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Welcome back!  My granddaughter's 7th birthday is coming up so it's time to try another interactive card.  I decided to use my Lawn Fawn pop-up platform dies for the first time and some of their mouse stamps.  Last year I made her a card with mice so this continues that theme a little and the mice are so very super cute.  I love how so many of the Lawn Fawn mouse sets are the same size and you can mix-n-match them! CASE'd  Birthday Mouse Party  for the general scene idea.  For the mouse flying over on a paper airplane, I attached it to a tiny strip of acetate.  The platform itself was pretty easy to assemble but I could have done better getting the most use out of the cardstock. I think I got a bit over zealous with the mice and extras and made the card too busy but it's still cute! Thanks for poppin' by. Card Recipe Stamps:   Lawn Fawn Birthday Before 'n Afters, Lawn Fawn Just Plane Awesome, Lawn Fawn I Love You Mower, Lawn Fawn It's A Bird,...

  I needed a few Thank You cards on hand for our neighbors here in the Wisconsin Northwoods.  I've used this Thanks die with its shadow on a lot of cards now.  I really like the way it fits on an A2 card, whether landscape or portrait. I looked through my pattern paper and ephemera stash for summer and woodsy things.  These are what I came up with.  Some ephemera still needed to be colored and I'm loving those sunflowers from Gina K Designs!  I'll have to use those again. Thanks for poppin' in. Card Recipe Stamps:  GKD Paper Hug (Digital), GKD Pocketful of Sunshine (Digital) Punches & Dies:   SSS Fancy Thanks Embossing folders:   Paper:  SU! Whisper White, SU! Adventure Bound DSP, SU! Wood Textures DSP, misc from scraps Paper Size:   A2 5.5" x 4.25" card Ink:   Accessories:  Wooden ephemera Techniques:   CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓 SU! - Stampin Up DSP - Designer Series Paper GKD - Gina K Designs PP -...

I created this card for my grandnephew's 1st Silly Goose birthday.  I love this stamp and have used it a few times.  I matched it with  Freshly Made Sketches  #368 and used the colors in the DSP to determine the color palette for this fun boy's card. This was a fun and easy card that relies mostly on the design.  Thanks Freshly Made Sketches.  😀 Thanks for poppin' in!  Have a wonderful day. Card Recipe Stamps:   SU! Heartland, SU! Because Of You Punches & Dies:    Embossing folders:   Paper:  SU! Cherry On Top, Whisper White, Cucumber Crush, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay Paper Size:   A2 5.5" x 4.25" card Ink:  SU!  Cucumber Crush, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Garden Green, MFT Extreme Black Accessories:  Nuvo Drops Techniques:   CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓 SU! - Stampin Up DSP - Designer Series Paper PP - Paper Pumpkin SSS - Simon Says Stamp MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps C9 - Concord & 9t...

Not a card or paper .... Happy Spring & May Day! My family has the tradition of making and distributing baskets of candy to the neighbors for May Day.  While I'm not making the candy baskets this year, I offered to make Spring decorations for the neighborhood sign posts. I found a great wooden cutout company, Woodpeckers Crafts , that delivered 20 flowers, 10 tulips & 10 daisies, within a few days.  I used my existing outdoor acrylic paints, masking tape and wipees to quickly paint the flowers as colorful Tulips and Gerbera Daisies.  I used a drill press to drill a hole in the tops of the flowers for a metal ring and covered the flowers with Outdoor Mod Podge to protect the wood and paint from the weather. This was a lot of fun, didn't take too long and was a nice break from my normal handmade card crafts.  My next painting project will be cutouts for the 4th of July.   Thanks for poppin' by! The end product.  Painted, shellacked and ready to h...

My grandson's 9th birthday is coming up and I wanted to be careful not to make too young of a birthday card for him.  I bought some Star Wars-like clipart and decided to pair that with the Magic Picture Changer dies I hadn't used yet.  This card was a lot of fun to make.  I had to do some masking which isn't my favorite but it wasn't horrible once the fussy cutting was done.  😁   I then let the colors in the pattern paper dictate the colors of the balloons. It looks so fun and festive!! I hope this card brings a smile to your face. Thanks for poppin' by! Card Recipe Stamps:  cutestclipart Space Wars, SU! Party Wishes Punches & Dies:   Lawn Fawn Magic Picture Changer dies, SSS Hey There, Sunshine dies, Lawn Fawn Celebration Countdown dies Embossing folders:   Paper:  SU! Whisper White, SU! Crumb Cake, SU! Pumpkin Pie, SU! Birthday Memories DSP Paper Size:   A2 5.5" x 4.25" card Ink:  SU! Soft Sky, SU! Pumpkin Pie, SU! ...

My grandniece's 1st birthday is coming up.   Sometimes I know the birthday party theme and when I do, I try to match the birthday card to the theme but I have no idea this time.  It's all good ... the butterflies on this inspiration card  ,  Birthday Butterflies , a re adorable so I  decided to CASE it.   AND, while I was at it, I went ahead and made another general birthday card with the same design, sans birthday year. 😁  I picked two Stampin Up! DSPs with non-distracting patterns and made the butterflies in colors to match.  After cutting out the butterflies, I ran them through an embossing folder to give them a little texture and then scored them around the body to allow the wings to fold up.  For the birthday year, I cut the number One from all four colors and stacked them a little off center for a shadow-like look. These cards were a lot of fun and I think they turned out great.  Very Spring-like, now, if only the weathe...

Good day! I often have conflicting thoughts on the theme of  Easter cards for my family and friends because some of my friends are not Christians and I don't want to throw Jesus in their faces.  In the past, this usually resulted in making two Easter cards, one religious and one not.  This year though, I'm making ONE Easter card for all, and, since last year's Easter card had a bunny, this year's will be religious.  😀😊😇 I looked through my pinterest pins from years ago and found this one,  Cross of Hope .  I decided to CASE it but use primarily purple and yellow.  I also chose to incorporate the  Freshly Made Sketches  design #369 into this card while using up some of my older 6x6 pattern paper.  A win-win all around!  I made the lamb on the inside pop-up for a bit more interest. I think the end result turned out very nicely.  I hope you like it as well. Thanks for popping in and Happy Easter! Card Recipe Stamps:  SU! E...

It's a beautiful sunny yet snowy day here in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Trying once again to get a year ahead on holiday cards for my family, I found 9 previously made Valentine's cards from Paper Pumpkin January 2023, Key To My Heart, 3 each of 3 designs.  I decided to reproduce 2 of the designs by scanning in elements from the cards, copying them and then using my ScanNCut to cut them out.  I used various supplies from my stash and they're listed below. I realize many people make alternative cards with the Paper Pumpkin kits but I'd rather figure out how use the existing design to make additional cards. I think they turned out pretty good.  What do you think? Card Recipe Stamps:  SU! PP Key To My Heart, PP Adoring Arrows (inside: SSS My Kind Of Peep) Punches & Dies:   SU! Labels Framelits, SU! Banners Framelits, SU! Stitched Shapes, Lawn Fawn Honeycomb Shaker Gift Tag Embossing folders:   Paper:  SU! Whisper White, Golden Honey DSP, Petal ...

Happy Daylight Savings Day.  Ugh.  I hate losing an hour, hee hee. Today I completed a birthday card for my grandnephew.  His birthday party is Spider Man themed so I made this Spidey Birthday Card.  I found this spider man card, pin,  but the spider web embossing folder I own isn't quite the same.  I could only make a smaller Spiderman face so I combined it with the design from  Freshly Made Sketches  #FMS365.  I wanted a little bit of WOW so on the inside I made a four (his age, of course) pop-up. Lots of fun and overall, it didn't take me too long.  Phew, because now I have to make Valentine's Cards for next year.  😁😂 Card Recipe Stamps:  SU! Birthday Balloons Punches & Dies:   SSS Happy Birthday, SU! Large Numbers, Sizzix Basic Shapes, Sizzix Flowers #20, SSS Stitched Rectangles, SU! Peek A Hoot Embossing folders:   Paper Studio Spider Web, SU! Stone 3D Paper:  SU! Whisper White, Real Read, Night of Nav...

Hello! Still creating at the last minute, I recently created family St Patrick's Day cards.  I used a previously saved pin by Shannon White posted on the Taylored Expressions site as inspiration and combined that with the   Freshly Made Sketches  # 366 design.  I think it turned out pretty good but not quite as "polished" as I like.  I guess they can't all be super winners. 😐 I had fun "shopping my stash" to create this.  I am trying super hard to not buy more crafting stuff until I use some of what I already have.  I tend to buy things and never take the time to use them.  There are just so many cute and neat things out there in the crafty world.  Eeeks! For the inside sentiment, I printed an Irish blessing onto cardstock and adhered it inside each card. May your mornings bring joy And your evenings bring peace. May your troubles grow less As your blessings increase. Card Recipe Stamps:  SSS Gnome Lucky Punches & Dies: ...

Thank you for stopping by ... For family Valentine's Day cards this year, I made the SU! PP January 2025 Hearts For You kit.  However, since I needed 16 cards and the kit only made 9, I had to recreate additional cards using my Scan N Cut and items from my stash.  It worked QUITE well.  AND I learned a few things about using my Scan N Cut. After making these, I realized I already made 9 cards from the SU! PP January 2023 Key To My Heart kit.  Oops.  Guess what kit I'm going to recreate and supplement next?  hee hee The ultimate goal is to be a year ahead on all the holidays.  Adding to the Key To My Heart cards that are  already made will get me just a little bit closer to that goal.  Wish me luck. Thanks for popping by.  Have a super day! Card Recipe Stamps:  SU! PP Key To My Heart, SU! Sealed With Love Punches & Dies:   SU! Deckled Rectangles Embossing folders:   Paper:  Gold cardstock, SU!  Petal Pin...

Hey! I hope you're doing well. Thank you for popping in. My older sister really likes frogs so I decided to make a frog themed birthday card for her, CASEd from this pin .  I also bought, but never used, the Lawn Fawn Swish 'n Pop Pull Tab interactive dies and thought I'd try using them. Then, I paired all that with  Freshly Made Sketches  #FMS363. The Lawn Fawn YouTube instructions are great and I had no problem making the frog hop out when the tab on the left is pulled. This is the result. NOTE:  I posted the pictures below in reverse order. I hope you enjoyed this card and thanks for stopping by. Card Recipe Stamps: SSS Hoppy Days Ahead, SU! So Hoppy Together Punches & Dies:  Lawn Fawn Swish 'n Pop Pull Tab, SU! Hop Around Embossing folders:   Paper: SU! Whisper White, pattern paper scraps Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card Ink: MFT Extreme Black, Ohuhu alcohol markers G5, G9, Y2, Y3, R21, 0 Accessories:  Techniques: interactive swish n ...

 Good evening!  I'm so glad you've visited.      My younger sister and I have a common love of gingerbread girls and boys.  I have often commented to her how I wish you'd see them year-round representing more holidays and seasons.  With that though in mind immediately after the Christmas season, I decided to make my sister a non-Christmas gingerbread card.  I started with the  Freshly Made Sketches  design #FMS364 and went from there.  I chose the colors based on the SU! DSP Cherry On Top, concentrating on the red color since red is my sister's favorite color.  In addition to what you can see in the photo, the gingy girl's body swings from side to side, as if dancing, AND there's a confetti flinger inside!     I had so much fun making this cheerful birthday card.  I hope you enjoyed it too. Card Recipe Stamps:  SU! Itty Bitty Greetings, Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Winter Critters Punches & Dies: ...