Valentine “Love Machine”

 Sam Calcott has a YouTube video making this, she is so clever! She is in the UK. Easy to make, just 14 boxes are a bit tedious to make but I didnt mind. Anyway this is so fun, you pull out the little boxes on each day leading up to Valentines Day and get a treat!  

Here is the “machine” as it stands then…

You lift the tab up following the arrow and you can access the boxes. 

DIY Surprise Card Thank You Card

 This is what the card is called on YouTube if you want to look for the directions. I liked making it, didn’t take too long. Decorating took twice as long! That’s always the hard part. I used the Cute as a Bug set from Stampin Up  oh and I scrambled the wording as I wrote a thank you note before I took pictures!  It looks like weird black squiggles. Anyway its cute when the little tabs pop up with the bugs.

Card Folio with Cute as a Bug Designer Paper

 

Remember the card folio I did a few months ago? Well I made another one!  This is a thick and substantial card. 

I will explain the layers.

This is the first layer open.

This is with the sides fully open, they fold out twice and also the bottom folded open.

This is with the note card pulled out.

This is the back of the card opened up. Thanks for looking!

Valentine Explosion Box with lots of Pockets

This box was quite a lot of little extras! All the pockets and things to go in them, it was so much fun to create.  I followed a video on YouTube called Vintage explosion box tutorial.  Her step by step instruction was perfect!  All in centimeters and no voice just good written pictures in the video.  I am going to try to point out and explain the pockets a little bit under each picture.

Outside of box, made an easel to prop up the heart.

Opened, see the next box inside.

First box fully opened, you can see all four flaps with their tuck-ins.

This is with all of the tuck-ins pulled out. starting at 12:00 the pink flap lifts then there is a three layer fold out which zig zags to open. You can put pictures, stickers, write notes, etc.  At 3:00 there are two little note papers to pull out. At 6:00 two more little notes that are folded in half to pull out and it opens to a note area inside. At 9:00 is a little shutter card that has two sides when you open it.

This is the second box opened up showing the 5 additional pockets.

At 12:00 you lift the tab and the heart opens up to a 3 layer pull out note paper. At 3:00 the red band slides off and the envelope opens to expose and little note card to pull out.  At 6:00 is a waterfall card. Slide it sideways and each page opens up.  At 9:00 the 4 curved pieces open up to a note card. lots of places to put notes or pictures etc. available!

This is the center of the box, it opens with three pieces of paper that on the diagonal opens up to a place for four more notes or pictures etc. of your choice.

I loved making this, waiting for some paper to be shipped to make another one! 

 

Gatefold Pop Up with Pocket

 I saw a folio that had this pocket on the front to hold the gatefold page closed in their folio. I thought it would be great for a card! Someone may be making cards like this out there, but I’ve never seen one. I’ve only seen it this once on a folio. I think it’s genius, this way you don’t have to have a belly band or magnets to hold the card closed. I am using the sweet bugs/ cute as a bug set again I thought to myself why did I spend this money on bugs for paper and I have not stopped using it it, is so fun. So good purchase after all. There are so many things you can do with these little critters and the paper is awesome! So here is my card. The gatefold is from Creative Gems -Laura Stranks, called Floating Gatefold Double Pop-Up

Happy New Year

 Here is a New Year Card using some of the Christmas designer paper but I think it works because it looks wintery. Besides I wanted to use more of that mirror card stock! Happy New Year!

Tunnel Tower Pillar Card

 This is from Rachel Tessman who modified it from Sam of Mixed Up Crafts! Her YouTube is stamp your heart out and Sam Colcott or MUCERS Unite. Sweet Bug DSP, this does fold flat to a 4.25 x 5.5 card. So stinkin cute!

 

Sweet Bugs DSP Card

 This DSP is in the January 2026 Stampin Up catalog (I got it early because I am a demonstrator in case you ever want to order from me) its called Sweet Bugs. I feel like I need to do something other than flowers for a change. I saw Dawn Griffith do this card on her YouTube channel so I made it. It is really cute! The set is huge, 22 dies and they cut out the bugs from the DSP plus there’s stamps they cut out. Anyway something new. 

Last Christmas Cards

 We’ve made it to Christmas Eve!  Merry Christmas to all of you, may your New Year bring many blessings. Here are the final cards of the season. This first one folds to a 5 x 7 and is from Iced Images on YouTube called 5 x 7 Floating Panel Card. I used another beautiful scene from the washi tape rolls, cut outs from Paper Rose Christmas Tree Farm set and DSP by Stampin Up called Elegant Pine Snowflakes. I also used iridescent mirror card stock for the mats. Just grand! 

The second one is also Iced Images, she calls it Trifold Hidden Door Card with Aperture.  It is a 6x6 card. I used Stampin Ups paper and Paper Rose cut outs. I also used a snowflake punch and some diamond glaze. I have been wanting to use these cute little animals from the Paper Rose Christmas tree farm collection and decided to use them on this card! 

4 Christmas Cards 2 Flip Flop Type Cards

The first card is a pull tab fun fold card by Rose Coleman. I used the Paper Rose Christmas Tree Farm paper pack and cut outs. It has many different and cute papers and I love cardinals. I really like using the pretty bird house paper on the inside. 

The next two cards are using the Stampin Up Traditions of Christmas designer paper.  I just love using the gold mirror card stock with this paper set! Had to sneak in another sled, this one all in gold mirror card. I get such a kick out of making sleds. I also embossed the sentiment in gold.

The blue card is called Flip Flop Card, you pull the tab and it flips open. A little different than the first one. I followed Dawn of Dawns Stamping Thoughts on YouTube for this. I used rub-ons - haven’t used much of this blue set so I wanted to use them.  Its a fun card. 

 We are coming to an end of Christmas cards, only one or two more!

 

 

Another December Birthday!

 Today is my BFF’s 60th birthday. I made her card with a cat theme, she recently got three kittens and is all about cats right now. Fortunately I have some old DSP by Stampin Up with cats. This card is called Sliding Door Card, made by several gals on YouTube but this one  I followed Creative Gems Laura Stranks instructions. When you open the card the two squares slide out to the right. Fun interactive card!

Pop Out Christmas Cards

One card is a pop up bridge card by KarensKardzz and the other is a Tiara card or a half star card found on YouTube