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Spellbinders Tropical Friends Small Die Of The Month

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Get ready to turn up the color and the cuteness — this card was made using the Spellbinders Small Die of the Month: Tropical Friends and it’s giving all the sunny, vacation vibes!

This playful set features a colorful toucan and parrot duo, along with an assortment of leafy greenery and tropical blooms to help you build the ultimate jungle scene. I had so much fun choosing bold, vibrant colors to bring these feathered friends to life. (That rainbow beak? Obsessed.)

The sentiment “Sending cheerful chirps your way” from the Spellbinders adjacent collection “Cheerful Chirps”, it ties it all together and makes this card perfect for birthdays, thank-yous, or just a little happy mail to brighten someone’s day. I layered everything on a crisp white background with a black card base for contrast, letting the colors really pop.

💡 Craft tip: Don’t be afraid to use colors for your birds that aren’t realistic! It’s ok to have imagination!

Also, by mixing multiple shades of green when building your tropical foliage — you add depth and helps balance the bright bird colors beautifully.

Whether you’re a bird lover, a tropical theme fanatic, or just want to try something bold and fun, this die set is a must-have for summer crafting.

Tell me in the comments — which bird is your favorite: the sassier toucan or the sunny parrot?

🌴 Wendie Bee | @stamprightup

Lawn Fawn Shello Friends & Stitched Seashells Card Set

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Another Crop & Create set, this Lawn Fawn Shello Friends stamp, die & coordinating stencil was so much fun to create with!

This was the first time I have actually used colouring stencils and it was surprisingly easy to get a great result. I can especially see colouring stencils being very handy for mass producing batches of cards. Our ‘homework’ was to stamp and cut for each example card, but I went a little bananas and created enough for multiples of each since it was so easy.

For all cards, these are the Lawn Fawn ink colors used:

  • Bubblegum
  • Moonstone
  • Fresh Lavender
  • Peach Fuzz
  • Merman
  • Butter
  • Celery Stick

Here are the cards I made – I have enough completed components to make a few more of each card left, all I really need to do is the background and then assemble.

If you’re on the fence about the coloring stencils, they’re great when you want to create but don’t want to pull out all of your markers – it makes for an easy card with a great result!

Concord & 9th Our House Collection

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If you’ve ever dreamed of building the perfect little paper house, the Our House collection makes it easier (and more fun!) than ever! This charming card was created using the Our House Dies, and I had so much fun personalizing it with all the delightful add-ons.

This die set is packed with customizable details — from interchangeable window shapes and scalloped roof tiles to flower boxes, balloon clusters, and banners! Whether you want to create a cozy cottage, a festive celebration scene like this one, or a wintery holiday home, the possibilities are endless.

The dies are perfectly sized to fill an A2 card front, but you can also use them to create a free-standing house-shaped card for something extra special. I used the coordinating Our House Extras Dies to add balloons and that festive banner, which I stamped using the Our House Stamp Set. The windows were lightly ink-blended for a soft glow effect, and the flower boxes add that perfect finishing touch.

Want to step it up even more? The Our House Embossing Folder adds dimensional brick textures for even more realism and charm.

Whether you’re making a card to celebrate a birthday, new home, retirement, or just because — this collection lets you create a scene full of personality and joy.

💡Pro tip: Mix and match elements with other seasonal sets for year-round versatility!

Thanks for stopping by — and don’t forget to tag me if you make a project using this set. I love seeing your creations!

✨ @stamprightup

This Calls For Confetti Stamptember Exclusive ~ Unbelievably Bigfoot Card

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I have had this stamp / die / stencil combo since September. It was the Simon Says Stamp Stamptember 2024 This Calls For Confetti exclusive. I got the foot print add-on stencil separately.

Is it perfect? Absolutely not. This card is for my Dad, he’s my favorite person in the whole world. Will HE notice all the little hiccups that I do? Definitely not.

We’re our own worst critics. I bet the love & thought put into a card erases any ‘mistakes’ we might make in the eyes of the recipient.

So rather than trying to be perfect or waiting, SEND THE CARD!!! 💝

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers Vintage Reindeer mini card gift tag

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Jennifer McGuire has inspired me to make so many shaped cards lately, I took it one step further and created a 3D mini card / tag to top my parents Christmas gifts this year.

The focal image is from the ever amazing Honey Bee stamps: Lovely Vintage Reindeer. Honey Bee provides layering guides for all their layering sets, so it was remarkably easy to assemble.

I created a mini card base with the largest tag for from a Mama Elephant set that I had in my stash, and filled the background with foliage from Winter Greenery

Concord & 9th Birthday Bonanza

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This is my 3rd fall Crop & Create Delivered event, and one of the workshops was led my Cathy Zielske of Concord & 9th using the stamps, die set & stencil set.

I had a ton of trouble getting the white embossing to look as good as Cathy’s, but it was better than horrible as Gina K always says, so I decided to do my best and just finish the card

All Concord & 9th color cardstock is from the newest release – watermelon, eucalyptus, rainforest, creamsicle

Pink Fresh Studio Fruitalicious Washi Card

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I just love these Washi panels from Pink Fresh Studio! When creating these I always mount the washi panels on 110lb cardstock to give them almost a chipboard ephemera feel.

For this batch, I mounted the washi ephemera pieces on the stitched Arch diecut from My Favorite Things, and added just a hint of a stenciled background using Lost Shadow distress oxide ink set the perfect backdrop for these gorgeous pieces.

My Favorite Things Jenoblade Stuck Together Mini Slimline Cactus Card

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Jenoblade hits another stamp set design out of the park with this Stuck Together stamp set & coordinating dies.

The images are a great size to use as a single focal images or together like I did.

Slime line finished card measures 3.5” x 6” and I used a stitched die to give a subtle frame along with a bit of squeezed lemon distress oxide ombré shading.

A few clear droplets to finish it off and it’s ready for sharing!

My Favorite Things MFT Squeeze The Day

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Jenoblade is my favorite illustrator with the My Favorite Things team. I just love the chubby adorable critter sets she creates – and each set has supporting images to easily create many different scenes.

This card was inspired by one of the design team members projects (nickynoocards) from the release. And with summer just around the corner here in the Pacific Northwest I was inspired to create with this set as soon as I got it.

I very often make cards with no sentiment so that I can keep them on hand for whatever occasion may come up.

This stamp & coordinating die set is available on the My Favorite Things website now – thanks for taking the time to stop by! 💛

Craft O Clock Mists Of Toolbox Town Steampunk I spired Masculine Mini Slimline Card

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Every once in a while I come across a collection that may not be my usual go to theme / style, but I could not resist this Mists Of The Toolbox collection from Craft O’Clock when I saw it in my local craft store.

Over the years I have accumulated a great variety of ‘steampunk’ and masculine style dies. So I pulled them out to accent the hot air balloon I had chosen from the “extras” collection cut aparts. Yes, I hate fussy cutting, but these are absolutely worth it. So that the focal piece can appear more seamless, I inked it with Tea Dye distress ink, then used a gold pigment ink pad and ran it along the edge to give it just that little extra pop.

To add a little pop of color I distressed a panel of embossed cardstock in a patina green color I had in my scraps. It was just enough to break the monotony of all the neutrals but still keep with the theme.