Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Moon Lake is a great stamp for masculine cards. For this birthday card, I cut the Island Indigo card base at 5-1/2″ x 8″, scored it at 2-3/4″ and embossed the front of it. I placed the 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ Whisper White cardstock inside right on top of card base and embossed half of it to leave room for the inside sentiment. I used …
The Celebrate Today stamp set is a very festive stamp with balloons, streamers, banners – all you need to make a great birthday card. To save time on cutting – I would definitely recommend getting the matching Balloon framelits – it die cuts the balloons, banner, streamer and ribbon–after all, who wants to cut with scissors when you can save time with the framelits?! Check …
Here’s a clean and simple birthday card using the Gifts of Kindness and Chevron background stamp. I sponged only part of the background stamp with a sponge dauber for a softer look. Love the way it came out. OCCASIONS CATALOG AND SALE-A-BRATION BEGINS TODAY! CLICK HERE to see new catalog – just click on the catalog cover. For every $50 you purchase, get an exclusive …
Hope your Thanksgiving was great! I love having this long weekend, don’t you? This is the weekend I decorate my house for Christmas and it’s also the weekend I have two very special birthdays to celebrate – my daughter and my son-in-law – just 2 days apart. So in honor of them I’m taking a break from Fall and Christmas cards to wish them a …
What first attracted me to the You’re Wonderful Photopolymer Stamp set are the wavy banners surrounding the word, wonderful, and how you can personalize it different ways. Another way to use the set is to create a one layer card using the flowers as your background. If you have someone celebrating a birthday in the fall, aren’t these perfect colors? Want to try a different …
What can you do with this stamp set? Just about anything you like – it’s all Geometrical. It’s quick and easy and you can’t go wrong with it. Stamping Supplies: Stamps: Geometrical 133158 Wood, 133161 clear Card Stock: Pacific Point 111350, Whisper White 100730 Ink: Pacific Point 126951, Tempting Turquoise 126952 Accessories: Brights Candy Dots 130931, Stampin’ Dimensionals 104430 Here are this week’s deals: Click …
Here’s a card made with the Envelope Punch Board to create a file folder card. The larger banners were die cut with the banner framelits and and the smaller banners were punched with the banner punch (now on sale this week!) I used 5 different stamp sets to create this card and used the banner image from the Choose Happiness stamp set (now on sale until …
Time does fly by – doesn’t it? This summer has been a bit of a whirlwind, visiting different areas of the country and going to a music conference . . . all good, but having fun just means you need to catch up on some work. Then you throw in a little bit of not feeling well for a week with strong headaches and before …
I know it’s been several days since I’ve posted anything here – I got back from vacation last week and I’ve been trying to catch up on things. As soon as I got back home, I went to my studio to whip up 10 cards that I needed for this past week alone . . . 4 birthdays – for my mother-in-law, my 3 nieces; …
Today’s card incorporates the bubble wrap technique with a twist. I’ve done the bubble wrap technique before where you ink up the bubble wrap you get in your packages with any color you like and stamp onto the card stock–the result looks like this. Today’s next step, which I got the idea from Dawn Griffith, takes it to another level. It uses the emboss resist technique …
Today’s card is an interactive one using the Circle Card Thinlits and Timeless Talk stamp that I made back in May but hadn’t posted it yet. I wanted to make a card with a LP record for my dad who loves to play music. Some of you may be saying, what is that?! Okay let me explain . . . some time ago, way back in the …
The minute I saw the Bloom With Hope hostess stamp, I fell in love with it and knew I had to get it! This was the stamp that I preordered before the catalog went live – a perk that as a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator I get (and you can, too – find out here!) I love the 5 sentiments that go with it and the …
Here’s a cool technique you may not have heard of before – the Velveteen Technique. Stamp your base image with White Craft ink, then using medium and neutral color inks, stamp your image and as you do, you will see the white ink come through for a nice effect. In this card, I used the Flowering Flourishes stamp as my base, so if you look …
TODAY is the last day to order from the Occasions Catalog. If you haven’t yet ordered your favorites, you have until 11:50 tonight (Mountain Time). Some of my favorite stamps are going to be leaving us tomorrow like Peaceful Petals and Happy Watercolor that was used to create this card. Click here, here, and here to see more cards with these sets. For this card …
Here’s another card using the Hardwood Background stamp that I made for my sister who celebrated her birthday last week. I believe she really liked it! May is a popular month in my family with birthdays, anniversaries, and Mother’s Day – many cards to make! I stamped the card stock with Crumb Cake ink on a 5-1/2″ x 12″ Very Vanilla card stock and scored at …
The Hardwood Stamp is a must have in your stamp supplies. It makes a great background and even a fence. I stamped the inside edge using the vine from the Simply Sketched stamp set. I wanted the vine to be seen so I cut off about 1/2″ from the right side. For the leaves, I used the Little Leaves sizzlit die – retiring at the …
I’m ready for warm weather and these flowers from the Summer Silhouettes stamp remind me that it’s just around the corner – they make me happy. I stamped the butterfly on vellum, colored it on the back with markers and sponged the bottom of the card with Daffodil Delight ink. Here’s another card using the Papillon Potpourri and the Field Flowers stamp set that will …
This is a quick and easy masculine card using the Clockworks Stamp (retiring soon!) and the Hexagon Hive Thinlits. Just stamp randomly and then adhere the hexagon thinlit on top, sponge, and add a sentiment and you’re done! I needed to make this quick card while I was in my world of craziness a few weeks ago. Here are 2 cards that I made a …
Here’s a card I made for my husband using The Open Sea stamp, and a couple of other retired stamps in my stash. I know he likes the sea and boats so I decided to make one with a nautical theme. I used the faux layer and masking technique. I also embossed the Off the Grid stamp on the Crumb Cake card stock layer with …
Isn’t this adorable? I’m using the new Just Sayin’ Stamp from the Occasions Catalog and See Ya Later Sale-A-Bration stamp which you can get for FREE starting on January 28! Love the word bubbles! I also used the Gorgeous Grunge Stamp set . . .you may have noticed that I use this set quite a bit – love it! Noticed how I used it …