Crafty Gals Corner #279 ~ Anything Goes w/twist - Summer Vibes

    Hello crafting friends and welcome to our monthly challenge

 at Crafty Gals Corner! I hope you're all enjoying the end of your Summer!

  The theme for our challenge this month is

~ Anything Goes w/optional twist - Summer Vibes ~

It was my daughter's birthday last week and since she loves everything to do with the sea, I created this easel card for her.

When closed for mailing, this card measures 5.5" x 5.5".  There is a little bulk to it with the sea shells but since I hand delivered it, it was not a problem.  If I had planned on mailing it, I would have used sea shell dies instead of using the real small shells.

These are the crafty supplies I used to make this card:

Marianne Design - Sea Shells Stitching Border

DMC Embroidery Floss - various colours used (3 strands)

Cottage Cutz - Sand Dollar

Memory Box - Seahorses

Sue Wilson - Aquatic Plants

Joy! Crafts - Bille's Coral

Cardz TV - Mini Messages

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  We would love to see you play along with us.   You have until noon, CST, on 8 September 2026, to link your project to

our challenge.

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Oval Slatted Birthday Card

Hello everyone and welcome back.  While cleaning up some craft supplies, I found this pretty paper from Marianne Designs called Country Flowers.

After rummaging through my dies, I thought this Slatted & Eclipse Oval die from Divinity Designs would work well and so I went to work.

I never get tired of this slatted look.  It's so subtle but makes a pretty paper really stand out. 

I normally cut out the slatted shape 3 times using thick cardstock.  Then I adhere each layer to each other using liquid glue.  I find that these 3 layers plus the pretty paper layer gives it enough height without adding too much bulk.  This is especially important when you mail cards overseas. Anything thicker than 1/4" requires additional postage.

On the inside, I used the following products:

Stampabilities - Elegant Happy Birthday

VersaFine Clair Inks - Shady Lane

eK punches - photo corners

And that was a quick and easy birthday card done. It doesn't show on the pic, but I did add a couple of small lilac butterflies to the inside just to add a little more interest and to match the front of the card.  

See you again soon.

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Birthday Hobby Dots Card

Hello everyone.  I have a hobby dots card to share with you today. 

These cards always take a bit of time to make, but I love all the sparkle on the finished product.

This card was made using a Dot & Do Kit by Amy Spring, from Couture Creations.

Here is a close up.  I wish I could capture all the sparkle on a photo but just can't.  Every single element is a mirror sticker, so I'm sure you can imagine how beautiful it is.

I wanted to do something special on the inside, so I replicated the corners with left over mirror stickers/hobby dots.  I used a wood stamp from Hero Arts called Special Birthday to stamp the sentiment in VersaFine Black Onyx ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I do appreciate your visits.

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A Stitched Birthday Card

 Hello everyone. I hadn't stitched a card in a while so looking thru my layered images I found this one that I thought would be perfect for my uncle.  Then it was just a matter of looking for a stitch pattern that I liked.

The brown variegated thread on this pic looks a lot more burgundy than brown, but on the card, it does look like various shades of brown which obviously matched better with the pic.  The different layers of the image, 4 in total, are adhered together with foam squares.  

Since I'm mailing this card overseas, I kept the inside pretty simple.  I used the Happy B'day w/Shadow die set from Kat Scrappiness to make the greeting.

That's all for today folks.  I'll be back soon with another card to share with you.

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Sail Boat Pop-up Birthday Card

Hello crafting friends. Hubby had a birthday yesterday and this is the card I made for him.

I followed the YouTube video tutorial by Karen Burniston.

Here is the list of crafty ingredients to make this card:

Karen Burniston - Boat Pop-up

Karen Burniston - Sailboat Add-ons

Karen Burniston - Set Sail Borders

Spellbinders - Summertime Vacay

Amy Designs - Ocean Animals

Marianne Design - Fish Punch Die

Kat Scrappiness - Happy Birthday w/Shadow

Hot off the Press - Tiny Sentiments & Icons Stamp set

It was fun putting this card together and Karen's tutorials videos make it very easy too.  Hubby liked his card so mission accomplished :-)

I'm going to play along at:

Four Seasons Challenge - Summer

Thanks for stopping by.  I'll see you again soon.

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Unicorn Birthday

 Hello crafting friends. Today I'm sharing the birthday card I made for my granddaughter who turned 12 yesterday. 

The card base was cut using the Swing Fold Circle Card die from Marianne Designs.

I used pink cardstock from Bazzill and Silver cardstock from Hunkydory.

The Unicorn layered image is from A Touch of Magic Decoupage Topper set from Hunkydory.  The background paper is from the Touch of Magic Brilliant Backgrounds paper pad, also from Hunkydory.

On the back I used a stamp from the Good Times stamp set from CardzTV stamps. I adhered the stamped layer to another silver mat and added a little left over flower for a little added interest.

It looks so much better in person.  Not only was it very difficult to photograph with all the shine from the silver cardstock, but I did it at night with lights that are not photography friendly.  But I think in the end you get the idea of what the card looked liked.  

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope to see you soon with another crafty project.

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Monster Birthday

 Hello friends. I made this Monster of a Birthday card for my grandson who turned 9 yesterday.

I used a file from Silhouette, by Bella Carta Designs, to make this card. Grey cardstock is from Recollections. All others are from Scraps drawers. I made a second monster frame for the back. This is where I wrote my birthday message for him. It was quite a bit of work to put together, but fortunately the video tutorial was easy to follow, and the smile on my grandson's face made it all worth it!😀

That's all I have for today. Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope to see you again soon.

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Floral Birthday Card

Hello everyone and welcome back. Today I'm sharing the card I made for my hubby's aunt who turns 96 today.

Crafty ingredients to make this card:

Silhouette - Card Base

Amy Designs - Spring is Here - 3D Pushouts Sheet 

Recollections - Itsy Bitsy Ditsy Cherry Pie patterned paper

Scrappy Tails Crafts - Rhinestones

I sized this card to be 5" x 7" when folded flat for mailing.  It fits perfectly into an A7 envelope.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I have a bunch of cards to share with you and will be catching up in the next few days, so I hope you'll come back for a visit.

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Circle Slatted Card

Hello everyone.  I made this birthday card for my son's girlfriend. I love playing with these slatted & eclipse dies from Divinity Designs. For this card, I used the Circle one.  I think that it's such a lovely way to use up your pretty papers.

Because I wanted to have both birds as part of the slatted image, the circle had to be placed a little higher up on the card, leaving a bit of empty space at the bottom.  In order to fill up this extra space, I used the Celebrate die, from Karen Burniston, and cut it out of both fuchsia and silver cardstocks so I could make a slight shadow on the word.

The image is from a sheet from Marianne Designs called Country Flowers.

It is a 6 x 6 inch square image.  I cut it to 5" x 5" so it would fit on this 5.5" square card.

The silver mat is 5.25" x 5.25".

I used the Kat Scrappiness - Happy Birthday w/Shadow die and the Pin Numbers die from Marianne Design to create the elements on the inside.  I finished it off by cutting a few photo corners using a very old eK punch.

That is all for today folks.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  I'll see you again soon.

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Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #277 ~ Anything Goes w/optional twist - Flowers for Mom

    Hello crafting friends and welcome to our monthly challenge

 at Crafty Gals Corner! 

  The theme for our challenge this month is

~ Anything Goes w/optional twist - Flowers for Mom ~

Using a file from Silhouette, I made this box card, filled with loads of flowers, to send to my mom on her 91 st birthday

Most of the cardstock is from my scraps drawers. These little flowers are a great way to use them up :-)

I made an extra panel on the back to write my message.

I resized this card to fit perfectly into an A9 envelope.

That's all for today.  We would love to see you play along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 9 June 2026, to link your project to our challenge.

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