Hi Crafty Friends, Thanks for visiting my blog! Today I am sharing four get well cards I created recently. I have been needing lots of get well cards lately, so it was good to be able to add these four to my stash. To create my cards I used the “ March - Daffodil” 3D Embossing Folder from Lisa Horton’s A Year in Bloom Embossing Folder Collection. As I work my way through using these embossing folders I am trying to use different techniques. For these cards I applied the ink to the debossed parts of the embossing folder before running the folder through the die cutting machine. The c ..read more

Hi Crafty Friends, Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I have another 70th birthday card to share today. I recently received the February release from Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott, which was the Surprise Inside Collection featuring two fun pop up die sets ... a house and a birthday cake. Of course I had to play with the pop-up cake die set straight away to create this fun birthday card. I love pop-up cards as most of you know! And a birthday cake pop-up should get plenty of use. I die cut the base from blue cardstock and then used the papers which were also available in the collecti ..read more

Hi Crafty Friends, Welcome to my blog. Today I am sharing a 70th birthday card I created recently. As I mentioned in a previous post, I know a few people who are celebrating their big "0" birthday this year including me so I will making a few cards to celebrate. For my card today I pulled out my Double Interlocking Concertina Card die set which is a part of the Showstoppers 2 Collection from Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott.  I recently purchased a few birthday themed die sets from Papertrey Ink, so I pulled out the In Stitched - Cake Builder and Build a Party Hat die sets and added t ..read more

  Hi Crafty Friends, Thanks for stopping by my blog! Today I am sharing a fabulous fun fold card, this one is called a Floating Hexagon Card. This version is a 5 x 7 size and you can find out how to make it here. To decorate my card I used various products included in the Spellbinders January 2025 Club Kits. To decorate all the green panels on each of the sides of the card, I used the Faceted Petals Embossing Folder. After embossing each of the pieces, I rubbed white pigment ink over the raised areas of the cardstock. I added the flowers from the Large Die of the Month - Botanical Atrium ..read more

  Hi Crafty Friends, Today I am sharing another Puzzle Slider card. I enjoyed making the one I shared last week, so I decided to make another one. For this card I pulled out my Spellbinders Space themed dies/embossing folder, focusing this time with the UFO Friends die set. I used patterned papers for the background, sponging around each panel with black ink. The sentiment is from an old Craftin' Desert Divas stamp set called Far Out. Directions - 5 inch x 7 inch version: 1.    Cut a piece of cardstock to measure 5 inches x 11 inches, this will be the card base. Score ..read more

  Hi Crafty Friends, Welcome to my blog. Today I am sharing another card I creatd using products from Spellbinders January Club Kits.  This time around I created a puzzle slider card, I have seen a lot of these in A2 sizes but I wanted to make mine 5 x 7. To decorate the card I used the Spellbinders Take Flight Betterpress set with the coordination stencil. The sentiment is from Spellbinders A Little Messages Sentiments set. Directions - 5 inch x 7 inch version: 1.    Cut a piece of cardstock to measure 5 inches x 11 inches, this will be the card base. Score along the ..read more

  Hi Crafty Friends, Welcome to our March 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 ... "LAKE OR OCEAN" - Fish, Cruise, Sail or Row - where will you go? As you can see by my card above, I decided to select the "Ocean" for my card this month. I was so excited last year when Karen release the Pirate Ship add-on die set to go with the B ..read more

   Hi Crafty Friends, Today I am sharing a Slimline card I created using the Spellbinders Classic Pooh Collection.  This was a pretty quick card to make as I already had all the Pooh characters made and when I found this slimline patterned paper it was super easy. The “bouncing” sentiment is from an older Kindred Stamps stamp set. For the inside of my card, I took the matching patterned paper I used on the front of my card. I trimmed around the grass area and added this to the bottom of my card. I then added the balloon to the left side of the card, so that it was on both side ..read more

  Hi Crafty Friends, Well it has been a while since I have done a rebus puzzle on my blog, not since the end of May last year actually. It is great to be able to get back into it this year (hopefully)! This month the theme is "Movies Starting with the Letter D" If you would like to solve my rebus puzzle, why not post a comment on my blog post with your answers. I will let you know what the correct answers are next time I post a rebus card here. How did you go solving my May 2024 Rebus which was "Words relating to Weather - seasons, weather events etc"  Here are the co ..read more

  Hi Crafty Friends, Welcome to my blog! Today I am sharing a male themed Slimline Pop up card I created recently. I am always looking for stamps or dies that are suitable for male themed cards, so when I had the opportunity to purchase this Cheers die set which included the beer glass and the sentiments used on the front of course I got it. My slimline card is 3 1/2 inches x 8 1/2 inches. I had some beer themed patterned paper that looked like beer, so I die cut the glass using this paper. I froth at the top of the glass is die cut from white glitter cardstock. I die cut the banner f ..read more