Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Today I’m sharing another card using the Artistically Inked stamp, but this time using the stamp with the Artistic Dies. You can see more cards here and here using Artistically Inked. To create this card, I used two more dies besides the Artistic dies. For the big scallop I used the Scallop Contours Dies and for the border scallop, the Penned Dies were used. I …
Today is the last day to get any retiring products from the 2021 January – June catalog before they’re gone for good or no longer offered as a bundle. Here are some of my favorite retiring products that I’ve shared with you in previous posts. Snailed It & Snail Dies This is such a fun set to play with – love the cute images. See …
Today’s card features two carry over stamps in the 2021- 2022 Annual Catalog – Tasteful Touches and Timeless Tropical and one new product – the Tailor Made Dies. I love how this card turned out. I used colors that I don’t normally use like Blackberry Bliss and Rich Razzleberry. We have 50 colors to choose from (not counting the basics – Very Vanilla, Basic White …
What are your favorite crafting tools? Which are the tools that you reach for almost all the time when you’re working on a project? Today I want to share with you my favorite tools and why I can’t do without them. Adhesive Stampin’ Dimensionals – Unless I’m making a one layer card, I almost always use these to create dimension in my projects. I use …
It’s high school graduation time and so using the Playful Alphabets for the stole and the cute Snailed It stamp set made this a fun card to make and another opportunity to use this stamp before it retires. I needed to make a graduation card for my niece so I decided to make the card resemble a graduation gown with her initials on the stole. …
Happy Wednesday! Today I’ll be sharing with you another card using the Friends Are Like Seashells set. Making a masculine or feminine card with this set is easy. All you need to do is change the colors and it gives it a whole different feel. Card Details For my masculine quick and easy card I used the following: Card base – thick white cardstock Seashell …
The What’s Cookin? stamp is a cute new set from the 2021 – 2022 Annual Catalog. I like the look of these images – kind of a watercolor, hand painted look and love the fonts. This cling mount Distinktive stamp has 13 images – 4 of them are sentiments. The stamp has coordinating dies and except for the small stamp images, you can die cut …
As I mentioned In yesterday’s post, Artistically Inked is my new favorite stamp. Today I’m sharing another card using a few more images from this set. Card Details The card base is a 4-1/4″ x 11″ Mint Macaron cardstock scored at 5-1/2″. The Misty Moonlight layer was cut at 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″ and white cardstock at 4″ x 5-1/4″. I stamped the Artistically Inked splotch …
In yesterday’s post, we took a look at the Give It A Whirl Dies. In today’s post we’re using them with the Artistically Inked and Nothing’s Better Than stamps. As I mentioned yesterday, you can use these dies with many of your stamps. The Nothing’s Better Than stamp is such a fun set to play with. There are so many ways to use it especially …
Today’s card combines some of the old with the new. We’ll take a look at the 2017 Sale-A-Bration Hey Chick stamp (old) and its coordinating dies (old-new) with the Give It A Whirl Dies (new). The Hey Chick set was a fun set to play with back in 2017 and with the coordinating dies it provides a whole new dimension. This 19 die set cuts …
Mothers deserve more than one day of celebration so let’s continue celebrating one more day. Today’s card features the brand new Basic Borders Dies and the catalog carry over Prized Peony and Forever Fern stamp sets. First, let’s talk about these new Basic Border Dies. I love dies with a stitch. This set comes with six different borders. You can create clouds, different border edges …
Here’s another Mother’s Day card using the Welcoming Windows and Dragonfly Garden stamp. In yesterday’s post, I mistakenly mentioned that the Mother’s Day greeting was from the Color & Contour set, but in fact, it’s from the Welcoming Windows set. Making Mother’s Day cards brings back memories of my mom who passed away four years ago and my mother-in-law who passed away last year. I …
Mother’s Day is around the corner and so I used the Color & Contour stamp that has a Mother’s Day greeting. You can make so many different card variations using this set and the coordinating Scalloped Contours Dies. You can see another card here using Color & Contour. In that card, I used Memento black for the outline of the flower in the middle and …
Today’s card is a simple card using only ink, paper and stamps. I used My Meadow stamp set along with a sentiment from the Waterfront stamp. You can see two cards using the Waterfront stamps here and here. My Meadow, Waterfront & Snow Front are 3 similar type sets which allow you to stamp different scenes. If you’re the type of stamper that likes to …
Hello Crafty Friends! There is only more week to get any retiring products that are on your wish list. Today we’ll look at two of the products that are retiring – the Dandelion Wishes and Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle. Today’s card is a quick and easy card that you can make in no time. Quick enough to make several for when you need them. …
Happy Tuesday! For today’s card we’ll focus on the Rooted In Nature stamp and the Birch Background stamp. Although this card has orange tones, it is not as orange looking in person, but somehow it looks like that in the picture. As much as I tried adjusting the lighting in my editing software, I had no luck changing it to show you the true colors …
It’s time for a sneak peak into one of the stamp sets and 2021-2023 In Colors from the upcoming 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. The stamp set is Color & Contour. As a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, we get to preview the new catalog and pre order some select products before it goes live. This is just one of the benefits SU offers to all demonstrators. Here’s the …
To A Wild Rose is a nice set with great sentiments and a pretty font. Did you know that both To A Wild Rose Stamp and Wild Rose Dies are on sale for a great price?! You can get the dies for 75% off and the stamp for 10% off which totals ONLY $32.10. Now that’s a great bargain which I would highly recommend! For …
Happy Tuesday! When I decided to post this card using the High Tide and Sailing Home stamps, I forgot that I had posted a similar card four years ago! Since they have some differences, allow me to share it with you. I made this card early on during the pandemic when my church was collecting cards to send to healthcare workers. I thought it was …
The Cute Fruit stamp is perfect for #simple stamping. All you need is the stamp, ink, paper and adhesive – no other tools to make this sweet friend card. This stamp set is perfect for the beginner or for the person who likes to make quick cards. If you haven’t seen this set in the catalog it’s because the set is in the Beginner’s Brochure. …