PAWSOME CRAFTS by Amanda: June 2025

Sunday, June 29, 2025

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

Monday, June 23, 2025

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.