Early Morning Crafts

Cardstock:

Coloured cardstock: 8" x 10" for card base

3 1/2" x 5" for front layer

White heavy weight cardstock: 3 1/4" x 4 3/4" for outside image

5" x 7" for back layer

4 1/2" x 6 1/2" for inside layer

3 1/4" x 4 3/4" for inside sentiment

10 1/2" x 4 3/4" for back easel

Patterned paper: 3" x 3" for outside corner

3" x 3 1/4" for outside bottom left

1 1/4" x 3" for outside top right

3" x 3" for inside corner

Stamps and embellishments to decorate: I used the Stampin' Up! Hand-Penned Petals stamp set for the focal image and the coordinating Designer Series Paper, and Gina K. Designs Square Starters and Beautiful Day stamp sets for the sentiments.

Step 1:

For the card base, with the 8" side at the top, score at 3 1/4" and make a light mark with a pencil at 6 1/2". Rotate the cardstock 1/4 turn to the right, score at 6 3/4", and make another light mark at 3 1/2". Place the two marks along the 6" score line on your Scor-Pal. There is a mark near the bottom of the 6" score line to make it easy to line up. Then score between the two marks. Fold all the score lines and crease them both ways. This makes it easier to fold the card base.

Step 2:

Pull up and in along the diagonal fold. This brings the top down, the side in, and the corner flips inward.

Step 3:

Add Scor-Tape to the back of the card base and attach the 5" x 7" piece of white cardstock. Add the patterned paper to the card base.

Step 4:

Layer the inside piece of white cardstock, the patterned paper and the sentiment piece. Add to the inside of the card base, along with the patterned paper in the corner.

Step 5:

Attach the focal image to the 3 1/2" x 5" layer. Hold the layer up to the folded card to make sure that it covers up the sentiment layer and make note of where it sits on the left corner. Then, add Scor-Tape to the back just in the upper right hand corner and add it to the card base.

Step 6:

To make it easier for the card to stand, you can add an easel to the back. Place the easel piece in your Scor-Pal and score at 4", 8", 9" and 10". Fold in along the 4" score line, making a mountain fold, then make another mountain fold at 8", a valley fold at 9" and a mountain fold at 10". Add Scor-Tape along the 1/2" tab and attach it to the other edge.

Step 7:

Add Scor-Tape to the easel piece and attach it to the back of the card.

The card stands up on the easel.

Wednesday, 1 July 2026

July Scor-Pal Project

This card is called a Diagonal Joy Fold and is fun to make!

To make this card, you will need:

Cardstock: Heavyweight for the base 5" x 10"

Lightweight for the small card 3" x 6"

Decorations and embellishments

Step 1:

Place the 10" side of the heavyweight cardstock at the top of your Scor-Pal and score at 5". Crease along the score line, open it back up and lightly make a pencil mark from the top center to the bottom left.

Step 2:

Cut along the pencil mark with scissors, or use a paper trimmer. Place the lightweight cardstock in your Scor-Pal with the 6" side at the top, and score at 3".

Step 3:

With the diagonal side of the base on the right hand side, add stencilling or patterned paper. I used the Gina K. Designs Ornamental Fan stencil with Powder Blue ink, and masked off the left hand side so I wouldn't get ink there.

Crease and fold the score line on the small card. Open it back up and turn it over. On the right hand side, add Scor-Tape. Decorate the left hand side as desired. I used the same stencil as the front, and used Blue Sky ink. Then I stamped the images from the Penguin Palace (now Sunbird Spark) Hedgehogs in Love stamp set, coloured the hedgehogs with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, and cut the images out with the coordinating dies. I then popped them up with some foam tape.

Step 4:

I added a piece of cardstock on the inside of the base, measuring 4 3/4" square. Center the small card on the inside of the base. You can check the placement by folding the triangle side over. It should line up with the top left and bottom right of the small card. You can make a small mark at the corners to show where it will go. Remove the tape liner and adhere it in place.

Here is the card fully open. I decorated the inside of the small card with some more stamps from the Hedgehogs in Love set and a bit of bling over the 'i' in anniversary.

Monday, 1 June 2026

June Scor-Pal Project

This month, my card is a Swing Flap fun fold. The front looks like this:

And the card opens to show this:

To make this card, you will need:

Cardstock: 1 piece 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2" for the card base

1 piece 5 1/4″ x 7 7/8″ for the swing mechanism

Die to cut a window approximately 2 1/2" x 3 3/4" (I used the Prism studio nesting die set: stitched rectangles, 3rd from middle for the window)

Gold Foil cardstock slightly smaller than the window (I just trimmed it by hand)

Patterned paper slightly smaller than the gold foil rectangle (I used Stampin’ Up! Sunny Garden DSP, and the 2nd die from the middle in the Prism Studio set)

Plain or patterned paper for the outside trim 5 1/4" x 4", with a window in the middle slightly bigger than the original window (I used Stampin’ Up! Sunny Garden DSP, and the 4th die from the middle in the Prism Studio set)

Stamps and sentiments to decorate your card ( I used Stampin' Up! Cottage Garden stamp set for the flowers on the outside, stamped with Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Certainly Celery ink; Gina K. Designs Lovely Flowers and Holiday Frame Fillers stamp sets for the inside sentiments, stamped with Stampin' Up! Peach Parfait ink)

Step 1:

With the 8 1/2" side at the top, score the card base at 4 1/4".

With the 7 7/8" side at the top, score the swing mechanism at 2", 4" and 6". Make a valley fold at the 2" score and mountain folds at the 4" and 6" score lines.

Step 2:

Die cut a window in the front of the card base, approximately 2 1/2" x 3 3/4". Cut a slightly smaller piece of gold foil cardstock and one a bit smaller than that from patterned paper. These can be cut with a die or by hand, and will be the focal image.

Step 3:

On the swing mechanism, you will notice that one end is 2" wide and the other is 1 7/8" wide. Place the 2" side at the right, and stamp a sentiment on the 2" part of the cardstock.

Add Scor-Tape to the back of the 2" section and attach it to the right hand side of the card base. (If you want, you can add a piece of patterned paper on the card base before you tape down the swing mechanism.)

Step 4:

Fold the two sections on the left over toward the right and apply Scor-Tape to the left-most section only. Apply the tape in a C-shaped fashion, avoiding the right side of this section by the score line, to go around the window opening.

Remove the tape liner, hold the swing mechanism flat, and close the front of the card to secure the tape.

Step 5:

Tape the three pieces of the focal image together.

Place Scor-Tape on the right hand side of the cardstock visible through the window.

Remove the tape liner and attach the focal image.

This is what it will look like from above.

Step 6:

Add Scor-Tape to the front trim and attach it to the front of the card.

Step 7:

Decorate as you wish. I added a couple of flowers to the front of the card.

I used this design for a Mother's Day card, but obviously you can use different colours and sentiments to make it for any occasion.

Thursday, 28 May 2026

Sunbird Spark Challenge #60

We have another Colour Palette Inspiration photo for the Sunbird Spark Challenge #60. This month we are asked to use pastel colours.

This was a quick and easy card. I started with the Kaleidoscope Stencils 360° and inked it up with Gina K. Designs ink: Ocean Mist, Peach Bellini, Lemon Drop, Wild Dandelion, Bubblegum Pink and Light Orchid. I added the ink lightly, so I could keep the pastel look.

I added the sentiment and then stamped and cut out the penguin and the phone, from the Penguin Agenda stamp set and coordinating dies. I coloured the penguin with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and added a bit of silver gel pen around the edge of the phone. I popped these up with a few foam squares.

I added this layer to a white card base and my card was finished.

Monday, 25 May 2026

May Flowers - SIP style

The Gina K Designs challenge this month is May Flowers - SIP style. SIP stands for Stamps, Ink, Paper, so we're going old school and only using these basic supplies to make our cards.

I started by stamping the sentiment with Dark Chocolate ink in the center of my panel. Then I filled in around it, stamping the flowers and leaves with Marigold, Butterscotch, Red Hot, Wild Dandelion, Grass Green, and Jelly Bean Green ink. The sentiment and flowers are from the Embroidered Flowers stamp set.

I layered the panel with Dark Chocolate cardstock before attaching it to a white card base.

This was a quick card to make, and it was fun to go back to the basics again!

Friday, 1 May 2026

May Scor-Pal project

My project this month is an Interlocking Fancy Fold card. I learned this fold from Gina K, and you can watch her YouTube video Here.

It opens up from the sides to reveal the inside panel.

To make this card, you will need:

Cardstock: 5 1/2" x 10 3/4" for the card base

2 1/4" x 3 1/4" and 2 3/4" x 3 3/4" for the 2 front panels

2 3/8" x 3 3/8" and 2 7/8" x 3 7/8" for the 2 front layers (I used black)

3 1/2" x 4 3/4" for the inside panel

3 5/8" x 4 7/8" for the inside layer (I used black)

Foam tape or squares

Stamps and embellishments to decorate (I used Gina K. Designs products: Harvest Flourish stencil with Sandy Beach ink for the pattern on the pieces, Sending Love stamp set with Obsidian Amalgam ink for the front sentiment, Watercolor Floral Ephemera pack for the flowers and leaves, Peaceful Violets and Happy Bouquet stamp sets with Obsidian Amalgam ink for the inside sentiment along with the Happy die with shadow layer)

Step 1:

Using the cardstock for the card base, place the 10 3/4" side at the top of your Scor-Pal and

score at 1 5/8" and 9 1/8". Turn the cardstock over and score at 3 1/4" and 7 1/2".

Step 2:

Decorate your inside and outside panels, and tape them to the coordinating layers.

Step 3:

Fold your card base along the score lines, hiding the bump inside. Tape the inside panel in the middle of the card base.

Step 4:

Tape the larger panel on the left hand side of the card base, making sure to apply tape only to the left side of the panel. Place it so the panel covers the top of the inside panel.

For the smaller panel, line it up where you want it to be, covering the bottom of the inside panel. Make a small pencil mark on the card base at the right edge of the panel, remove the panel and place some foam squares or tape on the card base. This will lift the panel so that the left panel can slip underneath when the card is closed. Erase the pencil mark.

Step 5:

Decorate the panels. You could decorate the inside panel before you attach it, since it will be flat.

When you are decorating the front of the card, make sure that you only attach items to the panels or you won't be able to open the card!

When you close the card, the left panel will slip between the right panel and the folded card base.

Wednesday, 29 April 2026

Sunbird Spark Challenge #59

I'm getting in just under the wire for this month's challenge at Sunbird Spark. We have a Spring Moodboard to give us inspiration.

I came up with this card.

I used the Geometric Arts stamp set and coordinating dies to make the patterned hexagons. Then, I cut a piece of cardstock using the Hexagon Geo cover die. I used this as a guide to place my hexagons and removed it once the hexagons were glued in place on the green cardstock. This was attached to a white card base.

The sentiment is from the Birthday Wishes stamp set, cut out with the coordinating die and popped up with some foam tape.

Wednesday, 1 April 2026

April Scor-Pal Project

Easter is this month, so I am sharing my Easter card. It is quite easy to make, and uses part of the folded card base as the upright of the cross.

To make this card, you will need: