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Memory Box Backyard Wren JOY Postage Card…

Hi everyone!  A little Christmas spirit here thanks to the inspiration of Donna Mikasa!  You can see her card on her blog  HERE and on Instagram HERE.

Die cutting and ink blending with Distress Vintage Photo for the wren. Assemble it going by the indentations the die leaves on the pieces makes it really easy! YAY!

I die cut a Lawn Fawn Postage Rectangle Stackables in the largest size in white Hammermill 100# Color Copy Cover cardstock.  Then I embossed it with Simon Says Stamp Vine Canopy embossing folder.  It’s so pretty!

The holly is from the Spellbinders Christmas Cracker die set.  I cut the holly leaves off the stem.  The pine branch is from Impression Obsession, no longer available.

I used a green A2 size cardbase, adhered the embossed panel to the front.

The JOY sentiment is a die from Savvy stamps, no longer available but possibly another company has something similar!  I glued together three red JOYs.  I like that look so much.  I glued it in the upper right corner to give the ‘feel’ of the forever words or the cent amount.

The wren is adhered with the thin foam mounting tape I like…linked below.  The branches, berries and holly are glued directly to the card panel.   Allow room when you’re applying the mount tape to the back of the wren so you can stick stuff under easily.

Inside I die cut another white postage panel and stamped a sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp set linked below.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I appreciate it!

Here’s links to the dies and supplies I used to make this!  Have fun looking and shopping!

12% off at SBC right now!

Memory Box – 94723 Backyard Wren…
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Simon Says Stamp Embossing Folder…
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Simon Says Clear Stamps INSIDE…
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Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -…
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Spellbinders – City Holiday…
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Spellbinders – Platinum Die Cutting…
[ SBC | SPL | SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
[ STR ]
Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;…
[ STR | SSS ]
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Precision…
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All Occasion · BetterPress · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Flowers · Foiling · Hot Foiling · Memory Box · Patriotic · Poppystamps · Spellbinders dies · Summer

Garden Pail Bouquet goes Patriotic! 2 cards…

Hi everyone!  A friend was showing me some patriotic ideas and it got my brain to working!  I thought, why not use some products I already own!  So let’s see what you can come up with too!

I used this set HERE when it first came out.  I loved how this card turned out!

So change it up to patriotic colors! After all it’s a celebratory year for the USA! Happy Birthday!

I basically just die cut and glued it up like the picture on the die envelope.  I added some splattering and white pen…I had a terrible time deciding whether to add the pen lines!

I used the Happy Birthday from the poppystamps Modest Greetings 1 Foil and cut die set…silver foil.  The rectangle die comes with it…nice…no scrounging around for the right size rectangle to die cut it!

I used the Spellbinders Nested Postage Labels and Tag die set for the blue and white background panels.

It’s like a sixteenth of an inch larger (on each side) than an A2 size card.  I used the super thin mounting tape I like so well so it’ll still post for one forever stamp.

Linking my Garden Pail Card to some challenges…

Time Out Challenges #315 – Summer and vacation!

Just Us Girls #827 – Summer!

Die Cut Diva’s June –  Anything Goes!

The Four Seasons Summer Season – Anything Goes Summer!

A Cut Above June –  Anything Goes!

The way this die set is made I ended up with some extra flowers… so I made a clean and simple A2 size card also!

I used the Memory Box Posh Hello hot foil plate in the betterpress letterpress with black ink instead of foiling it!  It worked!

The red panel is cut with the Spellbinders postage die set I used above and the tiny scallop border is from poppystamps Scalloped Stitch Frames.

I loved how simply charming it turned out.

When you need a quick note or make it for any occasion in any color!

Linking my Hello card to some challenges…

Simply Clean & Simple -Anything Goes CAS!

Beautiful Blossoms #41 – Anything Goes Floral!

Paper Funday #88 -Anything Goes!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – add a sentiment!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  Hope you’re staying in cool!  We’re in a heat/humid wave here in Iowa so I’m inside!

Shopping links if you want to look at the products I used…

Memory Box – 94889 Garden Pail…
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Nested Postage Labels & Tag Etched…
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Poppystamps – 2478 Scalloped Stitch…
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Poppy Stamps MODEST GREETINGS 1 Hot…
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Memory Box – MBF007 Posh Hello Hot…
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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Spellbinders – BetterPress Collection…
[ SBC | SSS | SPL ]
Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil System
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Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Silver -…
[ SPL | SBC ]
Spellbinders – Card Shoppe Essentials…
[ SBC | SSS | SPL ]
Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect…
[ SSS ]
signo white gel pen
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Uni-Ball Pen Signo Gel WHITE UM-153
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Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH…
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Memory Box Garden Pail Bouquet Card…
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All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Flowers · Foiling · Get Well · Hot Foiling · Spellbinders dies · Spring · Thinking of You · Wedding

Spellbinders Petal Fresh Card…

Hi everyone!  Petal Fresh a NEW die set from Spellbinders…part of the Shiny Day Release.  Very fun florals and easy to work with too! YAY!

I don’t remember if I’ve used this Emerald Cut Labels and Tag die set or not but I sure like it.  So classy looking!

I was brave and just started gluing flowers and leaves together and stuck them down.  I especially love the daisies!

The sentiment I used is from Yana’s Special Sentiments Hot Foil and die cut set.  It isn’t available anymore so I linked to other similar type fonts sets.

A pretty basic CAS A2 size card.  Will mail for one postage stamp for sure!

Linking to some card challenges…

Triple B: Birds, Butterflies and Blooms – choose one, two or three!

The Four Seasons May Challenge – inspired by Spring!

Make My Monday Challenge – #278 Say it with Flowers!

613 Avenue Create May 2026 – anything goes/twist is May Flowers!

Thanks so much for stopping by….you all are wonderful friends for sure! 🙂

Here’s some shopping links to what I used to make this card…

Spellbinders – Shiny New Day…
[ SBC | SPL | SSS ]
Emerald Cut Labels Etched Dies from…
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A Little Message Sentiments Press…
[ SPL | SSS | SBC ]
Spellbinders Yana’s Tulips Bouquet of…
[ SBC | SSS | SPL ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
[ STR ]
Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;…
[ STR | SSS ]
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Precision…
[ STR | SSS | SBC ]
Spellbinders GOLD Glimmer Foil GLF-014
[ SSS | SBC | SPL ]
Spellbinders GLIMMER HOT FOIL SYSTEM…
[ SSS | SBC | SPL ]

Baby · cards · CAS · Congratulations · Lawn Fawn

Clean and Simple Baby Cards…

Two fun clean and simple cards to share with you!  I was inspired by a card I’d saved some time ago but no markings on the photo so I’m not sure where I found it!  Some place that had a stitched plaid cloud anyway!

I recreated the plaid cloud with an old Hero Arts graph type wood mounted stamp and a cloud die.

I cut the BABY out of a clear stamp set. lol  The large Baby is from another clear set and the word shower is from a Lawn Fawn set!

The stitched rectangle dies are from Lawn Fawn.

My daughters needed baby cards so I set to work!  It took me longer looking for stamps that would work than it did to make the two cards! lol

I love how they turned out!

All the baby stuff I’ve ever purchased is now out in a pile on the floor ready for what they need next!  Whispering this but believe it or not, I’d had the excuse to shop even though I don’t need a thing!

Super fun news though!  Our family is GROWING again!  So excited!  Babies are so SO wonderful!

Linking to some Card Challenges…

Simply Clean & Simple May 2026 –  clean and simple

Word Power May 2026 – focus on sentiments

Try it on Tuesday – Keep it simple

Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing the joy of creating with me!

ttul!

All Occasion · cards · CAS · copics · LOVE · Simon Says Stamp · Valentine

Simon Says Stamp Pop of Color CAS Card…

Hello and here’s my first valentine for this year!

Simon Says Stamp’s latest release Heart to Heart! 

They sent me the New Pop of Color stamp set to make with.  All I did was add some die cut hearts!

I stamped the paintbrush on Hammermill cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Copic friendly ink.  I cut the paintbrush out by hand and colored it with Copic Sketch markers.

I stamped the color wheel and sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Using the MISTI!

Here’s a few more pictures.  The stamp set on the left has all kinds of sentiments on it.  I’m not sure who this is going to yet so I haven’t stamped inside but I’m going to use this SSS set when I decide! It’s called Love Greetings Mix.  I’ll link below.

The hearts are from Heart Jumble by poppystamps but any hearts will work!

It was fun to be able to make a CAS (clean and simple) card after all the more time consuming cards I’ve been making!

Check out the new release….only two weeks before we’ll be needing Valentines!  eek!

I’m linking my card to some challenges….

Addicted To Stamps and More – any occasion

Double D Challenges 1/16 –  Friends

Shopping Our Stash 566 – Love me do

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Have a crafty, cardmaking weekend!

Shopping links for the products I used on this card!  Thank you so much for clicking/tapping through my links!  I appreciate it!

Heart to Heart – Simon Says Stamp
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Simon Says Stamps and Dies Pop of…
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Simon Says Stamp Clear Stamps Pop of…
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Simon Says Stamp Pop of Color Wafer…
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Simon Says Clear Stamps LOVE…
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MISTI BLACK PRECISION STAMPER VERSION…
[ SSS | SSS | SSS ]
copic sketch markers at Simon Says…
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Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH…
[ SSS ]
Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink…
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Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK REFILL…
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Tsukineko Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK…
[ SSS ]
Tsukineko Memento TUXEDO BLACK REFILL…
[ SSS ]
SSS Teflon Bone Folder
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Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring…
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Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D ADHESIVE…
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