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 […]
Homemade Thank You Cards and new Card Sketches Blog
Today marks the beginning of a new card sketches blog called i Love CARD SKETCHES, which I’m excited to design for. Here’s my take on the first sketch, which really was a simple one to work with. It seems I never have enough homemade thank you cards, so I used the sketch as a starting […]
Flower Birthday Cards: Flower Patch
The Flower Patch Bundle is a great starting point to create these flower birthday cards. Pulling a pattern from the All Abloom Designer Paper Stack, I used the Flower Fair Framelits and Petite Petals Punch to cut the different parts to shape the punchart flowers, and the Elegant Butterfly Punch and Beautiful Wings Embosslits to […]
Adventure Bound Card
Okay. Not to toot my own horn, but seriously, how CUTE is this Adventure Bound card?!? I just love how it came out. I had so much fun creating the look of an old worn and weathered wooden boat with paper punch art, complete with a vintage-looking porthole. Wouldn’t this make a great graduation card, […]
Happy Halloween Cards
Happy Halloween cards are easy to make with the Holiday Home stamp set (135025) and coordinating Homemade Holiday Framelits Dies (135857) from Stampin’ Up! These are just some of the fun new products you’ll find in the Holiday Catalog, which you can start ordering from on August 28th, just a few days away. You can […]
Easy Birthday Card
This little guy is going to a party! Make this easy birthday card using the Two Step Owl Punch and patterned paper from the Birthday Basics Designer Paper collection. Because all the pieces are ready for you to assemble from the owl punch, you’ll have this card done and ready to go quicker than running […]
Homemade Easter Cards Using the Two Step Owl Punch
Isn’t this little chick just the sweetest thing? You can easily make homemade Easter cards with the Two Step Owl Punch. This darling paper punch art peep was created using Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, and Whisper White card stock, with some Basic Black for those adorable eyes. I gave him a little bit of a […]
Make St. Patrick’s Day Greeting Cards With The Two Step Owl Punch
Continuing with what I believe to be the most versatile of all the Stampin’ Up! punches, how about using the Two Step Owl Punch to make St. Patrick’s Day greeting cards? Dress him up in green for good luck and send him on his way! This card is for my son (who saves all of […]
What is the Most Versatile Punch?
I recently had someone ask me: What is the most versatile punch in the catalog? While I assured her that all of our punches can be very versatile when coming up with your own Stampin’ Up! card ideas, I wasn’t satisfied with that answer. So, it got me thinking: What IS the most versatile punch we […]
Valentine Card Ideas
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! Are you looking for last-minute Valentine card ideas? I put this one together in about ten minutes, and most of it was deciding what I wanted to use for a design. 🙂 I used the small heart punch for the flower petals, punched from the red patterned paper in Polka Dot […]