Birthday

On A Musical Note – Happy Birthday!

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This card was made for a musical crafty friend who loves purple.

Cardbase:  I made this much the same way as I did with a previous gate fold aperture card (See Button Heart Gate Fold Aperture Birthday Card). Cut a 5.5×12-inch piece of purple cardstock. Score at 2-inches, 4-inches, 8-inches and 10-inches. Fold as shown in video. On the gate fold panels, place circle with treble clef die with center of the circle over the fold and die-cut. With die still taped to card, close flaps and tape die to other side lining up the die to complete the circle.

Musical Decorations: All the musical decorations are die cut from black using the dies from the Paper Discovery box 9 of Papercraft Society kits.

Sentiments:  “Happy Birthday” is a rubber stamp from Rubbernecker Stamps and was stamped onto the white rectangle before it was glued into the card, but after the black circle was glued in place. (See Button Heart Gate Fold Aperture Birthday Card video for how to line-up white rectangle for stamping).

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope that has the back stamped with musical staff and “A note to wish you well” all from Paper Discovery musical set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Paper Discovery by Olga Direktorenko – Papercraft Society – Box 9 – Music

Stamps

  • Paper Discovery by Olga Direktorenko – Papercraft Society – Box 9 – Music
  • Rubbernecker Stamps – Red Rubber Stamp – 0218 SO – Happy Birthday

Papers

  • DCWV – 12×12 Textured Cardstock Stack – Brights
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

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

Pop-Up Alice In Wonderland Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #254 whose parameters included a book binding card, candy colors, rhymes with “ogg” element, and letters (ing).

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

Cardbase: Start with an 11×4.25-inch rectangle of white lightweight cardstock. Score and fold at 5-inches and at 5.5 -inches. Cover the four panels created by the folds with decorative papers from the Stamperia collection (inside panels) and solid red for outside panels. Glue the .5-inch strip together to form the book binding card. Cut a 1 to1.5-inch wide stripe of black cardstock and score at .5-inches down the strip. Cover the book binding strip of card front and wrap over to back of card.

Card Front Image: Stamp the Alice in Wonderland image from Creative Expressions on a piece of licorice red cardstock in black and glue to front of card, trimming off excess.

Pop-Up: Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for Karen Burniston’s Little Twist Panel Pop-Up. Cut pieces from Stamperia decorative paper.

Sentiments:  “Happy Birthday” is stamped in black using the Craft Roulette sentiment stamps. A small white, fancy label die-cut from the Karen Burniston’s Rectangles and Labels set for a space for a personal message.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope. The Cheshire Cat was cut from some of the Stamperia decorative paper and glued to the envelope back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Little Twist Panel Pop-Up – 1232

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01
  • Creative Expressions – Rubber Stamp by Paper Panda – We’re All Mad Here

Papers

  • Scrapbook.com – 4.25×5.5-inch Smooth Cardstock – Peppermint
  • Stamperia –  8×8-inch Double-Sided Papers – Alice In Wonderland
  • Black and White Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

You Shine! – A Sweet Birthday Card

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This card was made using stamps and dies from the February 2025 Scrapbook and Cards With Love event. I designed this card before the event as a birthday card for someone who loves lavender.

Cardbase:  I used a purchased A7 (5×7-inch) cardbase and envelope to create this layered floral card with positive vibes. The background of Lavender cardstock was cut with the scalloped edged rectangle from Karen Burniston’s Rectangles & Labels die set and covered with dots from a white gel pen.

Jar:  Stamping the jar on a lightweight white cardstock I drew green stems in the jar with an alcohol marker and then inked in the jar using the stencil as a mask with a light green-blue ink. Again using the jar stencil, I covered the jar with a light coating of a glitter paste and let dry. Die cut out the jar once it is thoroughly dried.

Flowers:  Stamp the floral bouquet onto lightweight white cardstock and color using the stencil set and sponge daubers to color with Distress Inks. Die cut out the bouquet.

Sentiments:  Die cut the “You Shine” from dark purple and its shadow from white. Glue together.  Stamp on the outside envelope flap “you have a way of making everything better just by being you” in black ink. Stamp the tiny trio of flowers in purple ink to match flowers on the card. Using the same purple ink to stamp “Happy Birthday” inside the card using the Craft Roulette sentiment stamp.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inch) envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Scrapbook and Cards Today’s With Love Feb. 2025 workshop kit – Clear Stamps
  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Friends #01

Stencil

  • Scrapbook and Cards Today’s With Love Feb. 2025 workshop kit – Stencils

Papers

  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Lavender and Purple Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A7 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Abandon Coral, Fossilized Amber, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Saltwater Taffy, Salvaged Patina, and Seedless Preserves
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Green

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Craft Mat
  • Sponge Daubers
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Paste Knife

Miscellaneous

  • Nuvo – Glimmer Paste – Moonstone

Butterflies A Flutter Birthday Card

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This birthday card was made for a crafty friend who likes nature and the Art Nouvo style.

Cardbase:  I cut from a 12×12 sheet of single-sided patterned cardstock, a 7 x10-inch piece so that the design would be my decorative card front. The rectangle was folded in half to form a top-fold A7 (5×7-inch) size card. The remaining patterned cardstock was cut into rectangles to cover the inside of the card.

Butterfly Pop-Up Collage:  Using the Karen Burniston Heart Collage Pop-Up die, cut of the mechanism from the scraps of the cardbase cardstock. (Follow the assembly video directions for installation of the mechanisms. Video is at the bottom of the linked die page.) Cut butterflies from scrapes of Graphic 45 decorative cardstock and glue onto mechanisms avoiding catch points as shown in the assembly video.

Sentiments:  Karen Burniston’s Happy Birthday die was cut in white and glued to the front of the card. The Funn sentiment from Craft Roulette was stamped in black ink onto a decorative scalloped label cut and embossed using an Emily Moore Designs die. Glitter gloss was used on all the sentiments for some sparkle.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • DCWV – 12×12 inch Single -Sided Patterned Cardstock – The Mariposa Stack
  • Graphic 45 – 12×12 inch Double -Sided Patterned Cardstock – Flower Market
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Recollections – A7 Envelope – Cream

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush Marker – Glitter Gloss
  • Pigma – Mircon 08 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Lime Green
  • Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends Marker – Light Daffodil Delight

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Paper Masking Tape

Pop-Up Birthday Card for A Bookworm

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It’s the Karen Burniston design team challenge for February 2025 using the theme of Bouquets. We were asked to make a card with a bouquet using some of the new Bouquet Bits and Flower Pot Add-ons. For this challenge I chose to make a birthday card for someone who enjoys reading. (You can see other bouquet pop-ups by clicking here.)

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

Cardbase: The card base is made from a lightweight white cardstock measuring 5.5×8.5-inches and folded in half to for a side fold A2 (5.5×4.25-inch) card. I covered all four panels with library themed papers from Stamperia.

Card Front
Card Back

Pop-Up: For the brown pot of fern-like seedlings is made with the Flower Pot Pop-Up die set. (Follow the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page.)

Decorations: Tea and books often go together and the Tea and Coffee Borders set has both teapots and teacups. The green picks that the sentiment and books are attached to come from the Bouquet Bits die set. The green foliage pieces come from the Flower Pot Add-ons set. The books and bookworm are all from the Bookworm set.

Sentiments: The square stamped sentiments use the Photo Memories stamp set and the square dies to cut them out from the Photo Fan Pop-Up.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) envelope. The same sentiment from the card front is stamped on the envelope back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • B
  • Stamperia – 6×6 Double-Sided Paper – Lady Vagabond Lifestyle
  • Stamperia – 8×8 Double-Sided Paper – Background Selections – Voyages Fantasiques
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Multicolored Scarps of Cardstock and Packaging
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black, Blue, Green, Orange, Red, Yellow

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

Cruising On Your Birthday!

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #252 whose parameters included a card for a teenager, morning colors, fairy (fairies), and bow(s). I choose to interpret fairy as fairy lights and bow as a bow of a ship.

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

Cardbase: My double sided paper from Carta Bella was cut into a 6.5×10-inch rectangle and folded in-half. The wave decorations were cut using Karen Burniston’s Ocean Edges die set.

Cruise Ship Pop-Up: The cruise ship is made with two die sets by Karen Burniston – Boat Pop-Up and Cruise Ship Add-ons. (You can watch assembly videos for both sets by clicking on their links and going to the bottom of the linked pages.)

Pear Blossom Press Twinkle Lights were used to light-up the ship and the ship’s wheel (from Karen Burniston’s Cruise Charms die set with Pear Blossom Press’ “push” stamp) covers the battery and indicates where to press to turn on the lights.

Sentiments:  The “Wishing you…” sentiment is from Karen Burniston’s Cruise Greetings stamp set and the “HBD!” is from Craft Roulette’s Funn Friends #02 stamp set. The sentiments are stamped in black ink on labels cut from Karen Burniston’s Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch and Labels – Crosshatch die sets. You can download the paperclip slip.

CR252 Cruise Ship-CRX SheetDownload

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope with “HBD!” stamped all over the back flap and sealed with a sticker from the paper collection.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Carta Bella – 12×12 inch Double-Sided Textured Cardstock – Bon Voyage by Steven Duncan
  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Tiara -18-1002
  • Your Paper Insider – 8.5×11 Cardstock 100# Smooth – UltraWhite
  • Yellow Vellum
  • Blue Cardstock
  • Recollections – A7 Envelope – Cream

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Craft Knife
  • Pencil
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Metal Ruler

Miscellaneous

  • Pear Blossom Press – Twinkle Lights

Hoppin’ Poppin’ Bunnies

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Inspired by someone who loves bunnies, I made this free-standing pop-up birthday card. I used some dies by i-crafter which sadly is no longer making new products. You can still find some of their dies on ebay, esty and a few on-line stores. Hoping that the designer of these dies – Lynda Kanase will find a new company to work with to produce this fun Box Pops-Oval Base once again.

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

Bunnies and Grass:  Cut three of the bunnies die from the Box Pops Easter, Add-on set from white and four of the small grass die in white. Cut two pop-up strips from the Box Pops-Oval Base set and trim off tab on each piece. Color the grass on all pieces and tops of pop-up strips with a green alcohol marker. Glue the three bunny piece together. Glue to one side of oval base before glue the base altogether.

Oval Pop-Up Stand:  Cut the main die in the Box Pops-Oval Base twice from heavy patterned cardstock. Follow assembly directions in video. Glue two grass strips to each pop-up strip to form a “T” shape. Place a pop-up strip into slot in oval base and fold tab where it meets the base bottom. Glue in in place. (I added a 1×4.5-inch strip of white to the back for a personal message.)

Sentiments:  “Happy Birthday” was cut twice – once from coral and once from white cardstock using Firefly dies The white was off-set slightly as the bottom layer when the two colors were glued together. The words were brushed with a glitter gloss to make them sparkle.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope. I stamped a bunny holding a heart with the words “Especially for you” on the back envelope flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • i-crafter -metal dies designed by Lynda Kanase – Box Pops, Oval Base – 222133
  • i-crafter -metal dies designed by Lynda Kanase – Box Pops Easter, Add-on – 222146
  • Firefly – metal dies – Celebrate Happy Birthday

Stamps

  • Colorado Craft Company – Clear Stamps designed by Anita Jeram – For You Bunny -AJ950

Papers

  • Echo Park – 12×12 inch Patterned Cardstock – My Favorite Easter
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Green
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush – Glitter Gloss

Adhesives

Tools

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

Triple The Fun With Mini Mini Slimline Pop-Up Cards

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #251 whose parameters included for a slimline card, lumberjack colors, hat(s) or cap(s), and lace or doily.

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

Cardbase:  Each card is made from a 2×6-inch piece of double-sided patterned paper, folded into a top-fold 3×2-inch card.  The box to hold them is made using Karen Burniston’s Candy Hearts Box die.

Sentiments:  The sentiments were all stamped in black ink using the Craft Roulette Funn Sentiments #01 set except for the “Hats off to you” which was handwritten.

Envelope:  The flatten box with three cards will fit into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • Scrapbook.com – 6×8 Double-Sided Cardstock – Noel Patterned Collection
  • Simple Stories – 6×8 Double-Sided Cardstock – What’s Cookin’?
  • Black, Brown, Red, White and Yellow Cardstock Scraps
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Crafter’s Squares – Metallic Markers .05 in – Blue and Silver
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black, Blue, Brown, Red

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush Marker – Glitter Gloss
  • Ranger – Glossy Accents
  • Cotton String

Take Me Out To The Ball Game!

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It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s January 2025 release of eight new dies and four new clear stamps sets. For this baseball card I used several of the new die sets including: Paper People, Popcorn and Flower Pot Add-Ons along with the previously released Flower Pot Pop-Up, Tiny Accessories 3, Easter Charms, Space Charms and Rectangles – Crosshatch. The new release will be available on January 27, 2025.

Watch the video below to see how this card was made.

Cardbase: I started with an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2-inch piece of patterned paper folded in half to form an A2 side-fold card. The inside was covered with two rectangles of striped paper cut using the largest of the Rectangles – Crosshatch dies.

Baseball Player: Using the Paper People die set Cut one body, one hair piece, one mustache, one t-shirt and one pants. From the Tiny Accessories 3 set cut one of the engineer’s cap. Watch the process video above to see how to style these pieces into a baseball player.

Cracker Jack Box Pop-Up:  Follow the assembly video directions (located at the bottom of the linked page) for the Flower Pot Pop-Up, but add the Popcorn decorator pieces to the pot before installing it in the card. (I made the caramel corn “Cracker Jacks” by coloring the popcorn pieces with alcohol markers and coating with Glossy Accents a clear gel. The peanuts are cut using the jelly bean charm from the Easter Charms set.) The box is attached to the card using the Flower Pot Add-On set’s square scalloped doily with tabs. The Cracker Jack prize packet is a computer generated piece of paper torn open to reveal a pink plastic alien toy charm cut using the Space Charms die set.

Sentiments:  All the sentiments are from the patterned papers and the “Cracker Jacks” was computer generated.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 size envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Carta Bella – 12×12 Double-Sided 65 lb Cardstock – Baseball
  • Carta Bella – 6×6 Double-Sided 65 lb Cardstock – Home Run
  • Echo Park – 12×12 Double-Sided 65 lb Cardstock – Baseball
  • Spellbinders – 8.5×11 100 lb. Cardstock – Pomegranate
  • Assorted Colored and Decorative Paper Scraps
  • White Computer Paper

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Red
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Red
  • Spectrum Noir – Tri-Blend Alcohol Marker – Gold Brown Blend

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Ranger – Glossy Accents