Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Here’s a card made with the Envelope Punch Board to create a file folder card. The larger banners were die cut with the banner framelits and and the smaller banners were punched with the banner punch (now on sale this week!) I used 5 different stamp sets to create this card and used the banner image from the Choose Happiness stamp set (now on sale until …
Today is World Card Making Day where crafters around the world create handmade cards. What are you doing today to celebrate this fun day? Here’s a card I would like to share with you using the Choose Happiness stamp set – one of my favorite stamp sets in the new catalog! The first thing that caught my attention was the sweet sentiment and the wood banner …
Here’s a card we made recently at my Friendship Card Class. I combined the Kinda Eclectic, Choose Happiness and Hardwood stamp sets to create this card – 3 favorite sets of mine. This card has a Blushing Bride card stock for the base and then the Whisper White card stock is folded in half – a little different than the usual card base fold. I …
I thought I would take a break from Christmas and make a birthday card for a special friend whose friendship I cherish. I started out with the Friendly Words Wheel and then used the Fabulous Florets which I recently purchased during Stampin’ Up!’s stamp sale (love sales!). I cut out the flowers and used Crystal Effects (love the shine!) and popped them with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I …
Hello Friends! Here’s a card I forgot to post last month that we did at my technique club. I taught them how to do the Retiform Technique using You Are Loved and Cherish Friendship stamp sets – 2 stamps that are retiring at the end of May. It’s a fun technique and you can make the panels in a different way. What you want to remember is that you need …
Here’s a card we made at one of my technique clubs using the masking and reverse masking technique. When I showed them the card we were going to make, at first they thought it was different layers of cardstock but it’s not! Doesn’t it look cool? I thought it combined well with the Tea Shoppe stamp set. Stamping Supplies: Stamps: From My Heart 126555 wood-mount, 126557 clear-mount; …
Having friends in your life is a blessing and I have been blessed! I have made many friends throughout the years–in school, church and even met some wonderful ladies that I would have never met if I wasn’t a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. How did I meet them? They found me through my website! But even among my special friends there’s always a friend that you’re closest to and can …