Cards, Papercrafting

Toadstool Gardens Magical Day Card

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This lovely mushrooms and words stamps came in the 2025 Advent from Spellbinders so I paired it with some of the Toadstool Gardens designer series paper from Stampin’ Up.  It really turned out cute. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Melon Mambo or Strawberry Slush card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Toadstool Gardens designer series paper (retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Mushroom stamp set (2025 Advent Spellbinders)
  • Forever Floral stamps set (Stampin’ Up)
  • Black Staz On ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Melon Mambo or Strawberry Slush ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Wink of Stella (Stampin’ Up)
  • Stampin’ Blends
    • Light Melon Mambo
    • Light Granny Apple Green
    • Dark Pumpkin Pie
    • Light and Dark Gray Granite
    • Dark Daffodil Delight
  • Faux Linen Ribbon (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop dots

With your Melon Mambo or Strawberry Slush card stock (I used Strawberry Slush because I didn’t have any Melon Mambo) cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half.  Cut another piece to 2 7/8” x 3 1/8”.  From white card stock cut two pieces to 4” x 5 ¼”, one to 3” x 3 ¼” and another to 2 ¾” x 3”.  Take your Toadstool Gardens designer series paper pack and find the pink spotted paper, cut a piece to 3 7/8” x 5 1/8”.

With the white piece you cut to 2 ¾” x 3” and stamp your mushrooms in black Staz On ink.  Use your Stampin’ Blends to color as follows:

  • Mushroom stems and under sides – Light Gray Granite
  • Stones – Dark Gray Granite
  • Mushroom tops – Light Melon Mambo or Strawberry Slush
  • Leaves and grass – Light Granny Apple Green
  • Flower petals – Dark Pumpkin Pie
  • Flower centers – Dark Daffodil Delight

Now use the Wink of Stella glitter pen to color over the pink mushroom tops. 

Stamp the “hope your day is magical” greeting in black Staz On ink in the upper right portion above your mushrooms.  Adhere your mushroom piece to the 2 7/8” x 3 1/8” piece of Melon Mambo or Strawberry Slush, and adhere that to the 3” x 3 ¼” white piece.    

Now take your pink dots designer series paper and adhere to one of the white bases.  Wrap a piece of the Faux Linen Ribbon around it and adhere at the back and then adhere this to the front of your card base.  Then take a small piece of the Faux Linen Ribbon and tie around on the right side and trim.  Now use pop dots to adhere your mushroom piece to the left side over the ribbon.

For the inside of your card adhere your white piece to the inside and then stamp your “You’re on my mind” greeting stamp in Melen Mambo or Strawberry Slush ink, from the Forever Florals stamp set. 

A bright cheery card to let someone know you are thinking of them.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Cards, Papercrafting

Painted Illusions Split Grame Happy Birthday Card

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This card design I have been looking at for a while and finally made, I am calling it a split frame card.  This one is made with the Painted Illusions designer series paper from Stampin’ Up. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Flirty Flamingo card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Transparency clear sheet
  • Painted Illusions designer series paper (February 2026 Product of the Month Stampin’ Up)
  • Fabulous Saying stamp set (January 2025 Product of the Month Stampin’ Up)
  • Forever Florals (2025 Virtual Retreat Stampin’ Up)
  • Flirty Flamingo ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Scoring board or scoring blade for paper trimmer
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

From a piece of white card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 5 5/8” and score at 1 3/8”.  Then cut a piece to 1 3/8” x 5 ½”, one to 1 1/8” x 3” and three to 1 3/8” x 1 3/8”.  From a transparency or clear sheet cut a piece to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  From the Painted Illusions designer series paper find the pink floral paper and then the swirl paper that has the blue floral back.  From the swirl paper cut two pieces to 1 ¼” x 5 3/8” with a section of the pink included.  From the pink floral piece cut a piece to 1 ¼” x 5 ½” and six pieces to 1 ¼” x 1 ¼”. 

With the white card base, fold at the score mark.  Take the transparency piece and adhere to the front of the 1 3/8” section, making sure you keep the adhesive away from the edge so it won’t show outside the paper boundaries, about 1/8” all the way around.  Now adhere the white piece measuring 1 3/8” x 5 ½” and adhere that to the right side to the back of the transparency. 

Take the white squares and three of the floral squares and adhere each floral square to the white squares.  Adhere one to the top portion of the clear center strip, one to the bottom and then the third to the middle. 

For the inside of the card adhere the other three floral squares to the triangles on the left side to cover the adhesive from the front.  Adhere the floral strip to the left side of the card back.  In Flirty Flamingo ink stamp the “happy birthday” greeting from the Fabulous Sayings stamp set to the white strip.  Adhere to the center of the floral strip.  Cut two of the small flower bunches from the Forever Florals dies and adhere one bunch to each end of your happy birthday greeting making sure they are on the white so the centers of the flowers are white. 

The inside is as cute and the outside and this card design could be used for any occasion card.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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