Clean & Simple Blog Hop; Pretty Pop-Up dies

May 19, 2022

Welcome to the Control Freak's May blog hop! The theme is Clean & Simple projects.

You may have just arrived or hopped over from Wendy's blog. I'm sure you loved her unique projects.

For some reason when I think of clean & simple I lean towards mostly white projects. I've been wanting to play with my new Pretty Pop-Up dies so here is what I came up with for my first project:

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It's almost all white; just a few accents of Balmy Blue & Petal Pink. These Pretty Pop-Up dies do not cut all of the way through; they provide detailed texture and a 'peak' behind the die-cuts.

I added a bit of color to some of the flowers and butterflies with Balmy Blue & Petal Pink light blends markers. To get them to pop up a bit I pushed each die-cut outward with my Take Your Pick tool. I adhered this 4" X 5 1/4" piece to a smaller piece of Balmy Blue card stock using mini dimensionals.

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The greeting is from the Nature's Thoughts stamp set and on a die-cut from the Natural Prints dies. I added a 1/4" strip behind this to bring in a bit of Balmy Blue. This card might not be considered true clean & simple but it does only have a few layers! Ha!

I stuck with the Balmy Blue & White them for my second card but added a bit of Gray Granite with the Abigail Rose designer paper.

I used the smaller oval die for this card and used one of the single dies for the White butterfly.

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The greeting is stamped on a circle die from the Picture This dies and is from the Nature's Thoughts stamp set as well. There is a piece of Vellum card stock behind the Balmy Blue layer.

You can see some of the dies I used in the photo below:

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Thank you so much for stopping in today; I hope you enjoyed seeing these Pretty Pop-Up die projects!

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Get inspired by a sketch with this sweet Splash of Sparkles card

March 18, 2026
Each month I give my Flowerbug’s a creative challenge and they can participate if they’d like. This month it was a sketch:

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You can find card sketches like this all over Pinterest or other online sites. I think they’re a wonderful and easy way to create a card. Remember that sketches are a starting point; they don’t have to be exact or even that similar. They’re a great way to be inspired.

I chose the Splash of Sparkles specialty designer paper for mine. See it here.

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My colors include Bubble Bath, Timid Tiger, Gold & White; all inspired by the beautiful designer paper. Who would have thought to combine these colors together? But the DSP is the magic that makes it work.

I used a few different products here:
- The greeting and die-cut are from the Lovely Arrangements bundle.
- notice the new daisy embossing folder? That is the new Lazy Daisy 3D embossing folder found here. It is currently out of stock, but add your email on the product page to be informed when it’s back.
- And that pretty Bubble Bath 1/8″ ribbon is wonderful and easy to work with. See it here.
- The gold foil layer is the Textured Metallic paper seen here.
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Here’s a link to my sketches board on Pinterest. I hope you find some to be inspired by!

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Another version of the Triple Flap fun fold card with Easter Joy DSP

March 17, 2026

Today I’m sharing Jacki’s amazing card swap from our Team’s February swap.

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She used Pretty in Pink with Crumb Cake and the Easter Joy Specialty designer paper. The fun dies in Crumb Cake are from the Swirled Designs bundle seen here.

This is what it looks like when you open the left flap:

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And here is the card fully opened:

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Isn’t it neat?! I loved it so much I had to case this fold. I shared my version yesterday. See it here.
I also shared a free project sheet with measurements on yesterday’s post.

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What a special and fun card she made! Thanks Jacki!

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Gorgeous Triple Fold card with Garden Poetry with video & free project sheet

March 16, 2026

I shared this stunning card on last week’s Live video. It features a few of my favorite products..

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I chose to feature my favorite new designer paper – Garden Poetry seen here. Aren’t the patterns and watercolor backgrounds beautiful?

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This is Poppy Parade, Black & White.
The other items I used are the Nature’s Symphony bundle, the Perennial Postage and Springtime Scenes dies (flower).

The front left flap opens like this:

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Then you open the right side and fold the left in and this is what you see:

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I fussy cut a flower from the designer paper to add inside. The Black die-cut leaves are both from the Nature’s Symphony dies.

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Here’s the free project sheet; click here to download or print it off.

The card was inspired by my teammate Jacki, who shared this neat fun fold in our February swap. I’ll share her card tomorrow.

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Below is the video tutorial; I hope you like it enough to make one. It’s a super fun card!

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