Have you tried making a one layered card lately? I have a fun technique that I like to use with silhouette type images. The Wild About Flowers is a great silhouette two step stamp that works well with the clear block technique. The clear block technique just involves inking up a clear block directly from the ink pad… Read More »
Create a fun, cheerful card using the new In Colors for 2016-2018. The inspiration for this card came from this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge. I found this sketch so inspiring! The real challenge was finding designer paper that I wanted to use!! Since the old catalog is retiring and the new one is coming out on… Read More »
Combining Elements For A WOW Card! Playing along with the Paper Craft Crew Sketch this week, I was trying to use some of the new In Colors and stamping supplies that I’ve gotten recently. This is one of those cards that I had to let sit overnight and look at the next day. You know how you make… 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 »
Create a Happy Halloween Card using our printable supply list! You will see a lot of the same elements in this card that I used in the Halloween Treat Bag from yesterday’s post that you can view here! I just can’t seem to resist using this fabulous Spider Web Doilies. In this project, they lend a fun touch. … Read More »
There are some days when you have more time to create and experiment than others. If you have one of those days and you want to play with coloring in images and scenes, then the Happy Scenes and the Hearth and Home framelits are for you! This may be my new favorite stamp set! I love that it… Read More »
Create A Card With A Tic Tac Toe Challenge! The best way to get over an inspiration slump is to find a card sketch challenge to participate in. This week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge is not a sketch challenge, but a Tic Tac Toe Challenge! I found this to be very inspirational! For my card, I chose to… Read More »
Need A Great Masculine Card Idea? Check out this tone-on-tone card using the Traveler stamp set and the Timeless Elegance designer paper! The designer paper really adds an elegance to this card allowing it to be a perfect choice for either gender! I also think the Sahara Sand and Very Vanilla colors add to the truly timeless quality… Read More »
Bohemian Chic! Creating a simple card from a card sketch using the new Bohemian product suite from Stampin’ Up! This is an especially colorful line of products that includes designer paper, washi tape, a stamp set and an embossing folder that all coordinate. The papers are bold patterns in strong colors. These are colors that I probably never… Read More »
Choose Happiness With Bright New Colors! I’m loving the combination of the Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush and Tip Top Taupe! I pulled out one of my favorite stamp sets called Choose Happiness and played with some of the new In Colors for this year. The card layout was inspired by this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge. When… Read More »
Looking For A New Creative Card Sketch To Try? Why not try this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge? I’ve been a Designer Team Member for several years and I just love the weekly challenge of starting with a card sketch that someone else made and using the materials I have on hand to make that sketch… Read More »
Sweet Dreams Baby Card! Have you ever created a card and loved the color scheme so much that you made a whole set of cards for different occasions just because you had the papers out? You just couldn’t resist making more cards because you loved the paper and color palette! That happened to me yesterday! That Sweet Dreams… Read More »
Create A Card With A Sketch + Free Shipping Is On! Don’t forget that there is FREE Shipping online at mystampingstore.com with no minimum orders through Friday, April 10! I love creating cards from sketches. As a Design Team Member for the Paper Craft Crew, I create a card from the new sketch each week. It really… Read More »
Make A Quick Card From Sale-A-Bration Freebies! As you know, Sale-A-Bration is Stampin’ Up!’s biggest sale of the year. It’s my favorite time of year to be a Stampin’ Up! customer because we get free stuff! For every $50 you spend online at mystampingstore.com, you get to select one free item from Stampin’ Up!’s Sale-A-Bration brochure! Plus…this year,… Read More »
Create A Great Card With Moon Lake! The Moon Lake stamp set has several stamps that you can use to create great masculine cards. Check out the card that I made with this week’s Paper Craft Crew card sketch! I have to say that every stamp set that Stampin’ Up! has released with a Thoreau quote has always… Read More »