Create Your Own Photo Card; DIY Christmas Shaker Cards
If you want to create your own photo card why not try some DIY Christmas Shaker cards? The Still Scenes Stamp Set and the Snow Globe Scenes Dies are perfect for creating your snow globe holiday cards. With Stampin’ Up!’s shaker card supplies it’s really quite easy to come up with your own Christmas shaker […]
A Christmas Card; Homemade Christmas Card Ideas for Kids

Aren’t these whimsical gnomes just delightful? I stamped them on Whisper White Card Stock and then fussy cut them out with my Paper Snips. They are invaluable for cutting out detailed images like this. I knew I wanted to use a couple patterns from the Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper collection, so I grabbed coordinating […]
Sympathy Card Examples; Things to Say in a Sympathy Card
If you’re looking for some sympathy card examples to make, here’s a beautiful one using Sailing Home and foil paper. I started with a Misty Moonlight card base to coordinate with the designer paper. This particular pattern came from the World of Good Specialty Designer Series Paper collection. I love the subtle metallic element in […]
Handmade Holiday Card Ideas; Homemade Xmas Card Ideas
I’m a little behind in coming up with my handmade holiday card ideas. How about you? It’s not too late, though. If you have a lot of cards to make you can come up with a fairly simple Christmas card design that’s still beautiful. This cute holiday card idea was made with products from the […]
Handmade Masculine Cards; DIY Simple Greeting Cards
Your handmade masculine cards don’t have to be dull and mundane. You can add some metallic shine for a little bit of bling without making them too frilly. The World of Good Specialty Designer Paper is perfect to achieve that understated, sophisticated look. The world and stand were cut out using the World Map Dies. […]
Halloween Themed Card Ideas; Happy Halloween!
I love coming up with Halloween themed card ideas, but I’m not very inclined to buy specific Halloween themed stamp sets unless I can see other ways I can use them. That’s why I LOVE the Have a Hoot stamp set and bundle! With this adorable group of stamps you’ve got Halloween and Christmas covered […]
Manic Lockdown Challenge, Final Week 4
Today begins the fourth and final week of our Monday Manic Lockdown Challenge. The card we’re using as our starting point can be found on Page 44 of the January-June 2020 Mini Catalog. You can see it in the picture here. It’s the project shown on the left. What is the Manic Monday Lockdown Challenge? I’ll give […]
Snowflake Christmas Card for Christmas Card Sunday
I thought I’d make a snowflake Christmas card for today’s Christmas Card Sunday project. If you have a Big Shot or another die-cutting machine this card is so easy to do! I grabbed a couple of retired products to create this holiday card the Snowflake Sentiments stamp set and the Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits. You’ll find […]
Handmade Condolence Card; Homemade Sympathy Card
I find myself in need of another handmade condolence card. For simplicity I decided to start with a card layout from one of the January to June 2020 Mini Catalog project samples. You may not realize this, but the Stampin’ Up! catalogs are so much more than just catalogs to purchase rubber stamping products from. […]
Make a Sympathy Card; Black and White Sympathy Cards
Unfortunately, I had to make a sympathy card recently. It’s never a fun thing to do, but I always want to make something beautiful for the recipient. NOTE: Most of these items are retired, but you can find many of them gently used and at a substantial discount on my Retired Rubber Stamps page. For […]