Polaroid-Style Greeting Card

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I wanted to make a Polaroid-style greeting card with my Hippest Hippos stamps and Hippo Dies.   Are these not the cutest critters?  They were stamped and die cut from Gray Granite cardstock and colored in or shaded with some Stampin’ Blends.  Please Note:  This stamp set and dies are retired, but you can pick up […]

Get These Stamps Free!

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Get these stamps free when you spend $50 or more before s&h and tax during Sale-A-Bration! I love the open “sketch” look of the images in the Stylish Sketches stamp set.  And I think the script of the sentiment from Hand-Penned Petals pairs perfectly!  I used my Stampin’ Blends to color in the foliage and […]

Clean and Simple Card Making for Christmas

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Here’s a clean and simple card making idea for Christmas.  Unfortunately it uses the free Sale-A-Bration collection of Tree Lot Dies which has sold out.  Wow, they went fast!  I’m really not surprised, though, they are so versatile!  It’s a good reminder that if there’s a free Sale-A-Bration product you’re wanting to pick up, do […]

Handmade Birthday Card Using Hippest Hippos

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I made this handmade birthday card using Hippest Hippos for a friend’s birthday coming up soon.  This stamp set and the coordinating Hippo Dies are just too stinkin’ cute!  Please Note:  This stamp set and dies are retired, but you can pick up a gently used one on my Retired Rubber Stamps page. I pulled […]

Best Wishes Card

Best Wishes Card

I wanted to use the large die from the Cottage Flowers Dies to create this best wishes card.  I hadn’t played with it before, and I admit I was a bit stumped how to use it.  After a few trial and errors with various colors this is what I came up with.  What do you think? […]

Whimsical Christmas Card Ideas

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Sometimes you want to create some whimsical Christmas card ideas, but you don’t want to (or don’t have the time to) make it for everyone. It’s okay for us to create simple cards for our family and friends and also design a few fancy ones for those special people.   I’ll be sending these fun Christmas cards […]

Thank You Card Example

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Today’s thank you card example features the Cup of Tea Bundle.  It includes the Cup of Tea stamp set and the Tea Cup Dies, but when purchased in the bundle you’ll save 10%! I don’t know about you, but I can never have enough thank you cards on hand.  Here’s a white-on-white card I created […]

Christmas For Kids

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Design some enchanting holiday cards to send and create a special Christmas for kids.  You can quickly make these cute cards with the Storybook Gnomes Suite Collection… no coloring required!  I actually used the Gnome Dies to die cut the gnomes and mushroom house from one of the designer paper patterns included in the Storybook […]

Make a Birthday Greeting Card

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I wanted to make a birthday greeting card for a family member.  I wanted it to be a simple handmade card, but I didn’t want it to be too frilly.  This is a pretty cute I think. For the wine glasses and birthday sentiment I used the Brewed For You stamp set and the coordinating […]

Simple Birthday Card Design

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This simple birthday card design came together quickly using various products from the Abigail Rose Suite Collection. I first decided I was going to use the Abigail Rose Designer Paper, so I quickly checked the back of the package to see which colors were used.  Knowing the color palette going in frees up time trying […]