Birthday Shaker Card

I got the bug to create a birthday shaker card today.  Stampin’ Up! has these awesome Shaker Frames, and you can make a lot of cards with what comes in the package.  Of course they’re circles and, as you can see, my card is using a square.  So I just took the circles and cut […]

Let Your Hair Down and Create a Birthday Card

It’s easy to create a birthday card with just a few shapes, some designer paper, and an awesome birthday card greeting. Here I combined a couple of the bold and graphic patterns included in the Sweet Taffy Designer Paper collection with a greeting from Let Your Hair Down.   The vibrant colors and blend of jazzy […]

DIY Birthday Cards: Timeless Talk

NOTE:  This handmade card uses a retired stamp set, but as of this writing you can pick up a gently used set on my Retired Rubber Stamps Page. With a little designer paper and a stamp set, you can make beautiful DIY birthday cards for your friends and family.  These clean and simple cards will […]

Irresistible DIY Birthday Cards:

Make super cute and irresistible DIY birthday cards with the birthday greeting from Butterfly Basics, and the Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Paper. This designer paper is so cool!  White paper with a white glossy pattern, when you sponge on color the pattern emerges.  Use any color you want to customize the look.  Add the greeting […]

Etch a Sketch Handmade Card Design

UPDATE:  This stamp set is retired, but you can find it on my Retired Rubber Stamps page. I wish I could take credit for this darling Etch a Sketch handmade card design, but I can’t as I borrowed it from others I’ve seen.  This particular one was inspired by fellow demo Linda Creech, I just […]

Create a Birthday Card: Crazy About You

Create a birthday card that is fun and bright using the Crazy About You stamp set, Hello You Thinlits Dies (which can be purchased separately or in a bundle), and one of my favorite new designer paper collections,  Painted Blooms.  They all can be found in the upcoming Occasions Catalog beginning January 6th, 2015. This […]

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 […]

DIY Birthday Cards Using Wetlands by Stampin’ Up!

Beautiful DIY birthday cards can be easily created using the stamp set Wetlands by Stampin’ Up!  Though it works well for anyone, this set is especially great  if you’re looking to design a greeting card for a man.  I created this handmade card idea for the birthday of a friend of the family. Crumb Cake […]

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?  […]

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 […]