Goodbye Cancer, Hello Good Health

A dear friend is facing breast cancer and several of us friends are gathering to support her and say good-bye boob and hello to good health. I made this card for her with the pink ribbon butterfly on the front. But the best part is what pops up using Karen Burniston's Photo Fan Pop Up Die:

The apparatus with all the spokes and messages pop up when the card is opened. I think she is going to love it!

March Mica Spray Class Cards

My students at Harts n Scraps in Rothschild WI had fun this month playing with Ranger Distress Mica Sprays and then making four cards with what we made. We did many techniques on 7 pieces of different watercolor cardstocks and thick regular cardstocks and cut the pieces up to make our cards. I just can't take a completed piece and plop it on a card base and call it a card, so I taught several fun folds and the book card above. 

More Waffle Flower Beauty with Patterned Paper

As I shared in my new video and other blog posts this week, I love the look of the Waffle Flower Postage Collage dies and the matching Postage Collage Blocks die sets. I found a couple pieces of pretty designer paper and decided to make two more cards for my stash and do a quick post here. On both cards I started with the Waffle Flower Postage Collage die set but cut another matching piece of designer paper with the blocks die. I raised up the blocks shapes and put them back in so the pattern flows form the background onto them. I added some of the Subsentiments from this month's Sneak Peak also from Waffle Flower to finish the cards. 

I am entering these cards in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes challenge featuring Waffle Flower. 

Deco Foil Sparkle and Waffle Flower Dies - OH MY!

My favorite all time colors of Deco Foil combine the colors of the rainbow with sparkle and movement and so a new favorite is Prismatic Rainbow from the newest release. The Delicate Magnolias Toner Card Front were foiled with the Prismatic Rainbow Deco Foil and the Wildflowers were cut with the 2nd generation of that foil. I added a Wax Seal and sentiment strip all from the new Sneak Peak package from Waffle Flower. 

The Prismatic Rainbow foil is also perfect for the new Artsy Prints Toner Card Front from Deco Foil and I added some fun layered embellishments created with Waffle Flower's Wax Seal Die Set.

It is so easy to create awesome cards with the sparkle of foil and great die sets like the Postage Collage dies from Waffle Flower. 

Great News: Waffle Flower has generously offered a $15 gift code for one of my followers to win! All you need to do is watch the new video and comment per instructions before April 14, 2025! I will leave a comment on the winning comment asking for an email address and then send the gift code to the winner when I receive a response. 

I am entering the first cards in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes challenge featuring Waffle Flower. 

Sewing Dies but No Wool Felt? No Problem

Spellbinders sent me some new adorable dies from the Nicole Spohr Spring Felt Stitch and Create Collection and I couldn't wait to create with them. However I don't have any wool felt which is what they are designed to create with. My budget was tight so I decided to step outside the box and create with what I have plenty of - cardstock. Thicker cardstock worked beautifully to stitch on and this Felt Cozy Cluck made a cute card to send to say "happy hello."

I stitched the carrots from the Felt Carrot Companion die set again with thick cardstock. But I decided to try layering the bunny without stitching on darker cardstock and I didn't even poke out the holes in the belly and head parts. So easy and fun to do! Happy Wishes is also from Spellbinders as is the layered Happy Hello in the first card. 

Deco Foil Plus Waffle Flower = Easy Sparkly Beauty!

I love new foils from Deco Foil and new dies from Waffle Flower so I combined them for many many cards which I share in a new video here. The new Gold Sparkle foil is perfect for these Delicate Magnolias on a new Toner Card Front as I show in the video with first and second generation foiling. The Wildflowers, wax seal and sentiment strips are from the brand new Waffle Flower Sneak Peak of products coming next month. Here is a similar card I made with Silver Sparkle instead of gold:

I love the look of the pattern continuing from the background into the silver strip and the gold strip on the card above. Here is a favorite of the many cards I created so easily with the new Deco Foil release:

I found this sketch on line and created it with the new Prismatic Rainbow foil and one of the new Spring Ahead Toner Sentiments. 

These two cards were created with the new Deco Foil Artsy Prints Toner Card Fronts and all 3 new colors of Deco Foil. I die cut all the foiled beauty with Waffle Flower's Postage Collage Blocks die set and raised the shapes as the pattern continues from the background to them. I show how easy these cards are and many more cards in the new video here.

Great News: Waffle Flower has generously offered a $15 gift code for one of my followers to win! All you need to do is watch the new video and comment per instructions before April 14, 2025! I will leave a comment on the winning comment asking for an email address and then send the gift code to the winner when I receive a response. 

One, Three or Four Layers- So Many Amazing Ways to Design With One Die Set!

One, two, three or 4 layers to create unique cards so easily- that is what I discovered when I started playing with Divinity Designs new Star Layering Combo die set and I share many cards in my new video here. Here is the first card I made with the set:

Fun, right? But it is totally a mistake- I got a couple layers right and then glued on one or two wrong- but it is still a fun look. Here is a look at what it was designed to look like:

I used three different shades of peach on a teal card and turned the square into a diamond orientation. For the video, I wanted to find a new fun fold to feature the Star Layering Combo on and here is the first card I made with Tami White's large diamond easel fun fold idea:

I made an early Christmas card and this star was created with only one layer of the die and I paper pieced the silver glitter paper and the black snowflake paper into the openings. In the video, I share the template I created to make a version of this with a 5 1/2 x 11 piece of cardstock that will fit into a 6 x 6 square envelope. I also share many more cards with different ways to design with this one versatile die set.