottmers

Karen Ostergard

Kathleen Adams

Maryann Einam

Rebecca Ednie

Nicky Foden

Tracey Farr

Lois Bak

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.

It's Your Pig Day

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I have a Slimline birthday card to share with you. 

This Slimline Card uses Studio Katia's Dotted Slimline Set 2 die set. I die cut the inner panel from white and green cardstock. I sponged clouds over the white panel and I used the grass die from Trinity Stamps The Great Outdoors Borders & Builders die set for the grass. I adhered the white panel to a piece of black cardstock and trimmed close to the edge to create a black border.

I die cut the scalloped panel from pink designer paper and then the large white panel from white cardstock. I assembled all three panels onto a top folding white slimline card, mounting the centre panel with foam tape.

To decorate my card I used the cute pigs from Mama Elephants' Zodiac Pig stamp set.

For the inside of the card I used the two smaller dies from the Studio Katia Dotted Slimline Set 2 die set.

I added the pig I had left over from decorating the front to the right hand side of the panel.

The sentiments are from an older Simon Says Stamp Birthday Farm Animals 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.

Santa Slider Tags

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a few gift tags I created recently. If you follow me you know I love anything interactive, so when I discovered this fun interactive Sliding Tag die set from Studio Katia, I just had to have one. Luckily my local store had one in stock, I was able to grab!

Here is a quick video to see my tags in action. 

As I had just received La-La Land Crafts Dear Santa stamp set, it was easy to know what I was going to use on my tags. I actually had them all stamped and cut out before I received my tag die set, so I was ready to get my tags made once that arrived.

I used Honey Bee Stamps Perfect Bricks stencil with Festive Berries Distress Oxide ink to decorate a piece of white cardstock. I used this to die cut all the front panels for my tags. This stencil is fast becoming my favorite brick stencil, I love the size of the bricks which is more in proportion to the images I use.

I used the "Do Not Open until December 25th" to stamp at the base of the tag front. This is from La-La Land Crafts Christmas Postcard stamp set. At the top of the panel, I added "Ho-Ho-Ho" which is from Lawn Fawn's Ho-Ho-Holidays stamp set.

I used white cardstock to die cut the middle and bottom layers of the Slider Tag. I stamped "Merry Christmas" which is from Hero Arts November My Monthly Hero Kit. Next time I would probably stamp this a little bit higher up, but it is fine really.

The "To & From" are from another Hero Arts stamp set called Mountains of Joy. These two sentiments were stamped onto the base layer of the tag.

Next I assembled the tags and then added the various Santa's to the panel which pops up when the inner tag is pulled at the top.

I added the reinforcement circles to the top of the tag and then added the ribbon.

These are such fun to make, and I am sure would be fun to play with when someone receives a present. If time allows I will make a few more of these for a few other "special" gifts I need to give.

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.

A Cup of Thanks

Hi Crafty Friends,

I have a thank you card to share with you all today.

To create my card I used Studio Katia's A Cup of Thanks Clear Stamp set. I watercolored the flowers using Altenew's Watercolor Pan 36 set.

For the pink layer I used the large die from Mama Elephant's Framed Tags Hexastar die set. I decorated the layer using Simon Says Stamps Mod Stripes stencil.

To finish the front of the card I used Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Jewels.

For the inside of my card I used Karen Burniston's Thank You die.

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. Please note I only use and share products I love.