Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Today’s clean and simple card was done for the CAS(E) this Sketch 167 challenge. I like clean and simple cards but usually don’t make them. I always feel the card needs something more, yet when I see other clean and simple cards, I love the simplicity and clean lines. So who knows, there may be more of these coming. I used the Kinda Eclectic stamp to …
I’m playing along with Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge 442. This week I decided to play with several challenges to try to stretch myself more with sketches and different color combos. I’m having fun doing it and will continue as time allows. For today’s card I used the Going Places Designer Series Paper as my focus. The Happy Birthday is from the You’re So Lovely set. Thanks for …
Today’s card features the Annual Catalog host stamp Best Thoughts. Hydrangeas is one of my favorite flowers and I just noticed some leaves on my plants the other day – can’t wait till they’re in full bloom. Meanwhile, I’ll create one on paper. I stamped the image with Basic Black ink and added color with my blender pen. I also applied some Clear Wink of Stella …
Hi There! Today’s card features a fun fold using the stamp set Apple of My Eye. If you missed this set in the catalog, it’s towards the end of the Occasions catalog on page 47. I love the vibrant colors on this card. I added Crystal Effects to the cherries and apple images to give it a shiny look. I cased this fun fold from Patty Bennett …
Today’s card features Garden in Bloom which is another favorite stamp set of mine. I needed an encouragement card and I thought this was the perfect sentiment . . . “Hope you’re feeling special because that’s just what you are”. I stamped off some of the flowers, embossed the flowers on the vellum paper with Gold Embossing Powder and tied 3 Burlap strands from the …
Here’s a card I made back in November but hadn’t posted yet. Today’s card features Summer Silhouettes. I like the frilly flowers which allows you to make some pretty cards. The good thing about stamping is that you can create your own color flowers even if they don’t exist in real life. That’s ok – that’s called being creative. Click here and here to see …
Here’s another What I Love card along with the image from Timeless Textures . Check out the one I posted earlier this month here. And here’s another one with the same layout but used the Watercolor Wash as a background along with Timeless Textures. Which one do you like best? Leave me a comment below. HERE ARE THREE THINGS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS OUT ON: Sale-A-Bration ends …
Today’s card features the Pedal Pusher stamp from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. Isn’t this a great sentiment for someone who needs encouragement? I colored the flowers with Stampin’ Write markers using Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie. I stamped and cut two baskets and popped one with a Stampin’ Dimensional to give it some depth. The background is Gorgeous Grunge (of course!) Wouldn’t this …
Happy Easter! What a special day this is! It’s a day where I celebrate Jesus’ resurrection and what that means in my life. Because of his death and resurrection, I have hope and life! I am eternally grateful to God for the unconditional love He has shown me. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes …
Today’s card features the stamp set Helping Me Grow from the Occasions Catalog. It has 2 big flower images, a couple of cute corner images and several sentiments along with the frame. Since I did not have the coordinating Rose Wonder Thinlits, I fuzzy cut around the frame and popped it with a Stampin’ Dimensional. I wanted to add an element of fun so I …
Spring is finally here although it doesn’t feel like it here and there’s a threat of some snow accumulation, nevertheless, it’s here and warm weather is just around the corner. I saw a Spring display at the mall the other day and that was the inspiration for this card. I couldn’t wait to make a card with a spring theme and chose to make flowers …
Today’s card features Flowering Fields, another one of my favorite sets from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. I love the flower colored with Tangerine Tango – not sure what the name of that flower is. If you know, please leave me a comment below. The flowers were stamped with Archival Basic Black ink then colored with Tangerine Tango, Pool Party, and So Saffron using my Blender pen. …
Here’s another card I made back in August but wasn’t posted. It was in my ready to post folder . . . just waiting to get posted–the time has now arrived. I made this card for one of my nieces who loves zebras. The only zebra I have in my stamp collection comes from the Zoo Babies stamp set. I wanted to give the card …
Today’s card features the Watercolor Wings Stamp set and the 6″x6″ Fluttering Embossing Folder. I like the way this card turned out–the colors (Bermuda Bay – one of my favorite colors), the embossed and die cut butterflies and the dots on the top which gives it a festive feel. After I embossed the butterflies, I sponged White Craft ink over it. The silver cord trim was …
Today’s card is a clean and simple sympathy card using the For All Things stamp set. I made this card back in May 2015 and hadn’t posted it – actually there are several I made last year that I haven’t posted so I’ll be posting those soon. For this card, I embossed half of the Whisper White cardstock so I could stamp my sentiment below …
Today’s 4″ x 4″ card was made with the Playful Pals Stamp set and the Pyramid Pals Thinlits. I have a confession to make that will probably shock you– I am not a dog lover (or any other animal for that matter). It’s not that I don’t like them, I just don’t have the time to take care of them and be tied down and I …
Have you seen the Skating By stamp in the Annual Catalog? It’s a great set for those boys in your family. It has a skate board, ipod, trophy and other images that boys (and girls) like to do. It also has some great greetings. Now that I have a little grandson in our family, it’ll come in handy in the near future. Hmm, I bought this …
The What I Love Sale-A-Bration stamp is so pretty. It’s called a 2-step stamp but actually it’s stamped 3 times. The flower images comes with a small arrow. Each time you stamp one of the flower images, place the arrow in the same direction and this will ensure that the placement of each of the flower parts will be exact, although with this flower if …
I love the Grateful Bunch stamp set, but one of the images I love the most is the border lace. I think it’s so dainty. This set is available as a bundle with the Blossom Punch. The punch reminds me of Boho Blossoms that we used to have a couple of years ago. This is a 3 x 3 card – it’s not mailable, but …
Today’s card features the Birthday Blooms set and Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper (DSP). One of the things that attracted me the most to this set was the font – it just seems like a cheerful one, doesn’t it? I colored the flower with a Blender Pen and put my scissors to work to cut the flower – a lot of twists and turns but well …