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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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today it’s the August 2021 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month card. It’s called Hex Kaleidoscope Tile. It’s FABULOUS, has 6 cutting dies and also coordinates with the LARGE Die of the Month Kit card I shared the other day. You can line this one up two or three times across an A2…
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Hey crafty friends welcome back. There is a new stamp/die release over at Ellen Hutson today and I’m creating with the new Ellen Hutson Everything’s Beachy stamp and die set. Ellen’s latest releases have been minimal stamps, and it was fun to create super simple, minimalistic cards with this adorable stamp set. After all, who doesn’t want to go to…
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Hi cardmaking friends, today I have the August 2021 Spellbinders Large Die of the Month card for you. It’s called Hex Kaleidoscope Slimline and it’s FABULOUS. As with all Spellbinders dies, these cut beautifully with the pieces all but falling out of the dies. The Kaleidoscope pieces align perfectly making it quick and easy to attach the layers. I…
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Welcome back cardmaking friends. Today I have Spellbinders Christmas Blooms to share with you in a Slimline Card. This is my second post using the new Circle Kaleidoscope Slimline Dies, and as I promised, I used them in a different way. You can see the original post here for more inspiration using these fabulous new dies. Thumbnail links for all…
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Hello my craft friends, Happy Friday, I’m looking forward to the weekend, how about you? And it’s a long weekend up here to boot, yeah! Today I’m sharing two cards created with the Tonic Studios Patterns and Prints Stamp Club set which is being released today. It’s so exciting to be part of this fun blog hop to announce the…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have a Spellbinders Circle Kaleidoscope Slimline card to share with you. This Circle Kaleidoscope die set is part of the new release for July from Spellbinders and it’s so much fun to create with. Thumbnail links for all products I have used today are located at the bottom of this post. …
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Hey crafty friends welcome back. Today I have Simon Says Stamp Unfrogettable to share with you. haha, no that’s not a typo. The Simon Says Stamp August 2021 Card Kit is called Toadally Unfrogettable and just guess what it’s filled with, LOL. Tons and tons of frogs. They are so cute and they have the cutest set of sentiments too. …
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Hi cardmaking friends. Today I’m sharing Picket Fence Studios Nativity Scene Cards. I’ve added to my Christmas card stash again this past week. I’m determined to have them made by November – how are you doing on yours? The Nativity Slim Line Die is part of Picket Fence Studios Slim Line Die Cutting System, and it can also be used…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome to the Simon Says Make Magic Blog Hop. I have 3 new cards for you today created with the Simon Says Stamp Magic Stars background stamp. Also, today’s video includes my “Painting with Embossing Powder Technique for cardmaking”. It’s also the second day of the Simon Says Stamp Magic Stars Blog hop – and there…
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Hey cardmaking friends. If you missed my New Card Video post last night, there is a NEW Simon Says Stamp Make Magic Release happening today. Full of fun, the dies this month are so amazing, as are the new stamp sets. I confess to blowing my allowance for the entire month on this release, haha. Here’s a quick…
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Hey cardmaking friends and welcome back. It’s release day over at Simon Says Stamps with their amazing Make Magic Release and I have four Simon Says Stamp Silhouette Sentiments cards to share with you. I’ve also included a Cardmaking Video for one of the cards at the end of this post. This Silhouette Sentiments stamp set is one of my…
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Hey crafty friends, have you been thinking about starting your Christmas cardmaking? I decided to get ahead of the curve this year. I know, what is this sorcery you ask? haha. Well, Spellbinders Holiday Gnomes stamp set did it to me. I couldn’t resist these sweet little gnomes as I seem to be on a gnome thing this month too…..so…
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Hey cardmaking friends, Happy Weekend! Today I have Trick or Treating Slimline Halloween Cards to share with you. I hope you have been following the 7 in 7 free classes over on the Picket Fence Studios Facebook Group. The classes have been fabulous with all kinds of great techniques and ideas with this new July release. I’m adding to the…
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Hey crafty friends, I know, second post today, it’s been such a busy month but I’m having fun. Today I have a New Video – Brayer Ink Blending to share with you. I’m up over on the Splitcoast Stampers Site with the Technique Tutorial for this week. So excited, thanks Dina for inviting me. When asked to do this I…
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Hey cardmaking friends. It’s the 14th so that means Picket Fence Studios New Release for July and it’s overflowing with fun new products for Fall and Winter. Yes, with Halloween and Christmas just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about what you’re going to create. I had huge fun playing and have some fun samples for you today. …
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Hi cardmaking friends hope you are having a great week so far. Today I have Simon Says Stamp Sketch Iris Mini Slimline Birthday Card to share with you. This lovely iris stamp set includes a beautiful outline stamp and a solid image filler. Create a quick two step stamping art piece or stamp just the outline and color it. I…
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Hey cardmaking friends, today I’m up on the Picket Fence Studios Blog with this adorable “A Day at the Pond” card created with the Drop by to say Croak stamp set. This is one of my Favorites from the June release and they are so fun to color. There is also a coordinating die set too which makes it super…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. I was digging around in my new stamp bin and came across this Trinity Stamps Friends are Flowers stamp and die set and decided it was time to get some ink on it. Do you do that? Get all excited and buy stamps and then unpack them and set them aside and don’t get…
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Hey crafty friends. Today I have something super fun to share with you, a Mind Blowing Triple Layer Stencil Slimline Card. So, a week ago, I was supposed to be in a blog/IG hop with Ink on 3 and My Sweet Petunia (Misti) – but the products didn’t arrive in time. They finally arrived, and I had a nice quiet…
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