Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Mothers deserve more than one day of celebration so let’s continue celebrating one more day. Today’s card features the brand new Basic Borders Dies and the catalog carry over Prized Peony and Forever Fern stamp sets. First, let’s talk about these new Basic Border Dies. I love dies with a stitch. This set comes with six different borders. You can create clouds, different border edges …
Here’s another Mother’s Day card using the Welcoming Windows and Dragonfly Garden stamp. In yesterday’s post, I mistakenly mentioned that the Mother’s Day greeting was from the Color & Contour set, but in fact, it’s from the Welcoming Windows set. Making Mother’s Day cards brings back memories of my mom who passed away four years ago and my mother-in-law who passed away last year. I …
Mother’s Day is around the corner and so I used the Color & Contour stamp that has a Mother’s Day greeting. You can make so many different card variations using this set and the coordinating Scalloped Contours Dies. You can see another card here using Color & Contour. In that card, I used Memento black for the outline of the flower in the middle and …
Hello Stampers! This week I’ll be sharing with you a few projects made with some retiring stamps, and along the way a few sneak peaks into the new catalog. For today’s project let’s take a look at the Best Birds stamp. This stamp set not only has birds and flowers but a variety of sentiments you’ll be sure to use – birthday, anniversary, wedding, thoughts …
I had a nice weekend celebrating Mother’s Day with family. We took my mother-in-law out for lunch on Saturday and yesterday celebrated with my kids and grandchildren. It was also a bit emotional and bittersweet not having my mom around. It’s been a year since she passed away and I still miss her a lot. She was a great mom and full of joy despite …
Here’s another Mother’s Day card using the Pleasant Poppies stamp set, which you can easily substitute the sentiment. Although this background stamp has been around and was on my wishlist, I purchased it only a couple of months ago. The sad thing is that it’s about to retire at the end of this month. You can use the Pleasant Poppies set as a background, part of …
Happy Mother’s Day! I know I’m a little late in the day with this but I didn’t want the day to go by without sending you wishes. I’ve been busy celebrating Mother’s Day with family, not just one day but 3 days – one with my mother in law, the other with my mom and today with my children and my adorable almost 3 month …
I love the On Film Framelits – they’re so much fun. You can use them to focus on an image or simply put a favorite picture of yours. I colored the flowers from the Peaceful Petals Stamp Set with my blender pens. The top flower is one of my favorites from this set found in the Occasions catalog (good through June 1). And what can I say …
I always like to make an extra special card for Mother’s Day so I chose to make this accordion card for my mom and mother-in-law. My dear mom has been through a lot physically – she’s been in the hospital / rehab more than at home the past couple of years. She is the strongest person I know and I admire her. Despite all her ailments …
Here’s my last Mother’s Day card. I made this one for my sisters. You’re probably wondering why I didn’t post these last week . . . that’s because one of my sisters visits my blog and she would see it ahead of time! Don’t need a Mother’s Day sentiment? Change it to make it any occasion. Did you notice it’s the Field Flowers Stamp set again …
I love the Field Flowers Stamp set because of its beauty and because it’s so versatile. Here’s a card I made for a special friend. I could have just stamped the flowers but I wanted to step up a simple design to create a wow factor. So how can you do that? By adding dimension to your card. I added a 3-D flower using the 1-3/4″ Scallop Circle …
As promised, here’s the card I’ll be giving my mom on Mother’s Day. Because she’s still in the hospital, I wanted something cheery with bright colors. I colored my flower trim with daubers, sponged the edges of my doily and the Floral Designer Series Paper. I also sponged my Whisper White Baker’s Twine with Tempting Turquoise ink. Are you making your own card for Mother’s Day? What do you think …
Here’s a Mother’s Day card we made at my Celebrating Special Times Card Class last week that was inspired by Connie Collins’ birthday card. I brayered the Pink Pirouette Lacy Brocade embossed card with Whisper White Craft Ink and sponged the flowers and sentiment with Chocolate Chip ink. I used a lot of my favorites on this card – the 5/8″ Flower Trim, the Crochet Trim, the Very Vintage …
Mother’s Day is around the corner! Have you started creating your card? Need a jump start with something special to write inside? To help you, I’ve come up with a list of Stampin’ Up! stamp sayings you could use. So here they are: Wonderful Mother 126505 wood-mount 126507 clear-mount I love you not only for who you are but for helping me become the person I am. To …
I wanted a ‘springy’ (my own word for spring-like) type of card and so I decided to use the Secret Garden stamp set and use the Secret Garden Framelits to cut them (better than scissors!) Since my mom was spending her birthday in the hospital, I thought she should have some bright colors to cheer her up. I started out with a center step card so I …
I am so blessed to still have my mom around to talk, laugh and play. Several times in the past few years I’ve come close to losing her due to illness, yet God has allowed her to continue on this earth. She is very kind, hospitable, generous and always there for you. I couldn’t have asked for a better mom! Here’s a card I made for her for …