Thank You Card Ideas
For some quick Thank You card ideas, all you need to do is go direct to paper… with your ink pads, that is! For this card making technique just take your ink pad and stamp it straight on or swipe it across your card stock in interesting ways, using one or more coordinating colors. Stamp […]
Friendship Card
Today’s friendship card features a couple of the retiring colors, Regal Rose and Not Quite Navy. Aren’t they lovely paired together? It’s a very classic color combination. If you like these colors you’ll want to be sure and stock up on card stock and ink refills for your Stampin’ Up! ink pads before they’re gone. […]
Create Your Own Background
Using a few Stampin’ Write Markers you can create your own background in a jiff! For this handmade thank you card I just pulled three markers from the same collection — in this case the Brights Stampin’ Write Markers Collection (119702) — to be sure they coordinated well with each other. That’s the beauty of […]
April Cardmaking Techniques Boutique
There’s only a couple more days to sign up for next quarter’s Card Making Techniques Boutique at the special early bird price… on Monday the prices go up. Here’s one of our projects for April. It features one of the gorgeous patterns from the This and That Epic Day Designer Paper collection. This new set […]
Butterfly Cards
Old nature book drawings were my inspiration for these butterfly cards. The large image of the Swallowtail stamp (wood-129213 / clear-129216) fills up the front of the card nicely. I stamped it in Early Espresso, and then I used the Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker (119680) to draw and write in all the “nature book” […]
How I Create Magic Like Harry Houdini!
Today marks the anniversary of the birth of Harry Houdini, the infamous master magician and escape artist. I thought we could commemorate his birthday by talking about how I create magic for my customers! People often see the examples of handmade cards I make as hard and complex, thinking they’re not creative enough to be […]
Rubber Stamping and Embossing
Here’s the last project for the March Cardmaking Techniques Boutique. Using rubber stamping and embossing in colors suitable even for a man… isn’t it awesome? Next month begins the second quarter of the Stamp4Joy Techniques Boutique. I didn’t realize how long it would take to make up the kits, so the price will be going […]
Upcoming Cardmaking Techniques
I thought I’d give you all a sneak peak closeup into one of the gorgeous techniques you’ll be learning in the March Cardmaking Techniques Boutique class. Bold and dramatic, your projects are sure to make a statement! Want the complete collection? There’s still time to purchase the entire first quarter of this amazing resource. The […]
Creating Baby Shower Invitations
Creating baby shower invitations couldn’t be easier! Ink up the “negative” space on an embossing folder to create an interesting design. Here I used the Argyle Folder. And they’ll delight in the feel of the texture of the embossing… they won’t be able to help themselves! (click on the image for a closer view) The […]
Cardmaking Techniques Boutique: February
Another Cardmaking Techniques Boutique has come and gone with another set of fabulous sample techniques! You can click on the picture at right for a larger image of what we made in this class. Those of you who ordered your class by mail, your packages will go out this week! The Techniques Boutique is a […]