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Cheerful Crayon Card with Caboodle Set

Hello! Bright, cheerful, and full of personality—this mini-slimline card showcases five anthropomorphic crayons made with this month’s Caboodle bonus set Yay! Crayons” from Spellbinders. Each crayon has expressive faces, arms, and legs, bringing playful character to the design. The sentiment “You color me happy” makes this card perfect for celebrating friendship, thanking a teacher, or sending a smile just because.

- Create a 6 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ card base. Cover with patterned paper sized 6 1/4″ x 3 1/4″.
- Die-cut the crayons with the Caboodle bonus set from a variety of cardstock colors. Assemble.
- Heat-emboss the sentiment with one of the Typewriter Adventure Sentiments stamps. Cut with a banner die.
- Add elements to prepared card base.

Lawn Fawn | Sailing with the Car Critters

Hello! Today I am sharing a whimsical, nautical-themed card that uses the Lawn Fawn Car Critters stamp set in a novel way. Strips of cardstock mimic a cruise ship, proudly named the SS CUBBY. Through five die-cut windows, the Car Critters take center stage, offering a twist on their traditional use. This mini slimline card not only showcases the versatility of the Car Critters set but also demonstrates how simple techniques, like using strips of paper, a circle die, and an alpha die set, can yield a unique card.

Stamp Car Critters on Arches Cold Press watercolor paper with VersaFine ink; heat set.
Color bears with watercoloring mediums of choice.
Create card base for a mini-slimline measuring 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches from Snowdrift cardstock.
Create portholes by cutting a Snowdrift cardstock panel, measuring 6 1/2 inches wide, five times with a 3/4 inch circle die.
Adhere the watercolored bears to the back of the porthole section.
Add strips of cardstock to card base to resemble cruise ship along with the porthole section.
Die-cut Journal Letters from Snowdrift cardstock and foam. Adhere foam to the back of the letters. Adhere letters to card front.

I used the Car Critters in a car in this post.

Spellbinders | Advent Calendar Day Four

Hello! Today I am sharing a mini-slimline birthday card created with the Day Four surprise in the Crafty Advent Calendar from Spellbinders– a versatile “Happy Birthday” sentiment die set. Follow along on the Spellbinders blog for daily inspiration.

Create mini-slimline card base from Chocolate Bar cardstock.
Cut balloons and strings with the Color Block Balloons dies from Snowdrift, Beeswax, Waterfall, and Lipstick Red cardstock; assemble.
Cut sentiment from Vellum and Lipstick Red cardstock; assemble.
Add balloon assembly to the card base with foam adhesive; adhere sentiment on top.

Tim Holtz | Tree Lot Stencil

Hello! Today I am sharing mixed-media, mini-slimline holiday cards, of the same design, showcasing the Tim Holtz Tree Lot stencil.

To begin, I applied Translucent Distress Texture Paste through the Tree Lot stencil on cardstock – on white and kraft cardstock. While the paste was wet, I applied the Embossing Glazes in Twisted Citron, Rustic Wilderness, Broken China, and Cracked Pistachio. I set the panels aside to dry.

Once dry, I melted the glazes with my heat tool.

I trimmed the panels to 3 1/2 x 6 inches, added the panels to card bases, and added sentiments cut with dies in the Alphanumeric Bold set. The letters on the kraft background were cut from White Glitter Foam. The Brushed Gold letters were adhered to letters cut from the glitter foam (to provide height).

Spellbinders | Holiday Cheer Enclosed

Hello! I am a guest on the Spellbinders blog with three projects featuring the Special Pet Delivery die set, part of the Holiday Cheer Enclosed Collection. Your cat- and dog-loving friends will be delighted to receive projects featuring these cute pets! For the blog post, I created a winter holiday card, a mini-slimline card, and gift tags, with products from the collection. I would love for you to head over and leave a comment.