Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Today’s card using the Weather Together stamp and Festive Embossing folder was created by using the sketch from the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. My Stampin’ Up! order was delivered on Friday so that meant time to play! The new Festive Embossing folder is a great one to have in your collection – it lives up to its name with its fun design. The Weather Together stamp …
Father’s Day is around the corner, so I thought I would feature some masculine cards starting with yesterday’s blog post. Although this is a birthday card, you can easily switch out the sentiment and make it a Father’s Day card. From Land to Sea is a great masculine stamp set. Did you know that the Stampin’ Up! catalog is a great place for inspiration? I …
Today’s card incorporates 10 stamp sets to create this birthday subway art type of card. This makes a great masculine or teen card – doesn’t it? Change the colors and make it a girly card. I started by first stamping the biggest greeting in the center and stamped all the other greetings and images around it. Check your stamp collection and make your own subway …
Here’s another card that was made last year and was in my “to be posted” folder. The card features three stamp sets that are on the retiring list – The Open Sea, For Your Country (Godspeed), and Chalk Lines (wavy lines). Here is another one with the Open Sea stamp I never posted. This stamp set makes great masculine cards as you can see from …
I’m playing along with Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge 442. This week I decided to play with several challenges to try to stretch myself more with sketches and different color combos. I’m having fun doing it and will continue as time allows. For today’s card I used the Going Places Designer Series Paper as my focus. The Happy Birthday is from the You’re So Lovely set. Thanks for …
Here’s a simple card with not too much stamping but a great card using the Sky is the Limit stamp set. This set is a FREE Sale-a-Bration stamp available for a limited time only and will be gone after February 15. It’s a nice set that has both images and greetings. It’s a perfect set for birthdays, graduation, for the men in your life, Valentine’s Day …
As we celebrate Veteran’s Day here in the United States, I would like to take this time to say thank you to all who have served and are serving and have sacrificed so much! I Salute You! I love the look of this Army color card with all the grunge. To make this card, I used the For Your Country and the Gorgeous Grunge stamp. I …
Let’s celebrate retirement with the Sheltering Tree, the Guy Greetings car, and the Gorgeous Grunge stamps to make this scene. I retired last month from my part time position as office administrator at my church after 18 years working in that capacity. It was good working there, but retirement is so much better!! Every night, I keep thinking I need to get ready for work …
I thought you might need a break from flowers, so let’s go with something that may eat them up! I know, I know . . .. not all dinosaurs eat plants . . .or that they eat flowers, but let’s just pretend. The No Bones About It stamp set is a great set. It comes with 4 dinosaur images and their skeletal bodies, along with …
Happy Father’s Day to all you fathers out there! For my cards today I used the Guy Greetings Stamp set and combined it with the Adventure Bound Designer Series Paper Stack from the retired Occasions Catalog for a very quick and easy card. For the card above, I stamped the hats with Tip Top Taupe (try saying that a few times!). This is one of …
Moon Lake stamp set and On Film Framelits are two favorites of mine. Unfortunately, they will soon be gone. This is a great card that can be used for any occasion – including Father’s Day. Click here, here and here to see more cards using the Moon Lake set and here and here to see cards with On Film Framelits. Here’s some news you’ll want to know …
The Timeless Talk stamp had the perfect sentiment image for the card I made for my pastor’s 50th birthday. I didn’t have a guitar image so I decided to try to make my own guitar that resembled his flaming red one. I used my Simply Scored Tool to score the fret and then went over the scored lines and decorative swirls with my Uniball White …
Today’s card is a clean and simple one that you can whip up in no time. I used The Open Sea stamp set for the images and the Blooming With Kindness for the sentiment. I love black and white cards – I think they look elegant. What do you think? If you would like to make this card, here are the measurements: Card base is …
I like cards that have an opening in the front to reveal an image stamped on the inside. For this card, I used the Moon Lake stamp (again!) and By the Seashore for the side panel. To make the opening on the front of the card, I used the Ovals Collection Framelits. I die cut a larger oval than the opening for the border around …
This image from the Moon Lake stamp set with the tree and canoe has such a calming affect, doesn’t it? I wish I was there right now instead of surrounded by snow and ice. I’m tired of this weather!! I want spring, flowers and warmth! Of course, with that comes gardening work outside which means less crafting . . . hmm. . . I’m torn. …
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 …
Here’s another sympathy card. Unfortunatley, I needed to make many of these this summer. I used the Lovely as A Tree stamp as the focal point. Once again, I used my good old companion, the Big Shot. I embossed the Very Vanilla card stock with the woodgrain embossing folder and used my Circles Collection Framelits to mount my tree. Perfect masculine card! Before I embossed …
Since Father’s Day is approaching, I thought I would share a quick and easy card. I used the shells from the By the Tide stamp set as my focal point popped with Dimensionals on the Lost Lagoon card stock. This color is becoming one of my favorites from the new In Colors. I’ll be posting the card I’m giving my husband on Sunday so make sure …
Captain America, XMen, Spiderman, Thor and all those kind of hero movies are some of my son’s favorites to watch (me, too!) so I decided to make him a Captain America card for his birthday. It’s a very simple card to make especially when using the Circle Collection Framelits. I used the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th circle (from largest to smallest). The star is …
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 …