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 […]

Make a Simple Black and White Christmas Card

I wanted to make a simple black and white Christmas card for the first Christmas Card Sunday project of the year. And this card takes less than 30 cents of card stock, so you can make quite a few in no time and for very little money! To create the textured second layer I used […]

DIY Card Ideas for Birthday; Bday Card Making Ideas

You’ll come up with so many DIY card making ideas for birthday cards with the adorable stamp set The Gang’s All Meer. You can get it FOR FREE by placing an order of at least $50 between now and the end of March. Who doesn’t love free stamp sets?!? There is no limit to how […]

Thank You Card for Your Boss; Floral Thank You Card

Do you need a thank you card for your boss? Maybe you received a nice gift or even a bonus for the holidays and would like to express your appreciation. If your boss is a woman I think she’d love this handmade card. It’s made using a few products included in the new Peaceful Poppies […]

Masculine Thank You Card; Homemade Thank You Card

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When you need a masculine thank you card, you can never go wrong using a nature stamp set like Rooted in Nature. And if you’d like to be able to cut out many of the images quickly, pick it up along with the Nature’s Roots Dies. I used Shaded in Spruce and Early Espresso Stampin’ […]

DIY Christmas Card Ideas; Homemade Christmas Card Ideas

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While this darling set is retired, but you may still be able to find it on my Retired Rubber Stamps page. This the last of the DIY Christmas card ideas for the season. Of course you’ll see many more homemade Christmas card ideas here in the future, but this is the last one for 2019. […]