Nightmare Monsters Easel Shaker Card with Popsiclesticks

For this week’s Fandom Friday I got to play with some products from Popsiclesticks, and I am such a fan of everything Divina creates! I started by die cutting the easel base from Divina’s Easel die set out of Pitch Black cardstock from Cardstock Warehouse and using the Pumpkin Town 6x6” paper pad from The Sassy Club for all of the patterned paper panels. The easel folds on one mountain fold at the top and two valley folds at the bottom, gluing together with a tab to create the standing easel shape, and it also folds flat into a square that fits right into an A2 envelope which I love for mailing. For the shaker panel on the top of the card, I die cut a scallop frame and used the inside square as a guide to cut my acetate just slightly smaller than 3.5 inches, then attached the acetate to the back of the frame with one eighth inch double sided adhesive before adding 3mm foam adhesive strips around the edges to give the sequins and clay bits enough room to actually move around inside.

For the shaker filling I used Glitter Lamb’s Gambling Boogeyman Halloween Clay Mix along with turquoise sequins, tiny goldenrod confetti, and black, purple and pink sequins from This Calls for Confetti’s Haunted mix, choosing colors that coordinated with the patterned paper before sealing the shaker closed. I layered all of the stitched panels onto the black card base using a combination of double sided adhesive and liquid glue for a sturdy hold, and added the bottom rectangle panel with 1mm foam adhesive so there would be a small lip for the easel to stand up against. I stamped all of my images from the Nightmare Monsters stamp set from Popsiclesticks in Blackout ink from InkOn3 and colored them in with my Ohuhu Honolulu alcohol art markers before fussy cutting everything out, then decorated the shaker frame with two cute little nightmare monsters, a couple of hearts, and a bat using liquid glue.

To finish the card I popped up the ghost dog, bat, and single heart onto the center panel with 1mm foam adhesive, leaving the needle and thread image flat since it was far too dainty to add foam behind, and stamped “Were Simply Meant to Be” at the top of the bottom panel using my MISTI. I die cut a banner from the Popsiclesticks Mini Slimline Stitch Layer die set and did my best to curve the “Love You to Death” sentiment to fit inside it before attaching that to the center panel with foam adhesive as well. The more you fold and bend the score lines on the easel, the more pliable it becomes and the better it stands up, so I really pressed into those folds with my Trinity ergonomic scoring tool before calling it done. This card would be perfect for Valentine’s Day, Halloween, or an anniversary and I just love any excuse to play with monster stamps!

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A Little Birdie Told Me Birthday Card with Scrapbook.com

For today's card I started with a piece of Pink Delight Premium Glimmer cardstock from Scrapbook.com and ran it through the Whimsical Wood Grain 3D embossing folder for a beautiful textured base, then die cut a stitched rectangle from the Nested Stitch A2 Rectangles die set out of vellum to use as my middle layer. I die cut the second largest arch from the Nested Rickrack Arches die set twice, once from white cardstock and once from a blue floral patterned paper from the Delight A2 Patterned Cardstock Pack, then set the patterned paper frame aside and used the white arch insert as my scene panel.

On that white piece I arranged rub on transfers from the A Little Birdie rub on transfer set to create an adorable little bird sitting on branches, placing the "A Little Birdie Told Me" sentiment along the top of the arch and "Make a Wish" along the bottom, then stamped two butterflies from the Easter Rabbit stamp set in Morning Mist VersaFine Clair ink for a soft, dreamy touch.

Once my scene was complete I glued the patterned paper rick rack frame around the white arch panel with liquid glue to the center of the vellum stitched rectangle. I used foam adhesive to attach the vellum panel to the wood grain glimmer base, being careful to only place adhesive behind where the rick rack arches so nothing would show through the vellum, then glued the finished panel to the front of a sturdy A2 card base.

To finish everything off I filled in both butterflies with Unicorn Tears Glitter Pops of Color and scattered just a few extra around the scene for the prettiest soft sparkle, and I love how the glimmer cardstock, the vellum, and the shimmer pops all work together to give this card the most magical, ethereal glow!

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Spe-shell Seashell Card with Pretty Pink Posh

Hi, friends! Today I’m sharing a seashell-inspired card featuring some gorgeous summer products from Pretty Pink Posh’s summer release! This card is all about soft pastel rainbows and a bit of shimmer—perfect for a bright, beachy vibe. I combined the Seashells Stamp Set and Coordinating Dies, the Stitched Seashells Dies, and the Layered Seashells Stencils to bring this design to life. I started by cutting the largest Stitched Torn Rectangle Die and several Stitched Seashells from light speckled kraft cardstock. I ink blended each shell in a soft rainbow of Distress Oxides: Tattered Rose, Dried Marigold, Twisted Citron, Salvaged Patina, and Shaded Lilac. To add shimmer, I spritzed each shell with Distress Spritzes in coordinating colors and set them aside to dry.

For the background, I used the Layered Seashells Stencils to add a subtle tone-on-tone pattern with Antique Linen Distress Oxide and finished it with Golden Hour Solar Paste for extra texture and shine. I heat embossed the "You Are Spe-shell" sentiment in a deep brown ink for contrast and layered it beneath my rainbow shell arrangement. I adhered the stenciled panel to a top-folding A2 card base and popped up the shells with foam adhesive to create dimension. To finish, I added a sprinkle of Rainbow Shimmer Confetti across the card in a soft rainbow pattern to perfectly complement the shells. This card is such a fun celebration of summer, seashells, and shimmer! I love how the pastel colors and sparkly accents came together to make this design shine.

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Juggling Cat & Striped Birthday Card with The Sassy Club

For this card I started by stamping the Green Eggs stamp set from The Sassy Club in Onyx Black ink, also from The Sassy Club, then colored all of the images in with my Ohuhu Honolulu alcohol art markers before fussy cutting everything out. For the background I used the Bold Curves A2 plate die from Scrapbook.com to cut out red, white, and blue cardstock strips, then used my blending brushes to add a little Distress Ink to the edges of each one, Candied Apple on the red, Lost Shadow on the white, and Salty Ocean on the blue, before layering all of the stripes onto an A2 card base. On the top white stripe I stamped the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from the Green Eggs stamp set using Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink so it would stand out crisp and clean against the light cardstock.

Once the background was assembled, I arranged all of my fussy cut images on the front of the card so everything looked like it was being juggled, then used different thicknesses of foam adhesive behind each piece to give the whole scene lots of playful dimension. I scattered Snowflake Pops of Color around the juggled items for a little extra sparkle and shine, and then finished off the inside of the card by stamping "I Got You Green Eggs and Ham" in that same Nocturne ink because even though the card design is not inspired from the same book, that sentiment is just too fun and perfect not to use for a birthday!

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Monster Fun Summer SheetLoad of Cards with Scrapbook.com

For this month's SheetLoad of Cards collaboration hop with Call Me Crafty Al's creative team, I followed the July 2026 sketch and made a whole batch of nine cards using the Sunkissed 6x8 pattern paper pad from Scrapbook.com! Even though the sketch calls for 6 by 6 paper, I easily adapted it from the 6 by 8 pad and used my favorite wavy design as the main background for all of my cards, pairing it with either a beachy pastel pattern or a starfish print for the secondary layer.

I layered the two pattern papers onto Scrapbook.com Studio A2 side fold card bases using liquid glue and my A7 Card Maker T Square to keep everything nice and straight, then created a white cardstock panel with the word "hi" die cut from the Hello Bloom die set in the lower right corner, layered that onto a light purple cardstock panel that I ran through the Little Boxes 3D embossing folder, and pressed them all together under my MISTI with magnets to give the glue time to set through all of those raised boxes..

For the focal image, I stamped the cutest little summer monster from the silly monster summer stamp set in alcohol marker friendly ink and colored him in as pastelly as I could to coordinate with all of the fun paper pad colors, then fussy cut around him and popped him up onto the sentiment panel with 1mm foam adhesive. I originally planned to stamp the "Have a Monster Fun Summer" sentiment on the front of the cards too, but there just was not enough room once everything was layered together, so the die cut "hi" ended up being the perfect solution and honestly I think it looks even cooler!

I filled in a little bit of open white space above the sentiment with Lemon Chiffon Pops of Color, tapping the back of the card so they settled flat, and stamped "Have a Monster Fun Summer" on the inside of one card with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink while I figure out what occasions the rest will be used for. Nine cards from one sketch, one paper pad, and one silly little monster turned out to be such a fun summer batch!

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I Lava You Fandom Friday Card with Trinity Stamps

For this week's Fandom Friday, the new I Lava You sentiment from the July Trinity Stamps release immediately made me think of the Pixar short, so I ran with that as my fandom inspiration and built a whole ocean and sky scene to match! I started by ink blending a sky panel on white mixed media cardstock using Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide, holding my cloud stencils from the October Night Sky stencil set in place with magnets while I blended, then added water reactive splatters, opal pigment watercolor in a soft blue tint, and white bleedproof paint for a dreamy layered background.

For the ocean panel I blended Salty Ocean and Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxides, repeated the same splatter technique with heavier water and opal watercolor, then finished with a few flicks of Black Soot Distress Oxide spray for contrast before trimming and layering both panels together onto a top folding A2 card base with a wave die cut from the Tiny Island die set creating that soft horizon line.

For the sentiment, I die cut the I Lava You letters twice, once in yellow cardstock and once in red, then used an orange marker to hand draw an outline around each yellow letter to replicate the font style from the Pixar short before gluing the yellow letters onto the red shadow die cuts slightly offset to the bottom right for that drop shadow effect. I cut the volcano from kraft cardstock, added green Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink at the base for a grassy look, and glued the red lava die cut a little higher than intended so I would have room to draw on an adorable little face with a black pen.

I mounted the full sentiment onto a vellum shadow die cut so the ocean scene could show through underneath, tucked my lava spurts into place, added 1mm foam adhesive strips behind everything so the foam would stay hidden through the vellum, and attached the whole sentiment to the front of the card. It turned out so cute and I absolutely love that the I Lava You sentiment does all the heavy lifting for the fandom connection!

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What's This? Halloween Button Card with The Sassy Club

For this month's Halloween project, I broke into the Button die set and coordinating Mr. Button stamp set from The Sassy Club, using the adorable skeleton & ghost dog characters as my main image. I stamped and colored them in with Ohuhu alcohol markers, then did some partial die cutting with the smallest button circle die to match the curve along the bottom of my image, drawing in a tiny missing detail with a fine line pen before fussy cutting around the whole thing so it would line up perfectly with the button shape.

I die cut all of the layers of the button using black cardstock and the Pumpkin Town 6x6 paper pad, and for the sentiment, I stamped "What's This?" in clear embossing ink and white embossed it onto the black cardstock in the top corner, opposite my character, using Rabbit Hole Designs anti-static powder to keep everything clean and Ranger Super Fine White Detail embossing powder for that crisp, bold look.

Once my button layers were assembled, I tucked in a few white swirly die cuts from the I Want Candy die set around the edges since the black background felt a little plain to me, and I died cut a bunch of lime green gummy worms to coordinate with a bug background stencil. I blended Loch Ness and Twisted Citron Distress Inks onto a gray cardstock panel through that bug stencil, then splattered some teal graphite watercolor over the top for extra texture, and added a little Twisted Citron ink shadow to each gummy worm so they would not feel so flat.

I assembled everything with a mix of liquid glue and 1mm foam adhesive, layering the button up in the center of the card vertically since I am definitely a vertical card kind of girl, and tucked the gummy worms underneath and around the edges so they look like they are crawling right across the card. I will admit the lime green worms still throw me off a little against the rest of the palette, but I had so much fun finally playing with this button die set, and I think the finished card is just the cutest, spookiest little surprise!

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