Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Today I’m continuing with my posts featuring cards for Father’s Day or masculine cards for any occasion you like. The stamp I used on this card is called By the Dock and uses the Dockside coordinating dies. I used only part of the dock so it would work with my card layout. The bottom part of the card was stamped and die cut twice, then …
Sailing Home is a great stamp for the nautical enthusiast. It has some great images including a lighthouse which caught my attention right away. Because I love lighthouses and visiting them, I knew it was a must have for me. The Sailing Home set, just like A Good Man from yesterday’s post, is also a carry over from last year’s catalog. It coordinates with the …
Hello Crafty Friends! Father’s Day is right around the corner, being celebrated this year on June 21, so for the next couple of days, I’m going to focus on some cards for men. Today I’ll be sharing 3 cards featuring the stamp set – A Good Man. This is an excellent set for those men in your life. I find two of the images from the …
Hello Crafty Friend! Today’s card features the Tasteful Touches stamp set found in the new 2020-2021 Annual Catalog. I made this card during a Mystery Stamping Challenge I held a few days ago. We had a lot of fun on our zoom meeting and it was great to see everyone’s card with the same design but all different stamps, papers and colors. One of the …
Welcome Back! Wouldn’t it be great if you could do something creative everyday and craft forever? Sounds great, doesn’t it? I absolutely love creating and learning new techniques. Today I have 2 cards with the Craft Forever stamp set. I thought I should post them now before it’s too late since this set is retiring. For the first card I stamped the spools of thread …
Hey There! Today’s card features the Happy Birthday to You Sale-A-Bration stamp. This was a quick and easy card to make using only stamps, ink and stampin’ blends – no die cutting. I love the birthday font in this set. After I stamped and colored, I decided I wanted the flowers to pop a little more so I cut the three flowers and popped them …
Hey there! Have you noticed the Little Ladybug stamp set on page 17 of the Sale-A-Bration Catalog? I think it’s adorable – the big flower, 4 ladybugs and the 7 sentiments. It’s a great set to color with any of your favorite mediums – stampin’ blends, watercolor pencils, blender pens, stampin’ write markers, or aqua painter. I chose my favorite coloring tool – the alcohol stampin’ …
It’s been a while since I’ve posted – to be exact my last post was on May 31, 2019. Time goes by so quickly! So why the absence? Life just happened. Busyness with trying to balance many different aspects of family, church, classes and life in general. Can you relate? I thought this was the perfect time to get back to blogging now that I …
Do you have a guitarist or music lover in your circle of friends and family? Then Country Livin’ is a great set to have in your collection. For this card, I used the Wood Texture paper – LOVE. THIS. PAPER. Due to its popularity, I believe it sold out. You can still create a card with wood by using the Pinewood Plank Embossing Folder or …
Welcome back! Today’s featured stamp set is Bike Ride and the Build a Bike Framelits Dies. I must admit I didn’t play around with this set as much as I would’ve liked to. Not because I didn’t want to, but because I needed to use other sets for specific projects and didn’t get a chance. But every time I pick this set to create with, …
Floral Phrases is a sweet set with a watercolor flower look. It’s perfect for wedding cards. When you combine it with the Detailed Floral Thinlits, it gives it a more elegant look. I used the Merry Merlot and Pear Pizzazz Stampin’ Write Markers to color the flower and then stamped it onto the cardstock. June is around the corner and wedding bells ring a lot …
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 …
Hi Crafty Friends . . . Did you know that Lovely as a Tree has been around since 2001? It is the oldest stamp set in our current catalog. Every year when a new catalog comes around we wonder if it’s retiring, yet it has been so popular that it made it through 18 years. Now that’s a long time! But, the time has come …
Hello Crafty Friends! I’m back wtih a few creations using the Jar of Love stamp set and Everyday Jars Framelits Dies. This set is on the retiring list so before it’s gone, I thought it would be best to share with you some of the samples I’ve made in one blog post. If you enjoy stamping mason jars and flowers as much as I do, …
I retired from my everyday job a couple of years ago, and imagined myself having lots of time to stamp and travel and do whatever I want to and when I want to but it seems I’m busier now than ever! I used to hear other retirees say the same thing but couldn’t believe it. How can that be? Doesn’t seem possible, but it is. …
Doesn’t this card with the flamingo and pineapple make you think summer? I don’t know about you, but I’m so ready for nice summer weather, although not the humidity! The images for this card are from the Pop of Paradise stamp. I stamped the leaves with Flirty Flamingo and pineapples with Wild Wasabi inks. The flamingo was colored with Flirty Flamingo & Black Stampin’ markers …
Spring is here and one of the first flowers you see are tulips. They’re so pretty. Although I don’t see anymore tulips around here, I thought I would stamp some and have them around a little longer. I love the look of flowers in a rustic crate so I created my own with the Wood Textures paper. I stamped the floral image from the Wood …
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 card I made a while back combining two retiring stamps – Butterfly Basics for the image and Rose Wonder for the sentiment. I used the Butterflies Thinlits to die cut both butterflies. I love everything about this card. I think it’s simple yet elegant. The Butterfly Basics stamp set is a great collage stamp which allows you to layer your images one on …
Today’s card is a slider card using the No Bones About It stamp. Now what 2 year old boy wouldn’t like to see a dinosaur sliding back and forth? I know my grandson did – this was his birthday card last year. Yep you read that right, last year. As I mentioned a few posts back, I’m a bit behind in my posting, but I …