Paper Strips Christmas Tree-Use Up Those Scraps
Paper Strips Christmas Tree A great way to use up paper scraps! After a flurry of Christmas card crafting, I had a collection of scrap pieces of Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper in my stash. I made a Christmas Tree card using some of the paper strips using this easy-to-follow pattern. You can also […]
Swing Fold Card Tutorials
Thank you for your purchase. I hope you enjoy the Swing Fold Card Tutorials I have created for you. (Please make sure to save this link so you can keep accessing the tutorials and videos). I have used Stampin’ Up! products to create these cards. Some of the products may be retired. Adapting projects to […]
Embossing Folder Resist Technique with Peekaboo Farm
Embossing Folder Resist Technique paired with Peekaboo Farm for a fun birthday card for our granddaughter. Our granddaughter just turned six, loves horses and wants to be a “horsey rider” growing up. She’s been anxiously waiting for her 6th birthday so she can take horseback riding lessons at a local stable. This is the […]
Easy Baby Shower Card-A Little Wild
Easy Baby Shower Card My best friend’s son and his wife are expecting their first child, and the baby shower is coming up! So exciting! The nursery theme is “woodland forest”, so I knew the images of cottages, mushrooms, acorns, birds, tree rings, and flowers found in the Rings of Love Designer Series Paper would […]
Alcohol Ink Smooshing Technique-Better Days
Alcohol Ink Smooshing Technique for card making using Better Days stamp set Use your Stampin’ Blends or other alcohol inks to create interesting backgrounds. Here’s How: You will need a window or transparency sheet, 91% isopropyl alcohol, and alcohol-based ink or markers. This technique works best if you use 91% isopropyl alcohol. Scribble the […]
How to Add Color to Black and White Cards
How to Add Color to Black and White Cards using the new Perfectly Penciled Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up! and Stampin’ Blends or Stampin’ Write Markers I’m here to help with this quick and easy card using Perfectly Penciled Designer Series Paper. Sometimes a simple black-and-white print is the touch of elegance a paper […]
Five Minute Card Using Perfectly Penciled DSP
Five Minute Card using the new Perfectly Penciled Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up! Need an easy five minute card? I’m here to help with this quick and easy card using Perfectly Penciled Designer Series Paper. Sometimes a simple black-and-white print is the touch of elegance a paper project needs, and the Perfectly Penciled 12″ […]
Breaking News-Featured in my July Newsletter
Breaking News from Stampin’ Up! NEW! Breaking News Sampler My July Newsletter will feature the Breaking News stamp set This newsletter will include three Breaking News cards! Featured projects will be easy, any occasion cards. One will feature the Faux Silk Technique. I will include written step-by-step instructions for each card, plus one companion […]
Easy Masking Technique-Quite Meadow
Easy Masking Technique Here’s a technique that will add depth and interest to your card products. It’s easy to do yet will provide that WOW factor to your cards. You can see another Masking Technique card I created Here I paired the masking technique with the Quite Meadow stamp set for a quick and easy […]
Peaceful Place 5 Minute Card Idea
5 Minute Card Idea for Christmas Using Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper Christmas is almost here. Do you need a last minute Christmas card? Let me show you how to create a quick and easy card, using the Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper, one of my favorites. There are so many possibilities for using it […]
Sketch Challenge Part 2-Beautifully Penned
Beautifully Penned by Stampin’ Up! August Sketch Challenge This is my second take on my August Sketch Challenge. Here’s the sketch.: For my first card, I used the pretty Beautifully Penned Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up! But, I didn’t color the paper, leaving it as is in black and white. (you can see the […]
April Fresh Ideas-Twist & Fold Gift Card Holder for Easy Summer Gift-Giving
Spring and summer gift-giving is here! Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduations, bridal and baby showers! Learn how to create super easy gift card (or money) holders. My Fresh Ideas Newsletter for April will feature 2 techniques for easy summer gift-giving: Twist & Fold and Faux Alligator Wallet Card Techniques Click HERE to see the Faux Alligator […]
Woodland Wonder Valentine’s Day Card
Woodland Wonder Valentine’s Day Card closed Woodland Wonder Valentine’s Day Card opened One of the nice things about having grandchildren is looking through the Stampin’ Up! catalogs and contemplating stamp sets that I would have barely noticed before. That was certainly the case with the Woodland Wonder stamp set found in the Jan-June Mini Catalog. […]
Country Home and Buffalo Check
Country Home with Basic Gray and Night of Navy Buffalo Check Country Home with Mint Macaron and Smoky Slate Buffalo Check Here are two more cards I created using the stamp set Country Home. For these, I paired them with the background stamp, Buffalo Check. To create the background, I used the Stamparatus to get […]
Jar of Flowers Sympathy Card
Sympathy Card Using Jar of Flowers stamp set Unfortunately, I needed to send another sympathy card. A long-time resident of our small community passed away recently. I wanted to send flowers, but instead, decided to make a jar of flowers in a card using the stamp set Jar of Flowers and coordinating Jar Punch. The […]