2025 ATC Calendar – DECember

December 1, 2025November 23, 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.

December’s card is made with Spellbinders BetterPress Press Plate & Die set called Nutcracker Trio by Simon Hurley. It also uses Dina Wakley Media Better Press Ink in Eggplant, Fir and Ruby.

To see other months’ calendars go to click here.

Watch a video about the making of this calendar and a Christmas card made with these nutcrackers.

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Materials Used:

Dies
• Spellbinders – Cutting Dies – Simon Hurley’s Nutcracker Trio

Press Plates
• Spellbinders – BetterPress Plates – 2025 DIY Calendar

• Spellbinders – BetterPress Plates – Simon Hurley’s Nutcracker Trio

Papers
• Spellbinders – BetterPress – 5.5 x 4.25” (A2) Cotton Card Panels – Porcelain & Pebble

Ink
• Spellbinders – BetterPress Ink – Dina Wakley Media’s Eggplant, Fir & Ruby

Adhesives
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle

Tools
• Die Cutting Machine
• Scissors
• Paper Masking Tape

2025 ATC Calendar – October

October 2, 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.

October’s card is made with Spellbinders Boo Crew by Simon Hurley dies and some light gray ink on the ghost.

To see other months’ calendars go to click here.

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Materials Used:

Dies
• Spellbinders – Cutting Dies – Simon Hurley’s Boo Crew

Press Plates
• Spellbinders – BetterPress Plates – 2025 DIY Calendar

Papers
•Black, Orange, Teal and White Cardstock
• Spellbinders – BetterPress – 5.5 x 4.25” (A2) Cotton Card Panels – Porcelain & Pebble

Ink
• Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink – Lost Shadow
• Spellbinders – BetterPress Ink – BetterPress Black

Adhesives
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle

Tools
• Die Cutting Machine
• Scissors

• We R Memories – QuickStick
• Paper Masking Tape

It’s A Party – Celebrate Your Birthday!

March 18, 2025March 5, 2025 | ullycatdesigns

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

Die Cutting Machine
Paper Trimmer
Stamping Platform
Scissors
Paper Masking Tape
We R Memories – QuickStick

Triple The Fun With Mini Mini Slimline Pop-Up Cards

January 26, 2025 | ullycatdesigns

This card was made for Craft Roulette #251 whose parameters included for a slimline card, lumberjack colors, hat(s) or cap(s), and lace or doily.

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

Cardbase: Each card is made from a 2×6-inch piece of double-sided patterned paper, folded into a top-fold 3×2-inch card. The box to hold them is made using Karen Burniston’s Candy Hearts Box die.

Sentiments: The sentiments were all stamped in black ink using the Craft Roulette Funn Sentiments #01 set except for the “Hats off to you” which was handwritten.

Envelope: The flatten box with three cards will fit into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01

Papers

Scrapbook.com – 6×8 Double-Sided Cardstock – Noel Patterned Collection
Simple Stories – 6×8 Double-Sided Cardstock – What’s Cookin’?
Black, Brown, Red, White and Yellow Cardstock Scraps
Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
Crafter’s Squares – Metallic Markers .05 in – Blue and Silver
Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black, Blue, Brown, Red

Adhesives

Tools

Die Cutting Machine
Paper Trimmer
Bone Folder
Stamping Blocks
Scissors
Paper Masking Tape
We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush Marker – Glitter Gloss
Ranger – Glossy Accents
Cotton String

A Charming Accordion Birthday Card

January 7, 2025January 6, 2025 | ullycatdesigns

It’s the Karen Burniston design team challenge for January 2025 using the theme of First 100 Craft Dies of KB Riley LLC. We were asked to make a card using any of the die sets with item numbers between 1001 and 1100. For this challenge I chose to make a six panel Charm Accordion birthday card based off one Karen Burniston made in 2018. (You can watch her video of this card at the bottom of this linked page for the Charm Accordion die set.)

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

Cardbase: The finished cardbase folds down to 3 1/2-inches wide by 4 1/2-inches tall by 3/8-inch thick. To make the cardbase, cut three of the Charm Accordion double panel die from heavy cardstock. Cut the double panels in half to separate the panels. Cut five 3/4-inch wide by 4 1/2-inches tall strips of the same cardstock. Die cut five of the tabbed square connector pieces from heavy cardstock. Watch the video on how to assemble. Cut decorative papers to create frames for each panel as directed in the video.

Charms: Two different die sets were used for the charms that dangle in the connector frames. The present with a bow, the party hat and the cupcake are from the Birthday Charms set while the butterflies are from the Charm Accordion set. I used the stencil feature of the cupcake die to color in the sprinkles with fine tipped markers.

Sentiments: The letters that spell the word “HAPPY” were cut using the Alphabet set while the word “birthday” comes from Word Set 2 -Birthday.

Envelope: Because of the thickness of this card, it would have to be hand-delivered or mailed in a padded envelope as a package.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Lilac Swirl
Impression Obsession – 6×6 Double-Sided Cardstock – Basics 1 – Yellows
Paper Rose – 6×6 Double-Sided Cardstock – Purple Haze
Echo Park – 12×12 inch Double-Sided Papers – Day In The life No. 2 – April
Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – Purples, Blues and White

Ink

Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Blue, Orange, Purple, Teal, Yellow

Adhesives

Tools

Die Cutting Machine
Paper Trimmer
Bone Folder
Scissors
Paper Masking Tape
Tweezers
We R Memories – QuickStick

Hats off to the Grad

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 | ullycatdesigns

For many graduates of 2020, there were few opportunities to collectively toss their caps in the air and celebrate their accomplishments together. This card is for the class of 2020!

The wait for this stamp and die set was worth it. The quintuple slider dies make a quick and interactive card that has the graduates’ caps moving up and down.

To start, I used a stencil to ink in a cloudy background that ends with tiny confetti being stamped in blue up to the bottom of the slider slits (as if the confetti was falling out of the caps.) Next, I stamped the arms and caps using a black ink that dries fast and doesn’t bleed if watercolored over. Using the colors of the graduate’s college, a pale blue, I colored the caps and gowns using watercolor pencils and a thin tipped waterbrush.

Next, I did all my die cutting of elements using the matching dies and the squarish quintuple slider. In my test card, I had placed the die that cuts the slots into the background card, upside down. So, making sure that I had all the slots lined up at the top end of my background and using the slider die as a guide to know where the position the slot cutting die, I cut the slots. (Watch the assembly video to see how the alignment is done.)

To assemble the slider mechanism, I suggestion watching another assembly video to understand how the slider flaps wrap around the slots and how best to keep the flaps aligned. Once the tiny foam squares are adhered to the flaps, the decorating of the card can begin. (Don’t forget to add some hint that the slider tab needs to be pulled up by adding a die cut arrow which is included in the slider die set.)

I found some scrap printable glitter paper in my stash and stamped the main sentiment directly on to it. For an added touch, I stamped “Hats off to you!” near the top front, and inside the card, I stamped “Good luck on your new adventure!” both in black. I decided the inside needed something else, so I stamped in blue above the good luck a tiny rolled diploma.