Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Spring is here and one of the first flowers you see are tulips. They’re so pretty. Although I don’t see anymore tulips around here, I thought I would stamp some and have them around a little longer. I love the look of flowers in a rustic crate so I created my own with the Wood Textures paper. I stamped the floral image from the Wood …
I haven’t posted a lot since June 2017, so I have a lot of catching up to do in showing you the cards I’ve created since then. Some will have retired products that you may have already and some will be current. Sometimes everyday life doesn’t allow you to do everything, (don’t you wish you could?) but I’ve learned that’s okay. You just need to …
Today is my mom’s 78th birthday and this is the card I made for her. Unfortunately she’s in the hospital right now so I wanted to make something cheerful yet soft. She loves lace and what better stamp to use than the Delicate Details from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. I wanted something dainty so I added some lace trim and one of the Falling In Love …
Today’s Double Z Fold card is one I made for my niece’s baby shower, using several stamp sets to create it. I first came across this fold from Jan B. and knew I wanted to make a baby card using this fun fold. I wanted my main focus on Baby Bear so I stamped him on the far right so he would be seen when the …
My mother-in-law turned 80 earlier this month and I wanted to make her a special card to commemorate that special day. This is the one I made for her. I didn’t take a picture of the inside, but I put a big 8-0 that I die cut with the Large Numbers Framelits. I was pleased how this card came out and like the femininity of …
Today’s card is one that I made back in May but hadn’t posted yet, which is why you see the Burlap Stampin’ Up! used to carry, which is now retired. This card features the Grateful Bunch set – a cute set and one that has its own coordinating punch. Card Details The background of the card was stamped with VersaMark to create the tone on …
Today’s card features Balloon Celebration. There are many images in this stamp set and you probably missed this cute dandelion image which I stamped with Pumpkin Pie. I sponged the Soft Sky cardstock to create the clouds. The balloons were stamped off with Melon Mambo and then I stamped the confetti image with Pumpkin Pie ink. What I especially like about this card is the …
Here’s a card I made for my niece who was celebrating her 4th birthday. I wanted a little girl with big balloons so I grabbed my retired All in the Family stamp set for the girl. The balloons are from Celebrate Today and Balloon Celebration. The 4 was die cut with the Large Numbers Framelits and Birthday Bouquet DSP. I added some of my favorite …
Today’s card features several stamps: Zoo Babies (retiring), Gorgeous Grunge, Number of Years and Balloon Celebration. Isn’t this an adorable card for a child? What’s not to like about cute elephants and balloons? This stamp set is great for baby showers whether is a card, scrapbook page or any other decor. For my daughter’s baby shower, I made cards for the invited guests to write …
I like combining several stamps and creating a scene and so that’s what I did for this card. I stamped the car, couple & sentiment from Beautiful Ride, the tree from Sheltering Tree and the stars from Balloon Celebration. Actually, when I stamped the stars with VersaMark to emboss with white embossing powder, I thought I had selected the closed stars but instead they were the open …
The Occasions Catalog is filled with so many great stamps and Big Shot dies that it was hard choosing only 10 favorites. I picked 11, but added 6 more as honorable mention at the end. Here they are: 1. Birthday Blooms Stamp – love the flower, heart string and font of this stamp. p. 9; wood mount 140655 $27.00, clear mount 140658 $19.00 2. Birthday Bouquet Designer Series …