Jaded Blossom July 2025 Monthly Challenge

  Jaded Blossom July 2025 Monthly Challenge

Theme: Anything Goes

    Hello crafty friend, I hope you know how Pawsome you are and thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my entry for Jaded Blossom's July Monthly Challenge: Anything Goes!  This month I created an enchanted Seashell Shaker Card (try saying that 10 times fast! 😂) with an adorable little seahorse inside!  I found this super cute shaker/glitter mix at Michaels and couldn't wait to use it!

    I used Doodlebug's 12x12 Seaside Summer - Surf's Up paper to make the watery background and used the Tropical Dies to make a sandy floor on an A2 sized horizontal card base.  I then pieced together the seaweed and coral cluster from the Mermaid Add Ons and added a sentiment from the Make a Splash Gnomie stamp set.

    To make the seashell I cut out the detailed piece from the Fancy Shell Die multiple times out of plain white cardstock till I had the desired thickness I wanted for the shaker and 1 final time out of the turquois color cardstock for my top layer.  I layered up the plain white pieces and cut off the strips going down the center, so I had an open shaker area and not a bunch of small, divided areas to help my shaker pieces move more freely.  I cut the solid shell shape out of shimmery white cardstock and acetate and then built my seashell shaker.  I added the glued together plain white pieces to my shimmery background, added a thin piece of foam strip behind the center pieces going up from the sides of the pearl for a little support in the middle (I made sure to leave space on the top and bottom so my shaker pieces could still move freely and not be sectioned off), and then added my shaker bits and closed it up with the solid acetate piece with the teal detailed piece glued on top.  I finished it off by adding the bottom piece with the pearl directly to the shell and just used foam squares behind any spots that were sticking out on the back so they wouldn't bend and had support when attached to the card front.

    To decorate the inside, I added a strip of the same Doodlebug paper and a sandy bottom that was left over from cutting the front piece out of the Tropical Dies, added a couple seashells and a super cute seahorse from the Mermaid Add Ons, and another sentiment from the Make a Splash Gnomie stamp set.

    I just love how this card turned out and can't wait to make more fun seashell shakers!  There is just something about making summery/beachy/water cards that brings so much joy!  I hope you loved checking out this magical creation as much as I did making it and want to thank you again so much for stopping by to see it. I hope this brings you inspiration and invite you to join in on the fun and enter in your own project for the monthly challenge HERE, and while you're at it check out all the other amazing entries and design team inspiration!  Below you will find a list of all the products I used, have a Pawsome Day!

Jaded Blossom Products

Make a Splash Gnomie Stamp Set

Gnome Dies: Mermaid Add Ons

Tropical Dies

Fancy Shell Die

Other Products Used

Recollections textured cardstock 4.5x6.5 paper pad

Recollections shimmer cardstock 4.5x6.5 paper pad

Acetate sheet

Recollections Specialty Glitter - Mermaid Mix

clear iridescent beads

Sizzix Cardstock

white shimmer paper

Doodlebug Design's an Eye for an Eye

Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White110lb Cover Paper

Doodlebug Design 12x12 pattern paper - Surf's Up

MISTI

Bearly Art Glue

Gina K Designs Intri-cut

SB.com Magic Mat

Tim Holtz Sidekick

Big Shot Switch

Mint Tape

foam squares and strips

Jaded Blossom June 2025 Monthly Challenge

 Jaded Blossom June 2025 Monthly Challenge

Theme: Make A Background

    Hello crafty friend, I hope you know how Pawsome you are and thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my entry for Jaded Blossom's June Monthly challenge: Make A Background!  This month I created an adorable bee-day card for a special little 1yr old!  I wanted her to have an interactive card, so I made a shaker card complete with a cute little fuzzy cubby bee. 

        I created the background by adding a grassy hill cut from the Mushroom Dies to a blue sky and added some fluffy clouds using the Rainbow Dies.  I then used the branch and leaves from the Tree Swing Dies and added a cute little beehive using the Beekeeper Add Ons.

        I then added a Bug Trail to an A2 sized full shaker panel, closed up 3 of the sides then added Doodlebug Design's Busy Bees Shakers before closing up the last flap. 

    I added the super sweet chubby bee from the Beekeeper Add Ons and cut it out from Doodlebug's Velvet Cardstock for added texture!  For a final a touch I added the "Sweet as Honey" sentiment from the Bee Kind Stamps and Dies.

    I added another sentiment from the Bee Kind stamp set to the inside and dressed it up with a honey pot and bee from the Beekeeper Add Ons.  I colored in the bee and added the trail with a black pen and added Glossy Accents to the honey in the pot.

 Thanks again so much for stopping by to check out my creation!  I hope this brings you inspiration and invite you to join in on the fun and enter in your own project for the monthly challenge HERE, and while you're at it check out all the other amazing entries and design team inspiration!  Below you will find a list of all the products I used, have a Pawsome Day!

Jaded Blossom Products

Gnome Dies: Beekeeper Add Ons

Bee Kind Stamps and Coordinating Dies

Tree Swing Die

Rainbow Dies

Mushroom Dies

Other Products Used

Doodlebug Design Bee Happy 6x6 paper pad

Doodlebug Design Velvet Cardstock

Sizzix Cardstock

Waffleflower Shaker Cover

white shimmer paper

Doodlebug Design Busy Bees Shakers

Doodlebug Design's Eye for an Eye

Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White110lb Cover Paper

Doodlebug Design 12x12 pattern paper

MISTI

Bearly Art Glue, ATG tape

Gina K Designs Intri-cut

SB.com Magic Mat

Tim Holtz Sidekick

Mint Tape

Glossy Accents

Jaded Blossom Graduation Cards

Jaded Blossom Graduation Cards

    Hello crafty friend, I hope you know how Pawsome you are and thanks so much for stopping by!  I have had so much fun creating cards for some lucky Graduates this year.

    For these 2 cards I started off cutting out the background paper using the Card Mat Dies (one was going to be a close call on being big enough to cut properly with the die and I didn't want to risk ruining it, so it is a plain rectangle) and then I cut a matting layer measuring 1/8in smaller than an A2 size card.  I cut out a Stitched Circle and placed it in the bottom right corner and also used the card mat die one the one card to give it a continuous stitched look.  Then I dressed up the Girl Gnomes in their cap and gown using the School Add Ons and gave them a well-deserved diploma to hold.  For an added touch I cut out a couple big red shiny Balloon Dies and added the Congratulations using both the stamp set and coordinating dies.

    For the 2nd round of cards, I changed up the look but still used the Card Mat Dies and layering mat for the background.  I decorated these using the Diamond Dies and Star Dies and added the 25 using the Alphabet Dies.  The "Class of" came from the stamp set Grad Day by Photoplay.

    Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my creations, I hope you have a Pawsome day!  I have added a detailed list of products used below.

Jaded Blossom Products

Alphabet Dies

Star Dies

Diamond Dies

Card Mat Dies

Congratulations Stamps and Outline Dies

Balloon Dies

Gnome Dies: School Add Ons

Girl Gnome Dies

Stitched Circle Dies

Gnome Dies

Other Products Used

Tim Holtz mirrored kraftstock

black glossy paper

Marco's Paper- blue mirrored

white shimmer paper

P13 Stamping Pad - skin tones

Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White110lb Cover Paper

Cricut textured cardstock

Doodlebug Design and Sunny Studios paper

Grad Day Stamp Set by Photoplay

MISTI

Bearly Art Glue, ATG tape

Gina K Designs Intri-cut

SB.com Magic Mat

Tim Holtz Sidekick

Mint Tape

1mm and 2mm foam squares

Jaded Blossom May 2025 Monthly Challenge

Jaded Blossom May 2025 Monthly Challenge

Theme: Anything Goes

    Hello crafty friend, I hope you know how Pawsome you are and thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my entry for Jaded Blossom's May Monthly challenge: Anything Goes!  This month I created a couple cards for a friend's twins 3rd birthdays.  I have been wanting to create dino cards for a while now and think these turned out so cute. 

    For both these cards I used the Card Mat Dies to make a grassy background and a brown strip that I inked using the Mini Dino Stencil.  I layered the background on a 1/8-inch larger mat with a coordinating dinosaur color and lined the brown strip with peel offs from Love From Lizi.  I used the Gnome Dies and the Girl Gnome Dies and dressed them up as dinosaurs using the Monster Add Ons 1.  I gave them both a cute little cupcake to hold from the Birthday Add Ons and then cut out the words Party Time from the Birthday Word Dies.

  

    Thanks again so much for stopping by to check out my creation!  I hope this brings you inspiration and invite you to join in on the fun and enter in your own project for the monthly challenge HERE, and while you're at it check out all the other amazing entries and design team inspiration!  Below you will find a list of all the products I used, have a Pawsome Day!

Jaded Blossom Products

Gnome Dies

Girl Gnome Dies

Monster Add Ons 1

Birthday Add Ons

Card Mat Dies

Mini Dino Stencil

Birthday Word Dies

Other Products Used

P13 stamping pad skin tones

Doodlebug Designs Rainbow Petite Patterns

Recollections foil cardstock

Sizzix textured cardstock

black glossy cardstock

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink

MISTI

Bearly Art Glue

mics. foam squares for dimension

Gina K Designs Intri-cut

Tim Holtz sidekick

Love From Lizi Peel Offs

Fire Hazard Birthday with Jaded Blossom

Fire Hazard Birthday

April Guest Designer for Jaded Blossom

    Hello crafty friend, I hope you know how Pawsome you are and thanks so much for stopping by!  I have had so much fun being a Guest Designer for Jaded Blossom the month of April and sharing my creations and inspiration with you! For my final design I have this super cute birthday card I made for my husband!

     With my husband being a firefighter, the Firefighter Add Ons are one of my absolute favorites to play with!  I used the Gnome Face Add Ons 1 and Gnome Faces stamp set to give him those adorable eyes and the stereotypical firefighter mustache!  My favorite part was creating our dog and having him playfully hanging out in the cloud of smoke that was cut out using the Border Dies 2 and popped up with foam tape.  I cut the background and the smoke out using the Card Mat Dies and added a baseboard using the Border Dies, then used the Sound the Alarm stamp set for the sentiment.

 

    Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my creation and I hope you have a Pawsome day! If you didn't stop by from the Jaded Blossom Blog and would like to see my featured post and all their other amazing things, CLICK HERE.

Jaded Blossom Products

Sound the Alarm Stamp Set

Border Dies & Border Dies 2

Gnome Face Add Ons 1

Gnome Faces

Firefighter Add Ons

Card Mat Dies

Other Products Used

Tim Holtz mirrored kraftstock

black glossy paper

SSS Pawsitively Saturated Inks

Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink

silver metallic cardstock

Cricut textured cardstock

Doodlebug Design and Sunny Studios paper

MISTI

Bearly Art Glue, ATG tape

Gina K Designs Intri-cut

SB.com Magic Mat

Tim Holtz Sidekick

Mint Tape

1mm and 2mm foam squares

Sakura white gelly roll pen

Black glaze pen

Speedy Recovery with Jaded Blossom

  Speedy Recovery

April Guest Designer for Jaded Blossom 

        Hello crafty friend, I hope you know how Pawsome you are and thanks so much for stopping by!  I am so honored to be a Guest Designer for Jaded Blossom the month of April and share my creations and inspiration with you!  Got any Gnomies you need to send a Get Well Soon card to? Well, I created these 6 cards to help you get started on showing them just how much you care!  All the cards are A2 size and feature the Happy Healing collection from Doodlebug Design.

CARD 1

    This sweet caring bear was made using the Bear Dies and Faces and is holding an x-ray from the Medical Add Ons.  The red background was cut out from the Card Mat Dies and the bear is nestled on a Stitched Square. The sentiment comes from the Speedy Recovery stamp set and coordinating dies.

   

 

CARD 2

    This Gnome is holding a band aid from the Medical Add Ons and is sitting on a set of nestled stitched Octagons.  I used two papers for the background cut from the Card Mat Dies and the sentiment was stamped and cut out using the Speedy Recovery stamp set and coordinating dies.

CARD 3

    Need a tissue???  This thoughtful Girl Gnome has a box from the Medical Add Ons for you! The background and sentiment were created using the same products as card 2.  I used a white velvet cardstock for the tissues so they would be nice a soft and not hurt your nose!

CARD 4

     For this card I turned the pill bottle from the Medical Dies into a fun shaker piece and placed it on a stitched Rectangle.  For the background I used the Card Mat Dies for the white and accent papers and then added some black hearts from the Embellishment Clusters Die along with a few black gems.  I used the same Speedy Recovery set for the sentiment and outlined it with a black marker to help it stand out.

CARD 5

This handsome lad is ready to relax and recover in his big comfy Chair after taking his meds!  I used the Border Dies to create a baseboard for wall and floor and added a few blue hearts using the Embellishment Clusters Die.  The sentiment is from the Speedy Recovery set and his pill bottle is from the Medical Add Ons.

CARD 6

    The Mrs. is ready to rest and relax in the other room after having to take care of his (card 5) man cold!  She rocking a curly hair do from the Hair Add Ons or it may just be frizz from all the heat her other half is giving off!  This card features all the same dies as his card and a few pretty pink enamel hearts.

 Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my creations and I hope you have a Pawsome day! If you didn't stop by from the Jaded Blossom Blog and would like to see my featured post and all their other amazing things, CLICK HERE.

Jaded Blossom Products

Bear Dies and Faces

Medical Add Ons

Card Mat Dies

Stitched Square Dies

Speedy Recovery Stamp Set and Dies

Gnome Dies

Girl Gnome Dies

Hair Add Ons

Octagon Dies

Rectangle Dies 1

Medical Dies

Chair Die

Embellishment Clusters Die

Border Dies

Other Products Used

Nuvo Crystal Drops - Ebony Black

SSS Pawsitively Saturated Ink - Fairway

SSS White Pigment Ink

woodgrain, black glossy, silver, white shimmer cardstocks

Doodle Bug Design Happy Healing 6x6 paper pad, 12x12 textured and patterned paper

Doodlebug Design 6x6 rainbow petite paper pads

Doodlebug Design Crushed Velvet Cardstock

Doodlebug Design Shakers - Pill Better

Doodlebug Design Shape Sprinkles - Heart Attack, All Better

P13 Stamping Pad Skin Tones 4x6 paper pad

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110# cardstock

Sizzix textured cardstock

Bearly Art Glue, ATG tape

Gina K Designs Intri-cut

SB.com Magic Mat

Tim Holtz Sidekick

Mint Tape

1mm and 2mm foam squares & strips

Tombow Marker N15

Sakura white gelly roll pen

Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink

Love From Lizzy Peel Offs

black gems

MISTI

Happy PUR-thday with Jaded Blossom

 Happy PUR-thday

April Guest Designer for Jaded Blossom 

    Hello crafty friend, I hope you know how Pawsome you are and thanks so much for stopping by!  I am so honored to be a Guest Designer for Jaded Blossom the month of April and share my creations and inspiration with you!  I always tease my mom about turning into the crazy cat lady, so I made her the purfect birthday card to fit.  

    I used the Card Mat Dies to make a background panel from Doodlebug's Pretty Kitty 6x6 Paper Pad and added a 1/8in larger layer in a teal cardstock and added them to an A2 sized card base.  I then added the "PUR" letters cut from the Alphabet Dies to a strip on the bottom and stamped the rest using the Happy Hello stamp set.  I dressed up the Girl Gnome using the Halloween Costume 2 Add Ons, Birthday Add Ons, and Hair Add Ons, then placed her on an orange tone on tone kitty Stitched Oval and added a few yellow enamel hearts.

Jaded Blossom Products

Girl Gnome Dies

Card Mat Dies

Alphabet Dies

Happy Hello

Halloween Costume Add Ons 2

Birthday Add Ons

Hair Add Ons

Stitched Oval Dies

Other Products Used

Doodlebug Design Pretty Kitty 6x6 paper pad

Doodlebug Design 12x12 textured solid cardstock

Doodlebug Design shape sprinkles - Love This!

Tonic Studios Mirror Card Gloss Cardstock (balloon and PUR)

black glossy cardstock (whiskers)

Sizzix textured cardstock

Recollections foil cardstock (balloon string)

P13 skin tones

Bearly Art Glue

Gina K Designs Intri-cut

Tim Holtz Sidekick

Mint Tape

1mm and 2mm foam squares

Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink

SSS Pawsitively Saturated Ink - Charcoal

MISTI

 Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my creation!  I hope you have a Pawsome day! If you didn't stop by from the Jaded Blossom Blog and would like to see my featured post and all their other amazing things, CLICK HERE.