I’m on the Maker Forte blog today to share a colorful sympathy card set using the Floating Gingkos stamp set. I have a stack of precut colorful card front panels that I have been collecting in my stash. Well…2022 is the year to use my stash! I selected 6 panels and heat embossed one of the gingkos images… Read More »
The new Make The Cards Challenge is a sketch challenge this week! I decided to use circular frames that I created with my STAX Circle die sets from MFT Stamps in light gray cardstock. I love these die sets and I use them all the time. I added some foliage dies using my Assorted Leaves die sets… Read More »
My last class for the Level 1 Altenew Educator Certification Program is called Seasonal Scene Building. I’ll be honest, I usually avoid creating scene cards since they are a bit more time consuming than a nice clean and simple card. I’ve purchased a few scene building stamp and die bundles and they tend to sit idle on my… Read More »
I’ve actually now taken two classes through Altenew Academy in die cutting techniques. I took their Die-Namic Die Cutting Techniques first and then took the Easy Die Cutting Techniques class as part of the AECP program that I’m doing. I made 3 cards to share with you today. I gave up on the first card because I added… Read More »
Sneak Peek At Thoughtful Branches Stamp Set I just got my Thoughtful Branches stamp set and framelit bundle. I’ve been working on making cards to keep in my desk at school. I always seem to need thank you cards, sympathy cards, baby cards and general congratulations cards. I try to make a set of 20 of each in… Read More »
Here is a quick tip to adhere an intricate die cut to your card for a clean and elegant look. Sadly, I needed another sympathy card today. I really wanted a clean and simple, yet elegant card. I chose to use the Rose Wonder Photopolymer Bundle for this card. Since this is an intricate thinlet die, my… Read More »
Every time I have to make a sympathy card, I realize that I only have one sympathy set. I have to say, I am heartily sick of that stamp set! I’ve made many beautiful cards with it; it has never failed me. I just needed something different. I have often made tone-on-tone cards when I need sympathy cards. … Read More »
Sending Condolences With Pretty Cards! I never quite know what to say to friends and colleagues that lose a loved one. While I may not have the right words, I do know that a pretty handmade card works for any occasion. I do want the people I care about to know that I’m thinking of them and nothing… Read More »
I was happy to see the Stampin’ Up! selection for the March Best of 25 Years Stamp Set. I love the stamps in the set. I especially love the silhouette of the sunflowers that they used. It was one of my favorite stamp sets called “Upsy Daisy” when it originally came out, so stamping with it again feels… Read More »
Since the day the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder arrived, I’ve been using it on every card I make!! I just love the texture that it gives a card. I think it lends a certain elegance as well. Needless to say, when I needed a sympathy card for a colleague, I just had to use it. Of course I… Read More »