Hey crafty friends and welcome back. Today I’m sharing a Thanks for Being so Sweet card created with the NEW Sundae Afternoon stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. I incorporated another new product too. Creating the background for the card: To create the background for this one, start by brayering Wild Dandelion (Gina K Designs) Ink all over the new…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Simon Says Stamp Sundae Afternoons is my favorite stamp set from the NEW RAINBOW Release and I have a Slimline Card to share with you today using it. This 6 x 8 stamp set is all about Ice Cream, so who wouldn’t love it, haha. And you can color all your favorite flavors. We…
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Hey cardmaking friends, welcome back. Today I have Spellbinders June Large Die of the Month to share with you and a couple of cards I made with it. This kit is called Color Block Circles and Stripes and it’s a boatload of fun to play with. Sorry to have been so quiet over the past week. I had my semi…
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Hi crafty friends and welcome back. Simon Says Stamp New Release RAINBOWS just went live for June. This is such a fun and happy release with so many fabulous new products and I’m sharing a couple of my favorites with you today. I’ve included a list all the new products for you with clickable links at the end of this…
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Hello my craft friends, I hope you are doing well and having a great week and looking forward to a fabulous weekend too. Today I’m sharing two Slimline Cards created with the Tonic Studios Shoot for the Moon Stamp and Die set which is being re-released today. I think they both make great masculine birthday cards which I never seem…
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Hey cardmaking friends, welcome back. Today I have a Picket Fence Studios Dandelion Delight and Shimmer Powder card to share with you and the Embossed Resist Technique which is a fast and fun way to create fabulous backgrounds on your cards. Shimmer Powders are from Tonic Studios and come in a dozen beautiful colors. For today’s card I used…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. My Simon Says Stamp June Card Kit arrived Friday so I got up early yesterday and got some cards made before spending the day outside building gardens. I always like to try and use as many products from the kit as I can when making these cards. I like that Simon includes a variety…
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Hey crafty friends welcome back. Spellbinders New Liberty Sunday Drive is a new die set that coordinates with their Sunday Drive collection. I love that they keep coming out with new images for this great car die set. This time around we have Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty going for a cruise. How to create the Spellbinders New Liberty Sunday…
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It’s Friday, so let’s have a drink!, haha, how about a Blended Stencil Margarita!. Picket Fence Studios new release includes two new stencil sets that include the positive and the negative pieces so that you can stencil, then mask and add another stencil over it to create a background, so that’s exactly what I did. Steps for the Blended…
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Hey cardmaking friends, up today we have the Spellbinders May Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month and it’s fabulous. If you love the Glimmer Hot Foil System you are going to adore these monthly subscription kits. It’s the Spellbinders Monthly Blog Hop Today with 24 stops and TONS of fabulous inspiration for you around the Monthly Club Kits. The…
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Hi crafty friends thanks so much for dropping in. Today’s card is Picket Fence Studios Soar Butterfly Slimline Card. This month’s release has 4 new butterfly stencils giving you a huge variety of choice. I chose the Soar Butterfly for it’s small detailed lines allowing me to do a quick and easy ink blending technique with maximum detail. My sentiment…
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You know me, I love a good flower stamp. So, when I received my packet from Picket Fence Studios for the new release this month I squealed at this one. Say hello to the Picket Fence Studios Tropical Hibiscus Bouquet…..it’s SO FABULOUS and part of today’s NEW RELEASE. It’s a beautiful LARGE stamp, these cards are 5 x 7 so…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have Spellbinders Stitched Card Front Border and Flower Dies to share with you as part of the May Large Die of the Month Club. These dies are fabulous and cut so well. It only takes a minute to pop out the little dots and then you get to some fun stitching. The…
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Hi cardmaking friends hope you are having a great Monday. I’m back with another stamp set from the Simon Says Stamp Release Born to Sparkle. This is Rainbow Party Balloons This is a lovely red rubber 6 x 6 background stamp so you can make cards in a variety of sizes. I decided on 5 x 7 for today’s cards….
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Hey paper crafting friends, welcome back. Today I have Wild Daisies Color Blocking Technique to share with you. I have been circling back around to some cardmaking techniques I have enjoyed in the past and color blocking came to mind. I decided to do a little masking and create the stripes using my Distress Oxide Inks for the blending The…
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Hey card makers, welcome back. I have been so excited playing with the new Embossing Folders from Simon Says Stamp, today I have the Magnolia Branches Three Ways for you. All of Simons new EMBOSSING FOLDERS are super deep and really nicely etched, providing beautiful deep images. Magnolia Branches Three Ways – Card #1 Let’s start with the super easy…
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Happy Monday card making friends. Up today I have Spellbinders Arched A2 and Slimline Cards to share with you. May not only brings spring it also brings new Kits from Spellbinders and I’m creating today with the Small Die of the Month kit – Arched A2 and Slimline Card Creator and the beautiful Clear Stamp of the Month – Borders…
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Hey card making friends welcome back. Today I have a New Video Spellbinders Stained Glass Cards and three samples to share with you. Becca Feeken recently released her Stained Glass Bouquet collection and I was so excited to create with them. The cards were so fun to create I can’t wait to share them with you. I had a stained…
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Hey crafty friends, it’s blog hop day #1 for the fabulous new Born to Sparkle release and today I’m sharing two cards created with the Simon Says Stamp Window Box Blooms stamp set. GIVEAWAYS: Today’s hop is filled with tons of inspiration and, of course, GIVEAWAYS. Each blog on the hop will be giving away a $25. gift card to…
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Hey crafty friends, welcome back. Today I have a Slimline Card created with the new Picket Fence Studios Tree Scenery Slimline Die Cutting System Insert. I love Picket Fence Studios Slimline Die collection and when the new inserts came out this month I just had to give them a go along with a few other new goodies of course. The…
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Good evening Crafty Friends……Tonight at midnight Simon Says Stamp Born to Sparkle Release goes live with a fabulous selection of new products. They are sure to kick your crafting mojo into high gear. You can see the entire release HERE and I have a pretty little card to share with you tonight created with two of the new…
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Hello cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have two Mini Slimline Dandelion Messages cards to share with you. The Dandelion Messages Card Kit went live at Simon Says Stamp last week and I just got my kit so I hopped right in to play with it. Both these cards are 10 Minutes to Wow Cards as well – meaning…
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Hi crafty friends and welcome back. Today I have a Sweet Celebration card to share with you I just couldn’t help adding this stamp/die set to my recent Simon Says Stamp order. It’s from My Favorite Things and it’s so adorable and so fun to color. It’s also a small image so it only takes a few minutes to color:…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Hope you had a great weekend. We had a beautiful sunny day on Saturday and spent it outside cleaning up the yard. Sunday it snowed, so I finished up painting one of the bedrooms….baby steps on this house reno, but moving forward none the less. I have a new card to share with you…
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Hello card making friends. I hope you’re having a great weekend and getting some rest and some creating in. Today I have a Picket Fence Studios Flower Wreath Card to share with you. The Beautiful Girls Flower Wreath Stamp Set is part of the new release from this past week and it’s just stunning. I have another card for you…
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Hi card making friends. I’m on a roll this week, not only do I have a new card for you, I have a New Video Distress Oxide Sprays Ink Smooshing. You know me, I love to Smoosh….and while I was unpacking my stamp room I came across my distress oxide Ink sprays…and thought – hey, I haven’t played with these…
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Hey card making friends welcome back. I have some inky fun for you today with the Picket Fence Studios Wild Daisies. Another new stamp set from the Picket Fence Release Yesterday. The Wild Daisies stamp is huge, it covers the entire front of an A2 card. I decided to cut it out so that I could play…
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Hello card making friends and welcome back. Today I’m sharing a new video SLIMLINE CARD Inlaid Die Cutting. It’s created with new products from the Picket Fence Studio’s April Release that goes live today. Woo hoo, I love new releases don’t you? There are a huge selection of Slimline and regular card sized products in this release which you can…
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Hey cardmaking friends, it’s Sandi here and I have a couple of cards to share with you today created with the Spellbinders Floral Beauties and Layered Wildflowers stamp sets. These are new stamp sets designed by Sushma Hegde and they are so light and fun I really enjoyed creating with them. I’ve noticed a few of my cardmaking friends…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have three cards to share with you created with the new Spellbinders Diamond Floral Frame Glimmer and die cutting set. This set is part of Yana’s Blooming Birthday Collection and it was so much fun to create with I just couldn’t stop foiling. When I get out my Glimmer Foil machine I…
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Hey cardmaking friends, welcome back. Today I have two cards for you created with the Simon Says Stamp Friendly Flowers Card Kit. This kit is fabulous and I’m totally in love with the Simple Vintage Cottage Fields pattern paper in this kit. I usually try and make a couple of cards using just supplies from the kit and that was…
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