Over the Rainbow Card
Happy Saturday! Today’s super simple rainbow card uses one of the new sets from the 2015-2016 Stampin’ Up! Catalog, Over the Rainbow. I stamped the words in Delightful Dijon ink, which is a fabulous gold color! I grabbed my Daffodil Delight, Real Red, and Pacific Point Stampin’ Write Markers to ink up the rainbow. The […]
Stampin’ Up! Card Ideas: Market Fresh
So far there have been a couple Stampin’ Up! card ideas using Market Fresh this week. Here is the other one I’ve done. Love coloring in those images! This handmade card features the strawberry image against a brick background, which was created using the new Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, my favorite. Think of […]
Handmade Sympathy Cards: Timeless Elegance
The muted, neutral palette of this exquisite pattern from the Timeless Elegance Designer Paper collection is perfect for handmade sympathy cards. I decided to break up the pattern a bit and add more depth by adding some reverse layering and paper piecing. The new Lots of Labels Framelits was used to cut out the center […]
Lettuce Celebrate Handmade Card Idea
The cute new set Market Fresh is the focus of today’s handmade card idea. I see tile coasters in this little set’s future! 😉 I think the Farmers Market Designer Paper is the perfect pairing on this card design. I did a little watercoloring over the image to add just a hint of color. I […]
Handmade Graduation Card: Remarkable You
My niece is graduating high school today and I wanted to make her more of a nontraditional handmade graduation card. Of course, this card design would work for any special occasion — or just because — but I did have her graduation in mind when designing it. The lotus flower comes from the new Remarkable […]
Stampin’ Up! Card Ideas: Best Thoughts
Here at Stamp4Joy you’ll always find exclusive Stampin’ Up! card ideas. This one features the beautiful new Hostess-only stamp set, Best Thoughts. Although I realize I didn’t add one of the greetings to the front, I love the font combination in this set. The flower is gorgeous, too! I used my ink pads and Blender […]
Handmade Christmas Card Designs: Peace on Earth
As many of you know, this year I’m focusing most of my Sundays on handmade Christmas card designs. I don’t know why, but when I saw the sketch at Mojo Monday for this week it just said to me “Christmas card!” Maybe it was the little flower in the bottom corner, who knows. I know […]
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 […]
New Bohemian Designer Paper
The new Bohemian Designer Paper, with it’s bold patterns and dramatic color palette is perfect for making cards for either men or women. I think the rich colors in this card would be quite suitable for a card for him. And what do you think of the new In Color, Delightful Dijon? Don’t you love […]
ILCS28: Handmade Sympathy Card
Today’s handmade sympathy card features a sneak peek at some brand new items coming up in the next Stampin’ Up! catalog, which will be released in just a few weeks. It’s awesome! If you’d like one CONTACT ME with your name, address, and phone number, and as soon as we chat I’ll get one right […]