Tag: card making

A Gatefold Card with Pockets

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I absolutely loved working with Mintay’s “Garden Peony” paper collection! These colors and the “shabby chic” feel, really appeal to me. It may not appear to be all that fancy at first glance, but there are a few hidden details once you get inside!

From the onset, you see one of the cut-aparts as the focal image, with some fabric lace, and flat back pearls. The belly band also includes some flat back pearls, as well as a peony and two peony buds crafted from Heartfelt Creations dies, and some little white blossom from a generic flower punch. I arranged the flowers on a round disc of paper, and then glued that disc on to the belly band itself.

Inside you see I have a couple of pockets, one for a large tag about 8”x 4”, and then below with two smaller tags which are about 3”x 4”. I also used some of the die cut ephemera to add interest to the center back, since I needed to keep the dimensional element for the outside of the card. If you wanted to, you could make either pocket a bit more dimensional, so you could include a gift, like a chocolate bar or something.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this sweet card, and as always thanks for stopping by!!

Shaker Card with Foam Flowers

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This is my second card using Scrapboys “Loveland” paper collection – it is simply beautiful, isn’t it!! I’m not sure why the colors purple and pink appeal to me so much, but I just love working with them.

I also love the shaker elements – this is one from Creative Embellishments, and what I did was cut out a circle from one of the cut apart sheets, and I removed the center part, just fitting the circle on the outside rim of the top of the shaker box. The inside I cut from one of the other papers just to fit just under the base.

The foam flower are a bit of a disappointment, looking back on it now I almost wish I had not used foam, but colors match at least. When I’m crafting, I never seem to be able to create exact replicas!

Thanks for looking! I’ll be sure and create another couple of items from this gorgeous paper – stay tuned!!

Elegant Rose Framed cards

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I just realized I never posted this! These were made last summer – or maybe even longer ago than that! These use the Elegant Rose Frame paper from HFC, and some wild roses, as well as lacy embellishments from the Rectangular slim card accents that came out on Black Friday 2022.

I absolutely love the framed sentiments, and am so glad I got them! I’m sure I’ll use them a LOT!

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Chrysanthemums in Loveland

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This is a card using Scrapboys “Loveland”, and (of course) Heartfelt Creations flower dies.

I also used a scalloped diamond, which I covered with fussy cut flowers from the papers so much, that by the time I got my dimensional flowers made and glued on, you can’t really tell it’s a diamond at all!!

I was very proud of myself matching (in shape, anyway, the purple flower almost exactly like the one on the paper….mine is quite a bit darker, but looks so much like it! I used HFC Sunflower dies , and the pinks are their magnolias.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Heart Shaped Shaker Card with Wild Roses

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Isn’t this just darling? This is the second one of these I’ve made – this time it wasn’t even for Valentine’s Day.


We used ScrapandMe’s paper, and a fancy heart shaped shaker box from Creative Embellishments (love that company!!) dies from Heartfelt Creations for the flowers, leaves and the the white lacy overlay, and the stamens. AND some tiny punched flowers and leaves in the corner there. This is just such fun to make, and stunning in presentation!

(Aren’t we lucky we have these amazing artists share their artwork with us on paper!! So lucky!!!)

Thanks for stopping by!

Peacocks in The Window

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I admit, I stole this from the Heartfelt Creations Gallery – one of the Design Team members created almost this exact card. I just thought it was precious! The window was a bit fiddly – l had to actually cut out around the window panes, and find a background view for the window – but the effect is stunning, isn’t it!

Once again, I just added a simple clematis flower in the top right hand corner. The shaped card uses one of Heartfelt Creations dies, as well, the Fancy Classic Rectangle Frame die – and I used one of the inner die cuts from it for the middle of the card. The sentiment is from Creative Expressions (I have rotten handwriting, and well, it looks better using their dies, doesn’t it!!)

Thanks so much for stopping by, and looking at my cards!

Birthday Greetings from Loveland

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Enjoying this Gorgeous paper from Scrapboys! This is at least my 2nd card using this paper, maybe my third, and the more I look at it, the more I like it!!

One thing I realized after finishing this card: I need to stay true to my “style” – so many times I try to copy or emulate what other crafters do, but I am seldom happy with the results.

I like this one.

I used a Spellbinders die for the lacy center piece (and the corners on the inside) and my favorite flowers from Heartfelt Creations, the Classic Rose, Garden Lily, and some Lilacs.

The printed sentiment is from the paper pack, inside is from Creative Expressions,

Thanks for stopping by & looking!

Hollyhock Flowers in the garden

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This lovely card is a copy of one I saw on the Heartfelt Creations website a few months ago. This uses the Hollyhock Garden flowers and papers, and the Palace Garden die. Don’t you just love the shaped cards?

The sentiment here is from HFC Elegant Rose Frames – I cut it out 2-3 times to give it a bit more dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping by!