Irresistibly Yours Resist Paper Technique Ideas! Have you ever played with resist techniques? These are techniques where part of your paper or image resists ink that you add to your project. Stampin’ Up! has a new Specialty Designer Paper that is a resist paper called Irresistibly Yours. This paper would make absolutely gorgeous wedding invitations or anniversary cards… Read More »
Stamp On Your Designer Paper + How To Use A 3 Step Stamp! I loved this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch! I also had some fun playing with stamping on the Typeset Specialty Designer Paper. This is fun newsprint paper that is thinner than other designer papers. The flower on this card uses the Butterfly Basics stamp… Read More »
Va Va Voom Valentine! Check out the new Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch and the card I made from it! It’s a little bit lacy and a little bit…well…busy. Yes! I actually took a very clean and simple card sketch and made a very detailed card from it. It started with the background paper and then the details… Read More »
Trendy Card With The Paper Craft Crew Sketch! This week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge was meant to be a bit more clean and simple than I made it! I pulled out two of my favorite stamp sets and it just took off from there! I’ve used the Kinda Eclectic stamp set along with the Ray of Sunshine… Read More »
Have you had enough Christmas crafting? I know that I have. I’m feeling decidedly uninspired to do any more than I’ve done already. I’m truly ready to break out the new Occasions Catalog and start playing with the goodies that I’ve pre-ordered from that and the Sale-A-Bration Brochure. I can’t wait to share them with you! I’ve decided… Read More »
The Ornamental Pine With The Paper Craft Crew Sketch! Yesterday, I shared a card, see it here, that I created with this week’s Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch. I didn’t love the way that card turned out, so I created the one I’m sharing today. I like this one! The card sketch is fabulous with lots of possibilities!… Read More »
I Liked This Card Until… You know how it goes. You make a card that you like, but you don’t quite love. So you add just one more touch. And you hate the card. Boy, do I have one of those to share with you today! Yep…I’m hanging the dirty laundry right out there for everyone to see!… Read More »
Making Your Spirits Be Bright Card Sketch! I always love when it’s time for me to create a card for the Paper Craft Crew. The sketches created by my friend Pam are fabulous. I think they just get better every week. I love how each person on the design team uses the sketch in such very different ways.… Read More »
Have You Played With Dazzling Diamonds Yet? Crafting for Christmas and winter provides the perfect opportunity to play with Dazzling Diamonds to add a WOW! touch to any project. Dazzling diamonds will add glitz to any project! This is a perfect way to add that snow kissed look to your winter scenes. Dazzling diamonds is… Read More »
Have You Tried A New Card Sketch Lately? The Paper Craft Crew has a great card sketch this week. This sketch really sparked my creativity! This is a single stamp set called “Bearing Gifts”. I really love this one. It gives you the chance to play with one of your coloring techniques. I used my Blendabilities on… Read More »
More fabulous fall colors! Can you get enough of these? I love the new Blackberry Bliss color that Stampin’ Up! added to the new In Colors for 2014-2016. Have you noticed that I’ve been trying to squeeze it into every card and project? It is a stunning color and a beautiful addition to our fall color line up. … Read More »
Autumn inspired seasonally scattered stamp set using the emboss resist sponging technique! This week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge inspired me to use one of the fabulous (and giant!) seasonal images from the Seasonally Scattered stamp set! For this card, I heat embossed the image with the new Crushed Curry Embossing Powder and then sponged on Mossy Meadow,… Read More »
Enjoy the new catalog goodies! I love when a box of Stampin’ Up! supplies arrives on my porch. Oh, the fun it holds! One of the new stamp sets that I ordered is called Num-Num. This set is designed to make tags for the tasty treats that you give to friends. I picture these working really well with… Read More »
Create a colorful birthday card with the Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper!!! This is beautiful paper full of happy colors and geometric shapes. This card was created with this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge for the week. Check out the sketch below! Product List (Click on the pictures to view more details or to order the supplies… Read More »
Let the sentiment do the talking, that’s what I say. The sentiment and a quick technique are the focal points of this card today. I know! That’s a lot of purple, right?! It’s one of my favorite colors, so I’m not sure you can have too much purple. I did give it a nice pop of contrasting color… Read More »