I recently received a personalized stamp set from Altenew. They sent their customers a stamp set as a gift to celebrate their 4th Anniversary. I couldn’t resist playing with it and using it for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge! I love that they made a stamp just for me with my name on it!!! I feel… Read More »
I’m trying to sneak this card and blog post in before we lose electricity! We are in the middle of yet another Nor’easter here on eastern Long Island. We are getting a crazy amount of snow and wind. The lights have been flashing on and off all day so I thought that I better get this card made… Read More »
I’ve been playing around with a lot of watercoloring techniques this week. I decided to combine that with this week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge and the new Amazing You stamp and die set that you can get for FREE during Sale-A-Bration. There are a few fantastic selections of free products that you can select during Sale-A-Bration (SAB) and… Read More »
Card Making during the holiday season is somehow so soul quenching. I’m not sure why. It may be that we take time for ourselves and that quiet few minutes of creating refills our souls. I’m not sure. I just know that this is exactly what I needed to do today. I needed to let the world continue to… Read More »
The Smitten Mittens stamp set and coordinating die cut bundle is just too cute to resist! This is a timeless winter set that can be used until Spring promises to arrive! I designed this card using this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch. I’ve been playing around with a lot of embossing this holiday season. I can’t resist embossing… Read More »
I finally had a little time to stamp. I haven’t had a chance to design any cards for the past several Paper Craft Crew challenges and I decided I would just schedule in some time today! I found the box with my ink pads last week and got those unpacked. I still can’t find half of my card… Read More »
What Do Thoughtful Branches And Designer Series Paper Have In Common? They make beautiful cards!!! I can’t stop playing with this fantastic limited time offer Thoughtful Branches bundle. I feel like the variety of cards that you can make with this one set makes the sticker shock worth it! For this card, I actually used the thinlet set… 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 »
How About A Quick And Easy Kid Card? Check out this adorable card made with the Go Wild designer paper and the Zoo Babies stamp set! Isn’t this great designer paper? You can see that I’ve also placed the card on another paper in the series. They are fun graphic prints in black, white and tip top taupe! … 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 »
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 »
Va Va Voom Valentine! Check out the new Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch and the card I made from it! It’s a little bit lacy and a little bit…well…busy. Yes! I actually took a very clean and simple card sketch and made a very detailed card from it. It started with the background paper and then the details… Read More »
Trendy Card With The Paper Craft Crew Sketch! This week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge was meant to be a bit more clean and simple than I made it! I pulled out two of my favorite stamp sets and it just took off from there! I’ve used the Kinda Eclectic stamp set along with the Ray of Sunshine… Read More »