Saturday, 23 August 2025

Breakthrough T1D Fundraiser Projects

Hi everyone, it has been awhile since I have posted on my blog and today I am sharing with you cards from a fundraiser I held in late June for Breakthrough T1D (formerly Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation).

Card 1


This card uses products that have since retired or are on the Last Chance product list.

There is something about white and blue with a touch of green and silver that I always find eye catching,

Card 2


This card uses a card sketch from Call Me Crafty Al.  I loved the different layout of this card.

Card 3


This card uses a favourite stamp and die set Trusty Tools, great for masculine cards.

Card 4


This card is my favourite from all the projects.  I love how easily the leaves are created by just two stamps.  A little bit of fussy cutting of the leaves was required and they just look gorgeous tucked behind the sentiment panel stamped using the Pattern of Friendship stamp set.

Card 5A & 5B



These two cards were very quick to make with some simple stamping of the sentiments from the Not 29 Anymore stamp set, a little bit of doodling around the sentiment edges, some ribbon and dots and the cards were finished.

Card 6


This is all about Strawberry Slush and the Impressions A Bloom dies.  Just love the colours in this card.

Card 7


How gorgeous is the Perfectly Pairs Suite.  This card was created using sponging on the background, stamping the pears and foliage pieces and die cutting all the other pieces required for the card.  Not a piece of Designer Series Paper in sight.  Love this colour combination of Darling Duckling, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake and Basic White.

Card 8


This card was a sneek peak using the Charming Day Bundle and the Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing the cards from the fundraiser.

Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Thursday, 24 April 2025

February Card Class Project 2

Hi everyone, sharing another project from my February Card Class.  It uses the One More Year stamp set and the Timeless Plaid 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper.

The pieces of Designer Series Paper measure 2" x 3" which is great if you are bulk card making as you can make 3 cards from the one piece of 6" x 6" piece of Designer Series Paper by using the reverse side of 3 pieces to create the contrast.

I coloured the images using Stampin' Blends and did a little fussy cutting.

I hope you enjoyed this project

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 


Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Wednesday, 23 April 2025

February Card Class Project 1

Hi everyone, sorry for being absent in posting for the last 6 weeks, but I have been having a little break from card making and working on getting my garden in order.  It had got out of hand a bit and I wanted to get my winter vegie garden going.

Today's project is from my February Card Class and it uses the Floral Delight 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper along with the Delightful Wishes Stamp set.


This is a fun fold card layout I cased from Susan Campfield. I just adapted the measurements to create a card in the metric sized used in Australia and used different papers and stamp set.


This is how the card looks as it is opened and the inside of the card.

I hope you enjoyed this project.

Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Saturday, 8 March 2025

Stash Buster Saturday - Using up Paper Scraps

Hi everyone, for this week's Stash Buster project I decided to use up the paper scraps and strips I had left in the Mediterranean Blooms 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper pack.  I cut them down to 3.8cm x 3.8cm squares and then matted them onto 4.3cm x 4.3cm Basic White cardstock mats.


I made 11 cards using Night of Navy cardbases, the matted squares of Designer Series Paper, a Basic White cardstock rectangle die cut using the Textured Notes Dies, a Lemon & foliage image fussy cut from one of the sheets in the same paper pack, Linen Thread, Gold Textured Adhesive Backed Dots and the sentiment from the Delightful Wishes stamp set which was white heat embossed on Night of Navy cardstock.


I hope you enjoyed this simple card layout showing you how to use those pesky paper scraps.

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 


Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Saturday, 1 March 2025

Stash Buster Saturday - 6 cards using 2" x 3" pieces of Designer Series Paper

Hi everyone, as promised this week I am bringing you 6 cards made using 2" x 3" pieces of Designer Series Paper.  There are a lot a sketches that can be adapted to using the 2" x 3" pieces of Designer Series Paper.

I used 2 sheets of the Timeless Plaid 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper.  I cut the two sheets into 2" x 3" pieces and worked out how I could adapt these pieces to the sketches I have used.  I do not know where a lot of these sketches originated, I just found card designs that I liked but they did not have any reference as to the sketch.

I decorated them the same elements from the Storybook Friends stamp set and dies and the Textured Notes Dies.


For the first card I cut the two pieces of 2" x 3" Designer Series Paper into 2" x 1 1/2" pieces.  These I matted onto pieces of Crumb Cake cardstock cut at 2 1/8" x 1 5/8".  These were adhered to the card front that was embossed with the Timber Embossing Folder.


For my second card I cut the 2" x 3" pieces into 1" x 3" strips and adhered thme to a piece of Basic White cut at 13.8cm x 9.5cm which was embossed using the Timber Embossing folder.  This was adhered to a Crumb Cake cardbase.


The second card adheres the two 2" x 3" pieces of Designer Series Paper that have been adhered to a piece of Basic White cardstock cut at 8cm x 12.3cm and embossed with the Timber Embossing folder.  This was then adhered to a 8.5cm x 12.8cm Crumb Cake mat which was then adhered to a 9.5cm x 13.8cm Basic White mat then adhered to the Crumb Cake cardbase.


For my fourth card I cut one of the pieces into 2" x 1 1/2" pieces and flagged the end of one of these pieces.  These were then adhered to the backof the other 2" x 3" piece of Designer Series Paper before being adhered to the card front which had been embossed with the Timber Embossing folder.  A Crumb Cake cardstock banner was cut at 3" x 3/4" and the Easter Greetings sentiment stamped using Early Espresso ink.


For the fifth card I cut one piece of 2" x 3" Designer Series Paper into two pieces, one measuring 1" x 2" and the other 2" x 2".  These were adhered to the piece of Basic White cardstock cut at 9.5cm x 13.8cm and embossed with the Timber Embossing folder.  The other piece of Designer Series Paper was adhered over the gap between the other two pieces of Designer Series Paper.


For the sixth card I cut one of the 2" x 3" pieces of Designer Series Paper into two pieces measuring 1" x 3".  These were adhered to the cardbase which had been embossed with the Timber Embossing folder.  The pieces of Designer Series Paper are slightly over lapping each other, adhere the other 2" x 3" piece in place and embellish.

I hope you enjoyed this week's Stash Buster.

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 


Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Saturday, 22 February 2025

Stash Busting Saturday - Floral Delight Suite

Hi everyone, I am running behind with my Stash Busting Saturday projects this week.  I have been rather busy dealing with helping my sick brother and working full time, so I must apologise for not having this week's projects ready to go.  I will bring them to you next Saturday, it is using 3" x 2" pieces of Designer Series Paper to make a variety of card designs.

For this week I am posting a card for you to enjoy that I made using the Floral Delight Suite.


This suite would have to be my favourite in the January-April 2025 Mini Catalogue.

I hope you enjoyed this card.

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 


Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Saturday, 15 February 2025

Stash Busting Saturday - 3 cards from 3 pieces of 15.2cm x 4cm Designer Series Paper

Hi everyone, sharing the cards I have made for this week's Stash Buster.  It is a variation of the cut and shuffle technique with a fun fold card as the card base.

I have used the Cheerful Daisies stamp set and dies, Stylish Shapes dies and the Countryside Inn 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper.


The card base is a piece of Basic White Thick A4 cut at 10.5cm x 29.7cm.  On the long edge score at 3.8cm and 14.85cm.  Fold the card base in half at the 14.85cm score line and then do a valley fold on the 3.8cm score line.  This pieces folds back onto the card but to not adhere it down yet.

Cut each of the 10cm x 15.2cm pieces of Designer Series Paper on the 15.2cm (long edge) into 3 pieces, one 10cm x 7.4cm, one at 10cm x 3.3cm and one at 10cm x 4.5cm.


Adhere the 10cm x 7.4cm piece of Designer Series Paper to the left side of the card front, making sure to leave a small border top, bottom and on the left side.  Now adhere the folded edge of the card base in place, it will slightly cover over this piece you have just adhered in place on the right side.  Adhere the 10cm x 3.3cm piece of Designer Series Paper in place on top of the folded over section.  Adhere the last piece of Designer Series Paper (10cm x 4.5cm) to the inside of the card on the right side, making sure to leave a small border.

To decorate I die cut the daisies and leaves and added some Boho Blue and Old Olive ink to some of the pieces, making sure to leave a lot of white space.

I hope you enjoyed this week's Stash Buster.

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 


Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Saturday, 8 February 2025

Stash Busting Saturday - A Little Latte

Hi everyone, for this week's Stash Buster I am using some products from the Last Chance list.  

I have made 6 cards using the A Little Love 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper, Latte Love Stamp Set and Dies, Adhesive Backed Swirl Dots and Polka Dot Trim.  I made 6 cards using these products.


To make these cards you will need to cut the Designer Series Paper at 13.3cm x 9cm for the background piece and 9.8cm x 5.5cm for the middle panel.  These were adhered to Basic White mats cut at 13.7cm x 9.4cm and 10.2cm x 5.9cm before being adhered to the Early Espresso card base.

The coffee cup was fussy cut from the Designer Series Paper before the sentiment being stamped on it using Early Espresso ink.  Two pieces of the Polka Dot Trim were adhere across the middle panel before the coffee cup was adhere over the top using Dimensionals on the top and bottom portions only.  To finish the card some Adhesive Backed Swirl Dots were added.


I hope you enjoyed this week's Stash Buster.

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 

Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Storybook Moments 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper - Day 6

Hi everyone, sharing the last project from Storybook Moments cut-aparts.


I used the same cutting layout and design as the card for Day 2 for this 6" x 2" cut-apart.  The card base is Cajun Craze, which coordinated perfectly with the colours in the cut-apart.

I hope you enjoyed the last of my cards for the moment using the Storybook Moments Designer Series Paper.

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 


Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Friday, 7 February 2025

Storybook Moments 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper - Day 5

Hi everyone, it is Day 5 of the Storybook Moments cards.  It does not get any simpler to make a card with this cut-apart.  I just added a sentiment from the Storybook Friends stamp set.


The 3" x 4" cut-apart was adhered to an Early Espresso mat cut at 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" before being adhered to the Basic White card base using Dimensionals.

I hope you enjoyed the card for Day 5.

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 


Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Thursday, 6 February 2025

Storybook Moments 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper - Day 4

Hi everyone, sharing the Storybook Moment card for Day 4.  This is a quick and simple card, great for when you need a card in a hurry.


The 3" x 4" cut-apart was adhered to a Basic White mat cut at 3 1/8" x 4 1/8" before being adhered to a Boho Blue card base.

I decorated the card with die cut pieces and ribbon.  The sentiment is from the Delightful Wishes stampe set.

I hope you enjoyed this cute birthday card.

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 


Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Storybook Moments 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper - Day 3

Hi everyone sharing the Storybook Moments card for Day 3.


For this card I cut the 3" x 4" cut-apart into 3 pieces, one 2 1/4" x 3", 1" x 3" and 3/4" x 3" and adhered these to Early Espresso mats that were cut 1/8" larger.  These were then adhered to the card front using Dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Delightful Wishes stamp set.

I hope you enjoyed this quick and simple card.

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 


Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Tuesday, 4 February 2025

Storybook Moments 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper - Day 2

Hi everyone, sharing another Storybook Moment card.


For this card I cut the 6" x 2" cut-apart into 1" x 3" pieces and adhered these to Basic White mats cut at 1 1/8" x 3 1/8".  These were then adhered to a Cherry Cobbler card base.

Decorated with die cuts, emobssed circle and ribbon.  The sentiment is from the Delightful Wishes stamp set.

I hope you enjoyed this card.

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 


Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Monday, 3 February 2025

Storybook Moments 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper - Day 1

Hi everyone, over the next six days I will be sharing cards that I made using the Storybook Moments 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper.  My main focus was on using the sheets with the cut-a-parts on them and the die-cut designs, however I did use some of the other sheets in the pack.


I used the reverse side of one of 3" x 4" cut-aparts for this card.  I cut it into 1" x 3" strips and adhered these to a Basic Beige card base.  I created the framed house by fussy cutting one of the houses from the Designer Series Paper, die cut the frame from Basic Beige cardstock, added Balmy Blue ink to a piece of Basic White using a blending brush and adhered the house to this before adding it to the frame.  The frame was adhered to the card front using dimensionals.

I embellished the card with die cut pieces, a linen thread bow, sentiment and Antique Pearls.

I have you enjoyed this card.

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 


Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Sunday, 2 February 2025

Floral Delight Suite

Hi everyone, sharing 3 cards I made using products from the Floral Delight Suite, available in the new Mini Catalogue January-April 2025, and a Cut and Shuffle technique.


To make these cards cut 3 pieces of Designer Series Paper at 7.5cm x 11.8cm.   On the right hand side from the top measure 2.5cm and 6.3cm down the side and put a small pencil mark.  On the left hand side from the bottom measure 2.5cm and 6.3cm up the side and put a small pencil mark.  Cut on the diagonal from the 2.5cm mark on the right hand side to the 6.3cm mark on the left hand side, then cut on the diagonal from the 6.3cm mark on the right hand side to the 2.5cm mark on the left hand side.  You can cut all 3 pieces at once, just make sure you keep them together correctly.  

You will now have 3 pieces of each of the Designer Series Paper.  This is where the Shuffle part of the technique comes in.  Shuffle them pieces around until you have one of each pattern of each card.  These are then adhered to the Basic White mat that is cut at 8cm x 12.3cm.  Adhere these to the Pecan Pie card base using Dimensionals.  

For the centre panel I used the stamps from the Delightful Wishes stamp set.  I used Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry for the flowers, Pecan Pie for the stem and Old Olive ink for the stamping.  I really liked how this colour combination turned out and it matched the Designer Series Paper perfectly.

The sentiment is from the 'You a Happy Birthday' stamp in the set.  I just die cut it using the long label die in the Delightful Wishes stamp set and trimmed the edges ont the diagonal cutting off the words 'You a'.

To finish the cards I added a Tiny Bee Trinket.




I hope you enjoyed these projects.

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 


Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Saturday, 1 February 2025

Stash Busting Saturday - Thoughtful Journey 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper

Hi everyone, sorry for not posting last weekend but I had a little break as I was away at Dwellingup with a group of friends for a craft long weekend.  I had a great time catching up with everyone and playing with some of the products from the new Mini Catalogue.

For this week's Stash Buster, I have used some leftover pieces from the Thoughful Journey 6" x 6" Designer Paper pack.  I had four pieces of the Flower patterned paper that I have used for the background and 1" strips of the Blackberry Bliss coloured patterned paper.  I made 4 cards using a Card Sketch from Jess Crafts 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper Template #18.  I liked the layout of the sketch and thought it would be perfect to use up these pieces of Designer Series Paper.


I have used a Blackberry Bliss Card base and adhered the flower patterned DSP to this, making sure to centre it.  The piece of DSP was 3" wide and I just cut off the small overhang from the bottom.


I cut the 1" strips down to 1" x 2" pieces and matted them onto Basic White mats cut at 1 1/8" x 2 1/8".  These were adhered across the card front and the sentiment add.

I created the sentiment using the Unbounded Love stamp set and the Greetings of the Seasons Dies.  I added a bow created using the Silver & White Sheer Ribbon, which I cut in half to make a thinner piece of ribbon.

To finish the cards I added some Rhinestones for a little bling.

I hope you enjoyed this week's Stash Buster.

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 


Thank you for visiting.
Carolyn

Saturday, 18 January 2025

Stash Busting Saturday - 12 Ways to use 3" x 4" pieces of Designer Series Paper

Hi everyone, for this week's Stash Buster I have made 12 cards using 3" x 4" pieces of Designer Series Paper.  I used one sheet of patterned paper from the Mediterranean Blooms 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper Pack, which I cut into 3" x 4" pieces, along with the Lemon images from another sheet of patterned paper in the same pack.

I set myself a little challenge to see how I could adapt the 3" x 4" pieces of Designer Series Paper to make full sized cards.  All the card bases are the metric 10.5cm x 14.85cm.  All the other measurements are in imperial as I found it easier to measure and cut using imperial so that I did not have any small scraps.


I have used the same embellishment layout for each card to make things a little easier for myself.  The sentiment is from the Citrus Blooms stamp set, the ribbon is the Daffodil Delight 3.2mm Satin Ribbon which is available in the new January-April 2025 Mini Catalogue and the little bit of bling is from the Tinsel Gems Four Pack.

Card 1


On the 4" side (this is the long side) from the bottom measure up 1" on the right hand side and 1 1/2" up on the left hand side.  Cut on the diagonal from the 1" mark to the 1 1/2" mark.

Adhere these pieces to a cardstock mat that measures 3 1/8" x 4 7/8".  Adhere to the card front.

Cut a cardstock strip that measures 5" x 1 1/8" and emboss this.  Adhere this across the card front on the diagonal to cover the gap between the two pieces of Designer Series Paper.  Trim off any excess on either side.

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 2


On the 4" side cut at 2 3/4" so you have two pieces, one measuring 2 3/4" x 3" and 1 1/4 x 3".  Adhere these to a cardstock mat cut at 3 1/8" x 4 7/8".  Adhere to the card front.

Cut a cardstock strip that measures 1" x 3 1/2" and emboss this.  Adhere to the cut from over the gap between the 2 pieces of patterned paper.

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 3


On the 4" side cut at 1" and 3" so you have 3 pieces, 2 measuring 1" x 3" and 1 measuring 2" x 3".  Adhere these to cardstock mats cut at 1 1/4" x 3 1/4" and 2 1/4" x 3 1/4".  

Adhere these pieces to the card front and add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 4


On the 4" side cut at 2 1/4", 3 1/3" and 3/4" so you have 3 pieces, 1 measuring 2 1/4" x 3, 1 measuring 1" x 3" and 1 measuring 3/4" x 3".  Adhere these to cardstock mats cut at 2 1/2" x 3 1/4", 1 1/4" x 3 1/4" and 1" x 3 1/4".  

Adhere these pieces to the card front and add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 5


Cut the 3" x 4" piece into 3 strips that measure 1" x 4".  Then cut up 1 1/2" from the bottom edge of these 3 pieces.  You will have 3 pieces that are 1" x 2 1/2" and 3 pieces that are 1" x 1 1/2".  Adhere the 1" x 2 1/2" pieces to the top of the 1 1/8" x 5 7/16 cardstock mats and the 1" x 1 1/2" pieces to the bottom of the cardstock mats. Adhere these to the card front.  

Cut a cardstock strip that measures 1 1/2" x 3 15/16" and emboss.  Adhere to the card front covering the gap between the pieces of patterned paper.

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.
 
Card 6



Cut the 3" x 4" piece into 2 strips that measure 1 1/2" x 4".  Then cut up 1 1/2" from the bottom edge of these 2 pieces.  You will have 2 pieces that are 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" and 2 pieces that are 1 1/2"" x 1 1/2".  Adhere the 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" pieces to the top of the 1 5/8" x 5 1/8" cardstock mats and the 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" pieces to the bottom of the cardstock mats. Adhere these to the card front.  

Cut a cardstock strip that measures 1 1/2" x 3 7/8" and emboss.  Adhere to the card front covering the gap between the pieces of patterned paper.

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.
 
Card 7


Cut a 7/8" x 4" strip from the left hand side of the 3" x 4" (cut on the 3" edge) piece of patterned paper.  You will have 2 pieces, 1 that measures 7/8" x 4" and 1 that measures 3 1/8" x 4".  Adhere these to the cardstock mat cut at 4 1/8" x 4 1/4" (or 10.5cm x 10.3cm).  Adhere to the card front.

Cut a strip that measures 1 1/2" x 5" and emboss.  Adhere this to the card front covering the gap between the 2 pieces of patterned paper.

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 8


Cut the 3" x 4" piece into 1 1/2" x 2" rectangles, you will have 4 pieces.  Adhere these to cardstock mats cut at 1 5/8" x 2 1/8" and adhere to the card front

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 9


Cut the 3" x 4" piece of patterned paper on the 4" edge at 1 1/2" and 2 1/2", you will have 3 pieces, 2 that measure 1 1/2" x 3 and 1 that measures 1" x 3".  Adhere these to the cardstock mats cut at 1 3/4" x 3 1/4" (2 mats) and 1 1/4" x 3 1/4".

Adhere to the card front and add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 10


Cut the 3" x 4" piece into 1" x 4" strips, you will have 3 pieces.  Adhere these to the cardstock mats cut at 1 1/8" x 4 1/8" and then adhere to the card front staggering them to create the step up look.

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 11


Cut the 3" x 4" piece into 1" x 3" pieces, you will have 4 pieces.  Adhere these to the cardstock mats cut at 1 1/8" x 3 1/8".  Adhere these to the card front.

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 12


Cut the 3" x 4" piece into 2 strips, 1 measuring 1" x 4" and 1 measuring 2" x 4".  Cut up 1 1/2" from the bottom of these two strips so you have 1 piece at 2" x 2 1/2", 1 at 1" x 2 1/2", 1 at 2" x 1 1/2" and 1 at 1" x 1 1/2".  Adhere the 2" wide pieces to the cardstock mat cut at 5 1/8" x 2 1/8" leaving a gap in the middle and adhere the 1" wide pieces to the cardstock mat cut at 5 1/8" x 1 1/8" leaving a gap in the middle.

Cut a strip of cardstock that measures 1 1/2" x 3 7/8", emboss and adhere to the card front covering the gap between the patterned paper.  Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

I hope you enjoyed this week's Stash Buster projects.

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 


Thank you for visting.
Carolyn