Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
A simple task of backing up computer files and updating to Windows 10, unfortunately, took a lot longer than expected due to some issues with my back up. If you were wondering why you haven’t heard from me the past few days, that’s the reason. In light of everything that’s happening here and around the world this past week alone, I thought I would post …
I don’t usually post cards with retired stamps, but I wanted to share with you this card that I recently sent a friend who’s going through a difficult time and needed encouragement. I knew I wanted to send this Scripture verse and so I looked through my binder and went in search of what flowers would go well with it. I chose Pleasant Poppies (retired) …
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Here’s another one layer card using the Marquee Messages, Gorgeous Grunge and Better Together stamp sets. Because it was a one layer card, I used the Thick Whisper White cardstock. I embossed the marquee image with the copper embossing powder – love this powder!! I used 3 of the new In Color inks – Dapper Denim, Peekaboo Peach and Emerald Envy. I stamped the birthday …
Hope you had a great 4th of July weekend celebrating the freedom we have in this country and remembering those who fought for it. For today’s card, I used one of my top favorite stamps, Touches of Texture. This set has so many images that it comes in 2 separate cases. This is quickly becoming a go to stamp for creating collages and layering to …
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, …
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What’s new on this card? Let’s start with this cute kitty. The kitty is from the new set Pretty Kitty. It comes with 5 kitten images and 5 sentiments you’ll love. The kitty image was colored with the blender pen, which I love using for quick coloring. Also new on this card is the Layering Circles Framelits. To be honest, I wasn’t sure if I …
The Floral Phrases stamp is such a beautiful set – both flower and border image and all the sentiments. The flower is a soft two tone image. The detailed floral thinlits compliments the set beautifully. The set is ideal for wedding and anniversary cards along with congratulations and thank you cards. Although I used it here with Night of Navy cardstock and ink as in the …
As I mentioned in an earlier post, the Weather Together and Umbrella Weather Framelits is one of my favorites. Before I started to create this card, I was envisioning one of the impressionistic paintings about Paris and the umbrellas in the park and so I wanted lots of color for my card. Card Details Here are the details . . . I started out with …
For today’s card I used images from three stamp sets – Watercolor Wings, Butterfly Basics and the sentiment from Birthday Blooms. All 3 of these stamps were carried over onto the new catalog, and I’m glad because they’re great stamps to own. Card Details Here are the details: I stamped the sentiment with Soft Suede ink and then embossed it onto the vellum with clear …
While I was making samples for my open house this past Friday, I created a card with a big jar (to post soon) and thought how cool it would be to make a small jar full of the M & M’s with the small circle image in the Jar of Love set. I took out the M&M bag I bought for the class to check …
Today I want to share with you my favorite stamps in the 2016-2017 Annual Catalog and why they are my favs. It was hard to choose since the catalog is filled with many great sets. As time goes on, I’m sure there will be some more favorites popping up. 1. Floral Phrases – 141764 wood mount, 140688 clear mount love the beautiful soft flower image and the …
Today’s card features the Love You Lots host stamp set again. This time we’re using the ladybugs. I think this set is so cute. I’m looking forward to using the rest of the images. See another card using this set. Since this image is small, I wanted to create an opening for it that when it’s opened it can be seen in the inside. Isn’t …
Today’s card using the Weather Together stamp and Festive Embossing folder was created by using the sketch from the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. My Stampin’ Up! order was delivered on Friday so that meant time to play! The new Festive Embossing folder is a great one to have in your collection – it lives up to its name with its fun design. The Weather Together stamp …
Have you ever had a day when you wish you could go back to bed and start all over? That’s the kind of day I had yesterday and it all started bright and early in the morning. I went outside to water my flowers and what do I see before my eyes? An entire bag that had all my cardstock pieces from my last class …
As a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, we get to pre-order select items a month before a catalog debuts. Fortunately for me the Swirly Bird Stamp, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits bundle, and Thoughtful Banners bundle were on the pre-order list and on my wish list. Some of the images from the Swirly Bird can be die cut with the Swirly Scribbles like the small flower on the card. The other die cuts do …
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Today’s card features the Timeless Texture stamp as the background and Rose Wonder for the sentiment. I love all the texture and grunge stamps Stampin’ Up! offers in their catalog – Gorgeous Grunge (you already know it’s a favorite), Timeless Texture, and Touches of Texture. I combined all the images from the Timeless Texture stamp and used different color inks to create the background. I …
Today’s card features the Swirly Bird stamp. It’s actually one of my new favorites from the catalog. Creating with this 24 photopolymer image is endless because it’s so versatile and so much fun. You can make flowers, kites, boats, swirls, lollipops, and more. I decided to make flowers out of my swirls and I sponged around the 2 bigger swirls to add depth. I used …