Out of This World Space Birthday Card with Scrapbook.com

I had the most fun creating this galaxy themed birthday card for the Scrapbook.com channel, and I packed it full of so many fun techniques that I hope at least one of them inspires you to get crafting! I started by ink blending a stunning galaxy background on white mixed media cardstock using Shooting Star, High Tide, Clear Skies, and Tropical Tango Stellar Inks in swooshing layers, then edged everything in Black Widow Stellar Ink and Black Soot Distress Ink to make those colors really pop like a glowing nebula.

I added water reactive splatter for texture, then die cut the background using the Thick and Thin Strips Decorative A2 Plate die and layered the colorful strips at the bottom of a black cardstock panel that I stenciled with lunar paste stars using the Batty Layered Stencil Set, filling in the gaps with metallic star rub ons from the Disco Balls and Cosmic rub on transfer sets. I layered the whole panel onto a piece of the Cosmic 6 by 8 patterned cardstock trimmed to A2 size so just a peek of that swirly pink and orange paper would show around the edges, then glued everything to a top folding A2 card base.

For the focal elements I die cut the astronaut from the Astronaut and Rocket Decorative Die Set, doubling up the white cardstock base for extra sturdiness, then layered all the suit details using the Cosmic patterned paper, the Festive Duo smooth cardstock, and holographic metallic cardstock for the helmet glass and buttons. I turned the planet die cuts from the Cosmic Decorative Die Set into balloons by adding gold metallic balloon string die cuts from the Nested Round Balloons die set, embossing one planet with the Streamers 3D embossing folder for texture, and stamping "Happy Birthday" from the Mini Circle Sentiments stamp set onto a little green moon in Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink using my MISTI to keep it steady.

I arranged all the balloon planets so their strings would bundle together behind the astronaut's hand like he was holding them all, popped everything up with 1mm foam adhesive for lots of dimension, and finished the inside of the card with the "It's Your Day" sentiment from the Hooray stamp set plus a few of those extra galaxy strips along the bottom to tie it all together. Head over to the Scrapbook.com YouTube channel to watch the full video and if you enjoy it, please leave a comment because it truly helps get me back on their channel again!

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Special Kind of Charm Card with Emily Moore Designs

For this month's Oh So Inspired collaboration hop hosted by Call Me Crafty Al, our group was inspired by the beautiful card from Simple Stamper on Instagram, and I was immediately drawn to her circle design and the white embossed sentiment on black cardstock so I leaned into both of those elements for my card using products from Emily Moore Designs. I started by white heat embossing the "You've Always Had a Special Kind of Charm" sentiment from the Special Kind of Charm stamp set onto black cardstock, then fussy cut around the sentiment since there is no coordinating die for this stamp.

For the background I die cut three circles from the Enchanted paper pad from Scrapbook.com using the Emily Moore Designs circle die sets, layering the large peachy ombre circle flat with liquid glue, the blue circle with 1mm foam adhesive, and the rainbow circle with a combination of foam and liquid glue so it could attach both to the white panel and overlap the blue circle, then trimmed off any excess with my guillotine trimmer once the glue dried. I finished the background by splattering Black Widow re-inker from Ranger and Simon Hurley across the card front with a paintbrush for a bold contrast against all those soft colors, then popped the fussy cut black sentiment up over the two smaller circles with 1mm foam adhesive strips and squares.

For the jewelry details I die cut all of my charms, jump rings, and chains from the Simply Charming bundle out of holographic foil cardstock from Recollections, choosing my favorite heart chain design and carefully assembling everything together since these are very dainty die cuts that need a slow and gentle hand, especially when working with the paper jump rings. I added a dab of glue right at the slit of each jump ring and tucked it behind the chain so the jump rings would stay in place while still allowing the charms to dangle freely for a fun interactive element on the finished card.

I added two additional holographic chain die cuts to the upper corner of the card where things felt a little empty, gluing them down and trimming any excess that went past the card front, then nestled the charm necklace right in between the two for a layered jewelry scene. I finished by gluing a full piece of holographic cardstock trimmed to A2 size onto the card front as a base layer and called it done, and I love how the soft circles, bold black embossed sentiment, and sparkly holographic jewelry all came together into one really special card!

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Make a Wish Floral Birthday Card with Sizzix

For this card I got to celebrate Sizzix's 25th birthday using some products they gifted me, and I am so excited because Sizzix is one of the first companies I ever created with! I started with the Let's Eat Cake stencil from the Sizzix and Catherine Pooler collaboration, placing my white Sizzix cardstock onto the Sizzix Stencil and Stamp Tool and using the notches to line everything up perfectly between layers.

For the first stencil layer I blended Saltwater Taffy and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Inks together with large brushes to create a soft peachy blend across all the flower shapes, then swapped to tiny Trinity Stamps blending brushes to add Twisted Citron and Evergreen Bough to the leaves, Carved Pumpkin to the flower centers, and Festive Berries to the tiny hearts scattered throughout the stencil, cleaning and repositioning the stencil between each color using those notches so everything lined up without any stress.

Once the stenciling was finished I trimmed the panel down to 4x5-1/4", saving the extra little sliver to glue onto the inside of the card later, then die cut a scallop rectangle from the center of the background using the Birthday Doodles Thinlits die set and cut the same shape again from black cardstock so just a peek of black would show around the edges once everything was layered together.

I used my A7 Card Maker T Square to center the stenciled background onto a top folding A2 card base, glued the black scallop die cut to the center, then built up my "Make a Wish" sentiment by die cutting it three times from black cardstock and layering all three together with liquid glue for a sturdy, dimensional result without having to fight with foam adhesive behind all those dainty cursive letters. I picked up the tip of using a silicone mat with liquid glue to help get adhesive onto really delicate die cuts from my friend Sara Lihz at Sassy's LLC, and it made the whole process so much easier!

I attached the layered sentiment panel to the front of the card with 1mm black foam adhesive from Scrapbook.com so that little peek of black cardstock could show through at the edges, then die cut three coordinating flowers from the Let's Eat Cake die set out of extra blended white cardstock, added black cardstock centers and leaves, auditioned my layout until I was happy, and glued everything down to finish off the card. I love how the soft peachy florals pair with those bold black accents and that scripty sentiment!

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Hey Cutie Orange Card with Trinity Stamps

For today's card I started by die cutting a bunch of circles from orange cardstock using the Clean Cut Layer Circle Set A, sizing them to match the cutie from the Hey Cutie stamp set from Trinity Stamps, then stamped the cutie image onto orange cardstock as well. I used Guppy and Check Engine Stellar Inks with a blending buddy to darken the edges of all the circles and around the stamped cutie, then pressed the Check Engine ink onto my glass board, added water, and used a paintbrush to splatter it all over the orange pieces for texture. I also picked up a little white fine art paint and splattered that on top, but lifted it before it fully dried so it left more of a soft pale white spatter rather than a bright opaque dot.

For the paper pieced focal image, I stamped the cutie again onto alcohol marker friendly white cardstock and colored in just the leaf and stem with alcohol markers, and fussy cut both pieces to paper piece the colored leaf and stem. I then stamped one more cutie onto plain white cardstock and die cut it with the coordinating Hey Cutie die, finishing it off by stamping the "Hey Cutie" sentiment in Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and cutting that out with its coordinating die as well.

To build the card front I trimmed a white panel down to 4x5-1/4" and arranged all of my orange circles across the whole panel, trimming off any pieces that hung over the edges and gluing them down so the whole surface felt full and covered. I then die cut the Waffle Texture cover plate die from blue cardstock, glued it right on top of the orange panel, and trimmed any excess off the edges so the whole thing looked just like a bag of cuties you would grab at the grocery store, which I am completely obsessed with as a concept for a card!

I glued the finished panel to a top folding A2 card base, then popped up both the sentiment and the paper pieced cutie with foam adhesive for dimension, and added a few Sapphire Sparkle Spots with liquid glue scattered around the card to bring in a little shine and break up all that orange so the card felt balanced and finished.

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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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