Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Here’s a card I made for my brother-in-law who was celebrating his birthday. My goal this year is to keep ahead and give cards to those who I need to on time, even the ones who celebrate birthdays in January – so close to Christmas! I think this is a great masculine card – don’t you think? Want to duplicate this card? Here are the stampin …
I’m continuing my thank you theme and in this card I’m using the stamp set Beyond Plaid and a sneak peak at one of the Sale-A-Bration stamps, Vintage Verses. Don’t you love it? This makes a great masculine card. I stamped the houndstooth image several times on the base and on Always Artichoke cardstock, distessed the edges and colored my sentiment with markers. Shop online 24/7 for …
Do you enjoy walking on the beach and collecting seashells? My family enjoys collecting seashells and unique rocks at the beach so when the By the Seashore stamp came out I got it so I can use it on my Cape Cod vacations scrapbook. Although I haven’t been able to sit down and scrap my beach vacations yet, here’s a card we made at my July Summer Fun Card class using …
All this week, I’ve shown you several cards for fathers. I hope you got some ideas from them. If you go today to the card shops, supermarkets, pharmacies and other places where you can get cards, you would probably see these sections filled with people trying to get the perfect Father’s Day card at the last minute. But why shop for a card when you can make your own and …
We continue with our Father’s Day card ideas… Here’s a clean and simple card for the suit and tie dad. I embossed the Riding Hood Red cardstock with the stripes embossing folder to add some texture to the card. I also embossed the ties with black embossing powder – it gives it a shiny and raised look. How are you doing with your Father’s Day …
Yesterday I mentioned that this week I am focusing on Father’s Day cards so here’s another idea for the man who loves fishing, sailing or just being out on the ocean. Stamping Supplies: Stamps: The Open Sea Sea #123030 (wood); #123032 (clear) Cardstock: Not Quite Navy #101722, Crumb Cake #120953, Riding Hood Red #111348, Whisper White #100730 Ink: Crumb Cake #121030, Not Quite Navy #103008, Sahara Sand …
On June 12, 1880 a perfect baseball game was pitched by Lee Richmond. Do you realize how rare a perfect game is?! You don’t get to see too many of those games!! In addition to the pitcher being superb, he must also have fantastic defense–it’s a team effort! I love baseball–whether it’s watching it on tv, going to the stadium to watch the Yankees (it helps to have a …