Once Upon a Birthday Card with The Sassy Club

Today I am sharing a birthday card made with products from The Sassy Club and inspired by the very first SheetLoad sketch from Call Me Crafty Al's YouTube Channel from June 2019. I followed the sketch layout and used patterned papers from the Once Upon 6x6 paper pack for all of the layers. I created the larger background panel first and then built the smaller layered panel on top following the sketch. For the small flag at the bottom of that panel, I used vellum and matted the small panel with white cardstock to give it a soft layered look. I stamped the sentiment “Once upon a birthday” from the Fairies N Cake stamp set onto the banner across the smaller panel using Very Peri VersaFine Clair ink.

Next I stamped the cake from the Fairies N Cake stamp set and the three fairies from the Beauty Sleep stamp set using The Sassy Club Onyx Black ink. I colored the images with Ohuhu Honolulu B alcohol markers, then stamped the images again with Nocturne Versafine Clair ink to create bold outlines before fussy cutting them out. I popped the cake and fairies up above the sentiment using thin 1mm foam adhesive so the dimension stayed low profile. To finish the card, I added Snowflake Glitter Pops of Color to the candle flames and a few of the stars on the patterned paper. I also placed a few additional glitter dots around the panel to add sparkle before adhering everything to an A2 card base.

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Strawberry Fields Dream Card with Scrapbook.com

Today I am continuing my music inspired Fandom Friday series with a dreamy strawberry fields (forever) themed card using Scrapbook.com exclusives. I started with an A2 panel of pink gingham paper from the Very Sweet 6x8 pattern paper pad. Using the Wavy with Dotted Accents die, I cut a curved strip of green cardstock and a coordinating strawberry pattern from the same paper pad to create the look of a little strawberry field across the card. Before assembling everything, I added extra detail to the background using one of the stamps from the Background Builders One set with Verdant Versafine Clair ink to create a subtle green dotted texture.

Next I stamped the word dream using the Inline Alpha and Numbers stamp set with Nocturne Versafine Clair ink and cut it out with the coordinating dies. I softly ink blended the edges of the letters with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink so they blended into the pink background. I also ink blended the die cut strawberries, leaves, and flowers from the Strawberry Bunch die set using Aged Mahogany, Rustic Wilderness, and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Inks to add depth and dimension. After arranging the strawberries and flowers in two clusters, I adhered them with liquid glue and tucked extra leaves around the composition. I added a few gold star rub ons from the Disco Balls Metallic Rub On set for sparkle and popped the word dream up with thin foam adhesive along the curve of the field. To finish the card, I splattered a bit of pink shimmer using a Peony Luster Brush marker and added Lemon Chiffon Pops of Color to the centers of the flowers before adhering the panel to a top folding A2 card base.

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Floral Gift Card Pocket with Emily Moore Designs

Today I am sharing a fun card that doubles as a gift card holder using products from Emily Moore Designs. I started with papers from the Joyful 6x8 patterned cardstock paper pad from Scrapbook.com and chose a leafy design for the background. Using the large rectangle from the Card Sentiment dies, I die cut the leafy panel. I also die cut the vertical pocket die from a coordinating floral pattern paper and adhered that pocket to the bottom of the leafy panel. Next I die cut the long strip from the same Card Sentiment die set out of a solid yellow cardstock from the paper pad and glued it just above the pocket. On that strip I stamped the sentiment “so proud of you” from the All the Happy Things stamp set using Spruce Versafine Clair ink. Once the stamping was complete, I adhered the finished panel to a top folding A2 card base.

To create the gift card holder, I die cut the gift card holder die from a solid orange cardstock from the same paper pad and slid it into the pocket. For the main sentiment, I die cut the word “hey” from dark green cardstock using the Hey Hi Hello Big and Bold word dies and cut the shadow layer from the same yellow paper used earlier. I glued the word onto the shadow and popped it up on the pocket using 2mm foam adhesive. Using leftover floral paper, I fussy cut several flowers and adhered them with thin foam adhesive to fill in the front of the card and tuck them around the sentiment for a layered look. Finally, I die cut the Twyla Make a Moth die set using patterned papers from the same pad, assembled the moth, and attached it above the sentiment. I added white gel pen highlights to the letters and moth for a little extra detail, which finished the card.

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Love You Floral Card with Sizzix and Vicki Boutin

Hi friends, today I am sharing a bright floral card using Sizzix and Vicki Boutin products. I started by trimming a piece of white cardstock to 4 x 5-¼" and placed one of the Buildable Backgrounds #1 stencils over the panel. Using Simon Hurley create. Stellar Ink in Shooting Star and Fore!, I blended color through the stencil to create the base pattern. Once the stencil was removed, I sprayed the entire panel with Trust Fund Solar Spray to add a beautiful shimmer. I set the panel aside to dry completely, then came back with the leftover ink on my blending tool to lightly add more green and yellow tones into a couple corners to deepen the color.

Next I die cut several flowers from the Floral Layers #1 die set from white cardstock and assembled them with liquid glue. I also die cut a decorative border using one of the Double Edgers Thinlits dies and cut the sentiment “love you” from black cardstock using the Vicki Script #1 Thinlits. I adhered the flowers to the stenciled background and added the decorative border with foam adhesive on the center of the panel. I trimmed the excess border with scissors so it stayed flush with the background piece. Then I layered the panel onto a black cardstock mat trimmed to A2 size and glued the sentiment across the center, overlapping the border. Finally, I added Olive and Sunshine Gloss Pops of Color from Scrapbook.com to bring in more of the yellow and green tones.

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Rainbow Egg Shaker Mini Slimline Card

Today I am sharing a bright and cheerful Easter shaker card using Trinity Stamps. I started with a 3 by 6 inch piece of white cardstock and blended a soft rainbow using Distress Oxides in Saltwater Taffy, Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio, Salvaged Patina, and Shaded Lilac with my Trinity Stamps Blending Buddies. Once the colors were blended, I spritzed the panel with water and Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer Mist to add texture and sparkle. I gently dabbed up the excess moisture with a towel and set the panel aside to dry completely.

Next, I created the shaker panel. I cut a 2 by 6 inch strip of white cardstock and used the egg die from the Easter Basket Add On die set from Trinity Stamps to cut three egg windows. I adhered a piece of acetate to the back of that panel to create the shaker front. Using 3mm foam adhesive strips, I built the shaker well and filled it with Aurora and Green Gleam chunky shreds flat confetti and a few star confetti pieces for extra sparkle. I sealed the shaker and adhered the panel slightly off center onto the rainbow background so more of the color could peek through on one side. For the sentiment, I stamped “Have an egg-cellent Easter” from the Egg-ceptional Sentiments stamp set using Nocturne Versafine Clair ink and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I adhered the sentiment to the shaker panel and then attached the entire piece to a mini slimline card base measuring 3 by 6 inches.

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High Fidelity Inspired Record Card

Thanks for joining me in my craft room today for a quick Fandom Friday project. I actually started this card earlier during our March 2026 Crafty Besties livestream and decided to finish it up afterward. I wanted to lean into one of my husband’s favorite movies and create a High Fidelity inspired card that I can give him later this year for a birthday or anniversary. I used the Drop the Needle die and stencil set from the Hero Arts Handmade Holiday workshop kit and built a large vinyl record as the focal point. During the livestream I completed most of the die cutting, stenciling, and ink blending, and in today’s video I walk through the final assembly and finishing touches.

To finish the card, I created a custom sentiment on Canva that matched the orange tone from the movie poster and printed it at home. I die cut the sentiment circle using a Trinity Stamps Emergency Card Essentials circle die to help it fit perfectly inside the record center. I layered the pieces of the record together and added a tiny gray circle for the spindle detail. The record sits on an A2 kraft cardstock panel that compliments the black record with a stenciled shimmer and subtle iridescent shine around the edges using a pigment ink cube. I glued the sentiment label slightly at an angle so it feels like the record is spinning, then added the label die cut and trimmed the excess where it overlapped the edge of the card. Once everything was assembled, I adhered the panel to an A2 card base and the design was finished. It’s a simple card, but the music theme and subtle shine make it feel really special.

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Hoppy Spring Bunny Card with Pretty Pink Posh

Today is another throwback card I made for Pretty Pink Posh using the Layered Bunny Faces with a white pigment ink for Stencil (A) with the bunny shapes, Black Soot Distress Oxide for Stencil (B) with the bunny face details, and Rosy Cheeks Lunar Paste for Stencil (C) with the bunny ears and nose! I used kraft cardstock as I thought it would be so fun to have the bunnies in white.

When the stenciled bunnies were dry, I trimmed the panel to 4-1/4x5-1/2” (A2 size). I cut Bunny Face Shaker dies from white, black and pink cardstock to create a matching bunny face to the stenciled panel. I also cut the second largest Eyelet Circle out of pink cardstock, the carrots from Big Easter Cupcake in green and orange cardstock, and finally my Sentiment Strips out of white cardstock. I used “Hoppy Spring” from the Sentiment Strips: Easter stamp set!

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