Hi Crafty Friends, Today I am sharing a 5 x 7 card using the new Spellbinders Whimsical Village Collection designed by Vicky Papaioannou. I started with the second largest arch from the Perfect Touch Arches & Tag die set which I die cut from Cascade Colorwheel Cardstock. I then used the Whimsical Skies 3D embossing folder to add texture to the arch. I created some green grass using an older Lawn Fawn die and added this to the bottom of the arch. I used various colours of cardstock to die cut the houses, flowers & cat using the Whimsical Houses, Whimsical Blooms & Whimsical Companions die sets and added them to create my scene. This panel was then layered onto a black arch. I created a top folding 5 x 7 card from white cardstock. I cut another white panel which I embossed using the Whimsical Skies 3D embossing folder which I added to the front of the card. The sentiment is from the Whimsical Wishes Clear stamp set.
For the inside of the card I added another house & flower to the lower left hand corner.
I added the birthday sentiment which is from LDRS Essential Birthday Sentiments stamp set.
Hi Crafty Friends, Today I am sharing a cute Slimline card using some of the Peanuts characters. The images are stamps that was the freebie stamp set included in the Creative Stamping Magazine issue 156. Someone post on Facebook the week before Mother’s Day that she found the magazine in a newsagent down here in Australia. So I messaged my daughter’s asking if they were near a newsagents could the see if they had it. Fortunately my eldest daughter found it and gave it to me for Mother’s Day, which I was happy about 😊. The grass is from an older MFT Stamps die set & the clouds & sun are from Spellbinders Tunnel Clouds die set.
For the inside of the card I added another Peanuts image & sentiment from the stamp set.
Hi Crafty Friends, Today I am sharing a fun 5 x 7 Pop up card with a see through front. This is called a 2 Tier card, you can find the tutorial by Sam Calcott here. 
For my card I started with the background which was created using Hero Arts Lake of Legends Stencil set. To decorate the card I used the Gentle Giant die set. 
I didn’t want to hide too much of the background or the sea creature, so I changed the sizes and number of my tiers. Sam’s card used 3 pop ups, I opted for 2. I used the stencil to continue the water on my pop up panels.
Here you can see my card when it is closed. As it has acetate on the front panel, you can see most of the inside when it is closed.
I added a panel on the back, so I could add a sentiment and have space to write a personal message to the recipient.
Hi Crafty Friends,
Earlier in the month I shared a Box Front card I created inspired by a tutorial by Jennifer McGuire, you can see that tutorial here. Today I am sharing a Chess themed card which uses the same technique.
I used the Harlequin 3D Embossing Folder, Harlequin Layered Stencil & black ink to create the chess board which I added to the front & the two narrower panels which are revealed as the card is opened.
The chess pieces were created using Spellbinders Chess & Checkers die set. I added sentiments using the Well Played Sentiments stamp set.
Here is a photo showing the card from overhead, so you can see the "boxes" that make up this card.
 Today I am sharing the last two cards I created during the Spellbinders Weekender 2026 event held at the end of May. Todays two cards are from the class hosted by Jaycee Gasper. 
The first card is one that is pretty dimensional as it is a diorama style of card, having three layers. This is an A2 card. 
Here you can see the concertinaed sides that the layers are attached to.
For my second and final card I made on the weekend I used the Bird of Paradise die set and the embossing folder which is included in the kit. This is also an A2 sized card. 
And finally the inside of my card. I added a sentiment to the top left area of my card. I also added an embossed strip of card to the right edge of the card.
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