Crealies Postage Frame Die Sets In Many Different Ways

 I was so very happy to see the new assortment of Postage Frame die sets from Crealies in the new February release. There are so many different ways to create with dies like these! Each of my first three cards features a new Postage Stamp Frame die set named after someone and guess who gets the honor for this set? Me! The name is Karen and I am that Karen.

One of the easiest ways to use these postage frame die sets is to cut the frame out of a scenery piece of designer paper, glue down the outside piece and pop up the inside. I added some birds and sentiment cut out of the same paper. And since I had those pieces cut out of another piece, I cut another postage frame die, cut the pieces apart and added them to a black top folding card.

 

Here is another card I made with my Karen Postage Frame die set. I popped up the sentiment pieces, and the balloon and the hat on the adorable birthday fox.

 

My next card features the new Jette Postage Frame die set on the front with scenery created by patterned paper and a Silhouetzz bear and trees.

 

This card shows a different way to use the Jette Postage Frame – leave off the inside pieces and brush color throughout the background. I added some more Silhouetzz and a popped up sentiment.

Be sure to check out all the new dies in this awesome release at Crealies! I hope my cards encourage you to give some of the ideas and products a try and then send some handmade joy out into our world.

Help Finding Great Color Combos for Layering Stencils

Do you love layering stencils but struggle deciding on what colors to use for each layer? In my newest video, I share many tips on how to find the perfect color combinations for layering stencils. Here is the card I made step by step in the video:

My favorite way to come up with great color combos is to browse through my Color Cube by Sarah Ranae Clark and the card I chose suggested  light and dark purple, dark blue and green as you can see in the photo above. I created the card with Waffle Flower's Spring Breeze stencil layering set and their Postage Collage die. 

Here is another card I created with those same products and a color combo I found on Pinterest:

Paper Hugs is an Overlapping Die and Stencil set also from Waffle Flower. I would not have thought to use teal, orange and green together but they do work as a pretty color combination. 

Company websites are another great source for color combination suggestions. I recently received a kit from Concord and 9th and included were their colors of Creamsicle, Honeysuckle, Pink Lemondate and Tidepool and I made these cards with those colors:

The Spring Breeze butterflies and flowers look lovely in those colors too. "Happy Birthday" is another Overlapping Die and Stencil set  from Waffle Flower. To see all these cards and how easy it is to create lovely spring cards with these Waffle Flower products, watch the new video here. 

Special Request Baby Shower Cards

My daughter is going to a couple baby showers and asked for some cards to match the themes of the showers. The first is a "Tea for Two" shower for a Mom who is having twins- one boy and one girl. I happened to have a die set from Dies...to Die For that is a teapot for  shaped cards with those exact words. Here is the inside of this card:

My daughter is giving gift cards as the gift to each of the moms-to-be. The theme of the second shower is pinks and ribbons and here is the card I made for this one:

The ribbon holds the card closed, but just look at what happens when the ribbon is opened:

I love how this card turned out using a set of dies from Paper Wishes called Standing Pop Up Card from Fabulous Folded Cards. Did you catch the little mistake I made? I picked two different patterned papers for the layering and meant to use them every other one. Oh well- the Mom-to-be (and Dad and Grandma) probably won't notice. But I hope they do love the card and the gift, and display this card with love as it was made. 

February Class Cards With Clear Views Transparencies

We had great fun in the February classes at Harts n Scraps making fun fold cards featuring the gorgeous Clear Views Transparencies now available for sale at Harts n Scraps. Here are pictures of the four fun fold cards we made:

The Clear Views transparencies sold out but are being restocked very soon. My next class featuring the Clear Views transparencies will be in April. 

Waffle Flower Sneak Peak Birthday Collage Cards

The beginning of every month brings a new Sneak Peak club package of goodies from Waffle Flower and this month we got the brand new Postage Collage Cupcake Stencils, a Postage Collage Birthday stamp set, Overlapping Happy Birthday Die-n-stencil and some birthday sentiment strips. All of those products will be released soon at Waffle Flower so if you see anything you want, you will be able to get them soon. I find this subscription club to be a real value and look forward to my Sneak Peak package every month.

My first card above I made with the suggested colors right on the stencils themselves. Then I made another card with colors from Concord and 9th:

Popcorn Poppin'? Flowers Poppin'? You Decide Your Fav!

Which do you love the most? Flowers or Popcorn? I like them both but if I had to chose I would go with popcorn. In my newest video here, I show many cards with pop up popcorn boxes and flower pots made with dies from the newest release from Karen Burniston. Here is the flower pot Thinking of You card I made for a friend who is under the weather:

I made this flower pot pop-up with the following Karen Burniston dies: Flower Pot Pop Up, Flower Pot Add-ons and the new Bouquet Bits which are perfect for add a sentiment or other embellishment. 

I made two popcorn box pop up cards, and here is the inside of the one I who step by step how to make in the new video:

The new Popcorn die from Karen Burniston makes adorable popcorn boxes either flat as for the cover and pop cup when attached to the Flower Pot Pop-up die. Here is the inside of the 2nd card I made:

As you can see, the Popcorn Phrases Clear Stamps are perfect sentiments for anyone you might make your card for. 

I had so much fun making flower and popcorn pop up cards with the new dies from Karen Burniston and hope my ideas encourage you to give some of the products a try. 

Crealies Dies That Pop Up and Out for Amazing Interactive Cards

Do you love interactive cards that pop with a surprise when the cards are opened? If so you are going to love the new dies from Crealies I feature in my new video. 

Each of the cards I share with the new Twist and Pop on the Sides dies also features a new Postage Stamp Frame die set named after someone and guess who gets the honor for this set? Me! The name is Karen and I am that Karen. This is what pops up when this card is opened: 

In my new video, I show how easy it is to make this amazing pop up and changed the orientation to vertical:

 

Here is another card I made with some beautiful butterflies taking flight when the card is opened:

 

My next card features the new Jette Postage Frame die set on the front and the new Pop In the Middle die set which creates a center that pops up for display when opened:

Crealies is a company located in the Netherlands and specializes in unique creative dies and other products. Their prices are so reasonable and you will find shipping costs and time similar to many USA companies. 

The Twist and Pop On the Side and Pop In the Middle and new Postage Collage die sets can be found in the February 2025 release here. 

I hope my cards encourage you to give some of the ideas and products a try and then send some handmade joy out into our world.