Slider Card - Bookmark Style

 

Hello friends! Thank you for stopping by to see my latest card post. 

The card I made today is called a variation of a slider card. I used the Art impression die which I have had in my stash for a very long time. 

If your interested in making this style of card you can find a tutorial for making this style card under my tutorial tab.

I enjoy gifting interactive cards to others. It is so mice to receive snail mail these days but to make it an interactive or fun fold style card I think makes it even more special. 

The pull tab can even be used for a book mark by the recipient. 

Here are a few other variations I made using different papers.

Using Paper Strips - Happy Anniversary

 Hello and welcome to All Things Beautiful!

Quick and easy card for you today. I am determined to use up my stash of scraps in 2025. 

For this card, I added some scraps to a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 piece of cardstock in a diagonal fashion and then die cut the panel out of a fancy panel die. All that was left was to pick the embellishments I wanted on the front.

These flowers come from a Spellbinders die set from the Sealed collection. 

Add a sentiment banner and I was done. I created about 5 of these. 

 I should have enough anniversary cards for the year. ;-)

Happy a great day and happy crafting!

Slimline Card - Birthday Bench

 

Hey there friends! Welcome to All Things Beautiful!

 I hope your day is going well and you are finding some time to be creative. I think for 2025 I will try to make more cards that fit business sized envelopes. 

Today's card is a Slimline card with a twist and will fit in a regular business sized envelope. 

 I took a class from Karen Burniston using her bench pop up die and in that class she cut out the little notch in the card base for the sentiment to take front and center

I just thought these papers were so pretty to make a sophisticated birthday card.

These papers were just left over in my stash. 

I hope you enjoy and try making this little twist on a typical slimline card.

Happy Crafting!

Twist Pop - Up card - Congrats

 

Hello friends and welcome to All Things Beautiful!

Today 's card showcases a fun technique.

This card is a Twist Pop - Up card. 

This card is pretty simple to make by hand although,  there are companies out there online who sell a variety of dies that make this interactive card.  

If you want to try making this style of card by hand, you can find a tutorial under my tutorial tab.

I used a die set from Karen Burniston to make the process simple. I have made several twist pop up cards by hand. You find find several samples under my tutorial tab.

I also used Karen Burniston wine charms to decorate this card. Aren't they cute?!

Here is another variation using another color cardstock and patterned papers. 

This card is made to fit an business size envelope. It is a slimline card but presented horizontally just to do something different.. 

I hope you give this card a try!

Happy crafting!

St. Patrick's Day - Gold

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day and welcome to All Things Beautiful!

Sometimes I think I have to make a card that has a lot of detail or moving parts to make it striking. 

This card proves me wrong!  I have been trying to use up my stash of left over papers in 2025. 

I also tend to make multiples of cards especially for the holidays and this year I wanted to make about 30 St. Patrick's Day cards. With the quantity in mind I thought I needed to find a way to make a nice looking card that I could assemble easily

Once I got down to some smaller scraps I tried to coordinate them like I did on the card above.

Instead of going with a green shamrock I thought using gold metallic paper would be a fun twist on the theme. What do you think?

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Crafty Goal 2025 - Using my die sets

 

Hello and welcome to All Things Beautiful!

 Unfortunately, in life we all need a card that comforts others in time of need at one point or another. I needed a few of these this week and I thought this Spellbinders die set with the large ampersand would really work nicely to make a simple, understated, classic card.

For the embellishments in the center of the card I looked through my cardstock scraps to find some coordinating colors.

I was able to make a few of these and put them into my stash for when they are needed. 

By using several different background papers I created cards that were slightly different using the same embellishments

I hope you have a nice weekend! Happy crafting!

Shaped Card - Coffee Cup

 

Hello! I hope your week is going well and thank you for visiting.

Last week I shared with you a coffee gift card. I thought I would continue that theme but take it up a notch.

Today I have a shaker card for you. This one uses a shaped card die but you can make any shaker card using just a piece of plastic packaging and any shaped die you have. 

 If you'd like to see a video tutorial on this technique you can find one under my tutorial tab.

I believe this is a Honey Bee die set. I coordinated the color of the confetti with the patterned paper I used and added the sentiment on the front of the acetate window

This card took some time but I think it will be well worth the effort for a true coffee lover.

Happy Crafting!

Gina K Master Layouts #2 Die Sets

  Good Morning my friends!

Welcome to All Things Beautiful!

Gina @ Gina K Designs is doing a video series on how to use her Master Layout Die sets.

I thought I would play along with her and get more use out of the sets I have. These are cards made with Master Layout #2

I hope you enjoy the inspiration and happy crafting!

Bay Window Card - Lil' Birdie

   Hey there friends! Welcome to All Things Beautiful!

 I hope your day is going well and you are finding some time to be creative.

Today's card is known as a Bay Window card; you can find a tutorial for making this style card under my tutorial tab. I list the tutorials in alphabetical order so scroll a bit to "B".

I will be showing you a few of these style cards in the upcoming weeks! I hope you check back for some more bay Window card fun.

Have a great day!

Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 1

 

Good Morning my friends!

Welcome to All Things Beautiful!

Gina @ Gina K Designs is doing a video series on how to use her Master Layout Die sets.

I thought I would play along with her and get more use out of the sets I have. These are cards made with Master Layout #1

I hope you enjoy the inspiration and happy crafting!

Valentine's Day - Waterfall Card

  Hey there friends! Welcome to All Things Beautiful!

Happy Valentine's Day!

 I hope your day is going well and you are finding some time to be creative.

Today's card is known as a Waterfall card; you can find a tutorial for making this style card under my tutorial tab. I list the tutorials in alphabetical order so scroll a bit to "W".

Happy crafting!

Pop-Up and Pull out card - Wine Wednesday

  Hello and welcome to All Things Beautiful!

Today 's card showcases a fun technique.  Surprise Pop - Up and Pull Out card; you can find a tutorial for making this style card under my tutorial tab.

I used a paper kit from Echo park for this card. I love how all the papers in the kit coordinate so it take the guess work out of putting together papers which saves so much time. 

The wine embellishments are from a Karen Burniston Charm die set.

Happy Crafting!

Surprise Pop-Up and Pull out card - Boots and Pail

 

Hello and welcome to All Things Beautiful!

Today 's card showcases a fun technique.

This card features a Surprise pop - Up and Pull out card. I had my gardening friend in mind when I created this card. 

If you haven't tried a window card yet and would like to, you can find a tutorial under my tutorial tab.

I love sending interactive cards. They are so unexpected and ad a touch of fun to someone's day. 

Let me know in the comments if you think you might try this interactive card?

Happy crafting!

Pop - Up Book Card - Using Ephemera

 Hey There! Welcome to All Things Beautiful!

 I hope your day is going well and you are finding some time to be creative.

Today's card is a Pop - Up Book card; you can find a tutorial for making this style card under my tutorial tab.

 I tried to tackle another paper kit today and use the ephemera to decorate the card front and as the sentiment. I suppose I will mail this card as an encouragement card.

I find it challenging to collage different elements but I stuck with it until I found some configuration that was a little pleasing to the eye. I also used a 3D embossing folder on the patterned paper. 

I don't use this technique often but I enjoyed how it came out so much that I am determined to use it more. How about you, do you like to use embossing folders on plain cardstock or on patterned paper?

I combines a sentiment stamp and a floral image together on one side of the book; allowing space for a hand written message on the other. 

I am so glad you stopped by tof=day. Happy crafting!

Easel Card - Birthday tiered cake

 Good morning friends! I hope your week is going well.

Thank you for visiting.

Today's card is a Easel fold card; you can find a tutorial for making this style of card under my tutorial tab.

Here is a close up of the textured embellishments. I love flowers on a cake so I couldn't resist making this card with lots of pretty flowers. I also added a little glossy accents to the flower centers for some shine. 

I enjoyed making this card so much IO just had to make in a few different colors. 

I hope you enjoyed my cards!

Have a great day! Happy crafting!