A Christmas Wish For You

Were you able to make my Facebook Stampin’ Up! Party!? We’ve been having a great time! Hopefully you’ll be able to make the next one.  I’m thinking January, but sign up for my newsletter and you’ll get  the announcement as soon as I decide. Today’s card features the Joyful Season stamp set.  I haven’t dabbled […]

Butterfly Basics Birthday Card for Sister

I can’t believe it, but I’m ahead of the game!  This is a birthday card for my sister, whose birthday is in December!  Of course, I may make others I like more between now and then, but I’m pretty happy with this one. Butterfly Basics is a beautiful, feminine set, and lends itself well to […]

More Wonderland Handmade Christmas Card Designs

Be sure and sign up for my Facebook Virtual Stampin’ Up! Party!   Well, I’m back to my favorite set from the Holiday Catalog… Wonderland!  Paired with the Winter Wonderland Specialty Designer Paper, you can’t go wrong! Make quick and beautiful handmade Christmas card designs in a snap!  I pulled the greeting from the Happy […]

Snow Place: Funny Christmas Cards

Snow Place is a great set for making whimsical and funny Christmas cards.  These characters are just too adorable! I started with the new card sketch at i Love Card Sketches and went from there.  Give the card design a try for yourself. This card reminds me a little of Laugh In. Does anyone remember that […]

Sheltering Tree: You Warm My Heart

This heartfelt card was inspired by the bold and dramatic colors out there this season.  Just lovely!  It features the Sheltering Tree stamp set and a few of the paper patterns from the Farmers Market Designer Designer Paper collection. Just a reminder, my 12 Weeks of Christmas is in full swing!  You’ve missed the first four weeks, […]

Snow Place Christmas Project Ideas

I love using the stamp set Snow Place for some of my Christmas project ideas.  It’s just darling and whimsical, and it deserves some bright and cheery colors! Real Red was used as the main color, but the color of the blue snowflakes I pulled from the diagonal striped pattern found in the Home for […]

Handmade Sympathy Card

Unfortunately, I find myself in need of a handmade sympathy card. For this one I decided to modify a card I found on Pinterest made by Lisa Young using Sheltering Tree.  It’s simple and clean and quick to make. I used an acrylic block for the watercolor background.  I spritzed it with some water, then […]

Serene Silhouettes Thank You Card Ideas

Serene Silhouettes is a beautiful collection of stamp images perfect for your thank you card ideas.  And of course you can pick up this or any of our other stamps at 15% off between now and Friday.  Jump over to Stampin4Joy, my online store, to grab them while they’re hot! I used the card sketch […]

ILCS50 – Simple Birthday Cards and a Card Design Contest

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Card sketches are a great way to quickly come up with simple birthday cards, and that’s exactly what I did.  This design is for one of my nieces who is celebrating her birthday tomorrow.  It was quick and easy to make once I decided on the stamps I wanted to use that would work with the […]

ILCS49 – Grateful for You Card Design

Using this week’s card making template over at i Love Card Sketches I came up with another card design.  I started with For All Things, a beautiful watercolor-inspired stamp set.  Then I added a strip of patterned paper from the Typeset Specialty Designer Paper collection and a smaller strip from Neutrals Designer Paper Stack.  The Basic Black […]