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Pre-Teen Boy Magic Slider Birthday

2025-12-17T11:59:00.002-06:00

Happy Winter!

My grandson is turning 12 this year. Boys' cards are difficult for me and since he's older, I didn't think a cutesy card would do. I did a pinterest search for "teen boy handmade card" and was reminded of the SU! stamp set I used here. Perfect!

My step-daughter recently bought the interactive Lawn Fawn Magic Color Slider dies for my birthday so I thought this would be the perfect time to try using them. I watched a Lawn Fawn YouTube video on how to create the interactive element and then I was off to creating. Their videos are so detailed and well made. I love them!

Since the images need to be stamped twice in the same orientation, I put the two stamps, headphones and sneakers, in my MISTI on opposite sides. I cut a piece of acetate and a piece of white cardstock to the same size and stamped the earphone image on both pieces. I masked the earphones, flipped the MISTI and stamped the sneakers on both pieces. I then masked the sneakers on the white piece and ink-blended the background. I colored the images with SU! Blender Pen and SU! inks. I had to do some stamp masking to separate "You're" from "AWESOME" on the white piece.

I think it turned out pretty neat. I didn't get the two images in EXACTLY the same location of both the acetate and white piece so when the separator is open, there's a bit of a double outline. A single image, rather than two, would have prevented that but it's all good. All the masking was fun to figure out. I don't mask things very often. The interactive element was so very easy.

I hope you like the card and thanks for popping by.

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! Epic Celebrations

Punches, Dies & Stencils: Lawn Fawn Magic Color Slider

Embossing folders: NA

Paper: acetate, adhesive foil, Lawn Fawn Stripes N Sprinkles, SU! Tangerine Tango, SU! Whisper White

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: Staz On Jet Black, SU! Basic Black, SU! Tangerine Tango, SU! Dapper Denim, SU! Tangelo Twist, SU! Gray Granite

Accessories: SU! Blender Pen

Techniques: ink blending, masking, MISTI, interactive

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

DSP - Designer Series Paper

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

SU! Paper Pumpkin Christmas

2025-12-01T11:45:00.044-06:00

Welcome back.

With Christmas approaching, I looked at my previously made Christmas cards and found there weren't many cards left. I used to go to various card-making classes and had accumulated lots of cards, Christmas and otherwise, but since I've moved, I haven't been to any classes. Then, I noticed all the unmade SU! Paper Pumpkin kits I have and decided to make all the Christmas kits. Some were kits for treat bags and had to be adapted. It's interesting how adapting kits takes so very much longer. I follow one of the Paper Pumpkin alternatives facebook groups and marvel at the creativity, but that's usually not what I like to do. I buy the kits for the days I want to be crafty but not think too much. 😁

So here is what I've made ...

October 2023 Home For The Holidays - These are adorable "as-is" so I didn't do any modifications.

November 2023 Warm Wishes - These are treat boxes. I cut the boxes into two houses, giving me twice as many cards. I used coordinating cardstock, Blueberry Bushel & Mossy Meadow, for the card bases and ink blended a night sky with splattered white paint for snow. The box sides are so large, the base and ink-blending are barely visible. I ink-blended gray beneath the houses but that faded into the dark-colored bases so I used the included glitter glue on the bottom to ground the houses.

October 2024 Nests of Christmas - These are adorable "as-is" so I didn't do any modifications.

November 2024 Filled With Love - These are fabric treat bags. I decided to use vanilla cardstock to create stocking shaped cards as the base. I just made the tags from the kit "as-is" and attached them to the shaped bases.

October 2025 Cozy Christmas - These are adorable "as-is" so I didn't do any modifications.

November 2025 Wrapped In Cheer - These are treat boxes so I had to do a bit of modification but the boxes had the cutest gingham print on them so I cut the boxes into pieces and used the material as the background on a whisper white card base. I made the tags exactly as they were intended and glued them to the card. Easy Peesy!

Thanks for popping by. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

DSP - Designer Series Paper

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Dragon Boat Tent ... not a card

2025-08-18T12:30:00.000-05:00

Not a card ...

Good Day!

I recently was part of a Dragon Boat team and was asked for tent decoration ideas. I found a really neat Facebook page (which is gone now) with previously decorated tents. The entrance of one of the tent was decorated with two columns and a header containing Chinese symbols. With that general design in mind, I thought two evergreens with a canoe as a header would work for our "Off In The Woods ..." tent. Then, my husband said "wouldn't it be neat if the ceiling of the tent was covered in the Northern Lights?" So, thinking cap on, I bought three black fabric panels and some bright pastel colored spray paints and created that as well. I think it turned out pretty good. Our captain bought the outdoor scene panel for the back wall and this is what we ended up with. Unfortunately, the ceiling could only be seen if you were inside the tent and looked up. If I knew that ahead of time, I would have skipped the Northern Lights sky but it was fun figuring out how to paint it.

I hope you enjoyed this little "not a card" creation.

Have a super day!

Flippin' Awesome Princess Birthday

2025-07-24T08:50:00.001-05:00

Good day!

This was a fun and easy card to make. For my grandniece's birthday, I wanted to make an interactive birthday card with a princess. I decided to pair Magical Dragons and Flippin' Awesome to create this storybook card. The story, which hopefully comes across, is the Princess, Dragon and Knight are going to her birthday party.

This stamp set is adorable and, as I was using it, I thought of so many fun ways to use it in the future. The pattern paper is so fun and bright. I was sorry to hear My Favorite Things is "going out of business". They made really cute stamps that were my cutesy style. I'll miss them.

The Flippin' Awesome interactive element was so easy to use. I love all the Lawn Fawn interactive dies I've tried so far.

Since my grandniece is only 3, I'm hoping the mechanism is easy for her to use. Sometimes, with the littles, I worry about them ripping the cards trying to get them to work. 😂

Thanks for dropping in.

Card Recipe

Stamps: MFT Magical Dragons, Lawn Fawn Really High Five

Punches, Dies & Stencils: Lawn Fawn Flippin' Awesome, Honey Bee Scallop A2, SSS Grassy Edges stencil, SSS Celebrate stencil

Embossing folders:

Paper: SU! Whisper White, MFT Over The Rainbow

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: MFT Extreme Black, Ohuhu alcohol markers

Accessories:

Techniques: ScanNCut, die cutting, interactive

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

DSP - Designer Series Paper

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Pop-up Mice Birthday

2025-06-19T12:27:00.001-05:00

Welcome back!

My granddaughter's 7th birthday is coming up so it's time to try another interactive card. I decided to use my Lawn Fawn pop-up platform dies for the first time and some of their mouse stamps. Last year I made her a card with mice so this continues that theme a little and the mice are so very super cute. I love how so many of the Lawn Fawn mouse sets are the same size and you can mix-n-match them!

CASE'd Birthday Mouse Party for the general scene idea. For the mouse flying over on a paper airplane, I attached it to a tiny strip of acetate. The platform itself was pretty easy to assemble but I could have done better getting the most use out of the cardstock.

I think I got a bit over zealous with the mice and extras and made the card too busy but it's still cute!

Thanks for poppin' by.

Card Recipe

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Birthday Before 'n Afters, Lawn Fawn Just Plane Awesome, Lawn Fawn I Love You Mower, Lawn Fawn It's A Bird, Lawn Fawn Really High Five, Lawn Fawn Crow Girl

Punches & Dies: Lawn Fawn Platform Pop-Up

Embossing folders:

Paper: SU! Whisper White, stash

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: Memento Jet Black

Accessories: Ohuhu, Blick & Copic alcohol markers, acetate strip

Techniques: interactive

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

DSP - Designer Series Paper

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Northwoods Summer Thank You's

2025-05-28T11:17:00.001-05:00

I needed a few Thank You cards on hand for our neighbors here in the Wisconsin Northwoods. I've used this Thanks die with its shadow on a lot of cards now. I really like the way it fits on an A2 card, whether landscape or portrait.

I looked through my pattern paper and ephemera stash for summer and woodsy things. These are what I came up with. Some ephemera still needed to be colored and I'm loving those sunflowers from Gina K Designs! I'll have to use those again.

Thanks for poppin' in.

Card Recipe

Stamps: GKD Paper Hug (Digital), GKD Pocketful of Sunshine (Digital)

Punches & Dies: SSS Fancy Thanks

Embossing folders:

Paper: SU! Whisper White, SU! Adventure Bound DSP, SU! Wood Textures DSP, misc from scraps

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink:

Accessories: Wooden ephemera

Techniques:

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

DSP - Designer Series Paper

GKD - Gina K Designs

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Silly Goose Birthday

2025-05-28T10:31:00.001-05:00

I created this card for my grandnephew's 1st Silly Goose birthday. I love this stamp and have used it a few times. I matched it with Freshly Made Sketches #368 and used the colors in the DSP to determine the color palette for this fun boy's card.

This was a fun and easy card that relies mostly on the design. Thanks Freshly Made Sketches. 😀

Thanks for poppin' in! Have a wonderful day.

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! Heartland, SU! Because Of You

Punches & Dies:

Embossing folders:

Paper: SU! Cherry On Top, Whisper White, Cucumber Crush, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: SU! Cucumber Crush, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Garden Green, MFT Extreme Black

Accessories: Nuvo Drops

Techniques:

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

DSP - Designer Series Paper

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Spring May Flowers

2025-05-01T11:38:00.001-05:00

Not a card or paper ....

Happy Spring & May Day!

My family has the tradition of making and distributing baskets of candy to the neighbors for May Day. While I'm not making the candy baskets this year, I offered to make Spring decorations for the neighborhood sign posts.

I found a great wooden cutout company, Woodpeckers Crafts, that delivered 20 flowers, 10 tulips & 10 daisies, within a few days. I used my existing outdoor acrylic paints, masking tape and wipees to quickly paint the flowers as colorful Tulips and Gerbera Daisies. I used a drill press to drill a hole in the tops of the flowers for a metal ring and covered the flowers with Outdoor Mod Podge to protect the wood and paint from the weather.

This was a lot of fun, didn't take too long and was a nice break from my normal handmade card crafts. My next painting project will be cutouts for the 4th of July.

Thanks for poppin' by!

The end product. Painted, shellacked and ready to hang.

Stage one: Painting.

Stage Two: Shellacking and drying in the sun.

Stage Three: Hanging on sign posts.

Star Wars Surprise

2025-04-29T09:39:00.001-05:00

My grandson's 9th birthday is coming up and I wanted to be careful not to make too young of a birthday card for him. I bought some Star Wars-like clipart and decided to pair that with the Magic Picture Changer dies I hadn't used yet. This card was a lot of fun to make. I had to do some masking which isn't my favorite but it wasn't horrible once the fussy cutting was done. 😁 I then let the colors in the pattern paper dictate the colors of the balloons.

It looks so fun and festive!!

I hope this card brings a smile to your face.

Thanks for poppin' by!

Card Recipe

Stamps: cutestclipart Space Wars, SU! Party Wishes

Punches & Dies: Lawn Fawn Magic Picture Changer dies, SSS Hey There, Sunshine dies, Lawn Fawn Celebration Countdown dies

Embossing folders:

Paper: SU! Whisper White, SU! Crumb Cake, SU! Pumpkin Pie, SU! Birthday Memories DSP

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: SU! Soft Sky, SU! Pumpkin Pie, SU! Real Red, SU! Lemon Lime Twist, SU! Daffodil Delight, SU! Crumb Cake

Accessories:

Techniques: die cut, interactive picture changer

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

DSP - Designer Series Paper

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

1st Birthday Butterflies

2025-04-21T12:14:00.000-05:00

My grandniece's 1st birthday is coming up. Sometimes I know the birthday party theme and when I do, I try to match the birthday card to the theme but I have no idea this time. It's all good ... the butterflies on this inspiration card , Birthday Butterflies, are adorable so I decided to CASE it. AND, while I was at it, I went ahead and made another general birthday card with the same design, sans birthday year. 😁 I picked two Stampin Up! DSPs with non-distracting patterns and made the butterflies in colors to match. After cutting out the butterflies, I ran them through an embossing folder to give them a little texture and then scored them around the body to allow the wings to fold up. For the birthday year, I cut the number One from all four colors and stacked them a little off center for a shadow-like look.

These cards were a lot of fun and I think they turned out great. Very Spring-like, now, if only the weather here in Northwoods Wisconsin would act like Spring, I'd be happy. I'm ready for Winter to be done.

Thanks for popping in!

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! PP Many Happy Birthdays

Punches & Dies: SSS Beautiful Days, SU! Stitched Shapes, SU! Large Numbers

Embossing folders: SU! Subtle Textures

Paper: SU! It's My Party! DSP, SU! Melon Mambo, SU! Crushed Curry, SU! Mint Macaron, SU! Pool Party, SU! Schoolhouse DSP, SU! Tangerine Tango, SU! Pacific Point, SU! Daffodil Delight, SU! Garden Green, SU! Whisper White

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: SU! Melon Mambo, SU! Tangerine Tango

Accessories:

Techniques: die cut, dry emboss, score

Inspiration

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

DSP - Designer Series Paper

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Easter Cross card

2025-04-08T11:15:00.001-05:00

Good day!

I often have conflicting thoughts on the theme of Easter cards for my family and friends because some of my friends are not Christians and I don't want to throw Jesus in their faces. In the past, this usually resulted in making two Easter cards, one religious and one not. This year though, I'm making ONE Easter card for all, and, since last year's Easter card had a bunny, this year's will be religious. 😀😊😇

I looked through my pinterest pins from years ago and found this one, Cross of Hope. I decided to CASE it but use primarily purple and yellow. I also chose to incorporate the Freshly Made Sketches design #369 into this card while using up some of my older 6x6 pattern paper. A win-win all around! I made the lamb on the inside pop-up for a bit more interest.

I think the end result turned out very nicely. I hope you like it as well.

Thanks for popping in and Happy Easter!

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! Easter Lamb, SU! Hold Osun To Hope

Punches & Dies: SU! Cross Of Hope, SU! Deckled Rectangles, SU! Stitched Shapes, SU! Layering Ovals

Embossing folders: na

Paper: SU! Highland Heather, SU! So Saffron, SU! Whisper White, Pastel Pattern paper from stash

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: SU! Highland Heather, SU! So Saffron, SU! Gray Granite

Accessories:

Techniques: die cut, interactive pop-up

Inspiration from:

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

DSP - Designer Series Paper

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Key To My Valentine's Day

2025-03-16T14:55:00.001-05:00

It's a beautiful sunny yet snowy day here in the Northwoods of Wisconsin.

Trying once again to get a year ahead on holiday cards for my family, I found 9 previously made Valentine's cards from Paper Pumpkin January 2023, Key To My Heart, 3 each of 3 designs. I decided to reproduce 2 of the designs by scanning in elements from the cards, copying them and then using my ScanNCut to cut them out. I used various supplies from my stash and they're listed below.

I realize many people make alternative cards with the Paper Pumpkin kits but I'd rather figure out how use the existing design to make additional cards.

I think they turned out pretty good. What do you think?

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! PP Key To My Heart, PP Adoring Arrows (inside: SSS My Kind Of Peep)

Punches & Dies: SU! Labels Framelits, SU! Banners Framelits, SU! Stitched Shapes, Lawn Fawn Honeycomb Shaker Gift Tag

Embossing folders:

Paper: SU! Whisper White, Golden Honey DSP, Petal Pink, Fresh Freesia

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: SU! Fresh Freeshia, Petal Pink

Accessories: Ranger Stickles Tidings, SU! Crystal Effects

Techniques: ScanNCut, die cut, ink blending

The top three cards are directly from the PP kit, the bottom two cards are my duplications of two of the PP cards.

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up!

DSP - Designer Series Paper

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Spidey Birthday Pop-Up

2025-03-09T13:27:00.000-05:00

Happy Daylight Savings Day. Ugh. I hate losing an hour, hee hee.

Today I completed a birthday card for my grandnephew. His birthday party is Spider Man themed so I made this Spidey Birthday Card. I found this spider man card, pin, but the spider web embossing folder I own isn't quite the same. I could only make a smaller Spiderman face so I combined it with the design from Freshly Made Sketches #FMS365. I wanted a little bit of WOW so on the inside I made a four (his age, of course) pop-up.

Lots of fun and overall, it didn't take me too long. Phew, because now I have to make Valentine's Cards for next year. 😁😂

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! Birthday Balloons

Punches & Dies: SSS Happy Birthday, SU! Large Numbers, Sizzix Basic Shapes, Sizzix Flowers #20, SSS Stitched Rectangles, SU! Peek A Hoot

Embossing folders: Paper Studio Spider Web, SU! Stone 3D

Paper: SU! Whisper White, Real Read, Night of Navy

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: SU! Real Red, Night of Navy, Gray Granite

Accessories:

Techniques: die cutting, pop-up

Inspiration

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

DSP - Designer Series Paper

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

St. Patrick's Day

2025-03-06T12:24:00.000-06:00

Hello!

Still creating at the last minute, I recently created family St Patrick's Day cards. I used a previously saved pin by Shannon White posted on the Taylored Expressions site as inspiration and combined that with the Freshly Made Sketches # 366 design. I think it turned out pretty good but not quite as "polished" as I like. I guess they can't all be super winners. 😐

I had fun "shopping my stash" to create this. I am trying super hard to not buy more crafting stuff until I use some of what I already have. I tend to buy things and never take the time to use them. There are just so many cute and neat things out there in the crafty world. Eeeks!

For the inside sentiment, I printed an Irish blessing onto cardstock and adhered it inside each card.

May your mornings bring joy
And your evenings bring peace.
May your troubles grow less
As your blessings increase.

Card Recipe

Stamps: SSS Gnome Lucky

Punches & Dies: SU! Hearts, Honey Bee Stamps Scallop A2, Sizzix Bigz Shamrock

Embossing folders:

Paper: SU! Whisper White, SU! Lemon Lime Twist, Pink & Main Sunset pattern paper, SU! Coffee Break DSP, Recollections Kraft, random pattern paper

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: SU! Lemon Lime Twist

Accessories: Nuvo drops, self-adhesive dots

Techniques: die cut, ink blending

Inspiration

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

DSP - Designer Series Paper

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Valentine Hearts For You

2025-02-01T11:41:00.001-06:00

Thank you for stopping by ...

For family Valentine's Day cards this year, I made the SU! PP January 2025 Hearts For You kit. However, since I needed 16 cards and the kit only made 9, I had to recreate additional cards using my Scan N Cut and items from my stash. It worked QUITE well. AND I learned a few things about using my Scan N Cut.

After making these, I realized I already made 9 cards from the SU! PP January 2023 Key To My Heart kit. Oops. Guess what kit I'm going to recreate and supplement next? hee hee

The ultimate goal is to be a year ahead on all the holidays. Adding to the Key To My Heart cards that are already made will get me just a little bit closer to that goal. Wish me luck.

Thanks for popping by. Have a super day!

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! PP Key To My Heart, SU! Sealed With Love

Punches & Dies: SU! Deckled Rectangles

Embossing folders:

Paper: Gold cardstock, SU! Petal Pink, SU! Real Red

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: SU! Flirty Flamingo, SU! Real Red

Accessories: Scan N Cut

Techniques: Ink blending

In the picture below, the three top cards were from the kit and the bottom two were my recreation of them.

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

DSP - Designer Series Paper

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Popping Hoppy Birthday

2025-01-19T22:06:00.048-06:00

Hey! I hope you're doing well. Thank you for popping in.

My older sister really likes frogs so I decided to make a frog themed birthday card for her, CASEd from this pin. I also bought, but never used, the Lawn Fawn Swish 'n Pop Pull Tab interactive dies and thought I'd try using them. Then, I paired all that with Freshly Made Sketches #FMS363. The Lawn Fawn YouTube instructions are great and I had no problem making the frog hop out when the tab on the left is pulled. This is the result. NOTE: I posted the pictures below in reverse order.

I hope you enjoyed this card and thanks for stopping by.

Card Recipe

Stamps: SSS Hoppy Days Ahead, SU! So Hoppy Together

Punches & Dies: Lawn Fawn Swish 'n Pop Pull Tab, SU! Hop Around

Embossing folders:

Paper: SU! Whisper White, pattern paper scraps

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: MFT Extreme Black, Ohuhu alcohol markers G5, G9, Y2, Y3, R21, 0

Accessories:

Techniques: interactive swish n pop

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

DSP - Designer Series Paper

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Cheerful Gingy Birthday

2025-01-06T19:38:00.004-06:00

Good evening! I'm so glad you've visited.

My younger sister and I have a common love of gingerbread girls and boys. I have often commented to her how I wish you'd see them year-round representing more holidays and seasons. With that though in mind immediately after the Christmas season, I decided to make my sister a non-Christmas gingerbread card. I started with the Freshly Made Sketches design #FMS364 and went from there. I chose the colors based on the SU! DSP Cherry On Top, concentrating on the red color since red is my sister's favorite color. In addition to what you can see in the photo, the gingy girl's body swings from side to side, as if dancing, AND there's a confetti flinger inside!
I had so much fun making this cheerful birthday card. I hope you enjoyed it too.

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! Itty Bitty Greetings, Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Winter Critters

Punches & Dies: Spellbinders Dancin' Gingerbread Etched Dies

Embossing folders:

Paper: SU! Cherry on Top DSP, Whisper White Thick, Watermelon Wonder, Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: SU! Watermelon Wonder, Baked Brown Sugar

Accessories: SU! dimensionals

Techniques: die cut, confetti flinger, blending brush inking for texture

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

DSP - Designer Series Paper

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Harry Potter Birthday Surprise

2024-12-16T08:37:00.004-06:00

Another interactive card for a grandchild...

My grandchildren love Harry Potter so I decided to create a card around that AND add an interactive element.

Quite a while ago, I bought a Confetti Flinger die set so I finally made the time to figure it out. It took me a few trials and failures but I finally got the flinger to work. Yay! The keys seem to be making sure the shorter end of the flinger is at the bottom and using glassine paper to hold the confetti. I had to cut up a postage stamp envelope since I didn't have any glassine in my craft supplies.

I was so so excited when I got it to fling reliably. To help keep everything together until he has it in his hands, I put a little bit of temporary adhesive on the corners. hee hee

For the front design, I wanted a bouquet of balloons but with the Harry Potter twist. I bought and downloaded some clipart and then used the design from Freshly Made Sketches #FMS362.

I really like the end result. What do you think?

Have a terrific day!

BTW ... this card was selected as a splitcoaststamper Weekly Favorite on December 22, 2024. I am so happy others liked it. I feel so honored to be selected. 😁

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! Glamper Greetings

Punches & Dies: Ellen Hutson Confetti Flinger

Embossing folders:

Paper: SU! It's My Party DSP, Mint Macaron, Whisper White Thick, glassine

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: SU! Mint Macaron

Accessories: images from Cutestclipart, ScanNCut

Techniques: confetti flinger

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Masculine Locomotive Birthday

2024-12-05T07:21:00.000-06:00

Good day!

Here is my latest creation. I needed a masculine birthday card for my husband. I had pinned this handmade card a while back, CASE Stampin' Chez Moi, so I thought I'd CASE it. I also decided to use Freshly Made Sketches design #FMS360 and the color combo from splitcoaststampers #CC1025. I wanted colors that were masculine but not dull and the pop of red in this combo worked great.

The overall design and execution turned out relatively simple and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

What do you think?

Have a spectacular day!

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! Traveler, Work of Art, Making Spirits Bright

Punches & Dies:

Embossing folders:

Paper: SU! Whisper White, stash pattern paper, stash dark green

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: SU! Shaded Spruce, Pool Party, Real Red, MFT Extreme Black

Accessories: stash stick-on embellishments, stash ribbon

Techniques:

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Baby Shower Thanks

2024-12-03T15:42:00.002-06:00

Welcome to another day of ramblings ....

One of my sisters started a local Enbrace Grace group at her church. I love the message of this ministry, especially since I too was single and pregnant. I dealt with a lot of loneliness and guilt associated with my situation while also happily anticipating this new role in my life as mother. So, when she told me she was going to be a part of such an important mission, I offered to help however she needed me. Apparently, my card making skills are what is needed. 😊 This is my third set of baby shower Thank You cards. I was asked to make 50 cards this time. I try to create a simple, easily assembled design and make each slightly different.

A while back, I saved a baby card with BABY spelled out with alphabet blocks. I thought this was adorable, and someday I'll CASE that card 😊, but for now, I wanted to spell out THANKS on baby blocks across a piece of baby pattern paper from a stack I've been working through. I looked through my Big Book of Stamps and could only find the one alphabet(less) block. (as my baby grandniece says) Da Heck?!?! (BTW ... I know we shouldn't encourage that but it's so darn cute, right?). None of my letter stamps would fit inside the block I found so I stamped a lot of blocks out, scanned it in, overlaid letters on the blocks and printed them over the stamped images. I'm sure there was an easier way to do that but I couldn't think of it at the time. 😖 Then used my ScanNCut to cut out the blocks. Next was the multiday assembly ...

In hindsight, I should have cut the blocks without a border, then they wouldn't be overlapping quite so much. Other than that, I think they turned out pretty gosh darn cute!

What do you think?

Thanks for taking time to read my wandering thought process. Have a super-dee-duper day!

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! Fastened With Love

Punches & Dies: ScanNCut for images

Embossing folders:

Paper: SU! Whisper White, Paper Studio Hooray Baby

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: printer toner

Accessories:

Techniques: image cut

Here are some of the previous Thank You cards I created for Embrace Grace

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

Anniversary Chemistry

2024-11-11T13:05:00.007-06:00

Welcome back!

I found this stamp set years ago and haven't used it much. I thought it was the perfect set for my husband and me since we are both engineers ... just a bit of geek. While going through my saved pins for inspiration, I found this one, Great Chemistry, and decided to CASE it but use the design from Freshly Made Sketches #FMS356 and color combo #CC972 from splitcoaststampers.

I cut out and stacked three beakers under each beaker for a little bit of dimension and stability. I also put SU! dimensionals under the sentiment.

I think it turned out pretty cute. I'm going to use this stamp set and dies again. What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by. 😀

Card Recipe

Stamps: Clearly Besotted Scientifically Speaking

Punches & Dies: Clearly Besotted Scientifically Speaking, SU! Deckled Rectangles

Embossing folders:

Paper: SU! Blueberry Bushel, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: SU! Blueberry Bushel, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate

Accessories:

Techniques: die cutting, ink blending

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Succulent Birthday

2024-11-08T10:57:00.005-06:00

Hi-Dee-Ho Good Neighbor ....

( Hee Hee, I think I just aged myself with that reference to Home Improvement. )

My adult daughter is having a birthday and I needed to make her a card. She said she's trying to leave childish things behind, like her love of Belle from Beauty & the Beast and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And while I do not understand doing that 😉 I respect her decision and had to come up with a more adult theme for her birthday card this year. Her home is decorated with outdoorsy mountain themes and succulents with her colors being dusty pink, green, white and gold. I decided to lean into that. So I pulled out my supply spreadsheet and Big Book of Stamps and found some stamps sets that applied.

Using an older design, Freshly Made Sketches #FMS361, and an older color combo, splitcoaststampers #CC1018, I came up with this card. I don't have SU! Pretty In Pink ink or paper so I subbed Blushing Bride.

Although I tried to 'adult it' I couldn't help myself with the lizard and googley eyes. 😄

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Have a super magnificent day!

Card Recipe

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Christmas in the Desert, Lawn Fawn Wild Wolves, SU! From The Herd, SU! The Gang's All Meer

Punches & Dies:

Embossing folders:

Paper: SU! Blushing Bride, Granny Apple Green, Whisper White, Blooms & Bliss DSP, Picture Perfect DSP

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: SU! Blushing Bride, Berry Burst, Granny Apple Green, gray alcohol markers from stash, VersaMark

Accessories: SU! clear embossing powder, googley eyes from stash

Techniques: ScanNcut images, heat embossing

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

Blogging Once Again - Acorny Thanksgiving

2024-10-30T14:09:00.009-05:00

Hello again.

It's been quite some time since I've created a post here without backdating it, hee hee. I thought I'd try to get back to it. I've not posted much ever because I don't think anyone reads it but at least I have this place to capture my thoughts and activities.

My husband, dog and I are settling into our new home in Northwoods Wisconsin. It has taken so very much longer than I ever imagined to unpack, sort, fix things up and make them work for us. We're getting closer but there's still a lot to do. I'm trying to squeeze creating and crafting in between house stuff and my full time job. I'm very blessed to be able to work from home so no complaints there. No more 40 min commute each way, every day. Yay!

I've continued crafting, just not blogging about it. For my creative outlet, I've been primarily making handmade greeting cards. My stash of stamps and dies and designer pattern paper has continued to grow. 😊 Since I no longer participate in card classes with my friends and another friend is no longer making card kits for me to assemble, I needed to find another source of inspiration and joined the splitcoaststamper group splitcoaststampers.com . I'm really enjoying it so far and I've been sending out even more cards then I ever used to, so I need to get creating if I plan to keep a stash of cards at the ready. 😀😂 In addition, I'm getting quite the backlog of unmade Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin kits that I need to assemble. I realize paper pumpkin is not much of a creative outlet since I usually follow the instructions but sometimes I just need to make things ... like the card classes and kits I used to do with friends.

I have started making amigurumi crochet plushies using The Woobles kits. I love those things! I'm slow at crocheting and I need to devote a lot of attention to the project I'm working on, so I can't really do it while watching TV or listening to audiobooks. I imagine as I get more used to making them and doing the different stitches and techniques, I'll be able to do other things at the same time ... maybe ... hopefully. 🤞

I also have signed up for online classes in Rosemaling (Norwegian painting). I bought some supplies that the instructor recommended but I still have to set aside the time to watch the class videos, follow along and practice. I'll get there.

Onto the project ...

So here's my latest card I've created. I needed cards for my family and friends for Thanksgiving this year ... I totally missed Halloween cards this year 😥. I've been trying to work through saved unused sketches from Freshly Made Sketches (FMS). For this card, I looked at the Thanksgiving cards I pinned years ago and decided to use this one Acorny Gratitude as inspiration. I CASEd* it and combined it with #FMS359 and Splitcoaststampers color challenge #CC1022. I used an embossing folder for texture in the background. I think it gave the card a warm fall coziness. I think it turned out quite nice and it didn't take all that much time to make all 16. Yay!

I hope you enjoy this card and Happy Thanksgiving!!

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! Acorny Thank You, Concord & 9th Color Me Happy

Punches & Dies: SU! Acorn Builder punch

Embossing folders: SU! Cable Knit Dynamic 3D embossing folder

Paper: SU! Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: SU! Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Gems from stash

Techniques: Dry embossing, image cutting with punch

*CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

Bridal Shower

2024-09-13T13:44:00.088-05:00

Welcome back!

I almost forgot to make my nephew's fiancé a bridal shower card. Since her mother makes handmade cards also, I surely can't neglect making one for this occasion. I'd look like a total slacker, which I often am but that's beside the point. 😁

In my usual fashion, I decided to CASE a pinterest bridal shower card, which AGAIN I forgot to save the link to, and then combined it with a saved and unused Freshly Make Sketches design, #FMS357. For the sentiment, I glued together 3 layers for each letter for some dimension and put the letters on a bit wonky to add a bit of whimsy to this simple card.

I think it turned out pretty and classy. Plus, I used some of my horded pattern paper. It's a win-win.

Thanks for taking a look.

Card Recipe

Stamps:

Punches & Dies: Lawn Fawn Henry's ABCs dies, SU! Finishing Touches dies

Embossing folders: SU! Climbing Vine embossing folder

Paper: SU! Winter Wonderland DSP, SU! Whisper White, Gold, Very Vanilla

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink:

Accessories: embellishments from stash

Techniques: Die cut, dry emboss

Noble Father's Day

2024-08-19T16:05:00.004-05:00

After making Mother's Day cards for my family and friends, I wanted to make Father's Day cards for my male family and friends with human and furry children as well. That didn't happen BUT I am ready for Father's Day 2025!! 😀

I started this creation with a previously pinned masculine card as inspiration Masculine Birthday Card. I picked one of my oldest saved Freshly Made Sketches, #FMS355, and a Color Challenge from splitcoaststampers, #CC428.

Using Color Challenges is a lot of fun to me. I have to figure out which colors should be where and what neutrals I may need to use. It really has been a great tool to stretch my skills and aid me in picking non-clashing colors. 😂😁

This card was selected as a splitcoaststampers Weekly Favorite on August 24, 2024. Again, I feel deeply honored and humbled that others, besides my family, appreciate my efforts.

I hope you enjoy this card!

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! Noble Deer, SU! Paper Pumpkin My Wonderful Family

Punches & Dies: SU! Grove

Embossing folders: Paper Studio Woodgrain embossing folder

Paper: SU! Granny Apple Green, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Twinkle Twinkle DSP

Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card

Ink: SU! Granny Apple Green, Island Indigo, Pool Party

Accessories: embellishments from stash

Techniques: Die cut images, dry emboss, stamp and color buck image to create Scan N Cut silhouette template