Hello cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have three cards for you created with the Simon Says Stamp March Card Kit. This kit is fabulous, lots of florals and sentiments in the stamp set and the papers are predominantly Lavender and Mint so I went with it. The Simon Says Stamp March Card Kit also includes a packet of…
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Welcome back my papercrafting friends, today I’m cardmaking with Gina K Designs for the CRAFTY FRIENDS Blog Hop. I have long been a fan of Gina K and her amazing designs. She is an astute business woman and a wonderful human and her stamping/crafting products are all first class. SO – I’m super excited to announce Gina K Designs as…
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Hi cardmaking friends. I have a clean and simple Simon Says Stamp Botanical Heart card to share with you today. Who could resist this beautiful stamp when it came out in the recent Simon Says Stamp Hey Bestie Release? Not Me that’s for sure haha. I think this release was one of Simon’s finest and I wanted to push the…
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Hello cardmaking friends, hope you are enjoying a nice long weekend. Today it’s Distress Oxides Color Combos and Cards 4 up on the blog. This time I’m blending 4 colors for the project. On an A2 card 5 – 6 colors would be the max before it would start to get muddy and you will see in the video I…
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Hi again, I’m back with the JUST RELEASED – Simon Says Stamp March 2020 Card Kit Stronger Together . As you know these Card Kits are super popular and sell out quickly because of the awesome quality, the exclusive stamp sets and the great price point for all the products included in the kit. This kit has a beautiful SPRING…
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Hello my card making friends. A very Happy Valentines Day to you. Today I’m playing with Simon Says Stamp Lifting Hearts Stamp set along with a bunch of new dies. I had a total blast making this card. It probably took me over an hour and my die cutting machine got a work out. Read on and don’t forget to…
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Hello my card making friends. Let’s decorate the Cake today! a Beautiful Lemon Chiffon Cake on a Milk Glass Stand with absolutely NO CALORIES – YEAH! And a super easy Copic Coloring technique to boot. Read on and don’t forget to download the FREE PDF File for today’s card too. The start of a New Year and I’M OUT OF…
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Hi crafty friends and welcome back. Today’s cardmaking adventure is More Pawsome Love with Simon Says Stamp. I added the heart Frame overlay from the Window Frames February Card Kit. Like many of you, as far as “Valentine’s” go, I have one true love, my hubby Ian. However, Valentine’s can also be about your Pals and friends and telling them…
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Hello my crafty friends. It’s Sunday so that’s my Distress Oxide Series day and today I’m sharing how to label your Distress Oxide Ink Pads. It’s been a question I get asked a lot each week when I have been doing the Distress Oxide Videos, so I decided to do a quick video and share the PDF File that I…
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Hi card making friends and welcome back. Today I created a fun Valentine’s with MFT Stamps Let’s Stick Together. It’s also Scrap ‘N Stamps Monthly Blog Hop Day, and our theme this month is “Galantines” (valentine cards for girlfriends). Isn’t that a fun theme, and works perfectly with this adorable cactus stamp set. Welcome to the February…
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Hello my papercrafting friends. Today I’m sharing SSS Feb Cardmaking Kit and a very Special Simon Says Stamp Anniversary Sale. The Kit got hung up in the Christmas mail and just arrived last week, and then my life was crazy for a week and I just today got to sit down and create with it and it’s FABULOUS. The Window…
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Hi papercrafting friends and welcome back. As promised, I have cardmaking with Altenew Dot Botanical today for you. Two cards actually, one with more of the VersaFine Clair Ink I shared with you in last weeks video, and another, heat embossed with colored embossing powder on black…most striking. This Altenew Dot Botanical stamp set has so many possibilities, and I…
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whoo hoo, the Feb My Monthly Hero – Feb Kit just went live. You know these sell out quickly so if you need a FABULOUS Birthday Card Kit, don’t delay. It’s a good day for a birthday – or in our case, it’s a good day to create a stash of birthday cards! The February release will put you well…
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Hi crafty friends and welcome back to my Cardmaking Blog. Today I’m stamping with Zippy Zebras from My Favorite Things. Their stamp artwork is always adorable and uplifting and who can resist a zebra on a scooter? NOT ME! haha. I have another bright and cheery Distress Oxides Color combo for you too. AND, I’m also up on the SCRAP…
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Welcome back . Today I have a NEW Cardmaking video: Distress Oxides Color Combos and Cards #3. Sorry I missed last weekend, we had a few life bumps last week and my video editing got knocked off the rails….Almost back on track, but playing catch up a bit around here, LOL….you know, Life gets in the way sometimes of having…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I am sharing Simon Says Stamp Be Kind and I use the Misti in a special way for today’s card. I have some exciting news to share, I have joined the My Sweet Petunia Design Team . You may know them as the MISTI team and I’m on on their Blog today. As…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I’m sharing a fun card created with the Pawsome Love stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. This adorable set is from the new LOVE YOU MORE collection at Simon, and I added a few other goodies too. The NEW Simon Says Stamp Bursting Hearts Large Stencil covers the background of my card front….
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. I’m up on the Scrap ‘N Stamp Blog Today and I decided it was time to pull out my Gemini Hot Foilpress Machine again, (much to the chagrin of the corgis – they hate the beeping) and create a pretty card using the Gina K Peaceful Floral to embellish the card. I’m also foiling…
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Hi crafty friends and welcome back to my cardmaking blog. Today I’m sharing Simon Says Stamp Heart Garland Gnome. The heart Garland is a new 6 x 6 background stamp from the Simon Says Stamp “Hey Bestie” release that went live January 9th. This release is all about friendship and as I don’t send too many Valentine’s cards, I decided…
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Hi crafty friends and welcome back to my cardmaking blog. This is a cross over post from yesterday as I’m sharing the Arteza Watercolor paint and paper and a video on creating the card I shared in yesterday’s post: ———————————————————————— I also have a discount code for Arteza products for you today A Great Organizing sale at Scrapbook.com and a…
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Now that you have been through today’s Crafty Friends Blog Hop, it’s time to check out the Picket Fence New Release and 20% OFF Coupon we are sharing for today and tomorrow (January 20 – 21) This is the NEW release from 2 days ago, full of all kinds of fun new products – Click the images for a…
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Hi crafty friends and welcome back to my cardmaking blog. It’s the 20th so that means it’s hop day with my Crafty Friends and I’m sharing a card created with the Picket Fence Lily Bouquet stamp set. This month, We are happy to announce our special Brand is PICKET FENCE Studios. I LOVE their products and so excited…
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Hello my cardmaking friends, I have a NEW VIDEO – Distress Oxides Color Combos and Cards #2 to share with you today and a Winter Wonderland. In my neck of the woods it’s been – 40 something all week and we have warmed up today to a balmy -27 whoo hoo….so I had snowflakes on the brain. And because I…
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Here’s ANOTHER card created with this NEW Stamp from Simon Says Stamp – Heart to Heart Rainbow! AND I Used another new Product that JUST ARRIVED HERE the A2 Thin Frame Dies. For that lovely thin inlaid white piece in the card. You are going to want these. I had to move away from Pink Valentine’s cards for a minute,…
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Hi Crafty friends and welcome back to my cardmaking blog. Today I am “Sending You Love” and it’s a 10 Minutes to WOW all in one card. So read on on how to create this quick and easy card and download the FREE PDF too. Isn’t it pretty? I added a few new dies to my last Simon Says Stamp…
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Hello paper crafting friends and welcome back. It’s a fun and exciting release day for the SSS February 2020 Card Kit Window Frames This is an interactive Card Kit and not just for Valentines day. It includes two fantastic Simon Exclusive products: the 6 x 8 Window Frames Stamp Set and the clever Trio Window Wafer Thin Die. These products…
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Hello my crafty friends and welcome back to my cardmaking blog. Today I’m excited to share a new video series I have started, Distress Oxides Color Combos and Cards. Each Sunday (hopefully), I will share one or two color combos and then I’ll make a card(s) with them, start to finish. Read on to watch the video and download the…
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Hi crafty friends and welcome back to my cardmaking blog. Except I’m not sharing cards today, I’m sharing felt Valentine Bear Hugs. Adorable little felt bears to adorn my Valentine Bags……created with a very awesome die and felt from Ellen Hutson I saw this die a bit ago over on the Ellen Hutson site, and she sells all kinds of…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I’m sharing Hey Bestie – Simon Says Stamp NEW release. This is a beautiful collection of products to create cards for those special friends in your life. Maybe they don’t live close, maybe you don’t tell them enough how much you appreciate them. Lots of fun sentiments and images, some great dies to…
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Hello my papercrafting friends, today I have More cardmaking fun with Gina K for you. A few days back I shared a sepia card and video using the Elegant Asters Stamp/die set from Gina K and today I’m using the same bundle, just with very differently colors. This time we are bright and cheery and popping right off a black…
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Hello papercrafting friends and welcome back to my cardmaking blog. Today I’m sharing Stamping Bella Valentine. This card is a combo of cleaning out my scrap bin (background strips of cardstock), a teeny bit of Copic Coloring (the image), and a two layer die cutting (the heart). And actually, the stripped background is die cut too, I share my secret…
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Happy New Year and be the first to grab the January 2020 My Monthly Hero Kit – you won’t be disappointed. Love is in the air and the January Release is full of products for celebrating Valentine’s Day and Beyond! The kit is filled with stamps and dies that will allow you to build your own beautiful bouquets. “Wrap” flowers…
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Hello my paper crafting friends and welcome back to my card making blog. Today’s New Video is #6 in my Copic Quickies Series: Copic Quickies – Sepia Card and is another quick and easy one. I only used 4 markers. It seems about once a year I decided to do a sepia colored card, I really like them and this…
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Hi paper crafting friends and welcome back to my card making blog. Today I’m sharing Gina K Pink Cone Flower as part of the Scrap N’ Stamp monthly Blog Hop and we have a shopping coupon for you too, see below. Welcome to the January Scrap ‘N Stamp Team Blog Hop. We hope you enjoy hopping through and…
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Hello my card making friends and welcome back. Today I’m sharing Tonic Studios Flora Background colored with the Nuvo Alcohol Markers. First I wanted to wish you all a very Happy New Year. Thank you so much for your support in the past year from visiting my blog, downloading pdfs, leaving your wonderfully kind comments here on my blog, on…
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