Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Today’s card features the Window Sheets (Acetate) Smooch technique using the Inspiring Iris stamp and used the Sweet Ice Cream stamp for the greeting. I love the watercolor and alcohol look on cards so I try to use different methods to make them. Today I’ll share with you on how to create watercolor backgrounds. You need to know that each card you make will look …
Hello Crafters! Today we’ll take a look at the Butterfly Wishes stamp again and the Birch stamp. Some of the products used for this card are no longer available but since the Butterfly Wishes and Birch stamps are, I thought I would share it with you. The Seaside Spray cardstock and ink sold out. The pocket die is a retired product from last year, but …
Today’s project focus is on the Easter Bag I made for my grandchildren. The bags were mainly stamped with the Springtime Joy and Stacked Stone stamps. I have six grandchildren ranging in ages 6 months to 6 years – 5 boys and the youngest is a girl and it is so much fun to create things for them at this age. This year I decided …
Happy Easter! Today’s card features the Timeless Tulips stamp and Tulips Builder Punch. You know it’s springtime when you see tulips everywhere in an array of colors. The Timeless Tulips is a carryover to the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog and is a distinktive stamp. The set has seven greetings and 3 different size tulips along with leaves and stems, and it coordinates with the Tulips Builder …
It’s time for an Easter card and the Springtime Joy set is a such a cute set to make one with. I love the greeting on this card – the adorable lamb and this greeting is what caught my attention when I saw this set. The Springtime Joy stamp is found in the 2021 January – June catalog and has 10 cling stamps – 3 …
Today’s card features another card from my Giving Thanks Card Class. This time we have 4 retiring products in one card – Harvest Hellos, Buffalo Check, Country Home and the Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder. Instead of posting spring and summer cards, here I am posting Fall cards, but I want to share these cards with you since these products are retiring and won’t be …
Have you seen the retiring products yet? I have about 12 projects that I haven’t posted yet with retiring stamps so for the next week or two I will focus on the stamps that are retiring with some in between posts that feature non-retiring products. Today we’ll start with the Country Home stamp – a card we made at my Giving Thanks Card Class. Card …
I love many of the stamps in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog but I’ve come to the conclusion that Painted Poppies is my favorite stamp set since the first time I saw it in the 2020 January – June Catalog at a Stampin’ Up! conference. Whew! I was very happy to see that this set made it through another year! However, the Butterfly Wishes from which …
Treasures of Life is a great stamp for all the grandparents out there. Being a grandparent, I see joy and love in these sweet images. You don’t have to be a grandparent to use this set – it can be used for a parent or any other type of relative or close friend. I just spent a wonderful weekend taking care of 3 of my …
Since I have grandsons and we used to sing the Baby Shark song all the time, I had to get the Shark Frenzy stamp. One of my grandsons just turned 4 yesterday and I decided to make him a shaker card with this stamp. Since his favorite color is dark purple, I stamped purple sharks and the Artistry Blooms DSP was perfect for my background. …
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! To celebrate, I decided to combine the Quite Curvy & Game On Stamp sets to create this green Lucky Me card. Why are you lucky today? Because there’s FREE SHIPPING on all Stampin’ Up! products today only so you can spend more on supplies and less on shipping. This card came together very quickly with using just two dies and patterned …
This is my 2nd post today but I had to let you know about this great promotion Stampin’ Up! just released – FREE SHIPPING. Who doesn’t like FREE SHIPPING, right – I sure do! Are you needing to replenish a few crafting supplies? Have you been eyeing a certain stamp or other fun product? Is your wishlist long and you wish you could scratch some …
The Basket of Blooms stamp is the focus of today’s card combined with the Prized Peony stamp for the sweet friendship greeting. Unlike yesterday’s quick card, this card is a bit more detailed. There’s some dry embossing, coloring, die cutting, and masking. The stamp includes 14 photopolymer images that consist of a clay pot, basket, vase, flowers and leaves. Although the stamp doesn’t have any …
I’m back again with another card featuring the Snailed It Stamp bundle, this time using the mushroom image as the focus. This is my 3rd post with this set so I think it’s obvious that I like this stamp bundle. When I first saw this stamp set, what caught my attention was these whimsical mushrooms. I don’t know why, but I like to color mushrooms …
In yesterday’s post we featured the Beautiful Brushstrokes dies and today we’ll talk about the coordinating Brushed Blooms stamp. This set includes 13 cling stamps – 5 sentiments and 8 images. One of the things that drew me to this stamp, was this particular greeting. I think it can be used in many crafty ways that would add some humor to your projects. This is …
Hello Crafters! Today’s card is all about dies specifically Beautiful Brushstrokes. Beautiful Brushstrokes comes with 10 dies consisting of layered roses, leaves and a brushstroke piece that can be used as a backdrop like I did on this card. You can also use the die cut brushstrokes pieces individually to create another look. We’ll see this in another post. The dies are part of a …
Wow! The Friends Are Like Seashells suite is a such a great set! Since my husband loves to collect seashells, I knew this would be the perfect set to make his birthday card. The Friends Are Like Seashells is a photopolymer set with 23 stamps – 8 greetings and 15 images. It’s a two step stamp as well as a Distinktive stamp. You can read …
Let’s take a break from cards and talk about tools – specifically the Take Your Pick tool. Perhaps you’ve missed this tool in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog. It’s been around for a couple of years and it’s one of my favorite tools. You can find it on page 159. It’s a multi tool in one rubber barrel. It has putty on one end, a spatula …
Before winter comes to an end, I thought I would share a card with snow using the stamp Freezin’ Fun. Although this set was from the 2020 August – December catalog and is now retired, I hope you don’t mind me sharing it with you. You can use the same design for the stamps you have in your collection. Believe it or not, winter is …
The time has come to say goodbye to the Sale-A-Bration promotion for free products and extra goodies for joining my Stampin’ Up! team. Let’s look at some of the items that will no longer be available after tonight. The following products are available with a $50 purchase. Darling Donkeys & Oh So Ombre DSP The Darling Donkeys set is adorable and comes with 8 cling …