Month: July 2025

Sandy Dunes Birthday Card

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I just got the July 2025 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit with the theme of Windows on the World. Using the Landscapes stencil from the kit, made this sand dunes scene Birthday card.

Cardbase: Start with a 4.25 x 11-inch piece of cardstock and fold in half to form a side-fold A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) card.

Stenciled Scene: Using the stencil by sticking the 4.25×5.5-inch white cardstock panel through the water patterns slots, I worked my way from the bottom up to build water waves coming ashore, then the sand dunes and finally the cloudy sky. The water used the two darker shades of blue while the sky used the lightest blue. The stencil includes three birds in flight, which I stenciled on using a fine tipped black marker.

Sentiments:  All the sentiments come from the Through The Window stamp set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope stenciled with the three birds on the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Stencils

  • Simon Says Stamp! – 6×6-inch Plastic Stencil – Landscapes

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Through The Window

Papers

  • SpellBinders – 8.5×11-inch -100lb Cardstock – Raindrop
  • White Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Husk Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 03 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Stampin’ Pad – Azure Afternoon, Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake, Pacific Point

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Zoyfold Paperganza Card

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I made this card for Craft Roulette episode #277 while I was at Paperganza, the first in-person version of Craft Roulette. The parameters were a zoyfold card, local sports colors, Craft Roulette as an element, and up-to-date as the random.

What the video below to learn how and why I created the card using all but two items from the Paperganza swag bag/classes. (The two items were the cardbase cardstock and the pop-up mechanism that I had die-cut at home before going to the event.)

Materials Used:

Dies:

Stamps:

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – The Basics

Papers:

  • Max Macias – Handmade/Heartmade – Gel Prints (yellow)
  • Relatively Thoughtful – The Practically Perfect Nanny – Digital Papers (blues)
  • Your Paper Insider – Silver Cardstock
  • Spellbinders – Red Cardstock
  • White Cardstock

Inks:

  • Catherine Pooler – Premium Dye Ink – Juniper Mist

Adhesives:

Tools:

  • Stamping Block
  • Scissors
  • Pokey Tool
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Score Board
  • Bone Folder

Happy Birthday Accordion Style

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This card was made for a Scapp’n Savvy Card Challenge for KB Bundlers June 2025 using Karen Burniston’s Landscape Rectangle Accordion, Cupcake Add-Ons, Fence Add-Ons, Big Birthday Charms and Birthday Candle Add-Ons die sets.

Watch the video for instructions on the construction of the card.

Read more below on specifics of this card.

Cardbase:  Cut three of the Landscape Rectangle Accordion base frames. Cut from decorative paper, three to six frames. (Cut the frame base and cut out the inside panel and side tab.)

Cupcakes:  Watch the assembly video for the Cupcake Add-Ons located at the bottom of the linked page.

Candles:  The candles are cut from two die sets – Big Birthday Charms and Birthday Candle Add-Ons. Watch the video above for coloring details. The candles are glued to the Fence Add-Ons.

Sentiments:  The printed paper provides much of the sentiments, while the Mini Alphabet and Numbers were used to cut from pink glitter paper “HBD2U” (Happy Birthday to You.) The Streamer ribbons come from the Big Birthday Charms and Cupcake Add-Ons die sets.

Envelope:  This card fits into an A7 (5×7-inch) envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Scapp’n Savvy – Card Challenge Paper Pack
  • 12X12-inch Solid Cardstock – Fuchsia, Teal Blue and Celery Green
  • PhotoPlay – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Birthday Sparkle
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 Shimmer Cardstock – White Gold
  • Pink Glitter Cardstock
  • Brown, Green, Orange, White & Yellow Cardstock Scraps

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Lime Green, Pink, Red & Yellow
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black, Blue, Green, Orange, Red & teal

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Choo-Choo Train Birthday Card

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This card was made for CRAFT ROULETTE #276 whose parameters included an easel card, rainbow colors, western element, and black and white image. I chose to make a shaped, slimline easel card using dies by Anna Griffin and Sue Wilson.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase:  The cardbase is cut from 110 lb. white cardstock using Anna Griffin’s Antique Train Slimline Easel dies to cut out the two cardbase pieces. Rainbow striped paper was added to the card base and the excess was fussy cut off. (You could die cut the piece again if you don’t like to fussy cut.)

Train:  The detailed train image is cut in black and glued to the shaped outline of the train before it is attached to the card base.

Sentiment:  Cut three sets of Sue Wilson’s “Happy Birthday” from the scraps of white cardstock used for the cardbase. Glue the layers together. Let dry under a paperweight to have the dry flat.  Adhere to cardbase to be used as the easel stop.

Envelope:  The card fits into #10 business envelope (4.125x 9.5-inches) which was stamped with “HBD” on its back in red ink using the Craft Roulette Funn Sentiments #01 stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Anna Griffin – Metal Dies – Antique Train Slimline Easel
  • Creative Expressions – Craft Dies by Sue Wilson – Noble Expressions – Happy Birthday

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • Mrs. Sparkle & Co. Paperie – 5.5×7.5-inches Paper Pad – Rainbow
  • Scrapbook.com -8.5×11-inch 110lb Cardstock – White
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11-inch 80lb Cardstock – Black
  • #10 Business Envelope – Kraft

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Rose Bud
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • This Calls For Confetti – It’s No Secret Anti-Static Powder Wand

Gilded Pop-up Birthday Cards

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Needing some birthday cards and wanting to try out some brass colored Shimmer Relief Paste from Altenew, I made these stenciled-with-paste, card fronts and embellished them with ribbon and a Karen Burniston“hello” two-piece die cut.  Inside is a Karen Burniston pop-up greeting and a Craft Roulette inspired verse.

Cardbase: I used purchased A7 (5×7-inch) cardbases that I stenciled the fronts with Shimmer Relief Paste and stencils by Honey Bee Stamps (Scattered Seeds) and Scrapbook.com (Hearts). The card backs feature a single balloon from the Big Birthday Charms die set.

Pop-Up: Watch the assembly video for the Katherine Label. Stamp the verse inside the card before adding the mechanism. (I found that gluing the bottom word onto the mechanism worked best to avoid catchpoints, including the two added balloons.)

Sentiments:  All the inside die cut sentiments used on the card come Karen Burniston designs including the Katherine Label mechanism that pops the “Happy Birthday” up with its Big Birthday Charms balloons. The stamped verse is from Craft Roulette’s Funn Sentiments #01.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope stamped with “HBD” on the back flap from Craft Roulette’s Funn Sentiments #01.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stencils

  • Honey Bee Stamps – 6×6-inch Plastic Stencil – Scattered Seeds
  • Scrapbook.com – 6×8-inch Plastic Stencil – Hearts

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • Blues and Orange Foiled Cardstock
  • Gold Matte Paper – Junk Mail
  • Black, Kraft and White Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A7 (5×7-inches) Cardbases and Envelopes – Kraft

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush – Glitter Gloss
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Plastic Knife
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • Artistry by Altenew – Shimmer Relief Paste – Brass
  • Ribbons – White & Gold 1/2  – 3/4-inch wide

Arrow Shaped Card – Look At The Stars

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This card was made for CRAFT ROULETTE #275 whose parameters were include an ATC, starry night colors, down element, and white dots. I chose to make a shaped card that includes an ATC (Artist Trading Card.)

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase:  I started with two pieces of 4.125×11-inch white cardstock. Traced around the arrow pattern I made from scrap paper and cut both of the arrows at the same time. I trimmed one arrow, at the wide end, off by .5-inch to let the other arrow have a tab to connect the the two pieces together. (After I completed the card, I found it was a little too long to fit in an 6×9-inch catalog size envelope, so I trimmed the arrow tip a little to made it fit.)

Sentiments: I used Karen Burniston’s Mini Alphabet to make the “When you’re down, Look up to the stars” sentiment. (I lined the letters up on my grid mat and used low tack tape the pick them up in line and then added glue, pressed in place on the card and finally lifted the tape off, pressing letters onto card.)

Envelope:  The card fits into an catalog size envelope (6x 9-inches).

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Penny Black – Clear Stamps – My Universe

Stencils

  • Stampers Anonymous – Tim Holtz – Hocus Pocus

Papers

  • Digital Printed Starry Starry Night Paper
  • Spellbinders – 8.5×11-inch 100lb Cardstock – Cosmic Sky
  • What Cardstock
  • White Catalog Envelope

Ink

  • Hero Arts – Acrylic Spray – Opaque White
  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dyke Ink – Paris Dusk
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress ink – Fossilized Amber
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Spellbinders – Opaque Watercolor – Splatter White

Adhesives

Tools

Stenciled Cake Pop-Up Birthday Card

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Here are two birthday cards I made using a stamp and coordinating die and stencils set from This Calls For Confetti and Karen Burniston’s Katherine Label Pop-Up and Happy Birthday word die sets.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

I made two versions of the card – one using patterned paper as a background and the other with a stenciled card front.  Both started with a purchased A6 (4.5×6.25-inch) cardbase with matching envelope. Both have the pop-up sentiment inside with the words, shadow and mechanism being cut from an additional cardbase and colored with the same Distress Ink colors used to stencil the cake.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A6 (4.5x 6.25-inches) size envelope stamped with a sentiment from Craft Roulette.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stencils

  • Daisy Mae Designs – Dotty Stencil
  • This Calls For Confetti – Three Tier Cake Layering Stencil & Die

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01
  • This Calls For Confetti – Clear Stamps – Alice’s Story Birthday Sentiments

Papers

  • Laserowe Love – 12×12 inch Double-Sided Paper – Vintage Trip by Renata Maslyk
  • Cream 65lb Cardstock
  • Park lane Paperie – A6 Textured Cardbases & Envelopes – Ivory

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress ink – Dried Marigold, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Gelli Arts – Gel Plate
  • Scissors
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • 3 Clear Rhinestones Flatback Gems
  • 3 Tiny Gold Flatback Gems

Interactive Clapping Hands Card

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This card was made for CRAFT ROULETTE #274 whose parameters included a thank you card, decoration colors, hands element, and tone on tone. I chose to make a shaped interactive card that features cartoon hands that clap.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase:  I started with an 4.125×11-inch piece of white cardstock folded in half to form a top-fold cardbase. Trace around cartoon hand pattern, cut and use a black marker to outline the hand’s features as shown in the video above.

Clapping Hands Pop-Up:  Die cut main twist pop-up mechanism, the panel strip and two flag arms from Karen Burniston’s Little Twist Pop-Up die set. (Watch the assembly video located at the bottom of the linked die set.) Install twist panel pop-up as shown in the video above. Cut two sets of arms from the Spellbinder’s Classic Mouse dies and add to the flag arms as shown in the video above.

Sentiments: Die cut “thank you” and glue inside card. Sketch in pencil and then cover with a fine tipped black marker the sentiments on the thumbs.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 size envelope (4.125x 5.5-inches).

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • White Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Husk Smooth

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Eraser
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Paper Masking Tape

2025 ATC Calendar – July

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I started a new challenge for 2025 – the ATC calendar challenge. With a group of crafty friends, we are making a new image on a 4.25×5.5-inch calendar card for each month.

July’s card is made with Stampin’ Up’s Notes & Totes dies and stamps.

Learn how I made this calendar by watching the video below.

To see other months’ calendars go to click here.

Click to see Lois Bak’s July calendar.

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Materials Used:


Dies
• Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Dies – Notes & Totes

Stamps
• Stampin’ Up – Clear Stamps – Notes & Totes

Press Plates
• Spellbinders – BetterPress Plates – 2025 DIY Calendar


Papers
• Core’dinations – 12×12 Textured Cardstock – Vintage Collection – Blue
• Copper Mirror Cardstock
• Pink Textured Shimmer Cardstock
• White and Yellow Cardstock
• Spellbinders – BetterPress – 5.5 x 4.25” (A2) Cotton Card Panels – Porcelain & Pebble


Ink
• Concord & 9th – Premium Dye Ink – Powder
• Memento – Fad-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
• My Favorite Things – Premium Dye Ink – Lazy Day
• Spellbinders – BetterPress Ink – BetterPress Black
• Stampin’ Up – Classic Stampin’ Pad – Crushed Curry

Adhesives
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Scrapbook.com – Foam Tape – 1mm


Tools
• Die Cutting Machine
• Scissors
• We R Memories – Piercing Tool
• Blending Brush
• Paper Masking Tape

Adhesives
• The Paper Studio – Brads – Copper