Are you resisting clean and simple cards? Everyone seems to define an advanced card design as one with lots of layers and fancy techniques. We all like to show off our skills with a flashy techniques and the latest crafting tools. Sometimes, the hardest designs to create are the simplest ones! I found this to be true with… Read More »
This is a truly quick and easy card using Stampin’ Up!’s Love & Joy stamp from the Holiday Catalog. My challenge was to design a card using Whisper White, Gumball Green, Coastal Cabana and Real Red. This is honestly a very odd combination! I tried to use the Coastal Cabana in the subtlest way possible. My solution: Stampin’… Read More »
Attention Scrapbookers! The Morning Post Alphabet is 25% off for one more day only! Alphabet stamp sets are expensive. It’s nice to have at least one alphabet set to use to create backgrounds, labels or titles with. This is the perfect time to order an alphabet stamp set to use in your scrapbooks. Once you make the purchase,… Read More »
I played along with a new sketch challenge this week. I was almost too excited about all of the new things going on at Stampin’ Up! to actually stamp today! This 25% off sale on 25 stamp sets is amazing! When Stampin’ Up! celebrates an anniversary they really do it in a BIG way! Hasn’t it seemed like… Read More »
How many layers are too many layers to put on one card? I began wondering that as I was trying to participate in an Operation Write Home sketch challenge! Wow! The card sketch was very specific about layer measurements, which is kind of nice. It was like following a recipe with all the measurements and I got to… Read More »
It’s easy to create a quick and easy soft, subtle card. Stampin’ Up! has an entire section of the catalog devoted to sentiments and stamp sets that make beautiful tags and gift cards. The Tea Party stamp set is new this year and has a wonderfully vintage look. The oval shapes coordinate with the oval framelit set making… Read More »
Operation Write Home has a weekly sketch challenge and this week’s sketch is so fabulous, I couldn’t resist participating. The Gently Falling and Truly Grateful stamp sets just jumped off the shelf asking to be used for this sketch! This is another one of those classic, quick and simple card layouts. Imagine your favorite stamp set or designer… Read More »
The Starting With A Sketch Series Continues! I have to admit that I feel like I’ve needed a pair of roller skates strapped to my feet since mid-August when we started moving the kids back to college and then the school year started and suddenly, it’s mid-September! I finally had the time to sit down and stamp yesterday. … Read More »
My Halloween Sketch Challenge comes from my weekly Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge and one of those, “How will I ever use THAT stamp” challenge. By THAT stamp, I mean the giant image from the Toil and Trouble stamp set in the Holiday Catalog from Stampin’ Up! My Halloween Sketch Challenge design popped into my head as soon… Read More »
There is room for improvement here! I generally try to avoid making busy cards. After you make cards for a while, you definitely gravitate toward a style that is your own. My card today is not exactly my style. I think the buttons push it over the edge for me! I like the card with the exception of… Read More »
Featured Retiring Product Series: Pursuit of Happiness, Summer Solstice, Print Poetry Designer Series Paper, Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper There are days where you feel creativity flowing from your fingers and other days where you feel like you have to pull out the creativity with a winch and a chain! Then there are days like today where you… Read More »
Featured Retiring Products Series: All Dressed Up, Collage Curios, Soda Pop Tops, and Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Today I was thinking outside the box, or in this case, the card sketch! I started my card with this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge and put my own twist on it. I was trying to use a… Read More »
Featured Retiring Products: Comport Cafe Designer Series Paper, Pursuit of Happiness Stamp Set, Not Quite Navy Ribbon Designer Series Papers from Stampin’ Up! are my favorite patterned papers. They have different coordinating patterns printed on both sides of the papers. This opens the paper crafting possibilities. You can do some great folds when your paper is printed on… Read More »
I really enjoyed stamping the day away on Sunday! I created several cards and scrapbook pages. What a relaxing way to spend the day! I really love creating a card from a great sketch. I find it such a challenge to start with a layout and then selecting the papers, inks and stamps that you will make that… Read More »
Somehow this week, I lost a day! I’m not sure whether it’s due to the fact that I have a bad cold or that I worked Monday and then I’m off the rest of the week. Whatever it is, I just haven’t been connecting on all cylinders! I totally forgot that today’s post was supposed to be my… Read More »