Four Ways To Use This Handmade Card

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Offhand, I can think of four ways to use this handmade card.  You could make it as a: birthday card thank you card get well card thinking of you card Can you think of any others? Of course, if you change out the card sentiment then you’ll have even more. This sweet card idea used […]

Masculine Birthday Card

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If you’re like me you’re always looking for masculine birthday card ideas.  This one works well, don’t you think? One of my card sketches was used as the template to come up with this handmade card design.   (You can see it below.)  The card features the Evergreen Border Punch and one of the paper patterns […]

Tulip Greeting Card

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Stamp the Stress Away:  Make a Tulip Greeting Card It has been a stressful few weeks, so I just had to make some “therapy” time.  I really miss it when I don’t have a chance to create.    I’ve been working on some projects for my upcoming March newsletter — you can sign up here […]

Use Your Paper Scraps More

If you’re like me, you need to use your paper scraps more.  I do keep most of my scraps — if it’s large enough to put a greeting on or mount a greeting on I definitely keep it.  If it’s a strip of designer paper or a strip of colored card stock I often will […]

New Weekly Deals on Holiday Catalog Items!

They’ve just announced the new Weekly Deals, and there’s some Holiday Catalog items in the mix! Maybe you were thinking about picking up the Festive Flower Builder Punch.  Well, now you can get it at a discount!  But these deals only last one week, so don’t dilly-dally! Watch the video below on how to use […]

Etch a Sketch Handmade Card Design

UPDATE:  This stamp set is retired, but you can find it on my Retired Rubber Stamps page. I wish I could take credit for this darling Etch a Sketch handmade card design, but I can’t as I borrowed it from others I’ve seen.  This particular one was inspired by fellow demo Linda Creech, I just […]

Create Funny Valentine Cards

Add a cute bow tie and create whimsical and funny Valentine cards. This super easy and adorable punch art bow was created using the new Bow Builder Punch and the Stacked With Love Designer Paper Stack, both found in the new Occasions Catalog. The two stamp images were stamped in Real Red and came from […]

Create a Birthday Card: The Wild West

I admit, when I came up with this week’s sketch challenge at i Love Card Sketches, I was a little worried that I wouldn’t be able to come up with a card I liked. Then I remembered a card I’d designed in my head a few months ago.  And believe it or not,  I managed […]

Homemade Thank You Cards and new Card Sketches Blog

Today marks the beginning of a new card sketches blog called i Love CARD SKETCHES, which I’m excited to design for.  Here’s my take on the first sketch, which really was a simple one to work with. It seems I  never have enough homemade thank you cards, so I used the sketch as a starting […]

Flower Birthday Cards: Flower Patch

The Flower Patch Bundle is a great starting point to create these flower birthday cards. Pulling a pattern from the All Abloom Designer Paper Stack, I used the Flower Fair Framelits and Petite Petals Punch to cut the different parts to shape the punchart flowers, and the Elegant Butterfly Punch and Beautiful Wings Embosslits to […]