Ideas for Christmas Cards: Beauty of the Season

As you know, I’ve been posting a lot of ideas for Christmas cards and seasonal cards lately.   I know Christmas isn’t for a few months yet, but you’ll need some time if you want to create and send out some unique handmade cards for the holidays. Starting with the focal image from Beauty of the […]

Sympathy Card – Bloom With Hope

Unfortunately, I find myself in need of a sympathy card for one of my team members who recently lost her father.  Bloom With Hope is the perfect set when you need to create some condolence cards, yet works great for happy occasions, too.  I grabbed the elegant Typeset patterned papers to add some quick design […]

Flower Greeting Cards: Bloom With Hope

I love making flower greeting cards.  Who doesn’t love flowers?  And if you have allergies, you can enjoy these handmade card ideas without all the sneezing and watery eyes.  🙂 I designed this homemade birthday card for my good friend Kathy, whose birthday is today.  I hope she likes it!  Happy birthday, Kathy! Playing with […]

Stampin’ Up! Card Ideas: Flower Patch

This simple handmade card was put together quickly using Flower Patch, one of the new photopolymer stamp sets in the new Stampin’ Up! catalog.  At just $25.95 for this huge set of 19 clear stamps, it’s quite a bargain.  And when you bundle it with the coordinating Flower Flair Framelits Dies (which I used to […]

12 Blendabilities Techniques Tutorial

Unleash your inner artist! It’s time to discover the vibrant colors and beautiful shading you can create with alcohol markers!  Explore the affordable and easy-to-coordinate color sets of the new Stampin’ Up! Blendabilities alcohol markers in my new 12 Blendabilities Techniques Tutorial. 12 Blendabilties Techniques If you’re like many of my customers, you’ve been curious […]

Product Review: Blendabilities vs. Copic Marker Pens

Here’s something you may not know about me:   I am a Certified Intermediate Designer for Copic marker pens.   Once Stampin’ Up! releases their own alcohol markers, Blendabilities, I will be prohibited from talking about Copic markers, so I thought I’d do a review here for you now. For those of you who are die-hard Copic […]