Keeping it Simple - Just a note

 Hey there friends! Welcome to All Things Beautiful!

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

for this card I just grabbed some layering dies by Gina K designs and added the small envelope as an embellishment.

Happy crafting!

Clip board card - Hugs

 Good Morning! I hope your week is going well.

Thank you for visiting. 

Today I made a Clip board card. This is one of my favorite fun fold cards. If you'd like to see a  tutorial on the technique you can find one under my tutorial page.

I wanted to let the background be pretty simple so I used some stamps to stamp a random pattern on the plan cream cardstock.

I also made a version in pink

I then used a hugs die to cut part of the sentiment out a few times and glued them together in black cardstock to add some dimension and then stamped the rest of the sentiment.

Adding the floral embellishments and the butterfly to finish this card.

This is such a cute easy card style. Don't forget to check out the video tutorial on my tutorial tab.

Happy Crafting!

Tri-fold Window card - Sending you hope

 

Good Morning! I hope your week is going well.

Thank you for visiting. Today I have a Surprise Window card or sometimes it is called a Tri-fold Window card - fun fold card for you. If you'd like to see a video tutorial on this technique you can find the one I followed to make this card under my tutorial tab.

I have 2 different tutorials for you to follow. Each is slightly different but both a great tutorials!

I thought I would use a tone on tone stamping technique for the background of the blue cardstock and colored pencils for the image inside the in window.

I like that this card style offers a place for a stamped image and then plenty of space for a handwritten message with the blank panel.

I hope you give this card a try. It's something different but doesn't require any special supplies.

Happy Crafting!

Using My Scraps - Happy Hello

  Good Morning! I hope you are well.

Thank you for visiting. 

I have been trying to use more of my 6 x 6 paper pads.  With that goal in mind I began looking for various panel dies where I could use my scraps and create a nice card front panel. There are so many companies online that offer panel dies with different cut - out and shapes. I like that the work is done for me; I just have to choose the papers.

Today I kept this card simple and used lots of layers a sentiment panel from a card kit.

Happy Crafting!

Flip It Card - July 4th

 Hey there Beauties! 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 Flip It 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 find "F" tutorials.

I used some paper scraps to complement each other and then added stars to decorate.

I hope you check out the tutorial.

Happy Friday!

Circle Scraps

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

Today's card features the use of using my scrap and circle punches and dies.

I took a little bit of time to lay out the varying size of circles into a pleasing configuration on the card front before I adhered them down. Once I glued them, I then added the sequins.

I hope you give this type of card design a try!

Happy Crafting!

Using Paper Strips and die cuts

 

Hello and welcome to All Things Beautiful!

I am dove into my paper scraps today and pulled out some paper strips. 

I love how using paper strips and a panel die can make for an interesting patterned paper look and background for die cuts.

For this card I thought i would group the embellishments together in a collage fashion. Letting each element tough to help anchor each other. I also enjoy being able to use up some of my small cardstock scraps to make new embellishments. Here the flowers are made with white, cream, green and teal papers.

I hope you grab some of your patterned and cardstock paper scraps to create a beautiful card today!

Happy crafting!

Fun Fold - Corner Tuck Card

 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 a Corner Tuck Fun Fold card; you can find a tutorial for making this style card under my tutorial tab.

This is a variation on the Joy fold card. These fun fold cards are nice to add some variety to your card making.  I used colored pencils to color in my stamped image.

They also are an opportunity to use some of those smaller scraps in your paper stash.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and happy crafting!

Using Embossing folders and Layers - Hello

 

Good Morning! Happy Friday!

 I hope your week went well and your looking forward to a weekend of crafting time

I decided to make a card today using my 2025 goal of busting through my paper kits. This paper is from from an Echo Park kit and I used one of the embellishment cards as the focal point.

I decided to add some texture and interest by using an embossing folder on the plain white cardstock and then layering the variety of patterned papers. 

I had a few flowers left over from other projects and added them as embellishments to provide some balance..

I hope you an inspired to go through your paper kits and use this laying technique to create a card of your own.

Happy crafting!

Keeping it Simple - Bird house

 

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 am revisiting my Keeping it Simple layout with choosing a patterned paper for the background, some sort of large embellishment for the focal point and adding a sentiment to a corner. 

Although my embellishments aren't simple; the design is. I just love these birdhouse dies from Spellbinders. There are 4 styles. I added extra dimension by surrounding the bird and birdhouse with various floral die cuts from my stash.

Happy Crafting!

Fun Flip card - Celebrate

 Good Morning! I hope your week is going well.

Thank you for visiting. 

Today I made a Fun Flip card. If you'd like to see a  tutorial on the technique you can find one under my tutorial page.

For this card I used some charm dies by Karen Burniston for the wine and wine glass and the floral arrangement was made from small flower dies from Spellbinders.

I hope you try this fun flip style card and share it with me in the comments!

Happy Crafting!

Keeping it Simple - Encouragement Card

 

Hello there friends! 

Welcome to All Things Beautiful!

 I hope your week has gone well and you are finding some time to be creative today.

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

I am using my keeping it simple formula again. Background paper, large embellishment in the center and a simple sentiment. 

I had this big balloon die I wanted to use and when I saw this hang in there sentiment from another stamp set I just had to pair them for a quick encouragement card. 

I am really trying to think outside the box this year when it comes to mixing and matching my papers, sentiments and dies. Tell me what you think of this combo.

Happy Crafting!

Keeping it Simple - Get Well

 

Hello Crafty friends! 

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

Today 's card focuses on the stamped image. 

I wanted this card to have a classic design so I left the image black and white. Also, the recipient could always color it if they wanted to. 

The only pop of color is from the butterfly embellishment. The background cardstock is dry embossed and the sentiment panel is layered with black cardstock. 

This card may be simple but it will be a nice 

reminder to the recipient that they are thought of and loved. 

Happy crafting!

Bay Window - Cherries

 Hey there friends! Welcome to All Things Beautiful!

Happy Saturday!

 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 Fun Fold 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".

This is a nice little display card I would include a little post-it nte to the recipient letting them know how to open/display it though since this is a card with an unusual fold.

I hope you give this fun fold a try and happy crafting!

Shaped Card - Coffee Cup

 

Hey There! Welcome to All Things Beautiful!

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

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

I used a shape card die from Honey Bee stamps. It comes with the center embellishment wrap. I added the sentiment panel from a die shape I have in my stash.

This would be a great card just to let a friend know you are thinking of them. 

Maybe even throw in a gift card for a cup of coffee or special treat.

I hope you enjoyed my card post and happy crafting!

Keeping it simple - kite card

 

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

Sometimes I just need a card quick or I don't have much mojo for making a card with many moving parts. Today was one of those days.

I kept it simple with today's card by using a die cut as the focal point. This card design could be repeated over and over using the same formula of a embossed paper background either patterned paper or plain cardstock, a die cut as the focal point and a sentiment to the right or left side. 

For today's card I used varying sizes of die cut clouds and layered them; adding the inspire sentiment to coordinate with the embossed clouds. 

I hope you are inspired to try a card using an embossed background, an embellishment or die cut for the focal point and a small sentiment. 

Have a great weekend!

Happy crafting!

Fold - Over Window Card - Mother's Day

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 a Fold-over 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 "F".

Happy Mother's Day & Happy Crafting! 

Clip Board Card -Follow Your Dreams

 

Hey there friends and Happy Friday ! 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 Clip Board card.  It's a nice way of making a sentiment be front and center.

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

Use some fun patterned paper for the background or stamp your own pattern and then add this clipboard using what ever color cardstock you want. There are so many beautiful metal papers out there you could really mix things up using a variety of metallics. 

I hope you give it a try!

Happy crafting!

Embossing - Butterfly Thanks

 

Good Morning! Happy Friday! I hope your week has been well.

I thought I would pull out an embossing folder today and use an embellishment from an old project.

This butterfly was made using a Tim Holtz stamp set and a few different inks from Gina K Designs and some blending brushes to help the colors transition from one to the other.

I then cut out a few white panels and glued them together to give them dimension and a nice black simple thanks sentiment. I wanted the butterfly to really pop and I thought using a black sentiment on a white background would help it to stand out.

I just love all the texture of this card. What do you think?

Have a wonderful day and happy crafting!

Bay Window Card - Birthday Greetings

 Happy Saturday friends! I hope your week is going well.

Thank you for visiting. 

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

This is my first attempt at this style of fun fold. I think it's cute when it is assembled and stand up.

Here it is laying flat. I would suggest sending some instructions with the card so the recipient knows how it works.

Happy crafting today!

Using your scraps - rays of sunshine congrats

 

Good Morning! I hope your week is going well.

Thank you for visiting!

Today's card was made by is pursuing my 2025 goal of using up some 6 x 6 paper pads and scraps from my stash

For these scraps I set the strips on an angle to give it a sunshine ray look.

Then grabbed this pretty scalloped edged die and cut out the panel.

Each panel cut slightly different making each card unique. I then grabbed this filly flower die from Stampin Up. An oldy but a goody and placed a stamped sentiment banner on top to anchor the embellishment.

Thank you for visiting and Happy Crafting!

Double Flap Fun Card - Spring Floral Thanks

  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 a Surprise Double Flap Fun 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 "D".

Happy Crafting!

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!