Big Thanks

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another Thank you card I created recently. This one uses the Spellbinders Thank You Very Much Glimmer Plate which I foiled using Navy Blue foil and the Solid Plate, so I could use the reverse image of the foiled panel.

For my card, I used Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Side Panel 5 x 7 inch Card die set from the Showstoppers Collection.

I also used the Sympathy Additions die set which is also from Made To Surprise. The pink leaves use a die included in My Creative Life's The Gift of Giving die set.

The wax seal on the foliage was created using the Made To Surprise's Happy Mail All Occasions Wax Seal set.

On the back of the card, I added another "thanks" sentiment using Pink Fresh Studio's Fancy Script Words Hot Foil Plates and coordinating die set.

Other Supplies:

• Thank You Very Much Glimmer Plate - Spellbinders
• Navy Blue Foil - Go Press & Foil

Thank You

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Recently I have needed a few thank you cards, so I am starting to build up a small stash so I have them when I need them. 

For my card today I decided to create an Accordion Card using Creative Craft Products Accordion Stepper Card die set.

To decorate my card, I used My Creative Life's The Gift of Giving die set to create the bunch of flowers.

The "Thank You" on the top left panel is from Karen Burniston.

For the back of the card, I added two more thank you related sentiments and also added a flower which was left over from creating the bouquet on the front of the card.

Thank You Very Much

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

I recently needed a male themed Thank You card in a hurry, so I pulled out my Thank You Very Much Glimmer Plate from Spellbinders to make this card. 

I used black foil to foil the sentiment and layered it to the card using the Notched Edge Nested Squares from Creative Craft Products. 

As you can see by the photo above, I created a Z Fold Card. I have added another of the notched squares for a place to write a hand written message.

Other Supplies:

Thank You Very Much Glimmer Plate - Spellbinders

Woof Dog Shaped Mug Card

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Late last month, I posted on here about the passing of my beloved dog Minnie. After she was gone, the house felt so empty and my heart ached, so my husband and I decided the best way to heal the pain and make our house happy again, was to buy another dog. We found a cute black and white Maltese shitzu cross, she is adorable.

As I had the Trinity Stamps Bear Mug and Cat and Dog Mug Add-ons die sets on my table, I decided to make a shaped card to send to the seller using the colours of our new dog. She has two black patches around her eyes.

On the inside of the card, I added sentiments from Lawn Fawn's Critter Chatter stamp set to add the "thank you"

Thank You Teacher

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thanks for visiting my blog. Today I am sharing an interactive Teacher thank you card that I created. This is one of four I have made so far this year for my grandchildren to give to their teachers at the end of the year. I think I still have a few left to make.

This year I purchased a few new stamp and die sets with a school/teacher theme and this card uses a few of these stamp sets. 

I also recently received my Made To Surprise Flip and See dies from their April release, so I decided to pull out the 5 x 7 die set to use on this card.

To create the front panel of my card, I used MFT Stamps Slimline English Brick Wall Stencil to make the background. I also used Clearly Besotted's Clever Corners stamp set for the cute owl and book scene.

I used MFT Stamps Teach, Sleep, Repeat stamp set for the sentiment. I doctored two sentiments included in the set to come up with the "Thank You Teacher" sentiment.

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

When you pull the tab at the bottom of the card, the top panel flips up to reveal a teacher themed sentiment and images. I used the same stamp sets on this panel as I did on the front of my card.

This card is then layered onto a top folding 5 x 7 card. I added another sentiment and two pencil images to this panel.

May 2023 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

 

 Hi Crafty Friends, 

Welcome to our May Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.

Check out Karen Burniston's blog on Wednesday (US Time) when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month, plus Karen will have an amazing video tutorial to share with us all.

Our challenge theme this month is ...  "BEJEWELED" - Incorporate shiny sparkly things into your card of any theme. This can be glitter, foil, mirrors, jewellery, gems, rhinestones, etc.

I created a teacher thank you Slimline Pop-up  card using the Little Labels Pop-up die set for the pop up portion of the card. For the layers I used the Long Rectangles - Crosshatch to die cut all the striped paper panels which were then adhered to rectangle panels which had been cut using silver holographic cardstock. Taking photos of cards that use holographic card are very hard to take ... the card looks a nicer in real life than in the photos.

To decorate my card I used the Bookworm and Mini Alphabet & Numbers die sets,  using the holographic card for the shadow layers.

I added a label using the Labels - Crosshatch die set to the bottom left hand side of the card, for a place to hand write a personal message.

I added a few iridescent pearls to the little label panels to finish off the card.

For the front of the card, I added the "Thank You" sentiment which I layered to another label using the Labels - Crosshatch die set.

I added another bookworm to the right hand side of the card.

Cello There

 

Cello there everyone!

Today I am sharing a Pinwheel Tower Card using a die set from Creative Craft Products new Fancy Folds Collection. This die set is the Pinwheel Card die which makes a 5 inch x 7 inch pinwheel card.

For my card today, I have made a music themed thank you card for my grandchildren's music teacher. She teaches one the cello and the other the violin so this card can be given to her from both of them. They won't need this card until December, but I like to made the cards when the inspiration hits and when I was looking through the stamps/dies on my desk to see what would work for this card that large cello would ... so I went with it.

All the musical instruments, the music paper and music sentiment stamps are all from Paper Discovery's Lost In Music Collection, I picked a few of these sets up last year when Craft Stash were having their 40% sales.

The music border is an older die from my stash by CC Designs. The music note dies around the card are from MFT Stash and also is an older set.

I used the "Thanks, Teacher Line Border" die on the left panel of this side of the pinwheel card. I added the stamped violin and music notes to the white panel on the right hand side which is also from the Music Play On Sentiment stamp set from Paper Discovery.

I added a teacher sentiment to the centre of this panel using sentiments from a Heffy Doodle and a Sunny Studio Stamps stamp sets.

For this last side of the pinwheel card, I added another of the music borders to the left panel. On the main panel I added two violin's as well as the "#1 teacher" sentiment using older die sets.

The card folds flat to fit into a 5 x 7 envelope.

Other Supplies:

• Music Border Die - CC Designs (discontinued)
• Music Notes Die-namics - MFT Stamps (discontinued)
• Teacher Word Die - Heffy Doodles

 

Teacher's Bookshelf

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's only about 4 to 6 weeks before the grandchildren finish school for the year, so today I am sharing another teacher thank you card I created.

I have created a Mini Slimline Card using Whimsy Stamps Mini Slim Notched Stitched and Mini Slim Notched Die Sets. I stencilled bricks over the white panel before adding to a side folding 3 1/2 inch x 6 1/2 inch Mini Slimline Card.

To decorate my card I used Waffle Flower Crafts Layered Books and Shelves die sets. I die cut and assembled so many books, that I have enough to make a few more cards yet. I did go a little overboard, but it will save me time next time I need them for a card.

I used the teacher die from Heffy Doodle for the word and added the "#1" using Karen Burniston's Mini Alphabet and Numbers die set.

For the  inside of the card I stamped a sentiment using Heffy Doodles Teach Me Words stamp set. I also added two more books from the Layered Books die set.

Fabulous Teacher

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another Teacher thank you card. December isn't all that far away now that it is already October, and I still have a few more teacher thank you cards to get made for my grandchildren to give to their teachers at the end of the school year.

When Lawn Fawn's most recent release came out at the end of August, I had no intention of buying their newest interactive card, the Peekaboo Pop-up die set which basically is a wiper card. I already had the Mama Elephant one from years ago, and I had just received all the ones from Made to Surprise. So I didn't order it. A few days after my order arrived and I kept seeing more cards made using this die set I decided it was different enough from the others and fortunately my local retailer still had it in stock. Hence today's card is a Peekaboo Pop-up using the new Lawn Fawn die set.

To decorate my card, I used two stamp sets from Clearly Besotted ... School Day Play and Stationery Plushies. I also pulled out an older Heffy Doodle Stamp Set for the blackboard called Teacher's Pet.

You can see how the book and pencil that you can see under the blackboard are revealed when you pull the sides out.

The Peekaboo Pop-up die set, comes with a rectangle panel to add to the back of the card. As I was adding mine to a white card base, I added a black layer between. 

All the sentiments on this card are from one of my go to teacher themed sentiment sets from Heffy Doodle called "Teach Me Words" it has so many different sentiments and even though I have other sentiment sets, this one often gets used on my cards.

I added to more images that I had left over from decorating the front of my card to finish the card.

Thank You Teacher

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another sneak peeks of one of the new Karen Burniston die sets which is being released next Monday 5th September.

Yesterday I shared a card using the new Label Charm Pop-up die set which I created in Mini Slimline format. For my card today I decided to use the same die set, however I created a side folding A2 card. This die set was designed to work on a side folding card which was 5 - 6 inches wide.

I need teacher thank you cards for my grandchildren to give to their teachers at the end of the year when school breaks up for the year. So for this card I pulled out Clearly Besotted's School Day Play stamp set, I love the cute characters in this set that are holding school related items.

I used Karen Burniston's Thank You die which I cute apart to make in one line and added it along the bottom of my card.

When you open the card, the images that show on the label when the card is closed pivot around so they can be seen on the inside too. I added a sentiment to the centre label which is from Heffy Doodle's Teach Me Words die set.