Hey cardmaking friends, welcome back. Today I have a New Cardmaking Video Hero Arts Looking Glass Dies to share with you. Since sharing this card back in August, I have had quite a few emails asking for a video on how these stacking dies work. I’m happy to share my technique with you. I also received Hero Arts Order which…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have a Mini Slimline Hero Arts Dahlia Card to share with you. Yet another stamp and die set from that bin labeled “bought but not used yet”….I am determined to empty that thing, LOL. Funny thing about this “BIN” – see the end of this post for a GIVEAWAY: As all the…
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Hey cardmaking friends, today I’m sharing a Sarcastic Kitties Card with the Picket Fence Studios Collaboration set with Simon Says Stamp for Stamptember. This stamp set is truly adorable with a great selection of Kitties and some snarky sentiments to go with them. This is a limited time release and they only printed a certain number. As with all Stamptember…
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Hey cardmaking friends, welcome back. Today I have a Paper Layering Circles Card created with a new set of dies from Simon Says Stamp for Stamptember. I’m having a blast watching all the new collaborations each day and I trust you are too. Along with the daily collabs, Simon also had a HUGE new product release and this Paper layering…
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Hey cardmaking friends, and welcome back. Today I have Spellbinders A Tweet Congrats card to share with you. This card is a combination of three of the September Kits. I used the Clear stamp set of the month for the little bird. The September Glimmer of the month Kit for the sentiment and the Small Die of the month for…
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Hi cardmaking friends, thanks for stopping in today. I have a new card to share with you created with the Spellbinders September Small Die Kit of the Month. The kit is called Layered Mix and Match Sentiments. It includes a bunch of different sentiments and the shadow dies for behind them as well. I’m using the Thank You dies for…
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Hey cardmaking friends. I have two cards to share with you today created with the Picket Fence Studios Peach and Piper Stamp set which is totally adorable. Today’s post is also part of a Instagram Hop with Waffle Flower and a collaboration between the two companies. PS, Waffle Flowers is giving away their entire release and Picket Fence Studios has…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome to the Spellbinders September Blog Hop. Today my share is created with the Spellbinders A Little Bird Told Me which is the Clear Stamp Set of the Month from the Spellbinders Clubs. Giveaway: To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have a few cards to share created with the NEW products from the Picket Fence Studios September Release that just went live this morning. There are lots of fun new products to create with this month and I have them all listed at the end of the post. Let’s Start with the…
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Hey cardmaking friends. I have a new video today creating the Picket Fence Studios Our Town Slimline Card. The Our Town Slimline Die set consists of two dies. A village and Santa and his reindeer. My entire card is created with this one die set. Ok, I also get a couple of sticky fingers playing with Paper Glitz and my Life…
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Hey cardmaking friends welcome back. Today I’m playing with Picket Fence Studios Seamless Designs Stamps. As you know, I’m on their design team, so I’ve received a few of these. I have played with a couple, even done a video with one (linked below). Yesterday I pulled them all out. I took a good look at them and I’m totally…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have a new card share created with the Spellbinders September Glimmer Kit. This new kit is called Glimmering Build a Banner and it’s so very cool. You glimmer foil the sentiments and the striped background pieces separately, and then die cut them out. So, no lining up the foil (which I absolutely…
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Hey crafty friends, hope you are having a fabulous weekend. I thought I would pop in with another new card, Simon Says Stamp Hexagon Background. The Hexagon Background stamp is another new release for STAMPTEMBER. It’s a huge 6 x 6 rubber stamp with foam backing. Just a heads up – Today is the last day for many of the…
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Hi cardmaking friends and Happy Labor Day Weekend. Today I have Crystal Distortion Embossing Folder #2 Card for you, created with the amazing new Crystal Distortion E/F from Simon Says Stamp Sorry this post is late. I updated the CRAFTY SALES PAGE and Newsletter and boy are there a ton of sales on this weekend. The newsletter was sent out…
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Welcome back my card making friends. Today I’m so happy to be part of the Simon Says Stamp STAMPTEMBER BLOG PARTY. The design family has come together for a huge party to share inspiration around the NEW RELEASE products for Stamptember. The home base for this hop is the SIMON SAYS STAMP BLOG where there are links to everyone’s posts….
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Welcome to Stamptember. The paper crafting industries best month of the year with fun new products and collaborations between stamp companies, it’s always so very much fun. Welcome to Stamptember: Stamptember was created by Simon Says Stamps 12 years ago. Each year starts with a HUGE release of NEW PRODUCTS which happens today – woo hoo. Then they release…
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Hi cardmaking friends and Happy Sept 1st. That of course means there are all new clubs over at Spellbinders. So, today I’ve got Spellbinders Just a Tweet which is the Large Die of the Month Club Kit for September. There is an adorable little bird, branches and leaves, a nice selection of flowers, even sentiments and shadows. This is a…
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Hey cardmaking friends welcome back. I have a new video and card making technique for you today, Distress Oxide Inks Bleached. This is also Distress Oxide Inks Color Combos and Cards #8 Video, as It’s brand new fall color blend that I put together. Bonus, the art piece is so large, it ends up making two SLIMLINE CARDS This…
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What’s better than adding cardmaking supplies to your shopping cart? How about a fabulous NEW Spellbinders Add to Cart Die set by my dear friend Becky Roberts? Welcome to the August Spellbinders Holiday 2021 Release Blog Hop. We have a fabulous selection of designers participating today bringing you inspiration from all the new spellbinders Holiday Releases. Give Away: To celebrate…
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Hello my craft friends, Happy Friday, it’s almost the weekend, yeah!….looking forward to a little downtime and finishing a garden I’m building outside. Today I’m sharing two handmade cards created with the NEW Tonic Studios Christmas Rose stamp and die set. You know me and flowers, I had a FABULOUS time coloring this beauty and then a terrible time deciding…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. I was up on the SPELLBINDERS BLOG yesterday with these projects, so I thought I would share today, the New Spellbinders Holiday Medley Collection. The Holiday Medley Collection by Becca Feeken is a fabulous selection of die cutting sets perfect for your holiday card making. The intricate dies that Becca is know for, cut…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have three Hero Arts Christmas Cards to share with you. Hero Arts just had a new Holiday Catalogue release and I fell hard for this Hero Arts Looking Glass Winter Forest Die set. Christmas Card Count: I have been keeping track of my Christmas Card Count over on my Instagram Page, These…
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Happy Fall Y’all, and today I’m sharing two cards created with more new products from Picket Fence Studios August Release. Fall is sneaking up on us quickly, too quickly it seems, which prompted me to create these two cards. I’m up on the Picket Fence Studios Blog with this post this morning but I thought I would share it here…
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Hi paper crafting friends, hope you are doing well. Today I have a NEW VIDEO for you – Spellbinders Christmas Blooms Die Cut Cards. In today’s cardmaking video I create two cards with some new dies and glimmer plates from Spellbinders. I did my cards in blue, gold, and white just because I love those colors together, but they…
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Hey crafty friends, yep, me again, such a busy day today, and I have card #5 for you in today’s third post. This is Simon Says Hibiscus Blooms. I finally got my Making Magic release order and I just had to break open this beautiful Hibiscus Blooms stamp and die set and create with it. I did this for two…
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Hi crafting friends and welcome back. It’s the 14th so that means it’s time for the FABULOUS Picket Fence Studios August Release. So many fun new products to play with, I didn’t even get to them all, but I’ll work on that over the next month to share with you. This release is full of Holiday fun with a bit…
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What are Mini Slimline Cards and How to make a Mini Slimline Card: The newest rage is the Mini Slimline Card. The biggest questions seem to be: What Size is a Mini Slimline Card and How to Make a Mini Slimline Card You love making cards or you wouldn’t be here, right? So, you have probably heard about Mini Slimline…
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Hey cardmaking friends, welcome back. Today I’m sharing a Simon Says Stamp Bouquet of Thanks Card. I made this one a Mini Slimline card as I’m quite enthralled with them at the moment. This Bouquet of Thanks stamp and die set caught my eye for a couple of reasons: It’s a nice sized image, easy and quick to color. It…
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Hi cardmaking friends. Today I have a New Spellbinders Floral Glimmer Slimline Card to share with you. The Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month from Spellbinders for August 2021 is called Hex Floral Card. As you can see it has two beautiful floral plates and sentiment outlines that coordinate with the Large and Small Die of the Month for…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I’m playing with Simon Says Stamp Geometric Builder Hearts from Simons Make Magic Release this month. It’s a fun die set that creates all these Geometric heart shapes and it’s a fabulous way to use up your scrap bin too. These cards are super easy to create, no stamping knowledge needed at…
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Hey crafty friends welcome back. Today we have a new card share using Ellen Hutson Everything’s Beachy Card #2. I had so much fun creating the first card <<<<<click to view that I had to make a second one to share with you. Ellen’s latest releases have been minimal stamps, and it’s fun to create super simple, minimalistic cards with…
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