Create a Birthday Card: Crazy About You

Create a birthday card that is fun and bright using the Crazy About You stamp set, Hello You Thinlits Dies (which can be purchased separately or in a bundle), and one of my favorite new designer paper collections,  Painted Blooms.  They all can be found in the upcoming Occasions Catalog beginning January 6th, 2015. This […]

Stampin’ Up! Christmas Cards – i Love Card Sketches 07

I’ve been really cranking out the Stampin’ Up! Christmas cards.  What will I do once the holidays are over?  I’m sure I’ll come up with something. 🙂 The inspiration for today’s homemade Christmas card came from this week’s card sketch at i Love Card Sketches.  My son says the card looks like a Christmas present!  […]

Stampin’ Up! Card Ideas – A Happy Thing

There’s some awesome stamps coming your way for all your Stampin’ Up! card ideas.  And this set – A Happy Thing — you can pick up for FREE with a $50 order once Sale-A-Bration starts in January. I love the large, open images in this set, perfect for watercoloring or using your Blendabilities.  On this […]

Stampin’ Up! Card Ideas – Lotus Blossom Handmade Thank You Card

Today’s handmade thank you card features a sneak peek at one of the sets from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration Catalog, Lotus Blossom (139143).  This is easily my favorite stamp set out of the catalog, and it can be picked up FREE during Sale-A-Bration with just a $50 order. Just imagine all the card ideas […]

Create Christmas Cards Quickly

You can create Christmas cards quickly with just a few simple Stampin’ Up! supplies. Here I used some colorful designer paper from the Nordic Noel Designer Paper Collection to do most of the heavy lifting with its bright & cheerful pattern. Did you know you can also pick up the Nordic Noel Designer Paper as […]

Maritime Guy Greetings

Today I thought I’d share a sneak peek at one of the upcoming stamp sets in the Occasions catalog, Guy Greetings (w-138825, c-138828, p-137178). One of the most common complaints I hear is “We need more stamps for guys!”  Well, this set is a winner!  And the best thing?  I got it for FREE just […]

Card Making Tutorials For Free?

Would you like to pick up card making tutorials for free?  Well, you can! I release new craft tutorials every month for my Stamp4Joy Card Making Club members.  But you can pick up a free tutorial just for placing an order of $50 or more in my Online Store!  Your tutorial will be sent via […]

Create a Birthday Card: The Wild West

I admit, when I came up with this week’s sketch challenge at i Love Card Sketches, I was a little worried that I wouldn’t be able to come up with a card I liked. Then I remembered a card I’d designed in my head a few months ago.  And believe it or not,  I managed […]

Ornamental Pine Christmas Card

In this Ornamental Pine Christmas card I used our Blendabilities to color over the white embossed branch and most of the pine needles. Using alcohol markers to color over embossing can eventually clog up the nibs of those more expensive alcohol markers and NOT something you’d want to do because you’d have to replace the […]

Simple Birthday Cards: Let Your Hair Down

Simple birthday cards start with a good stamp set and design. Here I paired the stamp set Let Your Hair Down with this week’s greeting card template at i Love Card Sketches for an easy yet graphic custom birthday card. It’s a little difficult to see because of the black background (I should have changed […]