I love a good challenge, especially when I'm able to recreate it without going crazy! I stumbled across a card with a stamped die cut edge and thought, hey, how hard could it be to make a card like that. Well, it wasn't a walk in the park, but I managed to figure it out…
This is such a fun opening card. I used the Sweet Stockings Designer Series Paper on the panels. The tree and greeting is from the Perfectly Plaid stamp set. The tree was punched out with the coordinating Pine Tree punch. The greeting was popped out with the Tailor Made Tags dies. Here's a picture of…
I'm calling this an open fold card because I'm not really sure what to call it. This card wasn't difficult to make, just a lot of pieces-parts to put together. I needed a masculine encouragement card so I used the Sailing Home and A Good Man stamp sets. Here's the outside of the card. The…
This card was made using the Faux Watercolor technique. Ink your stamp, spritz with water and apply the stamp to dry watercolor paper. This technique lets you achieve the look of water coloring the easy way. I offer a monthly Technique Class that showcases three different stamping techniques. You make a full size card for…
My upline, Linda Bauwin, offers a Team Card Challenge to downline members for an opportunity to receive free Stampin' Up! products. She sends out a packet of "goodies" (cardstock, DSP and embellishments) to participants who then use these items to create a card or cards. I greatly appreciate her generosity for offering this challenge. This…
I received a shaker birthday card from my friend and down-line, Dana Davis. The card was beautiful! I admit that I sat and "played" with it for quite awhile. There was just something magical about watching the sequins move as I shook the card. Right then and there, I knew this would be featured at…
I have a easy single layer card video for you today. This card was a breeze to make! I used a 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" piece of Thick Basic White cardstock, dies, stamp, ink and embellishments to create this cute Christmas card. I hope you enjoy todays video [youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrgmbybcWIo&w=480&h=270] [youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrgmbybcWIo&w=480&h=270] All of the products used for…
Here's another example of my "Plain-Jane (basic) card to fancy (stepped-up) card. Two die-cut images, and embossed panel with a shaded area. A simple card, but still pretty. Here's the same basic layout, but with with a splash more color and embellishments. The above card has a panel of Shimmery White cardstock with blended colors…
I used the ornament stamp and die from the Whimsical Trees Bundle to create this slimline Christmas card. The ornaments were onto Shimmery White cardstock with Staz-On ink. I used watercolor pencils to add color and then blended with a Blender Pen. The Christmas Tree dies has a ornament die cut, so I stamped this…
I recently offered a Fall Step-it Up Class. The class offered a "Plain-Jane" (basic) card layout and then a "stepped-up" card version. This was a new class concept for me and everyone loved it! In preparing for this class, the stepped-up cards weren't an issue for me. It was the "Plain-Jane's" that I was struggling…