2025 ATC Calendar – FEBRUARY

February 14, 2025March 1, 2025 | ullycatdesigns

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.

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

To see other months’ calendars go to click here.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Spellbinders – Cutting Dies – DIY Easel
Spellbinders – Cutting Dies – Reversible Royal Court by Jaycee Gaspar

Press Plates

Spellbinders- BetterPress Plates – 2025 DIY Calendar
Spellbinders- BetterPress Plates – Enchanting Suit Facets by Jaycee Gaspar

Papers

Spellbinders- BetterPress – 5.5 x 4.25” (A2) Cotton Card Panels – Porcelain & Pebble
Gold Matte Cardstock
Black, Green, Pinks, Reds and White Cardstock
Heavy Weight Brown Cardstock

Ink

Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Pink
Spellbinders- BetterPress Ink – BetterPress Black, Strawberry

Adhesives

Tools

Die Cutting Machine
Paper Trimmer
We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

Simon Says Stamp! -Peppermint Pawsitively Dazzling Gems

2025 ATC Calendar – JANUARY

January 1, 2025February 3, 2025 | ullycatdesigns

I’m starting 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 and then exchanging them.

I printed up four sets of 2025 monthly calendars using Spellbinders BetterPress 2025 DIY Calendar press plates. I also cut out four easels for the calendars to set on using the Spellbinders DIY Easel die set.

I printed the BetterPress January Snowdrop image using BetterPress Leaf green ink on the January calendar card to give an idea to my friends how the calendar works.

Now we have an excuse to get together once a month to exchange calendar cards for the next month and talk about how we created them.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Spellbinders – Cutting Dies – DIY Easel

Press Plates

Spellbinders- BetterPress Plates – 2025 DIY Calendar
Spellbinders- BetterPress Plates – January Snowdrop

Papers

Spellbinders- BetterPress – 5.5 x 4.25” (A2) Cotton Card Panels – Porcelain & Pebble
Heavy Weight Brown Cardstock

Ink

Spellbinders- BetterPress Ink – BetterPress Black, Leaf

Adhesives

Tools

Die Cutting Machine
Paper Trimmer

A FUNN LetterPress Birthday Card

November 30, 2024 | ullycatdesigns

This card was made for Craft Roulette #243 whose parameters included a a belly band, cottage colors, coat(s) element, and upcycled.

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

Cardbase: The cardbase is a top-fold A2 (4.25×5.5-inch).

Sentiment: “Hooray it’s your birthday” are printed with the Spellbinder’s BetterPress system, specifically Paint The Town press plates on bisque cotton card panel with BetterPress Black ink. The inside sentiments of “Happy Birthday” and longer rhyme, come from the Craft Roulette Funn Sentiments #01 stamp set and stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Envelope: This card fits into an A2 envelope with it’s back flap stamped with “HBD” also from the Craft Roulette stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Dies & Press Plates

Spellbinders – BetterPress of the Month – Paint the Town
Spellbinders – Cutting Dies – Party Time Cake

Stamps

Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb Cardstock – White
Spellbinders – 5.50×4.25″ (A2) BetterPress Cotton Card Panel – Bisque
Colorful Cardboard Packaging

Ink

Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
Spellbinders – BetterPress Ink – Apricot, BetterPress Black, Clay, Coastal, Tuscan
Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Brown

Adhesives

Tools

Spellbinders – BetterPress System
Die Cutting Machine
Paper Trimmer
Stamping Platform
LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
Stamping Blocks as paperweights
Scissors
Spellbinders – Best Ever Craft Tape
Paper Masking Tape
Archival Ink Cleaner
Micro Fiber Cloth

Miscellaneous

Nellie’s Choice – Effect Snow
Bakers Twine

Stamp & Scrapbook Expo Cards

April 18, 2024April 15, 2024 | ullycatdesigns

Just wanted to share the card fronts and light-up lighthouse card I made at workshops at the Orlando Stamp & Scrapbook Expo last week.

I took a class with Jennifer from Stamplistic on using the Spellbinder’s Better Press. We made a number of card fronts trying different techniques and papers. To get the letterpress look of an embossed plate, you need to use the thick cotton paper such as the Better Press papers. We learned to add sprays to the paper before stamping onto the paper for the crisp imprint and ink coverage of image. You can add a variety of ink colors to one plate, or use one of the new registration plate sets and print different colors in several printing passes. I found the Better Press to be a quick way to get professional and elegant looking images. The cost is more than rubber or clear stamps, but as long as you get enough ink on the plates, you get a professional looking image that you can then watercolor or color with alcohol markers.