Toadstool Gardens Magical Day Card

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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Toadstool Gardens Angled Window Card

This angled window card made with the Toadstool Gardens designer series paper is very cute and while I am not usually a brights fan, this paper pack has won my heart.  It took a bit of playing with to get it to work but was so worth it.    

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

  • Melon Mambo card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Toadstool Gardens designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
  • Mixed Labels stamp set (Stampin’ Up)
  • Square dies, largest measuring about 1 ¼” and then the next size down
  • Square dies, largest measuring about 1 ¾” and then the next size up
  • Melon Mambo ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Melon Mambo Ribbon (Stampin’ Up)
  • Scoring board or paper trimmer scoring blade
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

With your Melon Mambo cut a card base to 5 ½” x 11” and score at 3 ¼” and 7 5/8”.  On the inside right panel make a mark down 1 ¼” and at the bottom mark in from the first score mark 1 5/8”.  With your paper trimmer place the first score mark at the cutting edge and angle down to the 1 ¼” mark and cut the angle.  Then from the bottom 1 5/8” mark up to the point from your first cut and cut your second angle, which gives you your front panel angles.  For the left panel, mark down 1” and cut an angle from the left score mark to your 1” mark.  Take the larger of the two square dies and angle it along your angles of the front panel and cut a hole about ¼” in from each side.

Grab your Toadstool Gardens designer series paper pack and find the multi-color dot paper, a piece of the wavy paper and also the paper that has the little flowers on it.  With the multi-color dot paper, cut two piece to 3 1/8” x 5 ¼”.  Take one piece and mark down 1 ¼” on the dot side and in from the right side on the bottom mark at 1 ½” and then cut your angles and adhere to the front right panel of your card.  On the second dot piece, mark down 1” on the left side and cut the angle down. 

I think the easiest way to line up your box for the back panel is to align your paper on the front of the panel and close the front panel onto it and then use a pencil to lightly draw your box, and then use the same bigger square die and cut the hole.  Then adhere it to the front of the left panel.  Now with some white card stock cut out a smaller square and adhere that in the center of the left panel square cutout.  With the floral designer series paper you pulled out, cut out one of the flowers and adhere that to your white square so you see it through the front panel when closed. 

Take the white piece of card stock you cut and adhere that to the inside of your card.  With your Mixed Labels stamp set and your Melon Mambo ink and stamp the “I’m so glad we’re friends” greeting on a spare piece of white card stock and cut out with a 1 ¾” square and then cut the next size up die out of Melen Mambo card stock.  Adhere the white greeting to the Melon Mambo and then to the inside of your card. 

For your belly band cut a piece of Melon Mambo card stock to 1” x 9 ½”, loosely fold this over your card side and meet in the back and adhere the ends together.  Now cut a piece of the wavy designer series paper to ¾” x 4 ¼” and adhere to your adhered ends side to hide your ends.  Then wrap the belly band with ribbon and tie a not and trim ends. 

You have now created the Toadstool Gardens Angled Window card and it wasn’t so bad, when you have directions. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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