Saturday, November 22, 2025

Christmas Money Gift

I wanted to find a creative way of gifting money for a Christmas gift to our son.  I searched on Pinterest and found this idea. 

Products used

  • Brand new $1 bills (50)
  • Notepad Compound (Amazon link)
  • Bind-it-All book measures 7" x 3"
  • Stampin' Up! Products
    • Holiday Lounge Designer Series Paper
    • Sahara Sand cardstock
    • Whisper White cardstock
    • Great Greetings and Holiday Keepsake Ornament stamp sets
    • Ruby Red ink
    • Corner Rounder, Ornament and Scallop Tag Topper hand punches
    • Basic Pearls
    • Silver Bakers Twine
    • Glue Dots
  • Miniature Tree Trimming wire

Helpful Hints
  1. I tried to get new five, ten and twenty dollar bills but my bank only carried ones.
  2. I found the best twenties I had and stuck them between the one dollar bills.  The glue didn't "grab" them so I removed the twenties. (sorry David)
  3. The less often you touch the bills, the better.
  4. Add a backing cardboard to the bottom of the stack of bills (6 1/8" x 2 5/8").  This is what you attach to the book.
  5. Use binder clips, place them close to the edge you are gluing.  I placed cardboard shims to protect the money from being damaged by the clips.
  6. Apply thin layers of glue, allowing to dry completely each layer.  I made approximately twelve layers of glue.
Link is my Amazon Affiliate account, purchase for the same price. 

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Regal Winter - Seven Panel Card Layout



Stampin' Up! Products

  • Cardstock
    • Basic White
    • Cherry Cobbler
    • Lost Lagoon
    • Mossy Meadow
  • Regal Winter Designer Series Paper
    • Complete instructions are available for purchase, see below
  • Nested Friends stamp set
  • Bird Builder punch
  • Dimensionals
Seven Panel Perfect Sections Card Tutorial
Click HERE to see other examples


Saturday, September 20, 2025

You need a Brother ScanNCut! Machine!


I created a die, a faux die, to make this fun fold and it can be yours for only $6.95. The flap is designed into the cardbase, no separate piece to attach.

Brother ScanNCut Card Files
Wrap Around Fun Fold Card- Made Easy
All-In-One Cardbase, including the tab

Stampin' Up! Products
  • Cardstock
    • Basic White
    • Mango Melody
    • Mossy Meadow
    • So Saffron
  • Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper
  • Celebrate Sunflowers and Nested Friends stamp sets
    • Memento Tuxedo Black ink
  • Bird Builder punches
  • Gold rhinestone
  • Dimensionals



Oh the crafting possibilities with a Brother ScanNCut Machine . . .

No more cutting layers, no more marking your cardstock, card making made easy. This is my faux die created with Brother ScanNCut/Canvas Workspace (cwprj and .fcm files) is available for purchase for $6.95. It includes cut files and information pictures of the files mentioned below. Life made easy! No more expensive dies! Invest in a Brother ScanNCut machine, my affliliate link is HERE. I use the SDX85C model. You can find so many resources on YouTube to get you started using the machine, it takes time but it is so worth it. Once you've mastered the basic steps, come back here and check out my tutorial on how to create your own faux dies using your stamp sets. EMAIL me for more information.

There are so many crafting possibilities when you learn how to use your BSNC machine. I own the Nested Friends stamp set and created BSNC files to cut out blank birds and it is easy to stamp directly on the cutouts, no more fussy cutting. Do you have trouble getting the best stamped image because of juicy ink pads, especially when stamping ten or twenty birds? You don't need to stamp each one - I have a master sheet of the stamped bird image; I simply put any colored cardstock into my printer and print as many birds as I need. I use the BSNC to cut out the birds. I use the master sheet and print them out using ink that matches Stampin' Up! colors. You can find the RGB color codes online for every Stampin' Up! color. Click HERE to see what RGB codes that can easily be found on the internet. Most people aren't aware that this information is available, all you have to do is think out of the box and take stamping to a new level.

Hate punching? Do your wrists bother you? I created a BSNC file of the branch by using my Bird Builder punch. Sit back, put your feet up and let your Brother ScanNCut do all the work. I do not sell Stampin' Up! stamped images. I purchased the stamps, dies and punches for my personal use. This is an example of what you can do with a Brother ScanNCut machine. You need to put THIS on your Christmas Wishlist on Amazon. Check out the BSNC machines and accessories I use HERE (I own two differents models). Be sure to purchase correct accessories for your machine.  You can find so many resources on YouTube to get you started using the machine, it takes time but it is so worth it. 

More about my Wrap Around Fun Fold Card 
  • Wrap Around Fun Fold PDF tutorial on putting the layers together 
    • Files - .cwprj and .fcm files
    • Card Base and Inside Layers
    • Cardstock and DSP Layers 
    • Sentiment Layers
    • How to Arrange Your Cardstock in BSNC Files PDF
  • Not included: Stamped images, birds, flower, etc
An example of the PDF Information File


Other card examples



Crafts by Beth Brother ScanNCut File only $6.95. What a space saver, no thin dies to misplace, no more using a Big Shot, no more finding storage space in your craft room. Crafting MADE EASY!

Stampin' Up! Regal Winter Designer Series Paper

Unfortunately most of the patterns in this DSP are awful. By far the worse DSP ever. Just being blunt.








Sunday, August 17, 2025

Beautiful Gallery Bookmark


Stampin' Up! Products

  • Basic Beige cardstock
    • Card base measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
      • Score at 4 1/4" and 5 3/8"
        • Layer between score lines is glued together inside
    • Card layer (inside) 2 3/4" x 5 1/8"
    • Bookmark 
      • Layer measures 2" x 4 1/4"
    • Scrap for sentiment
  • Lost Lagoon cardstock
    • Card layer measures 7/8" x 5 1/4"
    • Card layer measures 2 7/8" x 5 1/4" (cut 2)
      • Front and inside layers
    • Scrap for sentiment mat
      • Created using my Brother ScanNCut
    • Bookmark
      • Layer measures 1 3/4" x 3 3/8"
  • Misty Moonlight cardstock
    • Scraps for flowers
  • Mossy Meadow cardstock
    • Scrap for sprigs
  • Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper
    • Pattern continuity - layer measures 4" x 5 1/8"
      • First cut 1/2" x 5 1/8" (inside card layer)
      • Second cut - 3/4" x 5 1/8" (front left)
      • Remaining piece measures 2 3/4" x 5 1/8" (front right)
      • Leftover for bookmark
      • Trim layer to 1  5/8" x 3 1/4"
  • Refuge and Strength and Special Moments stamp sets
    • Night of Navy ink
  • Corner Rounder, Itty Bitty Accents and Scalloped Tag Topper punches
  • Sprig punch (non SU)
  • Pearl Basic Jewels
  • Dimensionals


Three Little Inches ...

...goes a long way. Check out my Three Little Inches Tutorial, click HERE for more information.

Stampin' Up! Products
  • Dusty Durango cardstock (great substitute for Cajun Craze)
  • Pale Papaya cardstock
  • Very Vanilla cardstock
  • Wild Wheat cardstock
  • Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper
  • Heartfelt Blooms stamp sets
    • Cajun Craze ink
  • Bird Builder punch
  • Embroidery floss to match
Two cards from 6" x 6" for this DSP.


Take a guess how many cards you can make from a 12" x 12" piece of paper?

Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper - Angled Fun Fold Card


Stampin' Up! Products
  • Basic White cardstock
  • Crumb Cake
  • Early Espresso
  • Misty Moonlight cardstock
  • Wildly Flowering Designer Series Paper
  • Crafts by Beth CPP Sentiments
    • Click HERE for more information
  • Butterfly Gala stamp set
  • Night of Navy ink
  • Butterfly Duet, Modern Label and Word Window punches
  • Pearl Basic Jewels
  • Dimensionals
Don't have the Butterfly Duet punch? Make your own die using your Brother ScanNCut. Click HERE for more information



The Angled Fun Fold Card Tutorial is available FREE with your $50 Stampin' Up! purchasing using my Hostess Code.  The tutorial can be purchased for $3.95 by clicking the Buy Now Button below.




Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper meets Bookmark INSIDE a Card

Introducing my newest tutorial to create a card with a bookmark inside the card. This took me days to create and a large amount of cardstock and dsp was destroyed - big SIGH! There are many similar tutorials you can find, I reduced the bulk for this card and created two bookmark options. This tutorial always making two card bases out of one 8 1/2" x 11" piece of cardstock. Included is a picture on how to cut the 6" x 6" DSP. Don't waste your gorgeous cardstock, save the stress and purchase all the measurements and instructions from me.

Stampin' Up! Products
  • Basic Beige cardstock
    • Card base measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
  • Mossy Meadow cardstock
  • Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper
  • Autumn Expressions and Special Moments stamp sets
  • Scalloped Tag Topper punch (Option #1)
  • Heart die (Option #2)
    • Any die or hole punch will work
  • Dragonflies and Birds embellishments
  • Gold rhinestones
  • Satin ribbon



I created a faux die for the sentiment Grateful for You and sentiment mat layer.






Beautiful Gallery Forest


Stampin' Up! products
  • Petal Pink cardstock
    • Card base measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
      • Score at 4 1/4"
      • Trim to 4 3/16"
  • Copper Clay cardstock
    • Card layer measures 4" x 5 5/16"
    • Bookmark layer measures 1 3/4" x 3 3/8"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 5/8" x 5 1/4"
    • Scrap for bird
  • Very Vanilla cardstock
    • Card layer (inside) measures 4" xvbbnm 5 5/16"
  • Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper
    • Finished card layer measures 5 1/16" 3 3/4"
    • Card layer (inside) measures 1/2" x 5 1/4"
    • Bookmark layer measures 1 5/8" x 3 1/4"
    • Scrap for sentiment
  • Quite Curvy, Refuge and Strength and Wishing You Well stamp sets
    • Memento Tuxedo Black ink
  • Curvy and Delicate Forest dies
  • Very Vanilla 1/8" taffeta ribbon
  • Champagne rhinestones
  • Dimensionals


Saturday, July 26, 2025

Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Papers meets CraftsByBeth Bookmark in a Card

I couldn't think of the perfect card layout to begin using Stampin' Up!'s Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper. While straightening my mess, I found the perfect card; my Bookmark in a Card. This card and bookmark uses only one piece of 6" x 6" with special planning. My tutorial gives you a visual way of making it fit any of your DSP. Sometimes we aren't able to stamp on the DSP because of the dark background, you'll find that information in my tutorial.




Stampin' Up! Products
  • Basic Beige cardstock
  • Lost Lagoon cardstock
  • Night Quite Navy and Misty Moonlight cardstock
  • Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper
  • Inspired Thoughts and Refuge and Strength stamp sets
    • Night of Navy ink
  • Corner Rounder, Itty Bitty Accents and Scalloped Tab Topper punches
  • Tear & Tape
  • Misty Moonlight twill ribbon 3/16"
  • Pearl Basic Jewel
  • Dimensionals



The Bookmark in a Card tutorial is available for purchase for $4.95 or free with your Stampin' Up! order using me as your demonstrator

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Three Little Inches...

...goes a long way. Check out my Three Little Inches Tutorial, click HERE for more information.

Stampin' Up! Products
  • Brocade Blue cardstock (great substitute for Boho Blue)
  • Basic White
  • Misty Moonlight cardstock
  • Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper
  • Butterfly Gala and Delicate Wings stamp sets
    • Misty Moonlight ink
  • Butterfly Duet punch
  • Pearl Basic Jewels
  • Dimensionals
Two cards from 6" x 6" for this DSP.


Take a guess how many cards you can make from a 12" x 12" piece of paper?

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Brother ScanNCut Card Files by Beth - Wrap Around Fun Fold File

With the HIGH prices for Stampin' Up! cardstock, I am pulling out my retired DSP and before using the SU current cardstock colors. I am matching up colors with my retired cardstock. The easiest way to find out what colors coordinate, checkout THIS website. Please consider donating for this awesome FREE tool.

Brother ScanNCut Card] Files
Wrap Around Fun Fold Cards- Made Easy
All-In-One Cardbase, including the tab

Stampin' Up! Products
  • Cardstock
    • Basic White
    • Kiwi Kiss substituted for Old Olive
    • Real Red substituted for Poppy Parade
  • Painted Poppies Designer Series Paper
  • Special Moments stamp set
    • Memento Tuxedo Black ink
  • Bird Builder and Itty Bitty Accents punches
  • Black Rhinestones
No more cutting layers, no more marking your cardstock, no more frustration because your angles aren't perfect - card making made easy. Brother ScanNCut/Canvas Workspace (cwprj and .fcm files) are available for purchase for $6.95. It includes cut files and information pictures of the files mentioned below. Once you download the file, you can throw away the measurements for creating this card. Life made easy! No more expensive dies! None! Invest in a Brother ScanNCut machine, my affliliate link is HERE. I use the SDX85C model. You can find so many resources on YouTube to get you started using the machine, it takes time but it is so worth it. Once you've mastered the basic steps, come back here and check out my tutorial on how to create your own faux dies using your stamp sets. EMAIL me for more information.

More about this Wrap Around Fun Fold files
  • Wrap Around Fun Fold PDF tutorial on putting the layers together 
  • Four Files - cwprj files
    • Card Base and Inside Layers
    • Cardstock and DSP Layers 
    • Sentiment Layers
    • How to Arrange Your Cardstock in BSNC Files PDF
  • Not included: Stamped image, flower, flower and punches 
An example of the PDF Information File

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Brother ScanNCut Card Files by Beth - Angled Fun Fold

Brother ScanNCut Card Files
Angled Fun Fold  - Made Easy

Stampin' Up! Products
  • Cardstock
    • Basic White
    • Mossy Meadow
    • Petunia Pop
    • So Saffron
  • Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper
  • Special Moments stamp set
  • Memento Tuxedo Black in
  • Itty Bitty Accents punch
  • Spring punch (non SU)
  • Leaf spring punch (non SU)
  • Gold rhinestone
No more cutting layers, no more marking your cardstock, no more frustration because your angles aren't perfect - card making made easy. Brother ScanNCut/Canvas Workspace (cwprj and .fcm files) are available for purchase for $4.95. It includes cut files and information pictures of the files mentioned below. Once you download the file, you can throw away the instructions for creating this card. Life made easy! 

More about this Angeled Fun Fold files
  • Angled Fun Fold PDF tutorial on putting the layers together
  • Three Files - cwprj files
    • Card Base and Inside Layers
    • Cardstock Layers
    • DSP Layers
  • How to Arrange Your Cardstock in BSNC Files PDF
    • Careful arranging and you can cut the cardbase using 8 1/2" x 11"
  • Not included: Sentiment mat layers, flower die cut, punches and envelope layer



Angled Fun Fold Inspirations

In case you missed THIS POST, here are more examples to inspire you. All you have to do is import my file into your Brother ScanNCut, select your paper and press cut. All the measuring is DONE FOR YOU; no angles to cut. Angled Fun Fold in a flash!

Irresistable Blooms




Thoughtful Journey


Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper - Sidewalk Fun Fold Card



This tutorial includes directions, measurements and instructions can be yours FREE with a $25 Stampin' Up! purchase using my Hostess Code; found on the top right-hand side of my blog - desktop version. The tutorial is also available for purchase for only 
$4.95  $3.95. This tutorial DSP pattern may differ from this pattern; all the measurements are the same.





Click HERE for other examples of this fun fold.

The more and more I use my Brother ScanNCut, the more I LOVE it! No struggling lining up the dies on my Big Shot platform and cranking the die through. I had never seen anyone create perfect layers to stamps, whether it is a sentiment or image.  I made the faux die for the butterfly stamp, what a game changer! The link to my faux die technique is listed underneatje the Delicate Wings stamp information.

Stampin' Up! Products
  • Cardstock used
    • Basic White
    • Berry Burst
    • Crumb Cake
    • Gorgeous Grape
    • Highland Heather
    • Lost Lagoon
    • Pretty Peacock
  • Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper
  • Special Moments stamp set
  • Gorgeous Grape or Pretty Peacock inks
  • Brilliant Wings dies
  • Pearl Basic Jewels
  • Dimensionals
Click HERE for another example of this fun fold.

* I created my own faux sentiment die cut and shadow using my Brother ScanNCut. Every stamp can be a die!

The card layout tutorial is FREE with your $25 Stampin' Up! product purchase from me using my Current Hostess Code. The tutorial is also available for $3.95; click on the Buy Now button below.

Brother ScanNCut Card Files by Beth - Wrap Around Fun Fold File

Brother ScanNCut Card Files
Wrap Around Fun Fold Card-  Made Easy
All-In-One Cardbase, including the tab

Stampin' Up! Products
  • Cardstock
    • Basic White
    • Calypso Coral
    • Orchid Oasis
    • Soft Sea Foam
  • Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper
  • Framed Florets and Special Moments stamp set
  • Orchid Oasis inks
  • Itty Bitty Accents punch
  • Leaf spring punch (non SU)
  • Gold rhinestones
No more cutting layers, no more marking your cardstock, no more frustration because your angles aren't perfect - card making made easy. Brother ScanNCut/Canvas Workspace (cwprj and .fcm files) are available for purchase for $6.95. It includes cut files and information pictures of the files mentioned below. Once you download the file, you can throw away the instructions for creating this card. Life made easy! 

More about this Wrap Around Fun Fold files
  • Wrap Around Fun Fold PDF tutorial on putting the layers together 
  • Files - cwprj and .fcm files
    • Card Base and Inside Layers
    • Cardstock and DSP Layers
    • How to Arrange Your Cardstock in BSNC Files PDF
  • Not included: Stamped image, flower, flower and sprig punches and envelope layer


An example of the PDF Information File




Card Style 1 Example