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A Jungle Postage Stamp Thank You Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #240 whose parameters included a card for a helper, cereal box colors, jungle element, and a paper sack.

I choose to make a thank you card with a paper sack for an itty-bitty gift, stenciling tropical flowers and a large moth that you might see in a jungle. (Please note that after I completed the process video, I decided to add some cancellation stamps to the front of the card. So they are not mentioned in the video, but they are Waffle Flower stamps.)

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

Cardbase:  Cut a 5.5 x 8.5-inch piece of white cardstock and fold in half to form a 4.25×5.5 top-fold A2 size card.

Sentiments:  The front sentiment “Cheers to you” is from a BetterPress plate and die set while the inside foiled “Thank You” is a Spellbinders Glimmer plate die cut with a Waffle Flower Postage Collage rectangle die. The “Itty-bitty gift stamped on the paper sack is from the Craft Roulette Stamp set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope with an extra moth stamp on the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Spellbinders – Glimmer Plate – Everyday Sentiments – GOM-FEB19
  • Spellbinders – BetterPress Plate – Cheers To You – BP-162
  • Waffle Flower – Steel Craft Die – Postage Collage Die
  • Waffle Flower – Steel Craft Die – Postage Collage Moth Die

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01
  • Waffle Flower – Clear Stamps – Postage Collage

Stencil

  • Waffle Flower – Plastic Stencil – Postage Collage Coloring Stencil
  • Waffle Flower – Plastic Stencil – Postage Collage Moth Stencil
  • Waffle Flower – Plastic Stencil – Postage Collage Poinsettia Stencil

Papers

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

Ink

  • Simon Says Stamp – Premium Dye Ink – Mint
  • Simon Says Stamp – Pawsitivity Saturated Ink – Aegean, Bubblegum, Fairway, Lemonade, Sweets
  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Ink Pad – Basic Grey, Gray Granite, Smoky Slate
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Gel Plate
  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Spellbinders – BetterPress Letter Press System
  • Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil System
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Craft Mat
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Blending Brush
  • Detail Blending Brushes (Altenew & Kat Scrappiness)

Celebrating the New Year of 2025!

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It’s Sneak Peak Week for Karen Burniston’s October 2024 release of new dies and sentiment stamps. These dies will be available for purchase on October 28, 2024 on the KB Riley LLC website.

Celebrate the new year early with this glittery card that fills the night sky with fireworks and a fun celebration.

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

Cardbase: The cardbase is an 8.5x 5.5-inch rectangle of black cardstock that was scored and folded in half to form a side-fold A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) card.

Fireworks Pop-Up: Inside the card is a fireworks pop-up made with the Fireworks and Photo Fan Pop-Up sets.

Sentiments: “2025” was cut using the Numbers dies set while the “Happy New Year” used the new layered Happy New Year set. The card is decorated with stars from the Fireworks set and confetti streamers from the Photo Fan Pop-Up set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • American Crafts – 12×12 Patterned Paper – Starry Night – 320409
  • DCWV – Mat Stack 6×6 – Glitter Cardstock – Glitter Pastels
  • DCWV – Mat Stack 4.5×6.5 – Glitter Cardstock – The Spooky Time
  • Black and White Cardstock
  • A2 Envelope

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Score Board
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Glue Eraser

Snowflake Kisses and Warm Wishes

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It’s Sneak Peak Week for Karen Burniston’s October 2024 release of new dies and sentiment stamps. These dies will be available for purchase on October 28, 2024 on the KB Riley LLC website.

Today’s card is an A2 size top-fold card that uses the new Snow Charms die set and Winter Hugs stamp set.

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

Cardbase:  Fold in half an 11×4.25 inch piece of white cardstock to form a top-fold A2 (4.25×5.5 inch) size cardbase. Cover all four panels with rectangles of patterned paper using the largest die from the Rectangles – Crosshatch set. Cut a frame of white glitter cardstock using the same die and the next largest die and glue to the front panel.

Mug of Cocoa:  Using the Tea and Coffee Pop-Ups die set cut one mug from red cardstock covered with clear packing tape. Cut one of the largest snowflake in the Snow Charm set, snip off charm loop and cover with glitter gloss before gluing to mug center. Allow to dry before rounding/shaping mug with a bone folder. Cut from white shimmer cardstock the cupcake frosting piece from the Cupcake Add-Ons set and adhere to back of the mug with two small foam dots. Cut one steam piece from the Tea and Coffee Pop-Ups set from clear vellum.

Cut the mechanism piece and arm strip from the same patterned paper as inside of card. Cut a white crosshatch label from the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch set and trim off about 1/2-inch from long side. Glue the large piece of label onto the inside card floor centering it up against the fold. Glue the mechanism into card as instructed on the assembly video located at the bottom of this linked page. Attach arm to mechanism. Using a large foam dot adhere the mug to the front of mechanism. Glue vellum steam piece to arm making sure it is positioned so it does not peak-out of the card when it is closed.

Decorations: The card front decorations are from the Snow Charms set, along with some snowflake sequin mix elements. The inside spoon is from the Tea and Coffee Pop-Ups set.

Sentiments:  All the sentiments come from the Winter Hugs stamp set. All the fancy labels come from the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set. “Snowflake kisses & winter wishes” was stamped on clear vellum with StazOn ink and the whole label was covered with glitter gloss. The vellum was adhered to the card front using glue dots.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope. The back flap was decorated with a hat from the Winter Animals set and mittens from the Snow Charms set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Hot Off The Press – 8.5×11 inch Double-Sided Papers – Magnolia Blooms
  • PinkFresh Studio – Essentials 8.5×11 inch Glitter Cardstock – Glacier
  • Recollections – 8.5×11 White Gold Shimmer Cardstock
  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 Clear Vellum
  • Sliver Foil Cardstock
  • Black, Red and White Cardstock
  • A2 Envelope – Cream

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Craft Knife
  • Pencil
  • T-Ruler
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • Buttons Galore & More – 28 Lilac Lane – Sequin Mix – Snowflakes

Poinsettia Pop-Up Christmas Card

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It’s Sneak Peak Week for Karen Burniston’s October 2024 release of new dies and sentiment stamps. These dies will be available for purchase on October 28, 2024 on the KB Riley LLC website.

Today’s card is an A2 size Christmas card that uses the new die sets of Poinsettia and Merry Christmas Lorna Add-Ons along with Season of Cheer stamp set.

CARDBASE: Cut an 8×6-inch rectangle of a double-sided patterned paper and fold in half to form a top-fold 4×6-inch cardbase.

LORNA LABEL: Follow the assembly video for the Lorna Label Pop-Up but cut out a frame by sandwiching the largest decorator label inside the Lorna Label die. Glue the Merry Christmas Add-Ons frame to the Lorna Label frame and decorate with words from add-on set before gluing the Lorna label pop-up into the card.

POINSETTIA: From the Poinsettia die set, cut one of the large leaves die from green and another from red. Cut one red from smaller leaves die. Brush the edges of the leaves with ink slightly darker than the cardstock. Cut the small, dotted center piece once from red and once from yellow. Save the yellow dots to inlay into the red center. Glue the large red piece onto the large green piece and then top with smaller red piece. Make sure to alternate the leaves for full coverage. Adhere red and yellow flower center. Die cut five pine branches and two of the berry stems to add around the large flower.

SENTIMENTS: The Merry Christmas Lorna Add-On set has a holly leaves shadow die that is just the right size to stamp the word “and” onto and glue to the bottom tip of the Lorna Label frame. The “and” and “Happy New Year” are from the Season of Cheer stamp set. The fishtail banner is a die in the Lorna Label Pop-Up set. The holly leaves and berries are in the Merry Christmas Lorna Add-On set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Gumdrop -5-5154
  • Carta Bella – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Flora No. 4 – Bold Stems
  • Fun Stampers Journey – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Cranberry Bliss
  • Cream and Yellow Cardstock

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Red Organza Ribbon 1/4-inch wide

Reindeer Games

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It’s Sneak Peak Week for Karen Burniston’s October 2024 release of new dies and sentiment stamps. These dies will be available for purchase on October 28, 2024 on the KB Riley LLC website.

This card was inspired by the age-old question pertaining to the Rudolph-The-Red-Nose-Reindeer song – What are reindeer games? My interpretation is Winter games Olympic style with Rudolph winning the sledding race!

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

Cardbase: The cardbase is an A7 size (5 x 7-inch) purchased card base with decorative papers glued to the four panels. I used the largest rectangle in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set to cover the inside of the card and leftover pieces for the outside of the card.

Finish Line Flag Pop-Ups: Two Photo Fans Pop-Ups were created using white cardstock brushed with glitter gloss the arms and decorator pieces. the arm decorator pieces were cut in black and the two sided flags come from the Pirate Ship Add-Ons set. (You can also find a single flag in the Castle Pop-Up set.)

Sitting Reindeer: The sitting reindeer uses the body of the Snowman Pop-Up with the face, antlers, legs and tail from the Penguin and Reindeer Snowman Add-Ons set. The sled is from the Snow Charms set. (If I were to make this card again I would make two sleds and glue them into the card first, placing them so they overlap under the reindeer trimming off the excess front and back sled pieces before gluing the reindeer base over them and into the card.)

Standing Reindeer: Two reindeer were cut using the Christmas Animals die set. One reindeer is assembled on the reverse side so that the reindeer can face each other.

Sentiments: “Reindeer Games” was created using the Mini Alphabet die set while the inside “You’re so Cool” was stamped on a fancy label from the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch set with a stamp from the Winter Hugs stamp set. The “Made with Love” circle image on the back of the card is from the Special Delivery stamp set. The blank personal message label is also from the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch set. (I didn’t have a piece of matching cardstock wide enough for this label die, so I elected to center the die and cut with flat top and bottom of the label.)

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 size envelope with the back flap decorated with leftover blue flags.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Carnation Crafts – Merry and Bright from PaperCrafter issue 40
  • Echo Park – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock – Bundle of Joy -Peek-A-Boo
  • Silver Foil Cardstock
  • Black, Browns, Cream, Teal Blue, White and Yellows Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A7 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Hero Arts – Alcohol-Marker Friendly Ink Pad – Intense Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Scorched Timber
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black and Red
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Paperweight
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Glue Eraser
  • Pencil

A Peanuts Pumpkin Patch Pop-Up Card

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After making a card in Karen Burniston‘s Virtual Card class for September 2024, I made a Halloween version of the card using papers from http://www.Craftstash.us.

Watch the assembly video below.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Craftstash – Ephemera Pack – Peanuts Halloween
  • Craftstash – 8×8 Single-Sided Cardstock – Peanuts Halloween
  • Black and White Cardstock
  • A7 White Envelope

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Paperweight
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Metal Ruler
  • Craft Clips
  • Paper Masking Tape

An Art Deco Birthday card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #230 whose parameters included shaped card, peacock colors, tall element and XOXO.

Watch the video below to learn how I made the card.

Cardbase: I made a side-fold A2 cardbase by folding a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2-inch rectangle in half and stenciled the front on a separate panel. The tiny gold gems where glued on as the last decoration.

Sentiments: The banner sentiments were made using the Spellbinders BetterPress letterpress system and Cheers to You press plates and dies. The inside of the card is blank for a personal message.

Envelope: Envelope flap was stenciled with the same stencil and inks.

Here are two more cards I made at the same time using the same inks and stencil sets, but different BetterPress press plate – Mistletoe Greetings. (“Merry everything” sentiment inside is from Scrapbook and Cards Today’s Jolly Holiday workshop kit.)

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Spellbinders – BetterPress Press Plates & Dies – Cheers to You Sentiments
  • Spellbinders – BetterPress Press Plates & Dies – Mistletoe Greetings

Stencils

  • PinkFresh – Stencils – Art Deco
  • Spellbinders – Stencil of the Month – March 2024 – Dynamic Backgrounds

Press Plates

  • Spellbinders – BetterPress Press Plates – Cheers to You Sentiments
  • Spellbinders – BetterPress Press Plates – Mistletoe Greetings

Stamps

  • Scrapbook and Cards Today’s Jolly Holiday workshop kit – Clear Stamps

Papers

  • White Cardstock
  • Spellbinders -BetterPress Double Weight Cotton Card Panels – 220 lb. – Porcelain
  • Sliver Cardstock Scrap Swags
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Spectrum Noir – Shimmer Gold Series Pearlescent Pigment Ink – Secret Garden
  • Spectrum Noir – Shimmer Silver Series Pearlescent Pigment Ink – Starlight Sky & Tropic Blue
  • Spellbinders – BetterPress Ink – BetterPress Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Paper Trimmer
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Gel Plate
  • Blending Brush
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • Craftstash – Gold Half Gems

Oven Cards in Review

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I have been collecting and making oven cards for several years now. Here is a collection of all my ovens blog posts. Click on an image to see details of the oven.

(Images are posted from the earliest release of dies/stamps/kits 2016 to newest 2023.)

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Day 1 of 12 Days of Christmas Ovens

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It’s Day 1 of my 12 Days of Christmas Ovens.

I’m using a stamp and die set by Diamond Press to create this interactive card that lets you pull the tab to open the oven door and reveal a Christmas turkey. (Because this kit doesn’t include any holiday sentiments, I had to use ones by other sources.)

Watch video above for a tutorial on how to make the card.

Cardbase: I used a purchased top-fold A2 size (2.25 x5.5-inch) gray cardbase and punched a half circle opening in the top center for a thumb hole to help with the pull tab. To help with the weight of the front, I added a 4×5.25-inch piece of the same green cardstock I had used for the front matching ups the thumb hole notches.

Oven: I watched an assembly video before I started my card. Then I cut the pieces I needed from green colored cardstock and white 65 lb. white cardstock.

Sentiments: For my original card, the outside “Merry Christmas” sentiment, I cut the words from a commercial Christmas card. For the card in my process video, I used stamps from the Greetery saying “Warmest Winter Wishes.” Inside both cards is “Happy Holidays, a die-cut sentiment by Karen Burniston in black.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies, Punches & Stamps

Papers

  • Craft Consortium – 6×6 Double-Sided Cardstock – Over The Rainbow
  • Ranger – Perfect Cardstock – Wendy Vecchi Designer Series – Perfect Grey 4.25” x 5.5” top-Fold Cards
  • White and Black Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Creative Craft Products – Alcohol Markers – Dual Tipped – 15 Geranium, GG3 Green Grey
  • Mont Marte – Dual Tip Art marker – E2 Raw Sienna
  • Gel Pen – Silver
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Green
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Red
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White

Adhesives

Tools

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