Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
August has been a busy month for birthdays. Here’s one of several birthday cards I will be posting. This card features the Botanical Builder Framelits and the background was done with the Touches of Texture Stamp. As you know by know Touches of Texture has quickly become a favorite of mine – I absolutely LOVE IT! To add depth to the flowers, I sponged them. …
I recently got the Pop of Paradise stamp set and finally got around to inking it this week. It’s a fun summery set with flamingos, pineapples and some other fun images. Have you noticed that flamingos and pineapples have been popping up everywhere this summer . . . in home decor, outdoors, clothing, bed sheets, even wall paper? To be honest, I wasn’t aware that they were …
Today’s card is a quick and easy card. I combined 3 stamp sets to create the card – Endless Birthday Wishes (the cake and sentiment), Gorgeous Grunge (stripes & splatterings) and Touches of Texture (the small speckles). This makes a perfect masculine or teen card, doesn’t it? I colored the cake with a blender pen and to add dimension, I added 2 of the star metallic gold …
Today’s card is a 3-1/2″ x 5″ note card featuring the Jar of Love stamp set. It’s a nice card size to jot a short note. This card fits in a regular envelope or simply make your own with the envelope punch board which is what I did, but forgot to take a picture. I stamped the jar, sentiment and flower petals in memento black …
Today’s card is one that I made back in May but hadn’t posted yet, which is why you see the Burlap Stampin’ Up! used to carry, which is now retired. This card features the Grateful Bunch set – a cute set and one that has its own coordinating punch. Card Details The background of the card was stamped with VersaMark to create the tone on …
Today’s card features the Helping Me Grow stamp set along with the grunge from Timeless Texture. I am a flower person and I enjoy gardening so when there’s a stamp set with nice flowers, I know I will be getting it eventually. I try to have a variety of different flowers in my stamp collection and this set is one that I enjoy making cards with. …
Here’s another card using the Number of Years stamp and Large Numbers Framelits. For this card, I did not stamp the numbers, but instead die cut them from Rose Red cardstock and outlined it with Gold Wink of Stella to give it some sparkle. I used the Oval Framelits to create an opening so when the recipient opens the card the number can still be …
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 …
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 …
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’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 …
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 …
If you came back looking for my 2nd post earlier, I apologize for not posting. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I was unable to do so, but here it is now. Painter’s Palette is one of the stamp sets we were allowed to pre-order. I like the canvas and the font – so cool. You can even insert a picture of someone dear to you on …
Starting tomorrow (May 23), retiring stamps will be available while supplies last and all retiring products no longer available after May 31. Today’s card features the Everything Eleanor stamp which is on the retiring list. This is one of the cards that we made at my Monogrammed Note Card Set & Holder Class last month. All 6 cards and holder coordinated to make it a …
Father’s Day is around the corner, so I thought I would feature some masculine cards starting with yesterday’s blog post. Although this is a birthday card, you can easily switch out the sentiment and make it a Father’s Day card. From Land to Sea is a great masculine stamp set. Did you know that the Stampin’ Up! catalog is a great place for inspiration? I …