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Train Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #298 whose parameters were: an A6 card, Gummi Bear colors, rhymes with “-ack” element and tearing. I used Scrappy Tails dies and Honey Bee Stamps to create this card.

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

Cardbase: I used a purchased American size A6 (4 5/8×6 1/4-inches) cream-colored, cardbase and matching envelope.

Train: The train and brick frame come from the Scrappy Tails Train Station Pop-Up Tunnel Card die set. Watch video above for details on assembly.

Sentiments: “Happy Birthday Wishes” on a train ticket stamped and die cut using the Honey Bee Stamps Ticket To Ride. Punch a small hole and thread some embroidery floss through the hole and tie.

Envelope: The panel card fits into an A6 (4 3/4×6 1/2-inches) size envelope with the back flap stamped with the train ticket in black.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Scrappy Tails – Dies – Train Station Pop-Up Tunnel Card

Stamps

  • Honey Bee Stamps – Clear Stamps & Dies – Ticket To Ride

Papers

  • American Crafts – Core’dinations – 8.5×11 inch Textured Glitter Cardstock – Black Tie
  • Stampin’ Up – 8.5×11 80 lb. Cardstock – Copper Clay
  • Silver Matte Cardstock.
  • Black, Red, Tan, White and Yellow Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – Cardbase & Envelope – Cream

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Paris Dusk, Rose Bud, Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black
  • Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Write Marker – Chocolate Chip

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Block as Paperweight
  • Bone Folder
  • Tweezers
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Trinity Stamps – Pickup Stick Tool
  • Hole Punch – 1/8 inch

Miscellaneous

  • Embroidery Floss – Blue

It’s A Mystery – A Birthday Card for an Avid Mystery Reader

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This is a card for the Relatively Thoughtful March 2025 Challenge using the two page free digital download from the Independent Women “AUTHORS” paper set.

Cardbase: Start with a purchased side-fold A7 (7×5-inch) card. Cover the front with two strips of the narrow decorative papers and one 3.5×7-inches of the wallpaper print. Use scrapes to created the tab strips at right top and bottom. (I printed one set out and realized my yellow ink cartridge was empty, so the card back uses that paper. The front of card uses the set printed with all the full color cartridges.)

Oval Opening: I centered my 3.125-inch oval die over the cut out rectangle of Agatha Christie positioned them where I wanted them to go on the card front and carefully taped the die down while removing the picture. With the card open, I cut the oval through just the card front.  Glue the picture to the inside of the card centering it through the oval window.

Decorations: Add floral images fussy cut from the digital papers. Cut out three tags for the back of the card. Use a fine black pen to draw strings on the tags.

Mystery RT032025Download

Sentiments: Here are the sentiments I used for the card. Free download.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (7×5-inch) size envelope with a fussy cut tag from the papers glued to the back flap.

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Disclaimer: Karen Burniston products are provided free of charge by the manufacturer for review and use. All other items were personally purchased. Compensated affiliate links used where or when possible, meaning I will receive a small percentage commission from these manufacturers at no cost to you. This will allow me to add more content to my YouTube channel and help out a lot. Thank you.

Materials Used:

Dies

  •  Tutti Designs – Stitched Nesting Ovals

Papers

  • 65lb. Smooth White 8.5×11-inch Cardstock
  • White 8.5×11-inch Computer Paper
  • Purchased A7 Cardbase and Cream Envelope

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ink Jet Computer Printer

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Hole Punch (For tags)
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Carousel Birthday Card

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This birthday card was made for Craft Roulette #199 whose parameters included card with a bookmark, bakery colors, large animal element and horizontal lines.

For this card I used dies from two of my favorite crafting companies – Karen Burniston Pop-Ups and Rubbernecker Stamps (rebranded as Brass & Bliss). The front carousel, as well as the animals and lattice work used on the inside cake are from Rubbernecker’s retired Carousel set. The other dies used are Karen Burniston’s Happy Birthday Shadow, Happy Birthday, Cake Trims and Cake Pop-Up.

Cardbase: I used a purchased A7 (5×7-inch) cardbase and envelope. Cut four 5×7 panels of decorative paper. Glue two to the outside and two to the inside of the cardbase leaving the center fold uncovered. (I used two panels of a London park map paper inside the card, matching up the design at the fold.)

Card Front: The background paper, green border and journaling quote card are all from a Mary Poppins themed paper collection. The carousel is a bookmark tucks into the journaling card pocket. To create the pocket, I used thin strips of foam tape on three sides of the journaling card.

Bookmark: Because the carousel die is one piece, I cut it three times from white cardstock and once from red cardstock. For the animals I used markers to color them and glitter markers to add some magic to each critter. Once all the elements for the carousel were cut, colored and assembled, I glued them together at the top of a 4×8-inch rectangle of heavy white cardstock. Using a ruler, draw with a pencil the bookmark base as a 2-inch wide column centered at the bottom of the carousel. Fussy cut around the carousel and bookmark base. Punch a hole in the top point of the carousel. Thread two 6-strand pieces of yellow embroidery floss through hole for a bookmark pull. Decorate base and back with stickers from the paper collection.

Card Back: keeping with the bookmark theme, more of the collection paper was used to cover the card back featuring books and a sticker related to reading.

Pop-Up Cake: Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the link page for the Cake Pop-Up before die cutting. I wanted the cake to resemble the carousel, so the middle layer is white with the animals from the carousel die attached. The base layer is red and uses the carousel base cut in white trimmed to fit the sides of the cake. The top layer uses the Cake Trims set’s scalloped swag trim and the candle from the Cake Pop-Up set to suggest the roof and flag of the carousel.

Sentiments: Happy birthday uses two dies – the shadow cut in pink patterned paper and the words cut in matte gold.

Envelope: The back flap of the envelope has a carousel tent top.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Carta Bella – 12×12 Double-Sided textured Paper Collection Kit – Practically Perfect
  • Spellbinder’s – 8.5×11 Color Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift
  • Fun Stampers Journey – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Cranberry Bliss
  • Matte Gold Cardstock
  • Park Lane Paperie – A7 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Fired Brick
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Crafter’s Square – Metallic Marker .05 in Point – Gold
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Point – Pale Lavendar
  • Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Write Marker – Chocolate Chip
  • Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends Marker – Light Daffodil Delight
  • Scrapbook.com – Glitter Brush Marker – Pretty Pink
  • Scrapbook.com – Glitter Brush Marker – Sunshine Yellow

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Craft Mat
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Pencil
  • Ruller

Miscellaneous

  • Embroidery Floss –Yellow