Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Here’s a card I made for my husband using The Open Sea stamp, and a couple of other retired stamps in my stash. I know he likes the sea and boats so I decided to make one with a nautical theme. I used the faux layer and masking technique. I also embossed the Off the Grid stamp on the Crumb Cake card stock layer with …
How would you feel if you got this Mosaic background card sending you get well wishes? Wouldn’t you want to get outside soon? The paper used here was the Sweet Sorbet Sale-A-Bration designer series paper sponged with Early Espresso ink to create this look. I would love to know what you think. Leave me a comment. There is still time to get free Sale-A-Bration products! Click here to …
Here in NJ skies are gray with all the snow we’re getting so this saying was perfect! There is snow everywhere and more to come. I’m ready for spring! On this card, I used a couple of Sale-A-Bration (SAB) products which you can get for free. Click here to find out how. Here are the 3 SAB items I used: Petal Parade stamp set (image on tag), See …
Isn’t this adorable? I’m using the new Just Sayin’ Stamp from the Occasions Catalog and See Ya Later Sale-A-Bration stamp which you can get for FREE starting on January 28! Love the word bubbles! I also used the Gorgeous Grunge Stamp set . . .you may have noticed that I use this set quite a bit – love it! Noticed how I used it …
Every once in a while, I will be ‘looking back’ at some retired Stampin’ Up! stamps I have and share with you how to combine the old with the new. Today’s stamp is Simple Pleasures. I stamped flowers from the new Petite Petals stamp set onto the Crisp Cantaloupe card stock and embossed it with the Honeycomb Embossing Folder for the background layer. I wrote the words …
Today is my beautiful daughter-in-law’s birthday! She’s such a blessing to our family! This is the card I made in celebration of her birthday using the Petals Parade Stamp from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. Speaking of Sale-A-Bration . . . it is right around the corner! Starting January 28 you can get the Petals Parade Stamp Set for FREE! How? For every $50 you spend, you …
The Occasions Catalog goes live on January 3! Here’s a sneak peak using the Happy Watercolor Stamp Set from the Occasions Catalog and the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder from the 2014 Sale-A-Bration Catalog (starts January 28). I was immediately drawn to this set – love the watercolor look without using water! Here’s the same card in another color. I didn’t have a Bermuda Bay ribbon so …
I’m so thankful for many things and one of them is my sweet daughter who celebrated her 26th birthday on Thanksgiving Day. Here’s the card I made for her – I love the colors . . . I wanted something feminine and soft so I added pearls, doily and used the painter’s tape technique. I’m pleased with the way this card turned out. What do …
My dad asked me to make him a card for his ’92’ year old cousin so I gladly started working on one and this is what I came up with. Doesn’t it feel great when someone likes your work and asks you to make a special card for them? I felt honored that my dad asked me – how sweet! I thought of the Hello, Doily Background …
Tomorrow is the last day to get your 25% off the selected stamps. Click here to see stamp list. This is a quick card to make using the Hello Lovely Stamp Set as the focal point. I decided to use Tempting Turquoise as one of the colors that I don’t use too often – not sure why because I like it whenever I use it. …
I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE making cards for others–and being able to create with paper and stamps! O what joy! Today is World Card Making Day and what better day to get your stamps out and create something lovely for someone special. I’m a little bit behind in the cards I need to send out so I plan to try to catch up today. Here’s the first one . . . I made this …
I’ve been wanting to make a View Master Card for a while but found them to be too much work until I found some simplified instructions that’s quick and easy. This is an interactive card using the Flower Shop stamp set – anyone would love to receive it. All the recipient needs to do is move the dial on the side of the card and see a message …
I know it’s officially the fall season, but I’m still in summer mode so let me share with you a summer theme card. First of all, I love the bold print of the Cherish the Moments stamp – (one of the stamps from the Baby Prints stamp set) – it makes such a great focal point. I stamped two of the images from By the Tide stamp set as a background …
One of my all-time favorite things to do is watch the sunset whenever I can. I just love them! So when my family and I vacationed in Hawaii last month, I made sure I didn’t miss it. Hawaiian sunsets are absolutely BEAUTIFUL! The picture above is one that my daughter took right from the balcony of our hotel room. The one below is one that I took …
In today’s card I used the Emerging Colors technique which is a variation of the embossing resist technique. See another variation in this post. Do you see the colors coming through the Besty’s Blossoms image? Can you guess which stamp I used for the colors that show through the blossom? Gorgeous Grunge – one of my favorites! It is so versatile!! So did you guess right? I also …
I love the way this card turned out using Gorgeous Grunge which has become one of my ‘turn to’ for great effects, Perfect Blend – a fun stamp set and my Stampin’ Daubers for the polka dot effect. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this year’s In Colors. Here I used Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana and Pistacio Pudding. I loved working with The Ruffled Stretch Trim – I used Glue …
I’ve heard many say that they have a hard time coming up with masculine cards. Images such as trees, cars, tools, etc. can be used, but did you know that giving your cards texture and using ‘manly’ colors also makes a great masculine card? Here’s a masculine card I made for my nephew who shares the same birth date as me. I was going to stamp a car from the Rev the Fun stamp …
I participated in a 3 x 3 card swap at convention and here’s the card I made. I absolutely LOVE the Wetlands Stamp set. Well I made it home, unpacked and put away all my goodies – now it’s time to rest a little and tomorrow it’s time to work a little and then play with my new sets a lot! IT’S ALMOST OVER . . . …
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 …
Hello friends! When I was preparing for my Black & White with a Touch of Color Card Class, I immediately thought of making a piano using the Word Window Punch and using the Music Note Wheel. Music has always been an integral part of my home being that both my daughter and I were music majors so this was definitely a must and a fun …