Gatefold Homemade Christmas Card

Isn’t this gate fold card beautiful? What a great idea as a way to send a family photo at the holidays. Last weekend we had a team get-together, swapping cards and stamping other projects.  This was one of the cards I received in the swap.  It was created by one of my team members, Donna […]

It’s Almost Time for the 12 Weeks of Christmas!

It’s almost time!  We’re only FIVE DAYS away from Stamp4Joy’s 12 Weeks of Christmas!  Very popular with my readers, you’ll receive weekly holiday project tutorials from me FOR FREE. You’ll receive tutorials for: handmade card ideas diy gift ideas ideas for homemade gift bags, paper gift boxes, and handmade gift tags The 12 Weeks of […]

Christmas Card Making Ideas: Ginger Bread House

Why not include a little ginger bread house into your Christmas card making ideas? I’ve had this little ginger bread house stamped and embossed for a while now, and I finally got around to decorating it with my little “candy.” 😉 If you’re like me, you love the pearl jewels, but always seem to have […]

Pinching Your Pennies With Clean and Simple Cards

Do you love to make your own greeting cards, but you’re pinching your pennies these days?  Making clean and simple cards with just one layer will cut the cost of your card making projects and might even save on postage, too!  And believe it or not, you can create custom greeting cards for less than […]

Xmas Card Ideas

I’ve been sharing a number of Xmas card ideas here, which is helping me get my own cards done.  🙂  I still haven’t decided on which design I’m going to stick with, though, but maybe when it’s time I’ll have done enough Christmas cards to send out… they’ll just all be different!  Even when I […]

Friendship Clean and Simple Cards

I love clean and simple cards, and today’s friendship greeting card is definitely a good example. The focal image came from the stamp set From My Heart.   I stamped the image twice, using one of them to cut out the teapot and greeting to “pop up” over the base image using Stampin’ Dimensionals.  Then I […]

Cute Homemade Halloween Invitations

Aren’t these homemade Halloween invitations cute?  Or you could simply use them as Happy Halloween cards. This cardshare was so simple, and required very little stamping.  I’d say it was quick & easy, but there was a little bit of cutting involved.  I think this would even be an easy Halloween craft for the kids. […]

Wondrous Wreath Card Making Tutorials

The Wondrous Wreath Card Making Tutorials will show how you can easily stamp detailed two and three color images and die-cut them with just a few turns of the Big Shot handle! You know that Stampin’ Up! is famous for their coordinating stamp sets.  Now they’ve taken it one better – coordinating 2-Step stamp sets […]

Bright & Beautiful Handmade Christmas Card Ideas

With the Bright & Beautiful stamp set (wood-135026/clear-135029) from the new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog, it’s easy to come up with gorgeous handmade Christmas card ideas.  Couple it with the Stars Framelits, Brushed Silver Card Stock, and some frosted sequins and snowflakes, and you’ve got a dazzling combination! I used the Bitty Banners Framelits to […]

Another Christmas Card Idea

Have you started your holiday cards yet?  Well, today I have another Christmas card idea for your inspiration. This simple card highlights one of my all-time favorite stamp sets, Lovely as a Tree.  Type in “Lovely as a Tree” in the Search box in the upper right of this page to search this blog and […]