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 […]

First Day You Can Order From Our Holiday Catalog!

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Today is the first day you can order from our Mini Holiday Catalog!  Pick up everything you’ll need to create those homemade Halloween cards, personalized Christmas cards, autumn and winter cards, New Year’s invitations, DIY fall birthday card ideas, etc.  PLUS, when your orders total $50 or more before s&h and tax you’ll be able […]

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 […]

Four Ways To Use This Handmade Card

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Offhand, I can think of four ways to use this handmade card.  You could make it as a: birthday card thank you card get well card thinking of you card Can you think of any others? Of course, if you change out the card sentiment then you’ll have even more. This sweet card idea used […]

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 […]

Make a Handmade Card

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Make a handmade card using the retiring Tulip Fields stamp set and Windmill Fields Dies. For this card design idea I stamped the tulip rows first and then cut it out using the largest framelit from Layering Circles Framelits.  Then I stamped and cut out the various pieces for the landscape from the Windmill Fields […]

Torn Effect Card Making Technique

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Today I decided to make a few cards using the torn effect card making technique.  I love the absolute simplicity of this dramatic and clever style. A portion of one of the New Horizons 6″ x 6″ Designer Paper landscapes was used for the revealed “scene.”  This paper collection is beautiful and has so many […]

Take Care Card

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This take care card is a good reminder you can send to your friends and loved ones for them to be good to themselves.  We all could use this advice from time to time, don’t you think? I decided on a soft, subtle color palette for this card project to keep the mood tranquil:  Petal […]

Hello There Handmade Card

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This Hello There handmade card design uses Perfectly Penciled designer paper, which is right up my alley… black and white designs that I love.  You’ve heard me say it before:  I think black-and-white cards can be quite striking and elegant!  You can also add just a pop of color to make it a wow!  However, just […]

How to Make Birthday Cards For Friends

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If you’re interested in learning how to make birthday cards for friends you could just duplicate this example. Grab a couple of coordinating paper patterns and cut them in different sizes.  I took a couple patterns from the Abigail Rose Designer Paper packet and attached them to the front of the card.  I wanted to […]