Today’s card features the Cute Shaped Animals digital stamp set from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez and the new Slimline Scalloped Frame from Sunny Studio Stamps. As soon as Patricia added this image to her online store, I knew that I had to make some cards with it. These are just the cutest critters! I LOVE the big… Read More »
Two challenges, a great card sketch, a video, and an easy background technique. That’s what I have for you today! I’m using this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch to complete my card today. You can see that there is a strip detail behind the rectangle panel and the focal image. There are numerous ways to add those stripes… Read More »
Do you find yourself drawn to a certain style of cards? Perhaps you love the distressed look or the shabby chic style. Maybe you prefer that ultra clean card with lots of layers, or are you more of a beautiful background technique person? I’ve always considered my style to be fairly eclectic. I do love a good distressed… Read More »
One of the questions that I’m getting asked a lot lately is what do I look for when I’m choosing stamp sets. With so many different types and different materials, how do you decide which ones to buy? Plus, there are now so many stamp companies that have similar things, how do you choose? My answer: It depends… Read More »
The video for today started out to be a quick card video to share a cute layout with this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. It ended up being a video about how I fixed a card that I wasn’t crazy about when I was finished! I have a cute card to share that I ended up really liking!… Read More »
You know that I’m really enjoying being on the Kinda Cute Design Team because I get to play with the fabulous images created by Patricia Alvarez who I think is amazing and very funny. I selected her Seagull Fishing image because it embodies my husbands days now that he is retired and it reminded me of a lot… Read More »
I have a two-for one for you today! I have this sweet little digital image from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez. This is the girl with flowers and balloons digi and she was just to sweet to only color once!! I just love the digital images that Patricia Alvarez creates. They are so sweet and often quirky… Read More »
Creating great backgrounds is one of the most fun parts of papercrafting. Whether you are creating cards or scrapbook layouts, you can use all kinds of mixed media materials to create a fabulous background! Creating the background on this card was as easy as using those 2 tiny stamps in the Birthday Faeries stamp set from 7 Kids… Read More »
I had a blast creating that sunset scene patio scene card last week using the August release stamps from 7 Kids Craft Store. I played with the Pizzeria Parlor and the Pizzeria Kids stamp sets and created that Pizzeria patio scene. Those sets are also perfect for creating birthday cards. They have a lot of birthday themed stamps… Read More »
I’m so excited to share the 7 Kids Craft Store August stamp release with you! It’s exciting to be a part of the very first YouTube Design Team which we are launching with a YouTube Video Hop! I will link all the design team videos below!! You have a chance to win a $20 gift card as well… Read More »
My husband is more than just an avid fisherman. He writes books about it, gives talks about it and makes videos about it. I felt that required that I select at least one digital stamp that involved fish in some way! I selected the Fish Set from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez. I used my Copics to color… Read More »
We finally got our power back about an hour ago! We got walloped by that tropical storm that came through Long Island. On the East End, we actually had a tornado warning! The storm had severe thunderstorms on the south shore of the island and we live on the north shore directly across the bay from that. The… Read More »
I think you can only create quirkly cards with Stamping Bella Stamps! I recently discovered this stamp company and I’m loving the humor in their stamps and sentiments. The stamp set that I used is from the Oddball Collection! Gotta love it! For my layout, I’m using this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge which you will find… Read More »
Today’s card is a quick and easy card with a Picnic Theme and I used this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge to create my layout. I’ve also used Catherine Pooler’s brand new A Tisket, A Tasket 6 x 6″ patterned paper along with a stamp set from Woodware Craft Collection called Beetle Flower. This is my very first… Read More »
Digital stamps are quickly becoming one of my favorite new creative tools. I know that I’ve said this before, but they are so easy to store! Although, I must confess that I do print out several copies at a time so I have a file folder full of images I can just pull out and color. I also… Read More »