Many of us are spending the holiday season without our usual family gatherings. I’ve been creating special cards for all the family and friends that I will not get to see in person. I also have a video tutorial to show you how to use digital images to create your cards. This will show you how to insert… Read More »
I was excited to see that the new SUO Challenge #159 was a Holiday Paper challenge. Here is my crack at the challenge: I was delighted that I could create any card that I wanted as long as I used Stampin’ Up!’s holiday papers. I can keep my card clean and simple that way. Some of the challenge… Read More »
The Ornamental Pine With The Paper Craft Crew Sketch! Yesterday, I shared a card, see it here, that I created with this week’s Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch. I didn’t love the way that card turned out, so I created the one I’m sharing today. I like this one! The card sketch is fabulous with lots of possibilities!… Read More »
Trends In Card Making: Colorful Side Strips and Rounded Corners! There are two trends in card making that I have to admit to being slow to embrace. Both are simple and both have grown on me! The first is to add a simple rounded corner or two to the bottom of the card. I used my Project Life… Read More »
Bright And Beautiful Foil Stars! Have you seen my videos showing some beautiful touches that you can add to your holiday crafting using Stampin’ Up!’s Foil Sheets? These are beautiful embossed, either dry embossed or heat embossed. It adds a simply stunning touch to cards and tags. You can’t help but say, “WOW!” The card features dry embossed… Read More »
Time To Start Getting Merry And Bright! You are no doubt in the midst of thinking about your Christmas cards. Here is one card that is quick and easy. It would be easy to mass produce. It uses 4 pieces of card stock and one piece of designer paper, one stamp set, two framelit sets and two ribbons.… 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 »
I love when I can take a stamp or a tool and use it in a new way. I like having my stamping tools working harder for me! Don’t you feel like you’re really getting your money’s worth? Today I used the Summer Silhouettes stamp set and created a Christmas card with it. I really love the results… 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 »
Today I found my inspiration in Paper Crafts Magazine. They released an edition about 75 creative card challenges! Well Paper Crafts Magazine…challenge accepted! I found it to be a very inspiring to browse through! I stopped subscribing to magazines years ago because I never had time to read them and they just became clutter. Now that my kids… Read More »
It is December 16! Do you still need to make your Christmas cards? Let me show you how I made all of mine, assembly line style, in less than 2 hours! Keep it simple! My inspiration card! I used Whisper White and Real Red Card Stock and ink, Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper (#126896), a Christmas… Read More »
How cute are these gift card holders? I just love them! I received the Top Note Bigz Die for free with a product order a couple of weeks ago and I ran amok playing with it today. So many possibilities! I have no self control! The two gift card holders above are both made with Not Quite Navy card… Read More »
I loved how fast this card was to make! It’s such a busy time of year that it’s difficult to squeeze that relaxing crafting time in. This card made that easy to do! Again, I’m using my scraps of left over paper. If I use all of my Christmas paper up on projects this year, I can most… Read More »