In today’s post we continue creating with the Fourscore Decorative Masks using blending brushes and painter’s brush for a watercolor look.
On the Horizon, Thank You For All You’ve Done
The On the Horizon bundle is a nice bundle to have in your collection. Today’s card uses this bundle to create a retirement card.
My Favorite Things Come Together – Cottage Rose & Split Card
Create a card that will wow the recipient using some of my favorite dies, stamps and embellishments from the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog.
Plentiful Plants Thanks & Amazing Silhouettes
Make a simple and nice background using the Amazing Silhouettes stamp set. Add a few embellishments and you have a quick card.
Special Moments with Calming Camellia – With Sympathy
The Calming Camellia Sale-A-Bration stamp is a beauty. Read on to see how you take a stamped image and bring it to life with watercolor pencils.
It’s Birthday Time With Nuts & Bolts
The 2022 Sale-A-Bration
Another Valentine’s Day Card: I’m Nuts & Bolts About You
The combination of the Nuts & Bolts stamp set and the Butterflies & Flowers Layering Mask makes a great Valentine’s Day card.
Happy Birthday Flowing Flowers & On the Horizon
Have you seen the 2022 January – June catalog yet? There are some great products in there. Today’s card features the On the Horizon bundle. With minor adjustments, I cased (copy and share everything) this card from the catalog because I liked the simplicity of it. What is the difference between this card and the one on page 42 of the catalog? Read on below. …
Relax With In the Moment & Welcoming Woods
Happy New Year! Hope you had a wonderful time celebrating the holidays with those you love. Today’s card combines the old with the new. Stampin’ Up’s July – December Catalog ends today (January 3) and the January – June 2022 Catalog begins tomorrow. Sale-A-Bration also starts tomorrow which means for every $50 you spend you get to choose free items from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. You …
Joyful Life – A Little Something For A Great Person
Today’s card features a Christmas card using the Joyful Life stamp with the hedgehog being the focal point. In another post I used the bear to make a friendship card. Like I mentioned in the previous post, this is such a fun set to play with. If you’re a cutesy stamps person, you’ll like this set. Do you ever have a specific sketch in mind …
Your Friendship Feels Like Home & Sale-A-Bration Ending Soon
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 …
Another Artistically Inked Card – Sorry For Your Loss
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 …
Tasteful Touches & Timeless Tropical Memorable Birthday
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 …
Artistically Inked & Curvy Dies – Happy Birthday
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 …
Dandelion Wishes – Sending Well Wishes Your Way
Hello Crafty Friends! There is only more week to get any retiring products that are on your wish list. Today we’ll look at two of the products that are retiring – the Dandelion Wishes and Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle. Today’s card is a quick and easy card that you can make in no time. Quick enough to make several for when you need them. …
Rooted In Nature – You’re A Blessing In My Life
Happy Tuesday! For today’s card we’ll focus on the Rooted In Nature stamp and the Birch Background stamp. Although this card has orange tones, it is not as orange looking in person, but somehow it looks like that in the picture. As much as I tried adjusting the lighting in my editing software, I had no luck changing it to show you the true colors …
Basket of Blooms – Sweet Friendship Refreshes
The Basket of Blooms stamp is the focus of today’s card combined with the Prized Peony stamp for the sweet friendship greeting. Unlike yesterday’s quick card, this card is a bit more detailed. There’s some dry embossing, coloring, die cutting, and masking. The stamp includes 14 photopolymer images that consist of a clay pot, basket, vase, flowers and leaves. Although the stamp doesn’t have any …
Flower & Field DSP Approaching Perfection
Today is my husband’s birthday so in celebration of his special day, I’m focusing on birthday cards. Today’s card features the Flower & Field DSP and the Approaching Perfection stamp – they’re both free items from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. The Flower & Field DSP is so pretty and make great cards. These two products go so well together that the cards were quick and easy …
Just Saying Hello with Swirly Frames & Blooms
The Swirly Frames is a fun and versatile set that can be used in various ways. The sentiment, Just Saying Hello, from the Tasteful Touches fits perfectly in this frame. This card came together very quickly because it was mostly stamping. It’s a little different from the type of cards I make but I like it because it’s cheery. Card Details Card base – Magenta …
My Top 11 Picks of the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Catalog
The Occasions Catalog is filled with so many great stamps and Big Shot dies that it was hard choosing only 10 favorites. I picked 11, but added 6 more as honorable mention at the end. Here they are: 1. Birthday Blooms Stamp – love the flower, heart string and font of this stamp. p. 9; wood mount 140655 $27.00, clear mount 140658 $19.00 2. Birthday Bouquet Designer Series …