Thankful Wreath

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 | ullycatdesigns

I like making Thanksgiving Day cards for my family to let them know how thankful and blessed I feel to have them in my life.

This card was inspired by one that Nicky Gilburt made in Die-cutting Essentials, issue 81 using a hexagon base. I used a 3 ¼ inch circle die-cut base since I don’t own any hexagon dies and followed Nicky’s general instructions cutting apart the foliage corner die-cuts.

I colored the die-cuts with Distress oxide inks using sponge ink blender tools and a cotton swab for the tin acorn caps.

The thankful sentiment was die-cut three times (two orange and one yellow that was inked brown) and glued together with the top layer slightly off to have an orange shadow. (I find that using a fine tipped glue bottle really makes gluing tiny die-cuts easy.)

The top layer of large leaves, pumpkins and acorns were adhered with a variety of thickness foam squares and glue dots. The entire wreath is attached to the 5 x4 ¼ inch cardbase with thick foam squares. For the final elements, I used Nuvo drops for the red berries.

Inside an old LDRS autumn sentiment stamp was inked onto autumn leaves insert paper from the Sweater Weather foiled collection, Papercraft Essentials, issue 202.

To hint at what is inside the burnt orange envelope, I stamped the flap with a sentiment from this August’s Simply Cards & Papercraft, issue 220 and the pumpkin and leaves are from last year’s Simply Cards & Papercraft, issue 208 all in a brown ink from Memento.

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Dies:

Autumn Wishes die set from Die-cutting Essentials, issue 81, September 2021

Stamps & Inks

Autumn Blessings from Simply Cards & Papercraft, issue 220, August 2021
Autumn Days from Simply Cards & Papercraft, issue 208, August 2020
LDRS Creative – Clear Stamps – Happy Fall Sentiments
Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink Pad – Rich Cocoa
Ranger – Distress Oxides – Barn Door, Ground Espresso, Mowed lawn, Ripe persimmon, Rusty Hinge

Papers

Yellow and Orange cardstock from my stash
Insert paper from Sweater Weather foiled collection, Papercraft Essentials, issue 202, August 2021
A2 burnt orange envelope from Taylored Expressions

Additional Supplies:

Nuvo Vintage Drops – Postbox Red

Baked with Love

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 | ullycatdesigns

I’ve had this fun little card on my desk for weeks. It is created from the Baked With Love card kit from the April 2021 issue 197 of Papercraft Essentials magazine.

The kit has a variety of toppers and papers to use as well as two of this pop-up kitchen scene with lots of baking utensils and ingredients.

Thanks To A Colleague

March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 | ullycatdesigns

An order came for a card for co-workers to sign for their office manager who was leaving to take a new job at a library. A slimline card that would fit into a #10 business envelope was the size requested.

Decorative printed papers from the insides of “security” envelopes that bills came in was the theme for the outside of the card with the word “THANKS.” Three different envelope papers were used to mat and die-cut the word. Each mat layer was adhered with double-sided tape. A piece of double-sided adhesive sheet was attached to the back of the paper used for the letters before they were die-cut.

Inside the card was the small, heat embossed sentiment “Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence.”

Stamped on the back of the envelope is the phrase “The next chapter” to hint at what is to come as the colleague leaves to go work at a library. Knowing that the colleague liked books and coffee, they also were stamped on the envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Spellbinders – Cutting Dies – How Does Your Garden Grow Alphabet – DOML-JUL20

Stamps

BoBunny – Quotations Stamp – 7310257
The Next Chapter – Stamp and Die set from Papercraft Essentials, issue 183, January 2020

Ink

Papers

Heavy white cardstock 8 ¾ inches x 8 inches from my stash
Three printed insides of envelopes from my stash
Cream #10 business envelope from my stash

Miscellaneous

Balloons and Flowers Pop-Up

May 19, 2020 | ullycatdesigns

My challenge to make a sweet and up-lifting birthday card for someone who was not happy about celebrating her birthday alone. I had the “Flying High” Craftwork Cards paper collection which has muted neon colors along with pinks and turquoise blue. It is cheery with it has hot air balloons and loads of cute die-cuts and foiled sentiments.

I decided on a box pop-up and used the low and wide shape of the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box die set which fits into an A2 envelope. Th box was cut from the second darkest pink shade of lightweight cardstock in the Recollection’s Pink Buttons paper pack.

I punched out the flower die-cuts and shaped them with my fingers and adhered pearls and dots embellishments to their centers. Next, I adhered the flowers to long strips of clear acetate from leftover packaging.

I assembled the box following the video instructions by Kelly Marie, using strips of clear acetate for the crossbars adhering them in place with clear tape which bends well. All the decorative papers are from one sheet of paper from the “Flying High” collection as well as all the decorations.

The finished card folds flat. A small hot air balloon from the Tim Holtz Collection Little Things stamp set was stamped on the back flap of the envelope.

Materials Used:

Dies

Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box die

Stamps

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection Little Things Cling Stamps

Inks

Brown Ink – Stampin’ Up Classic Stamin’ Pad – Chocolate Chip

Papers

Flying High Craftwork Cards 8×8” paper collection from Papercraft Essentials Issue 175.
Recollection’s Pink Buttons paper pack
Office Depot A2 invitation envelope

Miscellaneous

Foam tape/squares/dimensionals from stash
PVA Glue – Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Glue

Double-Sided Tear Tape – com Clear Double Sided Adhesive Roll ¼ inch

Stick-on pearls and dots from Dollar Tree and

A Trout Fishing Kind of Day

May 18, 2020May 11, 2020 | ullycatdesigns

After 63 years of marriage and numerous fishing and mountain trips, I knew this couple deserved a special anniversary card that evoked all the things they love.

Hunkydory’s Moments in Time “Love is In the Air” die set and matching paper pad had the perfect pop-up card with a pond, mountains, hot air balloons and a couple taking it all in siting at the edge of the pond. The die took a couple of passes through a die cutting machine and then the tricky part of working all the folds. This die is one of the less intricate dies in the Moments in Time series but using a paper piercing tool helped with shaping all the trees on the mountains and puffing out the clouds. There is an instruction sheet on the Hunkydory’s website that is useful when doing the folding.

The front of the card’s paper and label topper came from the “Flying High” Craftwork Cards paper collection. “On Your Special Day” die cut sentiment is from Creative Dies by Sue Wilson and the jumping trout is from Stampin’Up’s “Best Catch” stamp set stamped in brown ink and fussy cut and adhered with foam pads.

The inside “Happy Anniversary” sentiment was cut from two die sets in the Gemini Expressions series by Crafter’s Companion. The additional bird on flower and best wishes banner came from the aforementioned “Flying High” paper collection. The back side of the card is finished with more of the paper from the front.