card-making

Catch A Falling Star – An Easel Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #263 whose parameters included a sending sunshine card, spring colors, rodent(s), and shiny.

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

Back of Card

Cardbase: Start with an 8.5×11-inch sheet of white cardstock. Score and fold at 5.5-inches and at 2.75-inches. Cover the large inside panel with decorative papers as well as the two long and narrow front panels. use scraps to decorate the back panel.

Mice: Stamp The two large mice and one small mouse holding a star from the two Colorado Craft Company stamp sets – A Star is Born and Falling Star. Color with watercolor pencils and smooth coloring with a water brush. let dry before gluing large mice to bottom half of easel. Stamp a second small mouse to cut out star as a pattern to cut star from silver glitter paper. Cut out small mouse’s hand to slide silver star under it. Glue star in place. Attach mouse to card base with foam dots.


Stars: Using two pieces of clear plastic cut from packaging, make a T or cross shape using glue dots. Cut stars from silver foil cardstock using coordinating dies from the stamp sets and attach with glue dots to plastic. Attach cross to back of card easel base with double-sided tape. Glue on three stars to decorate front of card.


Sentiments: The sentiments were all stamped in black ink using the two Colorado Craft Company stamp sets and fussy cut around. The small fancy label was cut from white cardstock using Karen Burnston’s Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set.


Envelope: The card fits into a catalog (6×9-inch) size envelope stamped with a sentiment and stars from the Colorado Craft Company’s A Star Is Born stamp set.

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Materials Used:
Dies
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233

Stamps
• Colorado Craft Company – Clear Stamps & Metal Dies by Anita Jarem – A Star Is Born – AJ587
• Colorado Craft Company – Clear Stamps & Metal Dies by Anita Jarem – Falling Star – AJ585

Papers
• Impression Obsession – 6×6-inch Double-Sided Paper Pack – Basics 1 – Yellows
• Silver Foil and Glitter Cardstock
• White Cardstock
• Catalog Envelope – White
• Clear Plastic Packaging

Ink
• Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
• Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black
• Sharpie – Permanent Marker –Fine Tip – Yellow
• Nuvo – Watercolour Pencils – Hair & Skin Tones

Adhesives
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Double-Sided Tape – 1/4″ wide
• Foam Dots
• Glue Dots

Tools
• Die Cutting Machine
• Paper Trimmer
• Stamping Platform
• Scissors
• Paper Masking Tape
• Stamping Blocks
• Water Brush

Toaster of Thanks

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #262 whose parameters included a thank you card, 1950s colors, toast(s)/bread(s), and brown paper.

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


Cardbase: Score and fold in half a8.5x 5.5 rectangle of silver mirror cardstock. From the Trinity Stamps Toaster Card die set, cut the toaster shaped die with its feet just slightly over the fold of the silver folded cardstock to form a toaster shaped card hinged at its feet.


Toaster: Cut one whole toaster from silver and another from gray cardstock. Cut enough of the toaster lever knob to have two knobs that are black on both sides. Glue the knobs to the inside of the toaster card’s left side near the feet. Using 1mm thick foam tape, place tape around the inside of the folded shaped toaster card to form a U shape with the opening is where the slot is. Attach the silver toaster over the foam tape to form a pocket with the slot as its opening. Repeat gluing in knob, adding foam tape and attaching the gray cardstock toaster to the other inside side of the card. Add double-sided tape to the back of some shiny black cardstock or junk mail before cutting out two of the spiraling squiggle from the Elizabeth Craft Designs Karen Burniston Merry Christmas Pop-Up and three of the toaster feet bar from Trinity Stamps Toaster Card die set. Adhere the squiggle stickers to the inside center of the silver toaster and to the back of the card’s toaster. Adhere the feet bar to the silver toasters. The gray cardstock should be without decorations.


Toast Cards: From brown kraft paper, cut two bread shaped cards using the die from the Trinity Stamps Toaster Card die set. Cut two small bread shapes using the smaller die in the set from white. Ink the inside edges and the whole outside of the brown cards with a dark brown ink. Lightly ink the edges of the white pieces. Stamp sentiments onto the front outside of cards and tops of white pieces before gluing the white to the inside of cards.


Sentiments: The toast cards’ sentiments were all stamped in brown ink using the Rubbernecker Thanks Set and Lawn Fawn’s Push Here stamps. The toaster card front has die cut letters cut from black cardstock/shiny junk mail backed with double-sided tape to form stickers. The “TOAST” word shadow was cut from white and adhered to silver mirror card with double-sided tape. All the die-cut sentiment is cut using the Trinity Toaster Card set.


Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope stamped on its flap a piece of bread with a heart using the Lawn Fawn Let’s Toast stamp set.

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Materials Used:


Dies
• Elizabeth Craft Designs – Karen Burniston Pop It Ups – Merry Christmas Pop-Up
• Trinity Stamps – Metal Dies – Toaster Card


Stamps
• Lawn Fawn – Clear Stamps – Let’s Toast
• Lawn Fawn – Clear Stamps – Push Here
• Rubbernecker – Clear Stamps – Thanks Set


Papers
• Concord & 9th – 8.5×11 80lb Cardstock – Dove
• My Favorite Things – 8.5×11 100lb Cardstock – Mirror – Silver
• Black Coated Junk Mail
• Brown Kraft Cardstock
• White Cardstock
• Recollections – A7 Envelope – White

Ink
• Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Rich Cocoa
• Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black

Adhesives
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Scrapbook.com – Double-Sided Tape – 1/8″ and 4″ wide
• Scrapbook.com – Foam Tape – 1mm thick

Tools
• Die Cutting Machine
• Paper Trimmer
• Stamping Platform
• Scissors
• Paper Masking Tape
• Sponge Daubers
• Microfiber Cloth
• Tweezers
• We R Memories – QuickStick

Celebrate with Flowers!

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This card was made for a Scapp’n Savvy Card Challenge for KB Bundlers April 2025 using Karen Burniston’s Purse Pop-Up, Flip Frame Pop-Up, Flutter Charms and Celebrate die sets. I also used Karen Burniston’s Photo Memories clear stamp set.

Watch the video for instructions on the construction of the card.

Read more below on specifics of this card.

Cardbase:  Cut a 10 x7-inch rectangle of green cardstock, score at 5-inches, fold in half and burnish with a bone folder. Cover inside with two 4.5×6.5-inch rectangles of patterned paper. Save scraps of pattern paper to decorate card front. Die cut large frame from Flip Frame Pop-Up die set from red dotted paper. Cut bee and small flower pieces from Flutter Charms die set and assemble as shown in process video above.

Flower Planter Pop-Up:  Watch the assembly video for the Purse Pop-Up located at the bottom of the linked page. Cut one large, stitched rectangle from the Flip Frame Pop-Up die set from a journal card. Follow directions in the process video above for how to die cut tabs into red rectangle. Die cut one purse base from striped paper and follow directions in process video above. Using the flower and stem dies in the Flip Frame set, die-cut flowers from patterned paper and stems from green cardstock. (Save patterned paper with flowers cut out for card back.)

Sentiments:  Die cut the “Celebrate” once from, orange, red and black. (I use a shiny black piece of junk mail.) From the KB April Zoom class kit use the pre-printed “Happy Birthday” sentiment rectangle label. (Alternative is to stamp the sentiment using Karen Burniston’s Bouquet Sayings clear stamp set on to white cardstock.) Die cut sentiment label with smallest rectangle die from Flip Frame Pop-Up die set. Cut the smallest stitched rectangle from the same set, in pale blue. Glue sentiment label onto blue rectangle.

Envelope:  This card fits into an A7 (4.25×5.5-inch) envelope with “Celebrate your big awesome day” stamped in red on the back flap. Stamps is from Karen Burniston’s Photo Memories.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Scapp’n Savvy – Card Challenge Paper Pack
  • 8X12-inch Cardstock – Orange, Pale Blue and Green
  • Journaling Cards with Red Polka Dots on Back
  • Patterned Paper with Clouds and Colorful Pinwheels/ Rainbow stripes
  • Red & Yellow Cardstock Scraps
  • Shiny Black Junk Mail
  • Clear Vellum

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Rose Bud

Adhesives

Tools

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

Miscellaneous

  • Yellow Enamel Dots
  • Three Pre-Cut & Inked Flowers from Flutter Charms

Thanks A Latte

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I always need Thank You cards and coffee, so what better way than to combining the two into some cute cards.

I used the Concord & 9th Coffee Blend Turnabout stamp set and coordinating dies for these two Thank You cards.

The inks that I used were from Stampin’ Up – Soft Suede, Cinnamon Cider and Real Red.

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Stenciling Fun

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I played with the March 2025 Spellbinders’ Stencil of the Month set – Mosaic & Quilted Memories and the Embossing Folder of the Month – Mosaic Memories to create some birthday cards.

Watch the process video to see how I made these cards.

All cards are A2 size (4.25×5.5-inches).

Voilet Mosaic: This card used – Stencil of the Month – Mosaic Memories – SOM-MAR25, Embossing Folder of the Month – Mosaic Moments – EOM-MAR25, BetterPress Press Plate & Die Set – Cheers To You Sentiments, BetterPress Press Plate & Die Set – Make A Wish Sentiments, Distress Inks – Shaded Lilac & Wilted Violet, Purple gems, Lilac cardstock and White cotton paper.

Blue Violet Mosaic: This card used – Stencil of the Month – Mosaic Memories – SOM-MAR25, Embossing Folder of the Month – Mosaic Moments – EOM-MAR25, BetterPress Press Plate & Die Set – Make A Wish Sentiments, Distress Inks – Shaded Lilac & Wilted Violet, Blue gems, Light Blue & Lilac cardstock and Grey cotton paper. (Blue sentiment strip “Have the best day ever” is a heat embossed with a blue sparkle powder. Stamp set unknown.)

Violet Quilted:  This card used – Stencil of the Month – Quilted Memories – SOM-MAR25, BetterPress Press Plate & Die Set – Fancy Sentiment Strips, Distress Inks – Shaded Lilac, Yellow gems, Lilac cardstock and White cotton paper.

Posey Quilted:  This card used – Stencil of the Month – Quilted Memories – SOM-MAR25, BetterPress of the Month Press Plate & Die Set – Paint The Town-BPOM-NOV24, Distress Inks – Milled Lavender, Yellow gems, Lilac & Purple cardstock and White cotton paper. (Purple sentiment banner is hot foiled in black foil using an unknown “Happy Birthday” Glimmer plate but cut using Fancy Sentiment Strips die.)

Red Quilted:  This card used – Stencil of the Month – Quilted Memories – SOM-MAR25, BetterPress Press Plate & Die Set – Make A Wish Sentiments, Distress Inks – Lumberjack Plaid, Mustard Seed & Spiced Marmalade, Yellow cardstock, White cotton paper and a red satin bow.

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Materials Used:

Press Plates & Dies

  • Spellbinders – BetterPress Press Plate & Die Set – Cheers To You Sentiments
  • Spellbinders – BetterPress Press Plate & Die Set – Fancy Sentiment Strips
  • Spellbinders – BetterPress Press Plate & Die Set – Make A Wish Sentiments
  • Spellbinders – BetterPress of the Month Press Plate & Die Set – Paint The Town-BPOM-NOV24

Stencils

  • Spellbinders – Stencil of the Month – Mosaic & Quilted Memories – SOM-MAR25

Embossing Folders

  • Spellbinders – Embossing Folder of the Month – Mosaic Moments – EOM-MAR25

Papers

  • Blue, Lilac, Purple, White and Yellow 65 lb. Cardstock
  • Crafter’s Companion – 4.25×5.5 250 gsm Cotton Paper – Cream, Grey, White
  • Scrapbook.com – 8.5×11 110 lb. Cardstock – Neenah Solar White
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink – Milled Lavender, Shaded Lilac, Wilted Violet
  • Spellbinders – BetterPress Ink – BetterPress Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Gelli Arts – 8×10-inch Gel Plate
  • Bone Folder
  • Score Board
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • Red Satin Ribbon Bow
  • Adhesive Backed Gems- Blue, Purple, Yellow

It’s A Party – Celebrate Your Birthday!

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When needing a large number of birthday cards, making multiple inlay die-cut backgrounds is the way to go.

Watch the video below to see how I made these cards.

Cardbase:  I made eight A2 size cardbases by folding 8.5×5.5-inch rectangles of white cardstock in half.

Card Front: The card front uses Concord & 9th’s Party Hats inlay die along with the slice of cake from Karen Burniston’s Big Birthday Charms.

Sentiments:  The sentiments were stamped in black ink using the Craft Roulette’s Funn Sentiments #01 stamp set and Karen Burniston’s Celebrate, Happy Birthday and Shadow dies along with her Katherine Label Pop-Up die set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A3 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope stamped with a sentiment or a hand-drawn heart.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • Craft Consortium – A4 Double-Sided Solid Colored Cardstock – Little Robin Redbreast
  • Craft Consortium – A4 Double-Sided Solid Colored Cardstock – ‘Tis the Season
  • Ink N’ Splatter – 6×6 Double-Sided Cardstock – Ladybug Days
  • Ink N’ Splatter – 6×6 Double-Sided Cardstock – Raspberry Crush
  • White Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Letter It – Fineliner Pen – Yellow
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Red
  • Stampin’ Up – Stamp Write Marker – Chocolate Chip
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush Marker – Glitter Gloss

Adhesives

Tools

Paddlewheel Boat Pop-Up Birthday Card

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It’s the Karen Burniston design team challenge for March 2025 using the theme of Lake or Ocean. I made a birthday card using the Cruise Ship Add-ons, Boat Pop-Up and Cruise Charms to make a pop-up paddlewheel boat. (You can see other boat and ship pop-ups by clicking here.)

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

Cardbase: Start with a 4.25 x 11-inch piece of cardstock and fold in half to form a side-fold A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) card. Cover the four panels with decorative papers.

Pop-Up: Watch the assembly videos for the Boat Pop-Up and Cruise Ship Add-ons. Cut out one of the back trim piece from the Cruise Ship Add-ons and two of the ship’s wheels from the Cruise Charms in red.  Trim the ship’s wheels as directed in the video above.

Sentiments:  All the sentiments used on the card come from the Sail Away stamp set except for the “Happy Birthday” which is from the Belated Birthday set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope stamped with a sentiment used on the card on the back flap in dark brown ink.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Glitz Girls – 12×12 inch Single-Sided Paper –Love Nest by Lisa Rupp
  • The Paper Studio – 12×12 inch Single-Sided Paper – Beach House
  • Blue, Red and White Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

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
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

  • Cotton Ball

A Toast To You – A Birthday Card

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This pun themed card is a pop-up card that has a piece of toast that moves up when the card is opened. It is a top-fold A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) cardbase That uses Karen Burniston’s Parcel Pop-Up mechanism to make the toast and lever move when you open it.

The frame around the inside sentiment is from Karen Burniston’s Frame Pull Pop-Up and the sentiment is from her Photo Memories stamp set. The HBD! stamped on the toast is by Craft Roulette.

The toaster and bread were of my own design. The black decorative design on the toaster comes from a previously released die set by Karen Burniston. The doily is from Paper Discovery.

The letters on the card front are by PoppyStamps.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – Kraft
  • Scrapbook.com – 6×8 Double-Sided 230 GSM papers – Berry Sweet
  • Gray Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Gathered Twigs
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Craft Mat
  • Sponge Daubers
  • Paper Masking Tape

A February Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #255 whose parameters included an A2 card, Valentine colors, February element, and metallic/foil.

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

Cardbase: I used a purchased cardbase and envelope. The cardbase had a pink plaid exterior with was covered with decorative paper on the card back and a frame mat was cut from red using the Karen Burniston rectangle die so that some of the pink plaid would show.

Sentiments:  The “Sweet” sentiment on the card front is front a journaling card from the 12×12 Memory Place paper collection. Inside, a Craft Roulette sentiment stamp was used for “Happy Birthday.”

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope with decorative paper strips glued to the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – The Basics
  • Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

  • Memory Place – 12×12 inch Double-Sided Paper – Peter’s Garden
  • Memory Place – 6×6 inch Double-Sided Paper – Peter’s Garden
  • Memory Place – 6×6 inch Collage Origami Paper – Peter’s Garden
  • Craft Smart – A2 Printed Card and Envelope – Pastel Plaids

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush Marker – Glitter Gloss
  • Nuvo – Glitter Marker – Lemon Drizzle

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Detail Scissors
  • Trimming Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape