Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Hi Crafty Friends . . . Did you know that Lovely as a Tree has been around since 2001? It is the oldest stamp set in our current catalog. Every year when a new catalog comes around we wonder if it’s retiring, yet it has been so popular that it made it through 18 years. Now that’s a long time! But, the time has come …
Yes, another Father’s Day card…just think masculine card ideas. I was up very late Saturday night trying to make my Father’s Day cards but ran out of time to make all the ones I wanted to make for the special men in my life. I had to keep it simple, if I wanted to make any at all. The Lovely As A Tree set is great for …
Here’s another sympathy card. Unfortunatley, I needed to make many of these this summer. I used the Lovely as A Tree stamp as the focal point. Once again, I used my good old companion, the Big Shot. I embossed the Very Vanilla card stock with the woodgrain embossing folder and used my Circles Collection Framelits to mount my tree. Perfect masculine card! Before I embossed …
The Traveler stamp set is a great masculine set and is a perfect set to use for scrapbooking vacation pages. When I saw this set I immediately thought of making a Father’s Day card for my dad who used to operate a train. I stamped the trees from Lovely as a Tree stamp set in Mossy Meadow ink onto Very Vanilla card stock and then …
I want to wish all of you my readers, a wonderful Merry Christmas and a healthy and blessed new year! For unto us is born a Savior, he is Christ the Lord! “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 There is no better gift …
Here’s a luminary that would look nice with your Christmas décor. Looks great lit with a flameless tealight but it also looks great if it’s not lit. I embossed the vellum with the Petals A Plenty Embossing Folder and used the Labels Framelit Dies for the opening on all 4 sides. I stamped the Smoky Slate card stock with the branch from the Lovely As A Tree …
This is the last black & white with a touch of color card I’ll be posting. I like the soft color it adds to this simple card using Soft Sky ink, one of the new colors in the Subtles collection. I masked the bottom and top to sponge the color in the middle. See more black & white cards here and here. So what do YOU think of the …
This week I’ll be posting cards on some of the stamp sets that will be retiring at the end of May. So make sure you come back and see some of the creations you can do with these stamps. I made this card for my dad’s birthday using the very versatile Lovely As A Tree Stamp set and Up, Up & Away Stamp set. I liked the …
Here’s a card that we did last month in my Christmas & Gift Card Class which I forgot to post. Unfortunately, the picture doesn’t do the card justice as it looks so much better in person where you can see all the shimmer. It was a hit with my class attendees – simple but elegant. If you’re looking for a quick and easy card – this is one of …
All this week, I’ve shown you several cards for fathers. I hope you got some ideas from them. If you go today to the card shops, supermarkets, pharmacies and other places where you can get cards, you would probably see these sections filled with people trying to get the perfect Father’s Day card at the last minute. But why shop for a card when you can make your own and …