Motley Monsters Happy Halloween Cards
What child wouldn’t love to receive these Motley Monsters Happy Halloween cards in the mail? Colorful and bright, it’s a great way to use up those small scraps of designer paper from your stash. I simply used the Postage Stamp Punch to punch out various pieces of patterned paper from the Motley Monsters Designer Paper […]
Stampin’ Up! Card Ideas: Holiday Home
Today’s Stampin’ Up! card ideas begins by combining Blendabilities Markers, alcohol, and Classic Ink Pads to create the sky, hills, and trees. The home was stamped using Holiday Home and cut out with the Homemade Holiday Framelits Dies using the Big Shot. You can actually pick them both up as a bundle and save 15%! […]
For All Things Fall Card
This colorful fall card was super quick to make using the For All Things stamp set and Color Me Autumn Designer Paper. I took the color palette from the patterned paper for the images and greeting. I started with Crumb Cake for the solid watercolor background. I inked up the fall bouquet with Crushed Curry […]
New Items for Homemade Christmas Ideas
Have you seen the new Holiday Supplement? It has some exciting new items for homemade Christmas ideas along with a few you may already be familiar with. See what’s available below. Click on a picture for more information about that item or to order.
Handmade Card Designs: Kinda Eclectic Meets Work of Art
It never fails, whenever I grab my Kinda Eclectic stamp set for my handmade card designs, I always seem to use Work of Art, too (or vice versa). This one is no different, though I only used PART of a greeting this time. I simply used a Stampin’ Write Marker to ink up the part […]
Handmade Card Designs: Bloom With Hope
Sometimes I like to use a sketch to help inspire my handmade card designs. For this card I started with a sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, and although my center focal piece kept getting larger and larger, I think you can still see the basic sketch in the card. LOL! I grabbed the greeting from […]
3 Reasons I Love Being My Own Boss!
Today is Bosses Day! Since I’m my own boss for my Stampin’ Up! business I thought I’d share 3 reasons I love being my own boss! 1. Finding a job where I can set my own hours… priceless! We all have busy and hectic schedules these days. Try to find a job where you can […]
Create a Birthday Card With Your Paper Scraps
Create a birthday card with your paper scraps. I made this one for my niece’s upcoming birthday this week. As I was rummaging through my stash I found a square of decorative punched card stock that I had saved. The decorative edge was messed up in a couple places, but did I just toss it? […]
Ideas for Christmas Cards: Beauty of the Season
As you know, I’ve been posting a lot of ideas for Christmas cards and seasonal cards lately. I know Christmas isn’t for a few months yet, but you’ll need some time if you want to create and send out some unique handmade cards for the holidays. Starting with the focal image from Beauty of the […]
Nordic Noel Homemade Christmas Ideas
This homemade Christmas ideas is another great way to use up those scraps you’ve been collection. The patterned paper strips came from leftovers I had from the Nordic Noel Designer Paper collection, and were cut at 1″ x 3-‘1/2″ and glued along the bottom. I added some of the beautiful Real Red Satin Woven Ribbon […]