Bamboo Beauty - simple any occasion card

A beautiful stamp set of bamboo stalks and leaves, this set was a “must buy” for me as soon as I saw it. But I had a hard time breaking it out of the stamp case! This is my first card made with the set a while ago. It’s a style known as SIP (Stamps, Ink & Paper) and demonstrates how beautiful a card can be without fancy die cuts or umpteen layers (which is usually more of my typical style!)  

I wanted a simple card, added a hint of a shaded background (created using a blending brush and a Pacific Point stamp pad). The bamboo and leaves were inked with Garden Green and the mat is also Garden Green. I added a pearl but left it without sentiment as I wanted it to be for any occasion. I ended up creating a dozen of these for donation to a handmade card fundraiser for a local senior center lunch program. 

And here’s the stamp set:

Stay tuned…My next post will showcase a beautiful beach scene card featuring this set….

Dainty Flowers DSP Another Mountain Fun Fold Card

 Here’s another Mountain fun fold card I created recently. This one uses the DaintyFlowers DSP (printed paper pack). This paper pack was one of the free items available with a $50 purchase during Salebration earlier this year (Jan-Feb 2023). 

The greeting on the belly band is from the retired Flowers of Friendship stamp set and the large sentiment in the center of the card is from the Happiest of Birthdays stamp set, also retired. The card base is Old Olive and the mat layers are Fresh Freesia. If you’d like the dimensions for this card so that you can make your own Mountain Fold card, please check my earlier blog entry about the Mountain Fun Fold. I’ve included some rough photos of my card’s template there.

And if you're interested in a 6x6" Sampler DIY Card Making Kit that includes all 6 of the beautiful double sided papers in this printed paper pack, please see my Etsy shop at www.kikumidesigns.etsy.com

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Pampered Pets meets Animal Talk for a masculine birthday card

 I received an order the other day, for a masculine hand made card. Nothing fancy but with a cat on it was the request. So I dug out some recently retired DSP (paper pack) called “Playful Pets” and the coordinating “Pampered Pets” stamp set. And then I remembered that I still had an  old stamp set called “Animal Talk” and decided it was time to pull that one out again. The “Animal Talk” stamp set was perfect except for one thing. 

And since I love making fun fold cards for special people, I decided on a simple but fun design called a center step card. With only a single rhinestone and no ribbon (cuz generally masculine cards don’t do bling and ribbon). Here’s how the card turned out:

This card measures the same as the standard A2 card (5.5 x 4.25”) but the side panels are recessed which makes this card totally 3D! The cat “message” was a thank you sentiment but the dog one said “happy birthday”. So I used the first part of the cat “talk” and the second part from the dog “talk”. Here’s what the card looks like opened up. 

Hmm….but you still don’t see the 3D effect! So here are a few photos of a blank card base in white, front and back, if you can imagine that with printed paper and words: 

And in the event that anyone is interested in making one, here are the cutting and scoring (fold line) dimensions (score lines are shown as dotted lines):

Let me know if you try this, or want to but have difficulties in reading the dimensions, etc. Thanks, as always, for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!