Counting My Blessings...And You're One Of Them

Hello, crafty friends!  Today I'm sharing this acorn-shaped card I made with Honey Bee Stamps awesome Acorn Card Base Honey Cuts!  Shaped cards are always so fun for your recipient and I don't think I've ever seen one like this!  Bonus: it easily fits into an A2 sized envelope!

First I created the Acorn Card Base by cutting some brown cardstock with the dies in the set.  I used ink blending brushes to add more color using Ground Espresso and Vintage Photo Distress Inks.

There is a separate die in the Acorn Card Base set that you can use to cut a folded white card panel into a shaped card base.  Just be sure to place the upper cutting edge of the die just above the fold of the card base.  Then I used Bee Creative Glue to adhere the layers together and to the card base.

Next I used some of the elements in the Display Box: Fall Add-On Honey Cuts to create the card detail images.  I also used the sunflower and a leaf die that's in the In Stitches: Pumpkin die set.  I cut these all from various colored cardstocks including orange, green, white, and a golden yellow.  I used ink blending brushes and more Distress Inks to give the leaves and other elements more color.  I used these Distress Inks:  Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge, Aged Mahogany, Fired Brick, Mowed Lawn, and Rustic Wilderness.

I used a black pen to color in the ladybug's dots and the lines on the butterfly.  Then I used glue to adhere the layers together, where needed.  I used glue and foam adhesive to adhere the elements to the Acorn Card Base card.

Next I stamped two sentiments from the Keepsake Sentiments: Fall stamp set with clear embossing ink onto more brown cardstock.  I added brass embossing powder to the sentiments and set it with my heat tool.  Then I cut them out with the coordinating Keepsake Sentiments: Fall dies.  (These are also available in a stamp and die set bundle.)

I glued one of the sentiments on the inside of the card.  I tucked in an extra leaf I had under the sentiment.  I like the touch of color this adds!

I used foam strips to adhere the other sentiment to the front of the card.

There are so many ways you could embellish this adorable Acorn Card Base!  I sure hope you've been inspired to try making your own acorn-shaped card--they are so fun!

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Floral Shaped Card & 3D Embossing Card With The New Spellbinders Club Kits for January 2026

Hello friends!  For 2026, I will be sharing three of Spellbinders monthly club kits!  This year I will be making projects with their 3D Embossing Club, the Small Die Club, and the Clear Stamp/Die Club.

I really can't believe how large the "Small Die Club" set really is!  I made this fun shaped and die cut card with this set!  This set is named Sunny Stems, which fits it perfectly!

I used two shades of teal cardstock as well as green, white, and yellow cardstocks to die cut the pieces of the Sunny Stems Small Die set.  I created a shaped card base by die cutting a folded piece of the dark teal cardstock with the fold placed just below the top of the base shape die.

I used some coordinating inks to add some shading to the light teal die cut layers.  Then I glued all of the pieces together.

The sentiment is from the NEW Clear Stamp/Die Club.  This includes your stamps with coordinating dies.  This month's set is named Best Year Sentiments and has sentiments for lots of occasions.  I love the font too!

Both sentiments are from this set and after stamping with black pigment ink, I cut them out with the coordinating dies.  I die cut white cardstock four more times to layer up for more dimension.

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This next card shows off the beautiful 3D Embossing Club for January named Cottage Wall!

This beautiful Cottage Wall 3D embossing folder is 5-½" x 8-½" to be used for many types of projects.  I embossed an A2 sized piece of white cardstock and trimmed it to 4-¼ x 4-3/8".  I glued two strips of Brushed Metallic cardstock at the top and bottom of the piece.

I made the base layer for the card by placing another piece of cardstock into the Cottage Wall embossing folder but just over the "wall" portion of the folder.

I glued the panel to an A2 card base.  Then I added foam tape to the back of the other embossed piece to adhere it to the card.

I used a silver glitter pen to color the raised portions of the flower center.

I stamped the sentiment from the Best Year Sentiments with embossing ink.  I added silver embossing powder and heat set it.  After die cutting the embossed sentiments, I die cut three more layers from white cardstock and glued all of the layers together.

This will make a perfect wedding or anniversary card!  If you have not checked out the Club Kits for 2026, I encourage you to do so!  The terms are very flexible and allows you to choose the type of product(s) you like.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope your weekend is fabulous with lots of crafting time!

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Have A Brew-tiful Day!

Hello!  I'm here today to share my card with one of the newest House Mouse Heart And Soul collection by Spellbinder's!  The set I've used today is called Brew-tiful Day!  This stamp features the cute little mouse, named Amanda, sipping from a big cup of coffee!!

First I die cut white cardstock with an Essential Arches die.  Then I die cut a folded card base with the same die to create my shaped card.  Just be sure to have the top cutting edge of the die above the fold of the card base.

Next I stamped the Brew-tiful Day image onto it with Copic marker safe black ink.  Before I put the stamp away, I also stamped it onto some masking paper.  I cut out the mask with my scissors.

After placing the mask over the image,  I used a t-square ruler and a pencil to draw a very light line to mark where I wanted to end the "wall" color and placed a piece of removable tape along and below the line.  Then I used an ink blending brush to add some peachy colored ink for the wall and gray ink for the surface.

I colored the image with my Copic markers.  These detailed images are so easy to color with the image's shadowing added by the artist.

Next I chose one of the three sentiments included in the Brew-tiful Day stamp set and stamped it with black pigment ink.  To finish, I glued the colored layer to my card base.

And just like that I have my uniquely shaped card all finished!  Be sure to check out the other adorable House Mouse sets in the Heart And Soul collection.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope it's an awesome day for you!

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Banish The Dust Bunnies!, Art Impressions

Or at least don't feed them!  LOL!  Hello friends!  It's week 2 of Art Impressions Shaped Cards Challenge and I have a round, scallop-edged card today.  I'm featuring the new Housework Set.  This set has several more little complimenting images and many sentiments to make this so fun to make for a card to bring a smile to that special friend!



I used several dies to create the shape of this card.  All are listed below (don't be thrown off by the "Donut Card Die" as it is perfect to make a non-donut round card!)  I stamped her onto some Copic Xpress-It paper in a Copic safe ink and colored everything with my Copic markers.  I drew in the little flowers on her dress and added dots of white gel pen to the center.  Yes, I did fussy cut this entire image!  I didn't get too fussy!  LOL!  The small spaces were cut out with my craft knife.  I used Memento black marker to go around all of the edges for that finished look.  She really needed some eyelashes too and I added those with a Micron 005 black pen.  The bubbles, water and her eyeshadow is sparkled up with a clear sparkle pen.



In order to stamp the floor in, I stamped the bottom portion of the stamp onto some masking paper and fussy cut the bottom of it out.  After placing it over my colored image, I stamped the floor.  Check out this awesome stamp set called Get Grounded in the link below.

I used a circle die to cut out the striped background paper.  I used the same die to cut just the bottom of the floor in order to be able to line up my fussy cut image to the bottom of the circle.

Thank you so much for stopping by!  We hope you will join in the Art Impressions Shaped Cards challenge!  Stay crafty and inky!

Copic markers:

Dress:  Y08, Y11, RV21, YG06, C1, C3

Skin/makeup:  R20, E000, E13, E21, E34, RV04, B00

Shoes/jewelry:  RV23, RV21, Y08, Y11

Chair:  N6, N7, N9, C3, C5, C7

Bucket & accessories:  B18, B28, B29, RV14, RV23, RV21, 

C0, C1, C3, Y08, Y11, YR24, YR26, YR27

Hair:  E99, E29, YR27
Floor: Y00, Y11, Y13

Supplies:

Art Impressions Housework Set
Ink Blot Shop Get Grounded
Honey Bee Stamps Great Outdoors 6x6 paper pad
Honey Bee Stamps Donut Card Honey Cuts 
Honey Bee Stamps Double Stitched Circles
Honey Bee Stamps Scallop Circles

Versafine Onyx Black ink
Gina K. Designs Amalgam Ink

Gelly Roll White Gel pen

Micron 005 black pen

Copic X-press It paper
Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle pen