Throwback Thursday: Adventure Bound
Today’s Throwback Thursday we’re looking back at one of my favorite creative handmade cards. It turned out exactly as I had envisioned it — a porthole in an old wooden ship — and I was thrilled! And starting with The Open Sea and Hardwood, just about everything that I used to create this card is […]
Faux Wooden Sign Handmade Card Designs
On Saturday I began playing with the idea of creating some handmade card designs that are what I’m calling faux wooden sign cards or faux pallet sign cards. I posted one on My Facebook Page which you can check out. Here’s another one I made inspired by a wooden sign I found on Pinterest and which I […]
Appreciation Cards Using Going Global
Today I used Going Global and the coordinating Going Places Designer Paper collection. With this combination you can go beyond making appreciation cards, and they’re especially suitable for cards for men. I adore this suite of products! I punched out the compass with the 1-3/4″ Circle Punch, and stamped another compass and cut out just the […]
Homemade Christmas Card Sunday: Joyous Celebrations
Today’s homemade Christmas card begins with a beautiful paper pattern from a retired designer paper collection… sorry, I can’t remember the name of it. I cut it into three pieces of 1 3/4″ x 4 1/8″ each and mounted them onto the card front. The focal point is the “JOY” in the decorative oval frame, stamped in Night of […]
Thank You Card Ideas: Helping Me Grow
If you’re a fan of clean and simple thank you card ideas, this one’s for you! I recently saw a card on Pinterest that inspired me, so I replicated the card using some Stampin’ Up! ink pads and stamps. How did I do? The “blotches” were made using a couple of the images from Gorgeous […]
Homemade Wedding Cards With Rose Garden Thinlits
You can make some delicate and beautiful homemade wedding cards with the Rose Garden Thinlits Dies. Add the coordinating Rose Wonder stamp set and you’ve really got the makings of some gorgeous cards! I stamped the Wedding Wishes on vellum and then layered over Pink Pirouette card stock for a soft addition of color to the black and […]
Coming Soon: Stampin’ Up! Retired List
The Stampin’ Up! retired list will be out in less than two weeks, and it’s got me thinking about what I hope I won’t see on that list. How about you? It always amazes me how Stampin’ Up! keeps coming up with beautiful new stamp sets, but it seems that every year I worry about […]
Handmade New Baby Cards
I don’t know about your family, but I’m starting to need handmade new baby cards again. This is mostly made up of blocks of color, with a duck cut out of the circle using the Baby’s First Framelits Dies, a set of diecuts perfect for baby scrapbook layouts and baby cards! I pulled the words from […]
DIY Christmas Card Sunday: Wonderland
It’s time for DIY Christmas Card Sunday again, and today I’m featuring one of the popular Stampin’ Up! retired stamps from last year, Wonderland. I love this stamp set, so you won’t find it on my Retired Rubber Stamps page. 🙂 At least, not yet. I’m not sure I want to part with it because it […]
Handmade Anniversary Cards: Feel Goods
My friend and business coach and his wife are celebrating their anniversary this month, so I thought it was time to start coming up with ideas for handmade anniversary cards. I love the Timeless Elegance Designer Paper because it’s, well, elegant! The patterns in this collection are perfect to make your own wedding cards or for […]