Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Hello Crafty Friends! Today’s card features the adorable Joyful Life stamp set from the 2021 July – December mini catalog. It’s a simple set with no dies and some cute images. The stamp set comes with 5 images – a hedgehog, bear, pig, and 2 other images along with 4 sentiments. Coloring the images do not take much time so you easily whip up a …
Get your list ready because it’s time to shop for your favorite cling stamps! For 24 hours only today, October 20, you can get any of the cling mount stamps from the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog for 15% off. When you go to my online store, click on the tab Sales & Specials and you can see all the stamps on sale. Not sure what cling …
Today’s card features the Counting Sheep Sale-A-Bration set and the coordinating Sheep Dies. In yesterday’s post, I used Feels Like Home – another Sale-A-Bration stamp. We made this card at my last class. This set has 2 greetings, but since my class was a lighthearted humor card class, I decided not to use those greetings. The Counting Sheep stamp also has 3 sheep in different …
I haven’t posted in a while so before Sale-A-Bration ends on September 30, I thought I should share this card with you. I don’t want you to miss out on this stamp. The image is from the sweet Feels Like Home stamp set. If you love to color then you’ll like this set. Sale-A-Bration Before we get into the details of this card, let’s talk …
So many times when I sit down to create, I wind up with unused die cuts or punched pieces that I think I’m going to use but then my project takes a different turn. As a result, my piles of unused pieces have grown. I started out with a small basket that has now turned into several quart size bags. When I needed an element …
The focus of today’s card is on the Picture This Dies. It’s a new die from the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. The die is a stand alone die that does not have a coordinating stamp but can be used with different stamps. The Picture This dies comes with two dies that cuts windows on the card front. One cuts the stitched window circles as on my …
Happy Tuesday! Flowers are lovely, and so are plants. The Plentiful Plants stamp has a variety of plants to appease the plant lover. For those who find it challenging to make masculine cards, this set can meet that challenge. Although my card was not intended to be a masculine card, it can easily be changed since I used neutral colors. Simply remove the embellishments, change …
Today I’m sharing another card using the Artistically Inked stamp, but this time using the stamp with the Artistic Dies. You can see more cards here and here using Artistically Inked. To create this card, I used two more dies besides the Artistic dies. For the big scallop I used the Scallop Contours Dies and for the border scallop, the Penned Dies were used. I …
Today is the last day to get any retiring products from the 2021 January – June catalog before they’re gone for good or no longer offered as a bundle. Here are some of my favorite retiring products that I’ve shared with you in previous posts. Snailed It & Snail Dies This is such a fun set to play with – love the cute images. See …
Today’s card features two carry over stamps in the 2021- 2022 Annual Catalog – Tasteful Touches and Timeless Tropical and one new product – the Tailor Made Dies. I love how this card turned out. I used colors that I don’t normally use like Blackberry Bliss and Rich Razzleberry. We have 50 colors to choose from (not counting the basics – Very Vanilla, Basic White …
It’s high school graduation time and so using the Playful Alphabets for the stole and the cute Snailed It stamp set made this a fun card to make and another opportunity to use this stamp before it retires. I needed to make a graduation card for my niece so I decided to make the card resemble a graduation gown with her initials on the stole. …
Happy Wednesday! Today I’ll be sharing with you another card using the Friends Are Like Seashells set. Making a masculine or feminine card with this set is easy. All you need to do is change the colors and it gives it a whole different feel. Card Details For my masculine quick and easy card I used the following: Card base – thick white cardstock Seashell …
The What’s Cookin? stamp is a cute new set from the 2021 – 2022 Annual Catalog. I like the look of these images – kind of a watercolor, hand painted look and love the fonts. This cling mount Distinktive stamp has 13 images – 4 of them are sentiments. The stamp has coordinating dies and except for the small stamp images, you can die cut …
As I mentioned In yesterday’s post, Artistically Inked is my new favorite stamp. Today I’m sharing another card using a few more images from this set. Card Details The card base is a 4-1/4″ x 11″ Mint Macaron cardstock scored at 5-1/2″. The Misty Moonlight layer was cut at 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″ and white cardstock at 4″ x 5-1/4″. I stamped the Artistically Inked splotch …
In yesterday’s post, we took a look at the Give It A Whirl Dies. In today’s post we’re using them with the Artistically Inked and Nothing’s Better Than stamps. As I mentioned yesterday, you can use these dies with many of your stamps. The Nothing’s Better Than stamp is such a fun set to play with. There are so many ways to use it especially …
Today’s card combines some of the old with the new. We’ll take a look at the 2017 Sale-A-Bration Hey Chick stamp (old) and its coordinating dies (old-new) with the Give It A Whirl Dies (new). The Hey Chick set was a fun set to play with back in 2017 and with the coordinating dies it provides a whole new dimension. This 19 die set cuts …
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 …
Today’s card is a simple card using only ink, paper and stamps. I used My Meadow stamp set along with a sentiment from the Waterfront stamp. You can see two cards using the Waterfront stamps here and here. My Meadow, Waterfront & Snow Front are 3 similar type sets which allow you to stamp different scenes. If you’re the type of stamper that likes to …