Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Today we’ll take a break from the 2021 January-June catalog and focus on a stamp from the Annual Catalog – To A Wild Rose using the Blessed to Be Your Friend sentiment. I stamped the flowers with Rococco Rose and leaves with Pear Pizzazz. I used the dies for the flowers, leaves and label and popped the flowers with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Stamped an extra flower …
Snailed It is an adorable stamp set found on page 55 of the 2021 January – June Catalog. I think it’s a playful and feel good set and you can easily create a clean and simple card. Card Details This was a pretty easy card to make. Because the images are not too big, the coloring with Stampin’ Blends went pretty quick. This happens to …
Welcome back! Today’s card features the Dandy Wishes Dies and Swirly Frames. The Dandy Wishes Dies is part of the Dandy Garden Suite Collection and is also part of a bundle with the Garden Wishes stamp. In yesterday’s post I used the Dragonfly Garden stamp but today I’m focusing on dies. The coordinating stamp to the Dandy Wishes dies is nice, but what I like …
The Dragonfly Garden stamp is a new stamp from the 2021 January-June Catalog. Coneflowers and Gerbera daisies are two of my favorite flowers so any stamp that has a coneflower is on my list. The Dragonfly Garden stamp is part of the Dandy Garden Suite Collection on pages 25-27. It also coordinates with the Dragonflies Punch which you can get as a bundle. The details …
Today’s card features the Darling Donkeys from the Sale-A-Bration catalog and the Oh So Ombre Designer Series Paper. Before I get to the details of the card, did you notice my new blog look? Yep, after 8 years I thought it needed a fresh look. Feel free to look around. I’m still working on updating a few things, so stay tuned. What do you think …
Hello Stampers! Today’s card features the Butterfly Wishes stamp set along with a few new products from the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog. So what’s new from the Annual Catalog? My favorite patterned paper – In Good Taste, the Bumble Bee gingham ribbon, and the circle with the sentiment which is from the Tasteful Labels Dies. Here are the details for this card: The strip behind the …
How many triangles can you count on this card? Did you guess 10? Then you’re right! Each side has 5 triangles of various sizes – the 2 diagonal ones were stamped and the others were die cut. Today’s card features The Right Triangle and the Stitched Triangles dies – a new bundle in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog. When I started creating this card, I was …
Hello Stampers! Today’s card is showcasing two of my favorite products from the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog – The Prized Peony Bundle (stamp & dies) and the Stacked Stone Stamp. Before we talk about this beautiful flower die, let’s talk about the Stacked Stone background stamp. I love the real look of stacked stone, so when I saw this stamp, it went immediately on my wish …
Yes, another Painted Poppies card. I told you I’ve used this set quite a bit. Unlike yesterday’s card, which I colored the poppies with my Stampin’ Blends, on this card I stamped the grunge image over the poppies to give it color. We made this card back in March at one of my classes. It’s actually a one layer card. It looks like 2 layers, …
When I first saw the Painted Poppies stamp set in November 2019 at a Stampin’ Up! event where the 2020 January – June catalog was revealed, I immediately fell in love with it. Not only did I love this stamp but I also got it free at the event! During these events, we stamp and play with new products and this was one of them. …
Welcome back! In Part 3 of this series – we learned how to cut and score our cardstock and how to make 4 different card folds out of two 8-1/2″ x 11″ cardstock. We made 2 horizontal cards and 2 vertical cards. If you need a refresher, please see this post. Today, we are going to build on that card base. Some people have trouble …
Happy Monday! The Waterfront stamp is a very versatile stamp and you can make lots of different scenes. Today I’m focusing on the love sentiment and one of the smaller images in the set that may be overlooked. When I started making this card, my idea was to add a little subtle color to the tin tile embossing folder. Using a sponge dauber, I started …
Did you know you could combine various embossing folders on your card? That’s what I did on this card, yet it was totally unplanned, but that’s the best part of all! It started with an idea I had for a card using embossed strips of cardstock. I took a scrap cardstock that I had punched with a circle punch and embossed it with the Tasteful …
In Part 2 of this series, we went over the basic tools you need to get started with making cards. Part 3 we discussed how to cut and score your cardstock. Today I’ll show you how to stamp your images, but before I do that, let’s talk about stamps and a few things you need to know. Stamps: There are cling mount, photopolymer, and wood …
Happy Monday! Do you like subtle, brights, regals or neutral colors? Which would you say is your favorite? I would say I tend to lean towards subtles and bright colors – they make me happy. Today’s card is using subtle colors using the Inspiring Iris stamp. It’s a simple sweet card. Here are the details: The background was done with Stampin’ Blends (my favorite coloring …
Timeless Tropical is a cheery summer theme stamp with images of hibiscus and plumeria flowers, pineapple, palm trees and 5 various sentiments. I think the plumeria flower is so pretty. If you live in Hawaii or some other tropical paradise, lucky you! I love the Hawaiian leis made out of these beautiful flowers that symbolize charm, grace and beauty. I still have some work to …
Hi There! For today’s post, we’re going to focus on Game On, one of the new stamp sets from the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog. When you go through a new catalog, how do you go about deciding on what stamps to purchase? I usually try to get sets with images or sentiments that I don’t have in my collection. I definitely didn’t have anything with cards, …
Hello Stampers! Let’s take a look at today’s card using two new stamp sets from the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog. Today’s focus is on the Basket of Blooms and Stacked Stone in the background. Both these sets do not have sentiments so I used one from the Timeless Tulips set. When I first saw the Stacked Stone background stamp I loved it. I love the stone …
Today’s card features the By the Dock stamp but has a totally different look than in this post. It was a quick and easy card to make. I used the oars on the bottom of the card using tone on tone on each card (meaning I used the same color ink as the cardstock). For the top of the card, I stamped the water image with …
Hello Crafty Friend! Today’s card features the Tasteful Touches stamp set found in the new 2020-2021 Annual Catalog. I made this card during a Mystery Stamping Challenge I held a few days ago. We had a lot of fun on our zoom meeting and it was great to see everyone’s card with the same design but all different stamps, papers and colors. One of the …