Tag Archives: card ideas

An Easter Card Challenge with Stampin’ Up!

There is nothing like a beautiful piece of patterned paper to inspire you in your handmade card creation.  Stampin’ Up! really has a hit with their Tea for Two Designer Series Paper.  Every side of every sheet is gorgeous! How pretty is this paper?  I feel like it just screams “Vintage Romance”! (#129311)  The Easter Blessings sentiment (#129183)… Read More »

3 Fun Card Ideas with Stampin’ Up!s Pretty Petites!

I love punches.  There is no question that I like to play around with them and find new ways to use them!  Punches, framelits and Big Shot Dies make card making so much easier.  No more fussy cutting with paper snips!  You can get fun shapes with a punch or framelit. The petite curly label punch (#129405) is… Read More »

5 Great Cards and 1 Fun Punch Trick with Stampin’ Up!s Patterned Occasions

Stampin’ Up!s biggest sale of the year, Sale-A-Bration comes to an end on March 22 and I just had to make one more set of cards with each of the stamp sets that I got for FREE from the Sale-A-Bration sale!  Today’s set is the Patterned Occasions Stamp Set. I’ve used this card set several times since the… Read More »

Why I LOVE Stampin’ Up! With Giant Graphic Flowers!

I found this weeks Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge to be an honest challenge!  I wanted to create a birthday card using Stampin’ Up!s Best of 25 Years January Stamp Set which is all about birthdays!  The sketch contained an oval.  It made me realize that I like using circles and rectangles in my cards more than ovals. … Read More »

Background Stamping Technique with Stampin’ Up!

I have been experimenting with background techniques for my rubber stamping projects.  For the past couple of weeks, I have been trying out  a technique using rubber bands on my clear blocks.  This gives you a really fun and fabulous background image for your card! Isn’t this card an eye-popper?!  I think it’s that Melon Mambo!  Every time… Read More »