Summer Afternoon Hand Made Card Ideas
What could be better than a warm, sunny afternoon? This cute Hostess stamp set reminds me of days gone by when life wasn’t so hectic. Supplies: Stampin’ Up! Stamps: Summer Afternoon Hostess Set (w-126425/c-126427) Paper: Whisper White cut to 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 to form card base, Gumball Green cut to 5-1/4 x 4, Watercolor Paper […]
Create Beautiful Birthday Cards
You can create beautiful birthday cards without having a lot of consumable supplies on hand. Once you have the Big Shot you don’t need much more to create a birthday card they’ll love. This simple card uses 1/2 sheet of card stock, a scrap piece, a couple of stamps, a punch, some ribbon, and a […]
National Ice Cream Day Card Making Project
I am grateful for ice cream. 🙂 Mmmm. Today’s card making project is celebrating National Ice Cream Day! When I was growing up ice cream was my favorite treat, and it’s still one of my favorites. Back then we had basically three flavors: vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate. Or you could get Neopolitan, which had all […]
Thinking of You Card
I am grateful for my son. I made this thinking of you card to send to my son. I am grateful for all the joy he has brought to my life. I am grateful that he’s a strong, healthy, intelligent, and caring person. My son lives three hours away so I don’t get to see […]
Handmade Baby Card
I am grateful for my family and friends. A friend of mine recently had her first grandchild, an adorable baby girl. I made this sweet handmade baby card to send as congratulations, but it would work just as well when creating baby shower invitations or announcements. The purity of an all-white card (or mostly white) […]
Create a Birthday Card With Comfort Cafe
I used the embedded embossing technique to create a birthday card with the Comfort Cafe Designer Paper. For this technique you simply adhere the stamped or designer paper pieces to the front of your top piece and then run it through your Big Shot die cutting machine. The designer paper looks like it’s embedded into […]
Make Your Own Greeting Cards: Watercolor Stamping
Make your own greeting cards using watercolor stamping! My absolute favorite tools in my “stamp box” are my Watercolor Crayons and either a Blender Pen or an Aqua Painter. Both the Blender Pens and Aqua Painters can be used for other things, but I love them when it comes to watercoloring because an artist I’m […]
Mothers Day Card Ideas: Messages for Mom
To all you wonderful women out there, this Mothers Day card idea is for you. Happy Mother’s Day! I hope you have a wonderful, restful day and enjoy every minute of it… you deserve it! For this Mothers Day card I combined a stamp set that will be retiring May 31st along with some designer […]
Making Birthday Cards: Patio Party
A quick and easy idea for making birthday cards is the embedded embossing technique. Adhere some designer paper to your card front and then run it through the Big Shot Sizzix die cutting machine with a textured impressions embossing folder. It can make for a pretty impressive and dramatic look, but couldn’t be simpler. Here […]
Mocha Morning Designer Paper Petite Purse
Have I mentioned I love the Mocha Morning (122366) specialty designer paper and the Petite Purse Bigz L Die (125606)? I decided to combine the two and came up with this adorable dressy purse for a night on the town! Give it along with the card I showcased a couple of days ago, and the […]