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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Man Eating Plant Fandom Friday Card with Scrappy Boy Stamps

For this week's Fandom Friday I finally got to play with the Ghastly Greenery bundle from Scrappy Boy Stamps, and if you know me at all you already know I cannot resist anything inspired by a certain man eating plant musical! I die cut everything from the A2 Man Eating Plant die set using a mix of cardstock from Cardstock Warehouse and Lawn Fawn, starting with a light pistachio green for all the leaves and the plant head, then shaded everything with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink using Trinity Stamps sidekick brushes for the smaller pieces and a larger blending brush for the plant head before adding green ink splatter from my glass board and pearl pigment watercolor splatter for extra texture and shine.

For the mouth I used Seedless Preserves Distress Ink to build up the inner mouth and lip area using a photo from the movie musical as my coloring reference, tinted the Madero Beach cardstock lips with Saltwater Taffy, colored the lilac tongue heavier toward the inside, and gave the pumpkin cardstock pot a terracotta feel with Fired Brick Distress Ink around the edges before assembling all the pieces together using the outline die as a placement guide.

For the background I stamped the Ghastly Greenery 6x6" background stamp onto kraft cardstock in Pinecone VersaFine Clair ink using a fun backwards MISTI trick, securing the cardstock to the MISTI door with repositionable tape so I could stamp it cleanly and re-stamp if needed, then trimmed the panel down to 4x5-1/4" for a subtle tonal look behind the plant. I adhered the background panel to a top folding A2 card base, popped the assembled plant up with 1mm foam adhesive, and used liquid glue to tack down all the delicate vines and roots so nothing would snag or sag. On the inside I stamped "Feed Me" in Tulip Red and "Sending You a Little Shop of Love" in Pinecone VersaFine Clair ink, using my grid mat to get everything centered, and I think that sentiment is just absolutely perfect for this card!

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Hooray Birthday Cake Card with Scrapbook.com

For this month's Oh So Inspired collaboration hop hosted by Call Me Crafty Al, our group was inspired by a gorgeous card from Tina S., and I took her off centered design, slanted die cuts, and sentiment on a white shadow background as my main inspiration using Scrapbook.com exclusive supplies! I built the cake from the Handful of Sweetness Decorative Die Set, cutting the frosting base from the blue sprinkle pattern paper in the Sugar Rush A2 Patterned Cardstock collection so the sprinkles were already built right in, and die cutting the cake layers from chocolate cardstock.

I added pink frosting details and a dollop on top by shading the pink cardstock pieces with a dark pink OLO marker blended out with a colorless marker for a soft gradient, then assembled the striped candle, brown tipped wick, and shaded flame before gluing the whole cake together. For the hand I die cut it from a peachy cardstock, distressed the pieces with Tea Dye Distress Ink and a light brown marker so they would read more warm toned, and added pink cardstock fingernails to finish off that adorable focal image.

For the background I die cut the Variety Edges die in a curvy squiggly line across an amethyst lilac cardstock trimmed to A2 size, then used the same die to cut the matching edge into a striped Sugar Rush pattern paper, trimming the pattern paper down half an inch on each side and a quarter inch on the bottom so it would nest inside the purple layer. I spritzed the purple cardstock with Wilted Violet Distress Spritz for a soft shimmer before gluing everything to a top folding A2 card base, then darkened my Hooray sentiment die cut with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink for an ombre look just like Tina's inspiration card before gluing it onto the white shadow die cut.

I arranged the cake and hand slightly angled toward the right side of the card, added the sentiment toward the bottom with foam adhesive for dimension, and finished everything off with a few star rub ons from the Sugar Rush Rub On Transfers scattered around the design for a fun celebratory touch. I do think looking back I would have added one more layer of dark pink cardstock between the purple and the striped paper to give the background a little more depth, so let me know in the comments what you think and how you would step it up!

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Let's Pawty Birthday Card with Pretty Pink Posh

Hey everyone! I'm so excited to share my latest birthday card creation, featuring the cutest pups from Pretty Pink Posh! I used their Birthday Dogs & Birthday Cats and Birthday Icons sets to stamp and color these adorable critters, and the Scallop Flag Tag dies for a fun base. Pretty Pink Posh's coordinating dies made cutting out all the elements a breeze, and their Paw Prints stencil added the perfect textured background.

Want to see how I brought this playful scene to life? Check out my latest YouTube video! I'll walk you through every step, from coloring with OLO markers to adding shine with Beluga Solar Paste. You'll see how Pretty Pink Posh's products can help you create the most delightful birthday cards. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a comment – I'd love to hear what you think!

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Boo Halloween Ghost Card with Pretty Pink Posh

For this card I started by trimming a piece of lilac cardstock down to 4x5-1/4" and ink blending through the Halloween Silhouettes background stencil from Pretty Pink Posh, going from Saltwater Taffy at the top through Victorian Velvet and down to Wilted Violet at the bottom for a beautiful pink to purple gradient. Before removing the stencil I sprayed on some Hickory Smoke Distress Spritz so the silver shimmer would settle right into all the little Halloween images, then removed the stencil, patted it dry, and darkened all four edges of the panel with Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending brush. I glued that finished panel centered onto a landscape A2 black cardstock piece cut to 4-1/4x5-1/2", then adhered everything to a landscape A2 card base the same size scored and folded.

For the focal elements I die cut the word "Boo" from the Boo Word Shaker dies twice, once from black sparkle cardstock from the Autumn Sparkle Cardstock Pack and once from white cardstock, then glued them together slightly offset so the white peeked out to the bottom right like a drop shadow. I stamped two of the plain ghosts from the Mini Ghost stamp set in Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink, gave them both dark pink alcohol marker cheeks to match the background, and cut them out with the coordinating dies before tucking one ghost between the two layers of the Boo sentiment so it looked like it was popping out between the letters overlapping with the first O. I added foam adhesive behind the whole word and ghost arrangement and centered it on the card, then placed the second ghost curving along the bottom left of the last O, and finished everything off by gluing three purple circles and three black stars from the Candy Corn Carnival Clay Confetti Mix from Pretty Pink Posh around the design for the perfect spooky finishing touch!

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