Birthday Card for Sister
This easy birthday card for my sister is perfect, as she likes all things western. The boot and greetings can be found in Bootiful Occasions, and were stamped in Night of Navy on a pattern from the Flower Pot Designer Paper collection. I also used it as a background for the focal piece. I created […]
The Open Sea Retirement Card
Today we have a retirement card featuring The Open Sea and Maritime Designer Paper… a perfect pairing! I pulled out my Blendabilities to add some quick color to the world, ship, and anchor stamped images. The greeting came from Itty Bitty Banners, and then I cut it out using my Big Shot and Bitty Banners […]
How to Make a Birthday Card
The secret of how to make a birthday card is to start with images that work well together. Stampin’ Up! has taken the guess work out of that by creating sets with images that coordinate with each other. That’s one of the main reasons I fell in love with Stampin’ Up! to begin with all […]
Handmade Christmas Card Ideas
It’s never too early to get a start on your handmade Christmas card ideas, right? Don’t put it off or you’ll be scrambling again this year! The new Holiday Catalog should be arriving soon to your mailbox, full of new goodies for the holidays, from fall to Halloween to Christmas to Valentines Day. But did […]
Fall & Holidays Cardmaking Tutorial
If you think Project Life is just for memory keeping, think again! The card sets designed to quickly slip into the Project Life Photo Pocket Pages also make great patterned layers for cards and other paper crafting projects. And if you add in the stylish coordinating embellishments from the Project Life Accessory Packs you’ll have […]
Birthday Card for Friend
Today’s card is a birthday card for a friend. She’s one of my oldest and dearest friends, and though we never see each other anymore due to distance I love our chats over the phone. 🙂 Using the Back to Black designer paper really helped bring this card together quickly. I adore all the patterns […]
Clean and Simple Cards Winner!
A few days ago I announced a little contest to see if you could guess the differences between two similar handmade cards. As a reminder, check out these clean and simple cards. There was only ONE entry, so the winner is Sandi! Congratulations, Sandi! Just send me your snail mail and I will get your […]
Funny Friendship Cards
I’m sure we ALL have someone we could send these funny friendship cards to… right? Or is it just me? 😉 I love this stamp. You can make quick and easy handmade cards in no time, but it really gets the message across. LOL! I used the Big Shot and the Labels Collection Framelits to […]
Celebration Cards
Make some quick and easy celebration cards using Flower Patch photopolymer stamps and the Hearts Border Punch. This would be great any time you have a reason to celebrate, such as for a birthday or retirement card. The Bold Brights Collection was used for my color scheme: Raspberry Ripple, Pumpkin Pie, and Daffodil Delight. I […]
Clean and Simple Cards
Today I thought I’d focus on super easy clean and simple cards. This would be an easy kids craft… you could even eliminate the layers. Change out the image of the flower to something they’d love. How about Zoo Babies or Boys Will Be Boys? In fact, I might just order the Boys Will Be […]