Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
I mentioned in this post what I made for my daughter who got married 11 days ago. One of them was a cookbook for her bridal shower composed of her favorite recipes from our home and her husband’s (I’m still trying to get used to saying that!) favorite recipes from his home. I wanted to make a cookbook in shape of a pot so I …
As I mentioned in this post, my daughter Melissa was married last Saturday. Today I want to share with you the seating chart and place cards I made. The picture below is how they were displayed at the reception venue. Place cards stamped with the flowers from the Just Believe stamp. Seating Chart Because the tables were named after flowers, I needed to make a chart for people to …
When I think of sympathy cards, I think of something soothing so I decided to go with one of my favorite stamp sets Just Believe and give the main flower a watercolor effect using the watercolor paper. All you need to do is color the image with your markers and spray mist your cardstock with water and stamp–instant watercolor effect. Sympathy cards is one of those types of cards …
The Patterned Occasions Sale-A-Bration stamp is a great stamp set to own because of the fun images it has. I love the jeans in this set along with the cute elephant in this post. When I first saw the jeans, I immediately thought of a friend card. Makes a great teen card – don’t you think? Did you notice the background? It’s not a stamp – it was done with rubberbands …
I needed to make a special card for a sweet and special elderly couple who used to attend my church before they moved away and who are going through a rough time with the husband on hospice and the wife dealing with cancer. I decided to use one of my favorite stamp sets, Just Believe for this card. I like the softness of the flowers. I colored the flower image …
When looking at a stamping project, do you ever wonder . . how was that done? There are many wonderful stamping techniques that you can apply to your stamping creations to step it up a notch. Wouldn’t it be nice to join a technique club and learn many cool stamping and paper crafting techniques? If you live in or near the Bergen County area in New Jersey, come and join …
Have you ever done the dahlia fold technique? My technique club met last week and I taught them how to make this fold. It takes a little time but the outcome is well worth it. We used the Floral District Designer Series Paper to make the dahlia and put a Summer Starfruit In Color Dahlia in the center or some put a Rich Razzleberry button in the middle which looked just …