Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. As promised, I have round #2 of Spellbinders Sketched Florals and Frame. This is the December Small Die of the Month kit. On my first card, I didn’t use the frame and I promised I would circle back and do that, so here you go. As far as I’m concerned, this loopy frame is…
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it’s here! The NEW My Monthly Hero has been released this morning from HERO ARTS. Check out all the fun new dies and bits in this month’s kits, as well as the fabulous add ons. This month’s kit is perfect for those moving, traveling, missing you, thinking of you friendship cards, plus so much more! Unfortunately, my kit…
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Hey cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I am sharing my last Christmas Card made with Picket Fence Studios Products for this year. Slimline Holly Christmas. I combined all my favorites on this card so it’s packed with interest, layers and bling. I hope you like it. I have a SLIMLINE CARD PAGE will all the details for making…
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Hey cardmaking friends, thanks so much for stopping in. Today I’m playing with the New Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit for December and it’s called Sketched Florals and Frame. The frame die is not used for this particular card, but I will in a future card for you. You can see the frame in the illustration below. CARD…
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Woo Hoo, DieCember has Arrived. Simon Says Stamp’s month long celebration of Dies. Here is a video sharing all of the fabulous new Die Releases on sale starting today. Unfortunately, with all the flooding and land slides here, my parcel has not arrived yet, but I’ll be back with some samples and inspiration as soon as it does….
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I’m playing with the New, Spellbinders Fluted Classics Dies. They come in 4 shapes, rectangles, ovals, squares and circles. These Spellbinders border dies add the perfect frame around your pretty art work. The dies are stacking, with additional square cut outs so that you can be layered, cut out frames, etc. The beautiful…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have two cards to share with you created with the Simon Says Stamp Santa’s Helpers Card Kit for December 2021. What an adorable kit this is, full of fabulous patterned paper, an adorable stamp set you won’t want to stop coloring and more fun goodies. A note: Sorry I didn’t have yesterday’s…
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Hi cardmaking friends. Today I have a Buffalo Check Tartan Video and 4 completed cards to share with you. I’m using this quick and easy background technique. The video is super short, but it’s the easiest way to show you the technique. All you need is the Buffalo Check background stamp from Hero Arts, a black and red Tombow Marker…
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Hey cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have A Holly Christmas Card to share with you created with fun products from Picket Fence Studios. The Picket Fence Studios Black Friday Sale also starts today and I have tons of info and links about that at the end of this post. Today, I’ve added a smooth silky textured background to…
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Hi card making friends. Hope you are doing well. Today I have Stacked Stenciling – New Video to share with you and I create a Masculine Winter Birthday card with products from Picket Fence Studios. This is a tutorial for Splitcoast Stampers and they have a special upload in the gallery for you to share you samples with this fun…
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Hey cardmaking friends, Happy Monday (is there such a thing? LOL). Today I have two Spellbinders Die Cut Christmas Cards to share with you. I used many items from the new November Monthly Kits and I’ll add a list under each card for you. As you can see, I’m keeping with my pink, gold and white theme for this month. …
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Hi cardmaking friends and happy Sunday to you, hope your weekend is going fabulously. Today is the Picket Fence November Release of their fun new products and I have a pile of samples to share with you. I have a little reel over on my INSTAGAM Account if you want to see a short video of the cards. PS don’t…
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Hey cardmaking friends, welcome back. Today I have a GRUNGE CHRISTMAS card for you created with Picket Fence Studios A Christmas Flower Stamp Set. I’m up on the Picket Fence Studios Blog with this card today but I thought I would share it over here too. I decided to stencil a bit of a messy “grungy” background just to…
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Hey paper crafting friends. Welcome back to the Handmade Holiday Blog Hop full of inspiration and ideas for your Holiday Card Making. I have three cards to share with you today starting with my favorite Gnome in a Globe. I had so much fun making him, I can’t wait to share him with you. FREE GIFT WITH ORDER:…
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Hi cardmaking friends. Welcome to the Simon Says Stamp Handmade Holiday Release. This is a fabulous release full of all kinds of products for the holiday season and to get you inspired. Haven’t started those holiday cards yet? no problem, I have 5 card ideas below for you using products from this new Handmade Holiday Release. Here’s a…
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Hey cardies, hope your weekend is going well. We have had beautiful sunny weather up here this week. I know it won’t last, so have been enjoying it while I can. LOL. I have a Hero Arts Hug in a Mug set of projects to inspire you today. This is an XL Stamp and Cut set which includes dies and…
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Hey card making friends, welcome back. I’m very excited today to be sharing my first post for the Hero Arts November 2021 My Monthly Hero Kit. The monthly kit itself is now sold out, they do sell quite quickly because they are such a great value. The add ons that are included with this month’s release are still available, and…
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Hi card making friends and welcome back. Today I have another clean and simple Christmas Card to share with you. Christmas Foliage Strip and Borders is the name of the November Large die of the Month kit from Spellbinders. The dies in the kit are long enough to create beautiful slimline cards with, but today, I’m using one of them…
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Hi paper crafting friends and Happy November. It’s the first of the month so that means all new kits from Spellbinders. My happy time of the month for sure, I love seeing their new kits each month. Today I’m sharing a Slimline Ornament Christmas Card. It’s created with the Small Die of the Month, the sentiment is from the Clear…
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Hey cardies, and welcome back to my card making blog. Today I have a Rainbow Christmas Card to share with you. Yes, I’m travelling a little farther down that non traditional color christmas card path as many are this year. It’s kind of fun to change it up completely and try something new, very freeing. So, today I’m channeling my…
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Hello my craft friends, Happy Friday. Today’s Tonic Studios Blog hop is to announce the new Stamp Club set Tonic Studios Hey Snowmie. This adorable set will have you coloring for hours and in the die portion of the set, there is an amazing set of snowman dies which I used on my first card today. Both the stamp and…
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HI card making friends. I have More Watercolor Roses in a Slimline Card for you today. So today the Picket Fence Studios Team, is blogging with the My Favorite Things Team. We have swapped some products with them and we are using their products in combination with ours. For my card today, I decided to use the My Favorite Things…
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Hi paper crafters, welcome back. Today I have more Cozy Wishes Cards to share with you. I’m once again creating with products included in the November 2021 Cozy Wishes Card kit from Simon Says Stamp. I decided on one birthday and one Christmas card and I had a blast coloring all the bird houses and mail boxes for these cards. …
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Hey cardmaking friends, welcome back. Today I have two cards created with the Spellbinders BE BOLD Etched dies. These HUGE word dies are fun to die cut as well as a great way to clean out your scrap bin too. They cut beautifully and are super easy to line up and glue down to the card front. Try different color…
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Hey friends, welcome back to my card making blog. Today I’m sharing Simon Says Stamp Cozy Wishes with you. This is the November Card Kit of the Month and it’s fabulous. First up we have an adorable new 6 x 8 stamp set called Cozy Wishes full of lanterns, bird houses and sweet little birds. There is also a great…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have a Spellbinders Circular Stitched Background Card to share with you. This new background plate is part of the New Release Merry Stitchmas Collection over at Spellbinders. Check it out, there are all kinds of fun shapes to stitch. I chose this plate because I love to stitch and I really like…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have a Hero Arts Marigolds Slimline Card to share with you. I also have some fabulous new to share as well. Let’s start with the fabulous news. 30+ years ago, I started stamping and the first thing I bought was a Hero Arts Angel Stamp and some gold embossing powder. That was…
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Hey cardmaking friends and Happy Friday. I’m up on the Picket Fence Studios Blog today sharing this card. Today I have a stenciled peonies slimline card to share with you created with new products from Picket Fence Studios. This new Peonies Stencil is fabulously easy to use, has amazing detail and provides a beautiful backdrop for the “I love you”…
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Hey cardmaking friends, happy hump day. I can’t believe it’s mid week already, WOW. Today I have two Stenciled Slimline Christmas Cards to share with you. If you’re keeping count, this is #29 and #30 Christmas Cards for this year. I think I need about 45, so I’m almost there. I may have to do a little last minute mass…
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Hi cardmaking friends, and a happy weekend to you. Today I’m sharing a new Slimline Card created with the Spellbinders Clear Stamp of the Month. There are all kinds of wonderful sentiments in this month’s stamp set to cover pretty much any occasions. I combined the sentiments with the Glimmer of the Month Kit for October Glimmering Autumn Woods. I…
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Hi cardmaking friends. Such an exciting morning with the Picket Fence Studios NEW RELEASE today. Lots of fun new products and I have 5 new cards to share with you this morning created with some of them. You can view the entire release at the end of this post and I’ve linked to the products I used in each card…
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