Letterpress Winter Snowflake Cards

Jane E., one of my team members, created these cute snowflake cards for our get-together last month using Letterpress Winter from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog.  A bold set of photopolymer stamps you can really make a statement with, it’s very affordable, too.  She added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter and rhinestones for some extra sparkle.  […]

Create Christmas Cards That Sparkle!

Create Christmas cards that sparkle and shine! This is one of the make & take projects we made at our team get-together last month.  Pretty, right?  Combining the Bright & Beautiful stamp set with the Stars Framelits and Silver Glimmer Paper, it’s simple yet beautiful.  The designer paper is from the Santa & Company collection. […]

Don’t Wait Until the Last Minute!

There’s just 4 hours left until we begin my 12 Weeks of Christmas, full of free project tutorials for holiday crafts.  This is exclusive for my newsletter subscribers, and you’re not going to get access if you don’t sign up now. You can join my mailing list by filling out the form below.     […]

Just 24 Hours Left!

There’s just 24 hours left to sign up for my newsletter and receive my 12 Weeks of Christmas, full of free craft tutorials for holiday craft ideas. Every Wednesday for the next 12 weeks you will receive a new project tutorial for things such as ideas for Christmas cards, handmade gift tags, bags, and boxes, […]

Are You Kidding Me?

I read somewhere recently that someone was recommending, as a way to eliminate clutter in your crafting area, to discard any paper scraps smaller than the size of a card front (basically 5-1/2 x 4-1/4).  Are you kidding me?  I save small pieces of scraps to use in future paper craft projects where you just […]

Gatefold Homemade Christmas Card

Isn’t this gate fold card beautiful? What a great idea as a way to send a family photo at the holidays. Last weekend we had a team get-together, swapping cards and stamping other projects.  This was one of the cards I received in the swap.  It was created by one of my team members, Donna […]

Christmas Card Making Ideas: Ginger Bread House

Why not include a little ginger bread house into your Christmas card making ideas? I’ve had this little ginger bread house stamped and embossed for a while now, and I finally got around to decorating it with my little “candy.” 😉 If you’re like me, you love the pearl jewels, but always seem to have […]

Make Your Own Digital Christmas Cards

Have you seen this month’s newest digital downloads?  There’s a slew of holiday downloads to make your own digital Christmas cards.   Send them electronically and save on postage, or mail them by printing them up yourself or using Stampin’ Up!’s print service. And check out the clever Halloween party favors, digital stamps and backgrounds for […]

Xmas Card Ideas

I’ve been sharing a number of Xmas card ideas here, which is helping me get my own cards done.  🙂  I still haven’t decided on which design I’m going to stick with, though, but maybe when it’s time I’ll have done enough Christmas cards to send out… they’ll just all be different!  Even when I […]

Wondrous Wreath Card Making Tutorials

The Wondrous Wreath Card Making Tutorials will show how you can easily stamp detailed two and three color images and die-cut them with just a few turns of the Big Shot handle! You know that Stampin’ Up! is famous for their coordinating stamp sets.  Now they’ve taken it one better – coordinating 2-Step stamp sets […]