Use Your Designer Paper
Use your designer paper to come up with some easy Christmas card designs. I was recently chatting with a member of my mailing list about having so much patterned paper and not knowing what to do with it all. Why not cut a couple of coordinating designs and put them on a card front? So […]
Use Your Paper Scraps More
If you’re like me, you need to use your paper scraps more. I do keep most of my scraps — if it’s large enough to put a greeting on or mount a greeting on I definitely keep it. If it’s a strip of designer paper or a strip of colored card stock I often will […]
ILCS49 – Grateful for You Card Design
Using this week’s card making template over at i Love Card Sketches I came up with another card design. I started with For All Things, a beautiful watercolor-inspired stamp set. Then I added a strip of patterned paper from the Typeset Specialty Designer Paper collection and a smaller strip from Neutrals Designer Paper Stack. The Basic Black […]
Christmas Card Sunday: Peace on Earth
Today’s holiday card for Christmas Card Sunday blends old Stampin’ Up! stamps with current ones, and Christmas stamps with non-Christmas sets. I began with the world stamp from The Open Sea… certainly not a set you’d likely jump right to for your Christmas card ideas. But paired with the “Peace on Earth” greeting from the […]
Greeting Card Sentiments – ILCS40
When they’re big and bold, why not position your greeting card sentiments front and center and make them the focal point of your handmade card designs? I did just that on today’s card, using the motivational quote as the main element. I even embossed it to be sure it stood out strong! 🙂 The Circles […]
Christmas Card Sunday: ILCS39
Well, it’s Christmas Card Sunday again, and here’s a Christmas card design that I came up with using the card sketch for this week over at i Love Card Sketches. Pop on by and see what other beautiful ideas people came up with using the sketch. I pulled out some retired designer paper called Letters […]
Christmas Card Sunday: Playing With Crayons
Papercrafters are notorious for repurposing all sorts of things to use in their paper craft projects. Well, today is no different. Grab your kids’ white crayons and let’s play! Today is Christmas Card Sunday. In case you’re not familiar, I made a commitment at the beginning of the year to devote most Sundays throughout the […]
How to Make a Birthday Card Quickly?
How to make a birthday card quickly? Pull out some fabulous patterned papers! This homemade birthday card features patterns from the Bohemian Designer Paper collection, both for the main focal piece and the little flags along its border. It’s full of beautifully vibrant colors that are sure to dazzle! I used Stampin’ Up!’s Banner Triple […]
Stamp4Joy Designer Paper Share
Would you like to have all the new designer papers, but don’t want to invest about $150 to get them? Join the Stamp4Joy Designer Paper Share, and for $39 you can have a sampling of them all! What will you get? You will get 6×6 sheets of each pattern from the following designer paper collections […]
Memorial Day Cards
Today I decided to focus on Memorial Day cards to express our thanks for those who came before and made the ultimate sacrifice, and for those currently serving, too. Thank you! The greeting came from Project Life Remember This, a fitting title don’t you think? And the designer paper came from the retiring Maritime Designer […]