Keeping it Simple - Salt and Light

 Good Morning! I hope your week is going well.

Thank you for visiting.

Just keeping my card simple today. I chose a yellow cardstock for the card panel and gave it a little texture with a stitched die panel.

Cut out a simple white panel to hold the sentiment and added the 

layered dimensional lightbulb

embellishment.

Happy Crafting!

Shaped cards - Rainbow for you

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

Today's cuter card is made from a shaped card die set by Honey Bee. 

I added the sun an clouds that came with the set and thought it might be fun to stamp the sentiment on the cloud. If you like paper piecing this card is for you. Because I had to cut out several rainbows for each of the colors I ended up with 5 completed cards in total.

Happy Crafting!

Using my Scraps - Smile

Good Morning! Happy Friday! I hope your week is going well.

Thank you for stopping by. 

Today I have another card made using my scraps from an Echo Park kit 

The tagged background is a rectangle journaling card that I used a tag die to help me cut out that shape. I then took some small scraps and my punches and cut out some hearts and banners. I added glossy accents to the hearts to give the embellishment some dimension and shine. The sentiment panel comes from the ephemera pack in the kit.

Happy Crafting!

Clean and Simple - Friends

 Hello and Happy Friday!

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

Today's card has a clean and simple design 

Grabbed a 3D ruffle embossing folder to give the background texture and then added the stamped image and sentiment.

I plan on coloring the picture of the girls that way I can customize it to the particular person I am sending the card to.

Happy Crafting!

Using up Paper Scraps - Encouragement card

Hello and Welcome to All Things Beautiful!

 I hope your day is going well!

Using up some scraps today for this card

For this card,  I glued some paper strips to a thin piece of copy paper and then took a die from a journaling book set and cut out the shaped tag background and then added a sentiment and embellishments. 

It was quick and easy to add a sentiment and some flowers and have an interesting looking card.

Happy Crafting!

Keeping it Simple - Layered Elements

 

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

Keeping my card simple today. I purchased the wheel barrel die from Spellbinders and just wanted to add it to a background. Clean and simple design. 

It took some time to cut out all the elements from scraps of cardstock in my stash but it feels good to use all those little pieces of cardstock that would otherwise sit in the drawer.

I may ad a sentiment at a later date. Perhaps a Thanksgiving sentiment or a birthday wish for a fall birthday might be nice. What sentiment do you think I should add?

Have a great day and happy crafting!

Pop Up and Pull Out card - Autumn Elements

 

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 called a Pop-Up and Pull Out card.

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

I didn't add a sentiment on this card. I really liked the collaged fall elements but you certainly could add one on the upper 1/3 of the card or if it is small stamp it on the white space of the oval die cut.

I hope you give this card a try. It's a nice surprise for the recipient to find in the mailbox.

Happy Fall and happy crafting!

Slimline pop up - fall bench

 

Happy fall and welcome to All Things Beautiful!

I made this card in a Karen Burniston class and thought I would share this style of card. I just love how she pulls different elements together to make a card. She is so creative. 

The gnome holding the acorn is so cute! Taking her classes has really helped me to think outside the box when it comes to using my patterned papers. 

The size of this card is a slimline.. The card base is then trimmed out to expose the sentiment card. 

The bench pop is one of her die sets I haven't used in quite some time. It's time to rediscover my love of this die set and make a few more cards using it.

The pop up bench just adds a touch of surprise and that gnome holding the pie adds extra cuteness.

I hope you break out some supplies you haven't used in a while and rediscover the enjoyment of using them.

happy crafting!

Crafting with Paper Kits - Panel Sentiments

Hello and welcome to All Things Beautiful!

Today's card is working toward depleting my paper stash.

These papers came from an Echo Park paper kit.

The office embellishments are from a Karen Burniston die set.

I took a rounded panel corner die and trimmed the corners of the Note to You sentiment panel so that the beautiful floral background panel would show more. 

Then made embellishments in coordinating colors and placed them around the sentiment panel.

Happy Crafting!

 

Keeping it Simple - Using background panel dies

 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. 

Today I kept this card simple and used lots of layers.  

This background paper piece die is from jaded Blossom. They have some really cute die sets and background dies.

and then I used the same paper to create a few just a note cards as well.

Happy Crafting!

Keeping it Simple - Love 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.

Just a quick card I made for my daughter. 

She loves her naps, especially curling up with her 2 cats.

I thought she would appreciate this sentiment.

I anchored the elements on a label die background and then added it to a pattern paper that reminded me of my grandmother's sheets

Happy Crafting!

Peek - a - Boo Gatefold card

 

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 Peek - a- Boo Gatefold card; you can find a tutorial for making this style card under my tutorial tab.

I tried to hide part of the inner sentiment under the bottom card panel . I think it worked out nicely.

There are several sample cards of this style of card under my tutorial tab. The tutorials are listed alphabetically. 

Happy Crafting!

Little Piggys - Surprise Pop Up and Pull Out card

 

Good Morning! I hope your week has gone well.

Thank you for visiting. Today I have a Surprise Pop- Up and Pull Out card - fun fold card for you.

 As always, if you'd like to see a video tutorial on this technique you can find one under my tutorial tab.

Stamped the splatters on the background of the card base. Added the patterned paper panel 

Then topped with embellishments.

Happy crafting!

Summertime Strawberries

Hey there friends! Welcome to All Things Beautiful!

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

Happy Crafting! 

Waterfall Card - Coffee with friends

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 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".

I enjoyed making this card! It was fun using up my paper from an Echo Park paper kit and cardstock scraps and  to cut out all the little fall elements. I used dies by Karen Burniston.

I really enjoy making interactive cards and a waterfall card is always a showstopper. Kids love them but this one is for a friend of mine who is a coffee lover.

I can slip a gift card inside for any occasion.

I hope you try this fun fold card. Happy crafting!

 

Summer Lemons - Surprise Pop-Up and Pull Out 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 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. 

If you haven't given this style of fun fold card I try; I hope you do!

Happy Crafting!

Keeping it Simple - Bird House

 Good Morning! I hope you are well.

Thank you for visiting.

Making use of my 6 x 6 paper pads and paper scraps today. 

Used a birdhouse die set from Spellbinders. 

I love all the layered flowers and the simple banner. 

This card has such nice texture. 

Happy crafting!

 

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!