Black & White Birthday Wishes

iHi Crafty Friends,

Last week I shared two cards I created using a foiled Betterpress image. For my card today I am using the same image, but this image is the negative image that you can get by using the left over used foil and a solid plate. 

This Betterpress plate is called Sweet Memories and was one of the monthly plates from the Betterpress Society.

For my card I created a Trifold card using the 5 x 7 Trifold Showstopper die set from Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott.

Here is a look at the back of the card. I added a sentiment onto the white panel.

Day In Full Bloom

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a foiled Trifold Card using products from Spellbinders. 

For the front of the card I used Spellbinders Friendship Grows Betterpress set which was the Betterpress Society set from November 2025. I used the included border die to cut the border along the floral image on the right side of the panel. I used black foil on the floral image.

I used the Shady Leaves 3D Embossing Folder on the orange panel, adding white ink to the raised areas.

For the middle panel I added the sentiment using an older sentiment from Made To Surprise. The oval layers uses the Essential Stylish Ovals die set.

Cheerful Chirps

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog. Today I am sharing a 5 x 7 Trifold card I created using products from Spellbinders Cheerful Chirps Collection.  Living in Australia of course I had to create a cockatoo and for this card I created a Major Mitchell Cockatoo, which is an actual bird.

The cockatoo is made using the Flying High die set, all sentiments from the Spread Your Wings Sentiment stamp set and the Bamboo Screen 3D Embossing Folder.

For the trifold card I used the Made by Surprise by Sam Calcott’s 5 x 7 Trifold card from the Showstoppers 1 Collection.

Here is a look at the back of my card. I added a white panel to the right hand side for a place to add a sentiment and write a personal message.

Hoppy Easter Trifolds

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

With Easter only a few weeks away, I have two Easter Cards to share today. 

These cards using products from Spellbinders February 25 Club Kits, many of which are perfect for Easter Cards. I also used Scrappy Tail Crafts Trifold die set, I ordered this late last year and have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to play with it.

I made two cards, more of these the same but they both have a couple of differences to them. For the card with the blue covers, I made this one for my grandson and being a boy didn't want the cover to look too girly, so used the Embossing Folder of the Month called Wicker Basket.

The large chick on the left  panel is called Pip and is the freebie die you get when you order the Caboodle (all the sets).

When you completely open the two side flaps there is a in the centre which holds the pop-up portion of the card. On the front of the flap I added an Easter sentiment from an older Divinity Designs stamp set. "Bunny Kisses" sounded perfect for these cards.

Here is a look at the card when it is full open. For the background I used the Stencil of the Month, Nature's Canvas. As you can see I used this on each of the three panels x 2 cards ... that's 6 times. I added a panel of green card that had been die cut along the top using a grass edge. I used this to add my characters.

The Bunnies and all the eggs are from the Large Die of the Month for February, Hoppin' Bunnies Everywhere, this die set has so much in it and is amazing.

For my granddaughters card, I went with pink for the covers. This time round I used the 3D Embossing Folder of the Month for February, Petite Bow.

I die cut the three sizes of eggs, the bows, and paint pieces all from various colours of cardstock, so each card has different coloured eggs etc.

The "Sending Easter Blessings" sentiment on the top right hand panel is from the Betterpress Plate of the Month for February, Luxe Damask. The great things about Betterpress plates is that they can be foiled which is what I did here, using black foil on pink cardstock for the pink card and blue cardstock for the blue card.

For each of the cards, I positioned the bunnies in a different place. For the card above I put the girl bunny in front seeing it was for my granddaughter. The one for my grandson has the boy bunny in front.

When I first started making this I was thinking only to do the centre portion of the card, but when I asked my husband should I add the extra panels, he said yes! I am glad I did.

And finally one last photos of my cards, this time showing the front of both. As you can see I added the girl bunny to the girl card and the boy bunny to the boy.

For the sentiment here I used the "Hoppy Easter" die included in the Large Die of the month. I was recently watching a YouTube video by Nicole Sphor and she mentioned how you could glimmer those tiny sentiment dies that are included in so many die sets. So of course I decided to give it a go, and I will be doing this a lot more in the future, I love the look.

Micey Nice Birthday

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Today I am sharing a Trifold Building Block Card I created recently, you can find a tutorial by Sam Calcott over on her Mixed Up Craft YouTube channel here.

To decorate my card, I used a cute mouse from Spellbinders called Dancin' and Giftin' Mouse which is part of their Dancin' Collection. The legs of the mouse move when you touch the legs or move the card.

To ground the mouse, I added snow to the base of my front panel using dies from Lawn Fawn.

The birthday sentiment at the top of the card is from Waffle Flower Crafts.

On the back of my card, I added a sentiment panel. I added a die cut sentiment using TEXT{ures} Floral Sentiment Panel die and an older mouse themed sentiment from Penny Black. 

Other Supplies:

• "Micey" Nice Birthday Wood Mounted Stamp - Penny Black Inc.

A Crackin' Christmas

Hi Crafty Friends,

According to the Days of the Year website, tomorrow (2nd September} is World Beard Day!

I figured gnomes have beards, so I pulled out a gnome Christmas stamp set to make a Christmas card. This fun gnome is from the Nutcracker Gnome stamp set from Woodware Stamps.

For my card today I created a trifold card, using Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's 6 x 6 Trifold Card from the Showstopper Collection.

I added a snowflake wax seal to the lower right side of the oval sentiment panel using a snowflake wax seal I purchased from Amazon. I also created some wax embellishments to use around the nutcracker gnome.

I added a panel to the back of the card, so that I could use another of the sentiments included in the Nutcracker Gnome stamp set and also have a place to write a personal greeting. I added a few green snowflakes which match the colour of the snowflakes on the pattern paper I used on the front of the card.

 

Congrat-Shoe-Lations!

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thanks for visiting my blog. Today I am sharing a trifold card using the Tri-Fold 5 x 7 Showstopper Card die set from Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott. There are a number of different ways you can fold or die cut this style of card to give you different looks. For this card I decided to fold the card so that the larger area is on the left side of the card, which gave me more room to decorate.

To decorate the card, I used Scrappy Tails Craft's A2 High Heel Shoe die set, die cutting the parts of the shoe from black, pink and holographic cardstocks. 

I used the Ovals and Filigree Ovals Nesting die sets from Creative Craft Products/Craft Stash to use as a place to add the shoe.

I also added a black bow to the top right hand corner of the card using another die from the shoe die set.

I added the birthday word die to the left edge of my card using black and holographic cardstock. This means my card is now wider than the 5 inches, it's closer to 6 inches. But I liked the look of something on the edge, so I went with it. 

I pulled out a very old Stampin' Up stamp set for the sentiment, as I wanted something "shoe" themed. I layered the sentiment to circles using the Circle Nesting die set from Creative Craft Products.

I added patterned paper to the left side of the back of the card. I added a white panel to the right side, which covers the tab where the "birthday" is and gave me a place to add a sentiment and a place for a personal greeting. The sentiment is. computer generated, so I could have another "shoe" themed sentiment.

Now because the front of the card has so many layers on the left side, it was having trouble standing up which was annoying me. To solve the problem, I die cut some more circles and stamped a shoe in the centre. I then added this to the lower portion of the left side of the card using a washer in between the circles. The washer is about the same thickness as foam tape. This helped balance the card out and it can now stand on its own. I probably won't be mailing this one, so the extra weight from the washer isn't an issue.

Other Supplies:

Steppin' Up - Stampin' Up (retired)

The One I Love

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

According to the Days of the Year website, today is National Wedding Planning Day. As I purchased this Crafter's Companion's "The One I Love" Intri'lace die, I decided to pull it out and make a wedding card.

For my card today I made a 5 x 7 Trifold Card with an acetate front. I die cut the wedding image into the front of a 5 x 7 Centura Pearl white card. I adhered white glitter cardstock behind the wedding dress portion of the image, I then die cut the panel using various colours so that I could add colour to the groom's suit, hair, brides hair etc. 

I added a panel of acetate behind the die cut panel.

I added a silver line sticker to the left side edge of the card.

For the sentiment I used Creative Craft Products Celebration Sentiments die set. This sentiment has a long tail on either side of the word, which I cut off.

I added Silver Matte Pearls to the centres of all of the flowers on the image.

To create the trifold card, I adhered the back of one 5 x 7 card, to the other 5 x 7 card.

For the layers of my card I used silver holographic card and pale purple cardstock. I dry embossed the pale purple panels using Made To Surprise's Ditsy 8 x 8 embossing folder.

I added the "Mr & Mrs" sentiment to the lower right hand side of the panel, so that it was hidden when the card is closed.

I added a stamped sentiment to the centre panel of my card, using an older wood mounted stamp from my stash ... Marriage Calligraphy by Paper Inspirations. I layered this sentiment using Creative Craft Products Nested Rectangles and Nested Filigree Rectangles die sets.

For the panel on the right side of my card. I added a stamped sentiment from Divinity Designs Cheers stamp set. I silver embossed each each of the stamped sentiments. On the lower right hand corner of the rectangle panel, I added two glasses of champagne using Karen Burniston's Wedding Charms die set. I made sure to leave plenty of empty space on this panel, so that there was a place to hand write a personal greeting.

I didn't like the look of being able to see the colours through the acetate on the left hand panel, so I die cut another of the "The One I Love" images from white cardstock with double sided adhesive tape on the front and paper pieced this to the back of the image.

Other Supplies:

• Mr. & Mrs. Wedding Cake Die Set - Spellbinders Paper Crafts (discontinued)
• Marriage Calligraphy Wood Mounted Stamp - Paper Inspirations (discontinued)

Gingerbread Hugs

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

I have created a Christmas themed trifold card, using the Tri-Fold 5 x 7 Showstopper Card die set from Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott. There are a number of different ways to fold or die cut this style of card which can give you a different look. I decided to fold mine the opposite way so that the larger area on the left side of my card was raised to give me more room to decorate.

On the left side of my card I added the "Merry Christmas" tab using Studio Light's Celebration Sentiments die set. Without that tab piece on the side, the card when closed would measure 5 x 7 inches. However as I added that to this card it now measures approximately 5 3/4 x 7 inches. 

To decorate the card I used some Chipboard Ephemera from Craft Consortium called Candy Christmas. I don't normally use this type of thing, but they looked adorable so I decided to give them a go and I am glad I did.

As I had a little of the patterned paper leftover, I decided to use that on the left side of the back of my card. I added a white panel to the right side, which covers the tab where the "Merry Christmas" is and gave me a place to add a sentiment and a place for a personal greeting.

Other Supplies:

Celebration Sentiments Die Set - Studio Light

Candy Christmas Chipboard Ephemera - Craft Consortium