Thank You

You’re The Best – Thank You Card

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I’m here today with a 5×7-inch thank you card using Relatively Thoughtful digital papers – A collection called Overthinking in Colour by Karolina Osuchowska.

Watch the process video to see how I used the paper collection.

Cardbase: I used a white purchased A7 (5×7-inch) cardbase and covered the front and back panels with mats of glitter cardstock. The largest mat/frame is 4 7/8 x 6 7/8-inches with a (4.2 x 6.2-inch rectangle cut out from it.) The striped glitter paper is 4 5/8 x 6 5/8-inches.

Card Front: I printed out the second page of the collection onto clear vellum on my ink jet printer, let dry and sealed it with a spritz of hairspray and then let dry again. Nextel, I cut the vellum into a 4 1/4 x 6 1/4-inch rectangle. I used glue dots and double-sided tape only for this card. (Watch the video above for how the card was assembled.)

Sentiments: The sentiments were all from my stash of sentiment strips and kit sentiments.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inch) envelope with its back flap covered in the decorative paper.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233

Papers

  • Relatively Thoughtful – Digital Collection – Overthinking in Colour
  • American Crafts – POW Glitter Paper – Black Stripes
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 Cardstock -65lb – White
  • Silver Glitter Paper
  • Pre-Printed Sentiments – Pinkfresh and Waffle Flower

Inks

  • OLO Marker – Neutral Gray 9
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

  • Double-Sided Tape – 1/4-inch wide
  • Fun Stampers Journey – Glue Dots

Tools

  • Computer and Color Printer
  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Paper Weights

Miscellaneous

  • Santoro – Gorjuss Girls – Large Ribbon Bow – Black & White Stripe
  • The Ribbon Boutique – Organza 1/4-inch -wide – Black

Father’s Day Card for a Navy Man

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I’m here today with a pop-up ship Father’s Day card full using Relatively Thoughtful digital papers – A collection called The Royal Navy Heritage Collection.

Watch the process video to see how I use the paper collection.

Cardbase: From the The Royal Navy Heritage Collection digital paper collection, I printed single-sided 65lb. lightweight cardstock of the blue neckerchief design. (When the neckerchief is cut out, it makes a 5.25×7.5-inch side-fold card.) Next I printed out on cardstock the blue & white striped page, and the small waves on thin white paper. Using the Karen Burniston Rectangle and Labels – Crosshatch die set, I cut two large crosshatch rectangles from the striped cardstock and two smaller rectangles from the wave paper. The rectangles were glued inside the cardbase as shown in the video above.

Card Decorations: I printed on thin white paper, the images of the ships used on the front and the back of the card from the The Royal Navy Heritage Collection. The small tag on the back is also from the same collection.

Ship Pop-Up: I used the Karen Burniston’s 1277 – Boat Pop-Up and 1296 – Cruise Ship Add-Ons dies to create the gray pop-up naval ship. (Watch the video above for assembly.)

Sentiments: Karen Burniston dies sets of Thank You, Happy Father’s Day, Greeting Labels, Thank You Shadow and Mini Alphabet and Numbers were used for all the card sentiments.

Envelope:  The card fits into a catalog (6×9-inches) envelope with “Thank you for always being there” stamped on the back flap in navy ink using Karen Burniston’s Thank You Phrases stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Greeting Labels – 1312
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Cruise Ship Add-Ons – 1296
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Boat Pop-Up – 1277
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Thank You Shadow – 1282
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangle and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Mini Alphabet and Numbers – 1197
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Happy Father’s Day – 1164
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Thank You – 1066

Stamps

  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Thank You Phrases

Inks

  • Crafter’s Square – Matallic Marker – Blue Silver
  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Paris Dusk
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Papers

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
  • Double-Sided Tape – 1/4-inch wide

Tools

  • Computer and Color Printer
  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Ruler
  • Scissors
  • Stamping Platform
  • Tweezers
  • Paper Masking Tape

Three Fruity Cards

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Having received the Spellbinders’ All-Clubs Crate for April 2026, I decided to play with the Fresh Packed Clear Stamp + Die of the Month, the Market Berries Stencil of the Month and Seed Co. Border Press + Foil of the Month sets.

Market Tote: This is an A2 (4.24×5.5-inch) card with a yellow gingham paper mat. The die-cut brown bag is one of the dies in the Fresh Packed stamp & die set. The lemons, tomato, berries and flowers were stamped first using Chiffon, Grass Skirt, Mandarin Spice, Rockin’ Red, Samba inks. The tiny black seeds and texture were added with an ultra fine tipped pen. Next the bag was glued in place and then the sentiments which came from the same set and die-cut. The flowers were fussy cut out and popped-up with foam dots.

Stamped Lemons and Strawberries: This is an A2 (4.24×5.5-inch) card with a green pattern paper mat. The lemon and strawberries stamps from the Fresh Packed set were used with Chiffon, Grass Skirt and Samba inks. tiny black seeds and texture were added with an ultra fine tipped pen. The sentiment from the same stamp set is stamped in green, die-cut three times and glued together to add dimension.

Stenciled Berry Plants:  This is an A6 (4.75×6.25-inches) card which uses Market Berries Stencil of the Month with the ink colors of Gray Flannel, Grass Skirt, Samba & Sea Glass and Tuxedo Black. Yellow Pops of Color form the flower centers and an accent of yellow satin ribbon was added before the stenciled panel was glued on the cardbase. Sentiment is from the Seed Co. Border press plates on a bisque colored heavy weight cotton cardstock.

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Materials Used:

Stencils

  • Spellbinders – 4.75×6-inch Plastic Stencils – Market Berries

Stamps & Press Plates

  • Spellbinders – Clear Stamps & Metal Dies – Fresh Packed
  • Spellbinders – Press Plates – Seed Co. Border

Papers

  • Scrapbook.com – 6×8-inch -100lb Cardstock – Rainbow
  • Spellbinders – 5.50×4.25-inch A2 Panels – Cotton 118lb. – Bisque
  • White Cardstock
  • A6 (4.75×6.25-inches) Cardbase – Ivory

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye Ink – Gray Flannel & Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Catherine Pooler- Mini Ink Pads – Chiffon, Grass Skirt, Mandarin Spice, Rockin’ Red, Samba & Sea Glass

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Gel Plate
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • 1/8-inch wide Satin Ribbon – Yellow
  • Scrapbook.com – Pops of Color – Gloss – Sunshine

Wood Flower Card

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After receiving this personalized stamp set from Altenew, I had to make something with it. Card Chaos with Irene Smith! had a Bingo Challenge on with colors. I picked ivory, brown and teal colors and found a Stampin’ Up designer series paper pack called Country Woods that had those colors.

Cardbase: I used a brown kraft paper purchased A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) cardbase. Cut an ivory piece of cardstock 4×5.25-inches and glue to the front card panel.

Flower Image: Using brown ink and the Altenew Evergreen Beauty set, stamp the image on left bottom corner of a teal wood patterned paper 3.75×5-inches rectangle (Stampin’ Up – Country Woods). Stamp it again on a scrap of the same paper and color with teal watercolor pencil and teal marker. Fussy cut around the entire colored image. On a scrap piece of ivory colored woodgrain paper, stamp the flower and color with a brown watercolor pencil. Fussy cut around the colored flower.

Using 1mm thick foam tape, pop-up the entire colored image onto the rectangle stamped image.Next pop-up the brown colored flower on top of the colored image. Add nine gold gems to the image. Glue rectangle onto cardbase.

Sentiments: From the Altenew stamp set, “Hello friend” and “appreciate you” are stamped in brown ink onto ivory cardstock and fussy cut out. Glue directly to the card front. I used my custom stamp on the card back.

Envelope: Using a purchased A2 matching kraft paper envelope stamp the flower image on the back in brown ink.

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Materials Used:

Stamps

  • Altenew – Clear Stamps – Evergreen Beauty

Papers

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Espresso Truffle
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Brown
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Teal
  • Nuvo – Highly Pigmented Watercolour Pencils – Potato Skin & Deep Viridian

Adhesives

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

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Craftstash – Gold Half Gems

A Peachy Thank You Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #307 whose parameters were: a mini slimline card, fungi colors, fruit element and two-tone. I used stamps from The Greetery and Riley & Company to make this tri-fold, min slimline Thank You card.

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

Cardbase: (Watch the video above for assembly instructions.) Cut two 3.5 x 6.25-inch rectangles from heavy cream cardstock and score and fold at 6-inches. Cut one 3.5 x 6-inch rectangle. Glue tabs to 6-inch piece to form a tri-fold, mini slimline cardbase.

Peaches: Follow the video above to see how to do the layered peach stamps from The Greetery‘s Peachy Keen stamp set.

Sentiments: On the card front is “Thank you for being a” is from Just Peachy Sentiments from The Greetery. The “I a-peach-iate you!” is from Riley & Company.

Envelope: The card fits into a 3.625×6.625-inch envelope decorated with a stamped peach from the Just Peachy Sentiments from The Greetery.

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Materials Used:

Stamps

  • The Greetery – Clear Stamps –Peachy Keen
  • The Greetery – Clear Stamps –Just Peachy Sentiments
  • Riley & Company – Clear Stamps – Cool Stamps

Papers

  • Cream Cardstock
  • 3.625×6.625-inch Envelope – White

Ink

  • Catherine Pooler – Premium Dye Ink Minis – Sauna, Succulent, Tiki Torch, Tutti Frutti, Wintergreen
  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye Ink – Espresso Truffle
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Bone Folder
  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scissors
  • Scoreboard
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Stamping Block
  • Stamping Platform
  • Microfiber Cloth

Thank You Pop-Up

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It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s February 2026 Release of new dies and stamps.

Today’s card uses the new die sets of Thank You Lorna Add-Ons and the Stage Pop-Up as well as the previously released Lorna Label Pop-Up. Sentiments come from the new clear stamp sets called Thank You Phrases and Love You Phrases. The new dies and stamps will be available for order starting February 2, 2026.

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

Stage Pop-Up Base: Using the Stage Pop-Up die set, cut two of the largest die from patterned cardstock. From the same patterned cardstock, cut two of the stage-side strips.  After stamping and cutting the 6 decorator rectangles, glue them onto the front panels of the stage-side strips.  Assemble the stage platform as shown above in the video. (Below is what the completed card looks like when folded flat.)

Sentiments: The five sentiments were stamped in black ink on white cardstock and cut-out using the rectangle decorator dies from the Stage Pop-Up die set. Cut a sixth rectangle, but leave it blank to write a personal message. Use the short sentiments “For Being You,” “You’re The Best,” “For Everything” and “So Very Much” from the Thank You Phrases stamp set, and “Big Time” from Love You Phrases.

Lorna Label Thank You: Using the Thank You Lorna Add-Ons set, cut two of the large frame die from patterned paper and two sets of the words from red cardstock. From the Lorna Label Pop-Up die set, cut two of the large die from green. Glue the Thank You frames on to the green Lorna labels and adhere the letters. Add tape the the back of the Lorna Labels at the narrow bottom tip as shown in the video. Glue the green pieces back-to-back and trim off the excess flaps at the top and cut down the bottom base to fit in between the two stage halves as shown in the video.

To decorate, cut six of the leafy stems in the Thank You Lorna Add-Ons from green and glue onto the top of each of the stage sides. Cut two of the flowers in the set to add to the stage floor in front of the “Thank You.” (I used patterned paper that had daisies printed on it, so I did not use the flower center die from the set.)

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inches) size envelope with “Thank You” from Thank You Phrases stamped on the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Scrapbook.com – 6×8-inch Double-Sided Cardstock Patterned Collection– Berry Sweet
  • White Cardstock
  • A7 Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black

Adhesives

Tools

A Beachy Thank You Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #301 whose parameters were: an appreciation card, apple farm colors, silhouette element and old [craft] product. I used Waffle Flower Beach Days dies, stencils and stamps along with a Hero Arts sentiment stamp to create this card.

Watch the process video below to learn how this card was made.

Cardbase: I used a purchased American size A2 (4 1/4×5 1/2-inches) kraft cardbase and matching envelope.

Postage Stamps: Using the stamps and stencils from the Waffle Flower Beach Days collection along with their Postage Collage die and stamp set, I created the beached themed postage collage seen in the video above. (See below Materials Used for all the ink colors used.)

Sentiments: “Thank you for your kindness” is from the Hero Arts Kindness stamp set.

Envelope: The panel card fits into an A2 (4 1/4×5 1/2-inches) size envelope with the back flap stamped with an anchor seal “I hope you have the best day” in black.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Waffle Flower – Steel Craft Dies – Postage Collage

Stamps

  • Hero Arts- Clear Stamps – Kindness
  • Waffle Flower – Clear Stamps – Postage Collage Beach Days
  • Waffle Flower – Clear Stamps – Postage Collage

Stencils

  • Waffle Flower – Plastic Stencils – Postage Collage Beach Days

Papers

  • White Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A2 Cardbase & Envelope – Kraft

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Antique Linen, Blueprint Sketch, Fossilized Amber, Lumberjack Plaid, Salty Ocean, Spiced Marmalade

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Stamping Block
  • Stamping Platform
  • Paperweight
  • Scissors
  • Sponge Daubers
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Trinity Stamps – Pickup Stick Tool

Bonus Day – Week of Good Cheer Christmas Cards

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This is the Bonus Day in the Week of Good Cheer Christmas Card series featuring cups and mugs of winter cheer as beverages. Today’s card and gift box features Simply Made Crafts die set and a template by Hot Off The Press made up as a cup of coffee with cream. (GIVEAWAY opportunity near end of post.) This also was made for Craft Roulette episode #282.

Watch the video below to see how the card and gift box were made.

The spoon is a tiny shaped card while the cream is a gift box inside the cup.

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GIVEAWAY

I’m cleaning out my dies and stamps and will be giving away crafting bundles to 8 lucky crafters who follow, subscribe and comment on my Week of Good Cheer Christmas Cards posts on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and my website. (If you comment on all 4 platforms, each day, you have over 28 opportunities to be picked for a crafting bundle.)

Tell me why you like each cup or which is your favorite cup. Winners will be picked by September 2, 2025.

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Pop-Up Gift Bag Card

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This card was made for CRAFT ROULETTE #278 whose parameters included a thank you card, bakery colors, shop (s) (ing) element, and ombre. I chose to make a a pop-up gift bag card that holds gift card using Karen Burniston dies.

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

Cardbase:  I started with a purchase A2 (4 5/8×6 1/8-inch) cardbase with matching envelope. The four panels are covered with the second and third larges rectangles and the scalloped die in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set.

Gift Bag Pop-Up:  Watch the assembly videos for the Flip Frame Pop-Up and Mini Gift Bag located at the bottom of each of the linked pages. Follow the directions in the video above to added to this card.

Sentiments: Die cut “Thank You” and glue inside card. Cut the largest crosshatch label in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set to use as a space for a personal message. “Just popping up to” is from Word Set 4 – Just A Note. Dies from Word Set 2 – Birthday, Word Set 3 – Holiday, Word Set 17 – Congratulations and Word Set 18 – Connectors were used for word surgery to make “help with your retail therapy.” Flowers were cut from the Fun Flowers die set to decorate the card front and envelope.

Envelope:  Extra flowers were die cut from the Fun Flowers Set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • White 65lb Cardstock
  • Hot Off The Press – Paper Pizazz – 12×12 Decorative Paper – Brown Leather, Soft Tints Pink Swirls & Suns Border
  • Park Lane – A6 Cardbase and Envelope – Textured White

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Pear Blossom Press – Cardmaker’s T-square A2
  • Tweezers
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • Blue Satin Ribbon – 1/8-inch wide