Cards & Scrapbook Pages I Made in September 2025

I honestly thought I was going to have yet another month without any cards or scrapbook pages but in the last week or two inspiration hit and I've made a couple of birthday cards.

For Evan's 18th birthday I tried a new pop up/fun fold card and I just love how it turned out! 

I also tried out a new "smoosh" stamping technique that was a lot of fun. 

This card looks a bit better in person since I rubbed an illuminate pad over the whole thing and all the ferns have just a touch of sparkle to them. 

 I played around with some glitter this month too. I rarely think to use any but I have a whole drawer full of all sorts of colors. 

I finally scrapbooked our Acadia trip from June! 

Alec's pages

I don't love the pages for mine and my husband's scrapbook. I think the it's just a bit too plain but until I can figure out how to jazz it up a bit I'll set it aside and work on some other projects... just as soon as I order another batch of photos. 


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  1. Maria RineerSeptember 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM

    I don't think the pages look plain but it's definitely up to you since they're yours!! The cards are so good! I love the pumpkin one and Ian's birthday card. So clever and creative!

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  2. Handmade in IsraelSeptember 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM

    That pop-up card is amazing! I am sure Evan loved it.

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  3. HollySeptember 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM

    Pretty! Pretty!

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  4. Amy ScottSeptember 29, 2025 at 7:07 AM

    I ove gitter but it does get everywhere! Sorry my character between K and M doesn't work. You made some good stuff this month!

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