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 […]
Handmade Condolence Card
It seems I never have a handmade condolence card when I need one. I suppose I like to keep my stamping focused on happy thoughts… who doesn’t? However, many times your handmade cards can be converted to condolence cards just by changing the greeting. This card was inspired by one I saw on Stampin’ Connection, […]
Petite Purse Homemade Bridal Shower Favors
My sister and I made these adorable petite purse homemade bridal shower favors for my niece. Aren’t they cute? We cut out the purses using the Big Shot Sizzix machine (113439), and finished about 30 of them in less than four hours. And since we got two purses out of one 8-1/2 x 11 sheet […]