Priscilla's Papercrafts: Choose Happy

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025

A Busy Birthday Month!

August in my family is very busy for card-making. I have five birthdays and two anniversaries to celebrate. My granddaughter, Matilyn, just turned 7. I wanted to create something fun for her to open:

From the outside it appears to be a normal card. I cut numbers 1-7 from the Birthday Celebrations dies and adhered them to my card layer, used Blending Brushes to spread a little Pretty in Pink ink, then embossed over them with an old Stars embossing folder. The cake came from the now-retired Attention Shoppers, and the greeting is letter cut with the Mini Alphabet dies.

And inside:

I made a fun-fold, adhering little banners to a strip of paper that is attached at both ends to the inside of the card. When opened, it pops up:

The Party Banner dies (available in my Online Exclusives store) made great little labels.

This is such a fun way to celebrate a special day!

Happy 7th Birthday, Mattie!

Product List

Choose Happy Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163701]

$21.00

Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad

[163807]

$9.00

Petunia Pop Classic Stampin Pad

[163811]

$9.00

Petunia Pop Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[163828]

$11.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

$11.00

Berry Burst Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[161681]

$11.00

Pretty In Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[163824]

$11.00

Pretty In Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163793]

$14.00

Petunia Pop 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163801]

$14.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$17.00

Mini Alphabet Dies

[162934]

$31.00

Party Banners Dies

[165264]

$40.00

Birthday Celebration Dies

[164598]

$27.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$140.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$9.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Pretty Florals Fun Fold Card

Today I have a fun-fold card, one that includes 24 pieces! Yes, I dreamed this up for my card classes last week (and for my Cards-by-Mail) and then had to kick myself for creating a card with SO many pieces!

This is a photo I took as I was prepping my kits and was about half-way done with the die-cutting:

Each little pile consisted of 15 pieces; then I added in the card base, three pieces of designer paper, and a larger flower with leaves. Whew!

And here is the finished project:

This is a pop-up card - the diamond in the center pops up when the card is opened:

It's really not difficult to create, but I got the idea from Tami White, and I'm including the link to the tutorial here. She does a great job explaining how to put the card together.

Our cards used the beautiful Woven Textures Designer Paper. There were three different patterns used for the 26 cards I had to make, so here is another one with a different background paper:

For this one, we stamped the flowers from Pretty Florals and cut them with the coordinating dies. (As a Stampin' UP! demonstrator, I am not allowed to send stamped images to my Cards-by-Mail folks, so they got the die cut flowers in the first photo).

This is a very fun card to make and not hard at all! I hope you'll give it a try!

Product List

Impressions Abloom Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[165605]

$20.00

Impressions Abloom Bundle (English)

[165611]

$48.50

Choose Happy Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163701]

$21.00

Simply Said Mix & Match Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163756]

$17.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$9.00

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

[147086]

$9.00

Woven Textures 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[165560]

$12.50

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119686]

$11.50

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[120953]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119683]

$11.50

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[105117]

$11.50

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146990]

$11.50

Impressions Abloom Dies

[165610]

$34.00

Pretty Florals Dies

[165178]

$37.00

Delightful Wishes Dies (English)

[164707]

$35.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

Friday, March 14, 2025

Choose Happy, Day 5

I've come to the end...the end of celebrating Choose Happy this week! And I've so enjoyed playing with this little stamp set. So many words and images! Just a fun set to have available for almost any occasion.

So here's Day 5, a sweet little card that has me dreaming of warmer days (since it's still cold, damp and gray here in Oregon!):

And this came together SO quickly!

I had a white die-cut circle sitting on my desk from another project. So I used my Blending Brushes to add some Azure Afternoon and Balmy Blue ink, then stamped my little sailboat and sun, coloring them with Blends.

I felt it needed some definition to the "water" so I stamped a few waves from Submarine Life, but these could be added with a blue marker too.

A piece of Subtles 6"x6" DSP for the background (stamped with the greeting), tied with some Misty Moonlight ribbon and added to a Misty Moonlight card base, and I was done!

I hope you have enjoyed my week of Choose Happy! And if so, you might want to check it out, on page 24 of the 2024-25 Annual Catalog. This idea book is retiring next month, and I suspect the stamp set will too, so get it while you can!

Product List

Choose Happy Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163701]

$21.00