Happy Presidents Day!

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I whipped up this quick card in celebration of Presidents Day, but wouldn’t it make a great 4th of July card?  Or even simple BBQ invitations? Yes, I’m anxious for summer to get here!  🙂 The “swipes” of color came from the Work of Art stamp set which I stamped in Real Red, Whisper White […]

Stampin’ Up! Card Ideas: Holiday Home

Today’s Stampin’ Up! card ideas begins by combining Blendabilities Markers, alcohol, and Classic Ink Pads to create the sky, hills, and trees.  The home was stamped using Holiday Home and cut out with the Homemade Holiday Framelits Dies using the Big Shot.  You can actually pick them both up as a bundle and save 15%! […]

Adventure Bound Card

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Okay.  Not to toot my own horn, but seriously, how CUTE is this Adventure Bound card?!?  I just love how it came out. I had so much fun creating the look of an old worn and weathered wooden boat with paper punch art, complete with a vintage-looking porthole.  Wouldn’t this make a great graduation card, […]

Birthday Card for Friend

Today’s card is a birthday card for a friend.  She’s one of my oldest and dearest friends, and though we never see each other anymore due to distance I love our chats over the phone. 🙂 Using the Back to Black designer paper really helped bring this card together quickly. I adore all the patterns […]

Lovely as a Tree on the Water

Well, I dug out my brayer again to create this lovely on-the-water themed card.  The photo doesn’t do it justice, I think my lighting washed it out, as the colors are much more intense in person. The ink colors used with my brayer were Marina Mist, Island Indigo, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, and Basic Black. […]