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!