Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Hi There! Here are a couple of sympathy cards using the Bloom With Hope hostess stamp set. I sponged the one on the left with Wisteria Wonder and So Saffron inks and added rhinestones in the center of the flowers. The one on the right I sponged with Pear Pizzazz and Soft Sky and punched a small circle with Basic Black card stock and added …
Here’s a card we made recently at my Friendship Card Class. I combined the Kinda Eclectic, Choose Happiness and Hardwood stamp sets to create this card – 3 favorite sets of mine. This card has a Blushing Bride card stock for the base and then the Whisper White card stock is folded in half – a little different than the usual card base fold. I …
Hi Friends! Another quick project – this time let’s do some packaging. Have you seen the bags and boxes in the catalog? They make for some great gift packaging. I used the Chevron bags to wrap up the cards I posted yesterday as a gift for a recent workshop hostess. I used two new stamps – Kinda Eclectic for the butterflies and the hostess stamp, Let …
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 …
Here’s another card I made some time ago at my mom’s request for her friend. Just like yesterday’s card, I didn’t have a Spanish sentiment like this one so I printed one from my computer. I got the idea for this card from another Stampin’ Up! demonstrator but, unfortunately, can’t remember the name. This set is one of my favorite flower sets because you can use …
I wanted a ‘springy’ (my own word for spring-like) type of card and so I decided to use the Secret Garden stamp set and use the Secret Garden Framelits to cut them (better than scissors!) Since my mom was spending her birthday in the hospital, I thought she should have some bright colors to cheer her up. I started out with a center step card so I …
How do you like the colorful flower and butterfly? It was done using the Thumping Technique. All you need is a light colored ink pad and 2-3 markers. Ink up your solid stamp and tap each colored marker on the stamp and viola! instant beauty with multiple colors. Try your own color combination! Let me know which color combinations you tried by leaving me a comment. The Oh Happy …