Funny Valentine Cards – Star Trek

Are you searching for ideas for funny Valentine cards?  Well, if there’s a Star Trek fan in your life, this just might be what you’re looking for!  Especially if they’re a fan of the original. I created a simple card front to replicate the science uniform that Mr. Spock wore.  I used Marina Mist card […]

Christmas Card Sunday – Lovely as a Tree

I’m back for Christmas Card Sunday.  If you’re new here, most Sundays this year I am devoting to handmade Christmas card designs. This week’s handmade card design began with the card making template at i Love Card Sketches.  I used the always-awesome stamp set, Lovely as a Tree.  This set never fails to impress no […]

Stampin’ Up! Card Ideas: Love is Kindness

Stop back often because I post Stampin’ Up! card ideas regularly here! This simple handmade card design uses the single Love is Kindness stamp from the Occasions Catalog, and was colored in using Blendabilities. The background paper is Best Year Ever, a set of designer paper you can select as your FREE item from the […]

Card Sketch ILCS14

Today’s card sketch from i Love Card Sketches is the starting point for this birthday card for my son.  The stamps and designer paper are from the Occasions Catalog:  Guy Greetings, Hello Life, and Adventure Bound. Guy Greetings is a fabulous masculine set, but they forgot to include sons in it!  So I used the […]

ILCS13 – Friendship Greeting Card

My friendship greeting card today features Sheltering Tree, an awesome stamp set that I can’t wait to use throughout all the seasons of the year.  Imagine colorful fall cards or the winter greeting cards you’ll create with it! I pulled the colors from the patterned papers included in the Painted Blooms Designer Paper Collection, Wild […]

Christmas and Handmade New Year Cards

This week’s version of Christmas and handmade New Year cards starts with Bright & Beautiful, a holiday stamp set that you can still pick up, having been carried over from the last Occasions Catalog.  Grab the bundle with the Stars Framelits Dies and save! The colors used were Lost Lagoon (love it!) and Whisper White.  […]

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Valentine Greeting Card – ILCS12

Today’s Valentine greeting card uses the new photopolymer stamp set Snuggles & Smooches.  You won’t find this in the large Stampin’ Up! catalog or the Occasions Catalog.  Every month Stampin’ Up! comes out with a new photopolymer stamp set, and this is one of the newer ones, just in time for those Valentine crafts for […]

Make a Thank You Card With Lotus Blossom

Make a thank you card with Lotus Blossom, a new stamp set you can pick up FOR FREE during Sale-a-Bration! The blossoms were stamped onto a circular Whisper White piece that I cut out using my Big Shot and the Circles Collection dies.  I cut out a larger circle in Basic Black to mount it […]

Handmade Christmas Card Ideas Seasons Greetings

Continuing with my Sunday Handmade Christmas Card Ideas, I have a quick and easy card this week. The Christmas card saying comes from Bright & Beautiful, an elegant set that can be used for more than just holiday cards. I stamped the greeting first in Early Espresso and then again above it in White Craft […]