Notes of Kindness Kit Alternates

I’ve been trying to use up items in my stash….and came across this neat kit from years back called Notes of Kindness. The kit made thank you cards and came with an exclusive stamp set. But I decided to make birthday cards instead. The kit made note sized cards 3.5”x5” but AFTER making them, I decided to revamp them into standard A2 cards. So I mostly trimmed and added a backing and some embellishments and turned them into these:

The top left card is mounted on an embossed Basic White panel (Textured Textile) and card base. The sentiment panel is mounted on dimensionals and is from the Beautiful Friendship stamp set (retired). A few pearls and a bow completes the card. Here’s a closeup of it:

The top right card has a card base in Blackberry Bliss with a panel in Bubble Bath and embossed with the Distressed Tile embossing folder. I added a velum lace panel and applied some Blackberry Bliss ink using a sponge dauber. I really like the way this one turned out:

And last but not least, the third card was created using a card base in Bubble Bath, adding a Blackberry Bliss panel, a velum lace square (non colored) and everything adhered to the card base on an angle: 

I doubt there are many of these kits floating around still unused, but if you do have one, it’s a wonderful kit so …start creating! And I hope these alternate designs inspire you to adapt the kit to make A2 sized cards instead. 

Bee My Valentine interactive rocker card & lollipop treat

Happy Valentine’s Day! Once my daughter was out of elementary school, Valentine’s Day was no longer much of a “holiday”…no kid treats to prep, no valentines to write for everyone in the class, no class party! Sure we *could* do something, and we usually did a little something…but nothing much. Recently I’ve started doing a little more by making cards, decorating treats with cute packaging and such. 

I usually can resist a Valentine stamp set but the bee set in the current mini catalog just called and called to me. It is pretty darned cute! And I have to admit to having had a lot of fun with it. I realized that I sent off a BUNCH of flip it cards and forgot to take photos of them! Again! (A flip it card has a funky fold in the middle and a partial cut out that rotates as you open the card. Sorry, it’s hard to grasp in words and I need a video to show the neat design.)  But I did take photos of the cutest rocker card:

The bases were made using the Deckled Circles dies and Real Red card stock, as well as the Bee Mine DSP. After lots of stamping on some Basic White card stock and …voila, here’s a darling card! I created it with the “You’re as sweet as honey” stamp so that the ladies in class could stamp the back panel with “thanks so much”  as the cutest darned thank you card OR with a Happy Valentine’s Day stamp! I’m not able to load a video…not sure why but it’s a bummer as it shows off the card’s “rocking” feature. So cool! I sent this off card to my great nieces and great nephew…I hope they liked it!

Thanks for stopping by…and have a wonderful happy valentines day.

Magical Meadow Birthday Circle Easel Card

There’s a *beautiful* Designer Series Paper pack called Winter Meadow with six different beautiful prints with soft watercolor foliage! There is a corresponding stamp and die set called Magical Meadow too. Don't laugh.....but I tried to resist buying it for the longest time! And then I caved in (of course) as Pinterest kept showing me all the gorgeous cards made with the paper pack alone, and even more designs with the corresponding stamp set. 

Most recently, Pinterest presented several renditions of easel cards using this set and the Deckled Circles dies. So I decided to make a special birthday card using it. 

For the card base, I laid the largest circle die that would fit in an A2 envelope (approximately 4") on a folded piece of Lost Lagoon but moved the die so that the top part of the circle on the fold would not get cut off but both pieces would remain attached by a half inch or so. I then folded just the top layer of the circle in half so that the bottom of the circle reached the top of the fold where the circles attached and then reversed the fold so that it would fold under instead of over. Then I opened the card again to lay flat.

Next I cut another circle of the same size also out of Lost Lagoon and glued it only to the lower half circle I had just folded on the card base. 

Then came the layers of Berry Burst then the DSP, in incrementally smaller sizes of the Deckled Circles.

The card front was stamped with "Winter Wishes", which is a sentiment in the corresponding stamp set. 

Inside, I used the sentiment from the "Friendly Hello" set and popped it up using foam dimensionals to be the "stopper" for the easel card. Here's the card opened like an easel:

I also made a second card at the same time, but sent it off without photographing the finished product. I stamped the greeting on a label and added it to the center of the card front, embellishing the front with some greenery cut from vellum so as to not block the pretty DSP print. 

Hoping you love this card as much as I do! I still have DSP left to make more...LOL

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Paper Pumpkin October 2023 Home for the Holidays Alternative

 I love getting the holiday Paper Pumpkin kits. They get me in the mood for the holidays! Here's an alternative design for this year's kit:

It doesn't look much different than the original design, but this one is a "barn door". The design  shows better following photo:

On the inside of the "flap", you can see the curvy "edge" of the snow bank and the back of the home and trees.

I love this greeting and use it every holiday....it's from the October 2021 Paper Pumpkin kit called Peaceful Christmas. 

Thanks for stopping by...If the holiday season is approaching, I hope this post inspires you!

Christmas Whimsy Card Kit

Stampin'UP! has a card kit first released about 2 years ago called Christmas Whimsy. It makes 8 cards, 4 of each of two designs. Here's the cover sheet for the kit.

Aren't the cards cute?? Everyone thought so too and the kit sold out immediately. The same thing happened the second holiday season -- it sold out again! So this time, I decided to get it in July and start holiday cards early! (Obviously I didn't create a post early though! LOL). It's an easy kit and the directions are pretty self explanatory. The only modification I made was to cut the front and mount it on a card base of Poppy Parade card stock:

The envelopes had a classy touch of gold too:

Oh, I should mention that ALL the supplies needed to make these cards including the word stamps, ink spot, gold trim "twine", glue dots and foam dimensional adhesive! Here are closeups of both cards with my simple change of mounting the card front onto a Poppy Parade card base. 

Inside, I stamped the following greeting (which came with the kit):

If you need a quick handful of cards, this kit can fit your needs! If you can order it of course...

Faux Shaker Cards with Santas Express DSP

Apologies that I didn't finish posting some of my holiday cards in early January but I was out of town for a few days then caught a nasty flu from my family. And then I was out for several weeks! Stay healthy folks...!!

I wanted to make an interactive card and decided to make faux shaker cards. I used Santa's Express DSP and cut a 4x5.25" panel of it. Then I put the DSP into a clear cellophane bag sized for an A2 card and tucked in the edge on one side to fit the panel snugly. I added various sequins into the bag and taped it shut! Ribbon across and a die cut of the Ho Ho Ho side of one of the other designs in the DSP pack and ...the card was done! Here are a couple of close ups of both:

Thanks for stopping by...have a wonderful day!