This Is The Way Gate Fold Card with Craft Roulette Episode 335

For this Craft Roulette Episode 335 card I built a gate fold card base out of black cardstock cut to 8-1/2 x 5-1/2”, scoring at 2-1/8” from both the left and right edges so the two outer panels fold into the center to create an A2 sized card. I cut a galaxy themed patterned paper panel to 4 x 5-1/4”, then cut it in half at 2” so each piece would fit up to the inner fold edge of the gate fold with a black border showing all the way around.

I die cut a circle from vellum cardstock and a slightly smaller circle from more galaxy themed patterned paper, glued them together, and popped them up with thin foam adhesive so the adhesive only touched the left panel of the gate fold, then stamped two images from the Sassielorian stamp set, colored them with alcohol markers, fussy cut them out, and attached them to the center of the layered circles with that same thin foam adhesive.

Because some of the glue showed through the vellum, I die cut a small black cardstock circle and glued it to the back of the vellum on the inside of the card so nothing would be visible when the card was opened. I cut a piece of white cardstock to 4 x 5-1/4” and glued it to the inside of the card to create a writing surface for when the card is ready to send, then trimmed three 1/4” wide strips from a scrap piece of galaxy patterned paper and glued them along the bottom of that white panel for a fun decorative touch. I finished by stamping "This Is The Way!" in black ink on the inside of the card, and then I scattered silver sparkle stars across the front for a little extra galaxy magic!

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Christmas Cocktails SheetLoad of Cards with Sassy's LLC Card Kit 112

For September 2026's SheetLoad of Cards collaboration hop with Call Me Crafty Al's creative team, I used printables from Sassy's LLC Card Kit 112 Christmas Cocktails and Merry Mocktails to make a grand total of 18 holiday cards following Alicia's sketch! I printed three pattern papers to fill a full 8.5x11" sheet and scaled the sentiment and image panels to fit the SheetLoad dimensions, so you will want to head over to Call Me Crafty Al's channel to download the free sketch and do a little math to figure out the scaling percentages for yourself.

I layered all of my pattern papers onto Speckletone Kraft cardstock from Cardstock Warehouse, then paired the sentiment and image center panels with the Holiday Sparkle cardstock from Lawn Fawn in gold, shimmery red, and shimmery green, giving six cards to each color and mixing up the pattern paper pairings so each set felt a little different from the others.

Instead of adding an extra sentiment for the banner element from the sketch, I die cut the Pretty Pink Posh Sentiment Strip die in each patterned paper and trimmed the banners in half so they would tuck behind the center panel and extend out both sides, giving that banner look without covering any of the adorable cocktail imagery. I used my A2 Card Maker T Square to get the banners centered and straight, added foam adhesive just where the center panels would touch the white A2 card bases for a little dimension without bulk, and repeated the whole process across all 18 cards while mixing up the banner colors so nothing felt too matchy matchy.

I have to say that using 8.5x11" printables as an adaptation to Alicia's sketch was such a fun way to stretch this kit, and I ended up with the most cheerful little set of holiday cards featuring cocktails, mocktails, hot chocolate, and the funniest margarita sentiment that brought me way too much joy while assembling! These are going to be so fun to send out to my crafty friends this holiday season and I cannot believe I made 18 cards in one sitting!

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Trick or Treat Bucket Halloween Card with Pretty Pink Posh

For this Halloween card I used the brand new Halloween Treat Bucket stamp set and coordinating dies from Pretty Pink Posh, and I had so much fun coloring up three of the four buckets using my Ohuhu Honolulu alcohol art markers, going with orange for the jack o lantern, a moody purple for the cat, and a bright green for the ghost bucket! I used the tip to tip blending method to smooth out any jumps between my marker shades, leaving a little white edge on each bucket to give them a rounder more dimensional feel, then arranged all three in a quadrant style layout to mirror the color progression of my cloud stenciled background. For that background I used the new Pretty Pink Posh Clouds stencil with Carved Pumpkin, Twisted Citron, Dusty Concord, and Black Soot Distress Inks layered in cloud sections, then finished with a Hickory Smoke Distress Spritz splatter for shimmer.

To put the card together I die cut the background panel with the largest Eyelet Rectangle die, layered it onto a black A2 card font, then white heat embossed the scripty "Trick or Treat" sentiment from the stamp set onto black cardstock and popped it up in the lower right corner with 1mm foam adhesive strips. I arranged the three colored and die cut buckets clockwise around the sentiment, then finished everything off with a few orange and purple Candy Corn Carnival Clay embellishments from Pretty Pink Posh scattered across the background for the most perfect Halloween finishing touch!

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Happy Halloween Spider Web Card with Trinity Stamps

For this card I was inspired by Trinity Stamps Presents Card Sketch of the Month #001 and used a mix of Trinity Stamps products to build this spooky layered Halloween card! I started with a sheet of purple solid cardstock from the Ghostly A2 Patterned Cardstock Pad from Scrapbook.com and stamped the spider web from the Trinity Stamps Caught My Heart stamp set in Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink, then heat embossed it with holographic embossing powder from Ranger for a gorgeous shimmer.

I splattered Villainous Potion Distress Oxide Spray, Hickory Smoke Distress Spritz, and Wilted Violet Distress Spritz all over the panel, let it dry, then die cut it with the middle rectangle die from Trinity Stamps Emergency Card Essentials Die Set #2. Before setting it aside I blended Villainous Potion Distress Oxide around the edges with a dome foam blender and then used my finger to add Black Widow Stellar Paste from Ranger around the edges for an extra moody finish. Using the scraps from die cutting I flipped the paper over to reveal the black and purple pinstripe side and cut two strips with the thin scallop die from Emergency Card Essentials Die Set #1, darkening half of each strip with more paste for a gradient look.

I die cut a circle slightly smaller than the scallop circle die from the small spider web patterned paper in the Ghostly pad, added Stellar Paste around the edges, and set it aside to dry while I worked on my sentiments. I stamped "Happy" and "Halloween" from the Trinity Stamps Simply Sentimental Halloween stamp set in Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink onto Vanilla Malt cardstock from Lawn Fawn, embossed both with holographic embossing powder, then used the coordinating Halloween die and a Simply Sentimental strip die to cut them out before blending a little Villainous Potion Distress Oxide along the bottom of each piece for a soft shadow ombre look. For the spider I die cut it from the Caught My Heart coordinating die twice in black cardstock and once in holographic sticker sheet layered onto black cardstock, then layered all three together with the holographic on top and added purple eyes cut from the purple die cut for the most fun little detail.

To assemble everything I glued the spider web patterned paper circle cutout to the card base, layered the purple spider web panel on top, tucked the two scallop strips off the right edge and trimmed the excess, then attached the circle with thin foam adhesive slightly lower and to the left so the spider web design could still shine through. I glued the "Happy" sentiment and the spider onto the circle with liquid glue, then attached the "Halloween" sentiment so it was level with the circle using a combination of liquid glue and foam adhesive, centering it to the purple panel to balance the whole design, and finished with a few sparkle spots, rhinestones, or sparkle stars for a final touch of Halloween magic!

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Mother May I Fandom Friday Cards with Kindred Stamps

For this week's Fandom Friday I am using the Mother May I stamp set from Kindred Stamps during their throwback sale, and I had so much fun creating three different cards using this iconic set! The main card is a joy fold featuring the spooky house, and since the video walks through all the details of how I put that one together I will keep things high level here, but the basic idea is a side folding A2 card base with a diagonal cut green grass panel on the front, a mini top folding card assembled on the inside, and a layered cloud and gray ground scene on the front of that mini flap with the house popped up on top. The real magic of this card is in the surprise reveals as you open each layer, so I will let the video do the talking on that one!

For the second card I die cut a rectangle from the Card Basics die set out of black cardstock and stenciled White Lie Simon Hurley Stellar Paste through a halftone circle stencil, and while the edges were not perfectly clean I actually love how the messiness of the stenciling ended up suiting the card scene perfectly. I die cut the TV Time die from Kindred Stamps out of gray cardstock and white cardstock for the screen, darkened some of the edges and corners with Black Widow Stellar Ink, then assembled the whole TV before adding the fussy cut shower scene image inside the screen with the "Showering You With Love" sentiment stamped right onto the bathtub. I popped the finished TV up onto the stenciled panel with foam adhesive and glued everything to a landscape A2 card base for a fun horizontal layout.

For the third card I die cut a rectangle from the Card Basics die set out of spooky hotel patterned paper and glued it to the center of a top folding A2 card base, then die cut the larger circle from the same die set out of spider web patterned paper and glued that on top. I die cut the smaller circle out of white cardstock, stamped "World's Best Son" at the top, and glued that to the center of the patterned circle, then stamped and colored the two characters with alcohol markers, fussy cut them out, and popped them up with thin foam adhesive at the bottom of the circle so the sentiment sat above them. I finished with a few Seafoam Pearl Pops of Color scattered around the circle to bring in more of that blue since I colored the mom with blue skin to nod to her current non-living situation, which I think is such a fun little detail!

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Summer Popsicle Congrats Card with Scrapbook.com

For this card I started with a striped sheet from the Sugar Rush A2 Patterned Cardstock Pad and transferred the squiggly teal blue frame from the Sugar Rush Rub On Transfers right onto that sheet, then used a corner rounder on all four corners of both the patterned sheet and a side folding card base before gluing them together. I transferred all four of the popsicle rub ons with the little bites taken out of them onto white cardstock and fussy cut each one out, then die cut the "Congrats" sentiment from the Grad Decorative Die Set twice, once in white cardstock and once in pink cardstock from the same Sugar Rush paper pad, gluing the white layer on top of the pink and offsetting it slightly to the bottom right for a fun drop shadow effect.

To finish the card I added foam adhesive to the back of each popsicle and arranged them inside the squiggly frame, leaving enough room below the popsicle sticks for the Congrats sentiment to tuck in underneath, then adhered the sentiment in place once I was happy with the layout. I finished everything off by transferring a mix of star rub ons from the Sugar Rush set all around the popsicles and sentiment to fill in the space and add a little extra fun to the design, and that was it for this sweet and simple summer congratulations card!

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Scrabble Inspired Birthday Card with Sassy's LLC Emergency Card Kit 107

For this month's SheetLoad Rewind collaboration hop I am throwing it back to the August 2023 sketch from Call Me Crafty Al, and I used printables from Sassy's LLC Emergency Card Kit 107 Game On to create a Scrabble inspired birthday card! One of my favorite things about being a Sassy Champion on Sara Lihz's Patreon is that I can customize and print out exactly what I need, so I used the sketch dimensions to plan just one card worth of images and sentiments without wasting any extra ink or paper.

I printed the adorable pencils, a coordinating triangle print, and the Scrabble board inspired background, then used a soft Sorbet Yellow cardstock from Cardstock Warehouse as my card front layer. To finish the card I followed the August 2023 sketch for all my trimming and layering, popped up the Scrabble tile sentiments with 1mm foam squares, and finished the inside with a sentiment. Don't forget to hop along with the full SheetLoad Rewind collaboration playlist linked in my video to see how everyone else interpreted the sketch this month.

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