Handmade Card Ideas for Christmas

Well, I suppose my Tiny Violins lament a few days ago was a bit premature, as today I received a couple more handmade cards.  🙂  So much fun! Who doesn’t love to receive beautiful cards in the mail?  Not me! The first of these handmade card ideas was made by my friend Toni.  It’s just […]

Tiny Violins

As many handmade cards as I make and hand out or mail out, it’s rare I receive a handmade card.  I know, tiny violins, right? My sister buys Stampin’ Up! products from me, and every time I receive a card from her I get all excited, thinking THIS will be the time I’ll get a […]

Stampin’ Up! Christmas Cards – i Love Card Sketches 07

I’ve been really cranking out the Stampin’ Up! Christmas cards.  What will I do once the holidays are over?  I’m sure I’ll come up with something. 🙂 The inspiration for today’s homemade Christmas card came from this week’s card sketch at i Love Card Sketches.  My son says the card looks like a Christmas present!  […]

Create Christmas Cards Quickly

You can create Christmas cards quickly with just a few simple Stampin’ Up! supplies. Here I used some colorful designer paper from the Nordic Noel Designer Paper Collection to do most of the heavy lifting with its bright & cheerful pattern. Did you know you can also pick up the Nordic Noel Designer Paper as […]

Ornamental Pine Christmas Card

In this Ornamental Pine Christmas card I used our Blendabilities to color over the white embossed branch and most of the pine needles. Using alcohol markers to color over embossing can eventually clog up the nibs of those more expensive alcohol markers and NOT something you’d want to do because you’d have to replace the […]

Stampin’ Up! Christmas Cards: All is Calm

Don’t forget about my Cyber Monday Discounts on tutorials! Stampin’ Up! Christmas cards are so easy to make because their stamp sets, accessories, designer papers, card stock, etc. coordinate beautifully. The All is Calm Designer Paper really does all the work on this tranquil holiday card.  See how all the patterned papers seamlessly work together?  […]

Homemade Christmas Card: Nordic Noel Meets Bright & Beatiful

In this homemade Christmas card Nordic Noel Designer Paper has been paired up with the Bright & Beautiful stamp set.  I used the Banner Punch to punch out the greeting, which you can pick up for a discount during the Online Extravaganza. And don’t forget about my Cyber Monday discounts on my card making tutorials […]

Cyber Monday Discounts on Card Making Tutorials

For a limited time I’m offering some spectacular Cyber Monday discounts on my card making tutorials! Limited Time Offer:  1-Year Subscription to Stamp4Joy Card Making Club! Get a 1-year subscription for the incredibly low price of only $64.  That’s over 10% off the current 6-month subscription price! International orders are welcome!  Paypal will do the […]

Homemade Christmas Card With Ornamental Pine

Today’s homemade Christmas card started with this week’s sketch from i Love Card Sketches and Ornamental Pine. I masked off part of the focal piece with some Post-It notes and then sponged the blue across the top to create the “landscape.”  I stamped the pine branch for the foreground and then attached stamped and cut […]

DIY Christmas Cards Using Holiday Home

We really are getting into the final stretch for our DIY Christmas cards if you’re planning on mailing them out.  I know I’d like to have all the cards I plan on mailing done by Thanksgiving.  But there’s still time, so don’t dismay!  After that I will still be making cards for local mailing or […]