Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Today is my birthday! Isn’t it nice when your birthday falls on a holiday? That means no work or school and allows you to celebrate in a more relaxing way! Last night, I decided to make a card in honor of my birthday (aka another excuse for squeezing in some more stamping) using the Fresh Fruit set. I’ve been wanting to ink up this set and hadn’t had …
Today’s card features Thoughts & Prayers, one of my favorite sets that has been around for a while. I used the sentiment from the Rose Wonder set to create this lovely sympathy card. Although the Thoughts & Prayers set has a sympathy sentiment, I wanted a bigger font size for the front. The watercolor background was made with clear block C and the Wild Wasabi, …
Today’s card is for a friend who recently had surgery. I’ve been carrying around this card all week and haven’t mailed it yet. Is it just me or does this happen to you? You make a card with enough time to reach the person for the occasion and then it’s late because you forgot to mail it – ugh! I created this card using sketch …
Today’s card is a clean and simple sympathy card using the For All Things stamp set. I made this card back in May 2015 and hadn’t posted it – actually there are several I made last year that I haven’t posted so I’ll be posting those soon. For this card, I embossed half of the Whisper White cardstock so I could stamp my sentiment below …
Moon Lake is a great stamp for masculine cards. For this birthday card, I cut the Island Indigo card base at 5-1/2″ x 8″, scored it at 2-3/4″ and embossed the front of it. I placed the 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ Whisper White cardstock inside right on top of card base and embossed half of it to leave room for the inside sentiment. I used …
How are you doing with your Christmas cards? Need ideas? Today’s card is a quick and easy, yet elegant card using the Ornamental Pine Stamp Set and for some bling, I added Dazzling Diamonds glitter. Come back tomorrow for another Christmas project. Are you on my newsletter mailing list? Fill out the form on the right and every week for the next 6 weeks you’ll …
It was a little cool yesterday so I thought I would share a card I made for my niece’s shower using the same fall colors I used for her wedding invites. For this card, I embossed 3/4 of the card with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder after I stamped it with the leaf from the Kinda Eclectic stamp set. I then sponged it with Cajun Craze …
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 …
Here’s a cool technique you may not have heard of before – the Velveteen Technique. Stamp your base image with White Craft ink, then using medium and neutral color inks, stamp your image and as you do, you will see the white ink come through for a nice effect. In this card, I used the Flowering Flourishes stamp as my base, so if you look …
When I first got the Daydream Medallions Stamp Set at the Stampin’ Up! convention last year, I wasn’t sure how I would use it and if I liked it. I started playing around with it and with a little inspiration from the display boards at convention I started to like the many possibilities it has. One of my favorite things I like about it is the combinations you can make with the …
The Winter Memories Stamp and the Good Cheer Builder Wheel are two of my favorite Holiday items. See my Top 10 Holiday Catalog Favorites. I love the look of this sled with the wreath. It has a warm feeling to it – don’t you think? I think it looks great against the Woodgrain Embossing Folder. I remember years ago my neighbor gave my kids an old wooden sled similar to this one. It brings …
Have you ever gone apple picking? It’s fun climbing up the trees to get those apples you think are the best. I had never gone apple picking until 4 years ago when my daughter was in college and we went to visit her during family weekend. She went to school in a beautiful area in NY state where there are plenty of apples to pick – and not to …
I needed to make a special card for a sweet and special elderly couple who used to attend my church before they moved away and who are going through a rough time with the husband on hospice and the wife dealing with cancer. I decided to use one of my favorite stamp sets, Just Believe for this card. I like the softness of the flowers. I colored the flower image …