Handmade All Occasion Greeting Card

This bright & cheery handmade all occasion greeting card could be used for birthdays, graduations, pretty much any celebration. I combined the Snapshot and Say Cheese stamp sets with the retro feel of the Flashback Designer Paper for a fun look.  The center opening makes this card just a little out of the ordinary.  Recreate […]

Create a Birthday Card for Him

With the Guy Greetings and Maritime Designer Paper you can create a birthday card for him that he’ll love. I made this custom birthday card for my brother-in-law, who also happened to have been in the Navy at one time… how perfect! I love the bright and bold color scheme in the patterned papers, perfect […]

i Love Card Sketches – Moon Lake

Here’s my submission for this week’s card sketch at i Love Card Sketches. For this masculine card I used Hardwood,  Moon Lake, and some of the wonderful papers from the Adventure Bound Designer Paper Stack.  The colors were kept neutral — Sahara Sand and Black — with a pop of color from the blue water […]

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Mothers Day Card Ideas

It’s time to start thinking about your Mothers Day card ideas.   You don’t always have to create fancy and intricate, time-consuming cards.  A clean and simple card can be just as beautiful and doesn’t have to be boring! Here I used a couple smaller strips of Typeset Designer Paper to set off the stamped images.  […]

Happy Easter Cards

Make Happy Easter cards with the adorable stamp set, For Peeps’ Sake. I grabbed a strip of patterned paper from the Birthday Bash Specialty Designer Paper collection, and my color scheme followed from there.  Night of Navy was used to stamp the greeting and to tie all the pieces together.  The egg colors are Bermuda […]

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Papercrafts Toolbox has just released a bonus card making tutorial today, and you can grab it for FREE.   Bonuses are archived after seven days and will NEVER be offered again. In Papercrafts Toolbox you’ll receive a collection of tutorials for making handmade cards, unique gift boxes, diy gift ideas,  PLUS you’ll receive free membership to […]

Friendship Card: From the Garden

Today’s friendship card features From the Garden from the Occasions Catalog.  This set of photopolymer stamps is just perfect for spring cards, scrapbook layouts,  kids diy crafts, and more. You can pick up this set alone for an incredible price, or buy it as a bundle with the framelits, too!  (The Handpicked Framelits Dies can […]

Homemade Card Ideas: Painted Petals

Combine beautiful designer paper with coordinating stamp sets to come up with your homemade card ideas. The pairing of Painted Petals and Painted Blooms Designer Paper blend seamlessly for creating lovely card making projects.  Select your ink colors from the ones used in the patterned paper and you can’t go wrong!  Here I used Crisp […]

DIY Birthday Cards: Timeless Talk

NOTE:  This handmade card uses a retired stamp set, but as of this writing you can pick up a gently used set on my Retired Rubber Stamps Page. With a little designer paper and a stamp set, you can make beautiful DIY birthday cards for your friends and family.  These clean and simple cards will […]