Happy weekend my card making friends. I have More Lemons for you today created with this beautiful Lemon Lush stamp from Pinkfresh Studio. I hope your weekend is going well. Around here it has finally warmed up the snow has almost melted, and we are all doing the happy dance. Ian, the fur babies and I have even gotten out…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I’m sharing 1 stencil 3 cards. It was snowing like crazy yesterday morning so I thought I would create a little indoor spring. I just received this lovely new CROCUS STENCIL from Pretty Pink Posh, and it was time to ink it up. I love that you can use the entire stencil on…
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Hello again Crafty Friends. Second post of the day because it’s the April Picket Fence Release. Not only is it full of fun new products to play with, they are offering 20% Off and free US shipping on orders over $40. US. This month has a collection of encouraging, funny and hopeful stamps just perfect for this strange time, with…
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Hello cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I’m sharing a New Video Pinkfresh Lemon Lush and Zig Markers along with two cards I created with them. I ordered this lovely Lemon Lush background stamp the instant I saw it as I knew it was going to provide hours of coloring fun. Today I’m sharing the first set of cards I…
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Happy Thursday cardmaking friends – haha. Just in case you need to know what day of the week it is. Are you losing track of that like I am? I’m spending my time crafting and loving it…Still too cold outside to garden, so I’m making paper flowers instead. Today’s new card making video uses the new Simon Says Stamp – April…
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Hi crafty friends, I just popped in for a quick post as it’s the First Monday of the Month and that means the April Hero Arts Card Kit is Live and we all know how quickly they sell out. This month it’s a nod to Down under! Australia. Paying homage to the fascinating animals, the gorgeous flowers and the beautiful…
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Hello my card making friends and Happy Saturday. Today I’m Joining Simon Says Stamp for an epic United We Craft Party. Our goal is to bring you crafty inspiration and to inspire you to craft. I am so very grateful for crafting and this crafting community, it’s my happy place during these difficult times. I have a new Simon Says…
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Hello card making friends and welcome back. Today I have Peony Bouquet Stenciled Birthday cards to share with you. YIKES, My birthday card stash is extremely low right now! So I decided it was time to break into this lovely Peony Bouquet Stencil from the Simon Says Stamp Hey Bestie release and give it some love. Both cards fit for…
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Hello my cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today, while the snow was falling, (yes another 5 inches overnight – ug!). I found myself wishing terribly that spring would arrive and I could go outside and play in my gardens. Pull some weeds, see the first bright green leaves of my tulips popping out, SOMETHING so I hooted through my “yet…
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Arteza recently sent me another box of goodies to play with so in today’s Video I’m sharing – Let’s Color with Arteza Real Brush Pens. I do a little comparison to others I have and then show you a few different ways I like to color with them. I also share 4 completed cards at the end of the video….
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Hello my cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I’m sharing a Simple Easter Box and Card created with the Simon Says Stamp Oh Bunny Stamp and Die set. With Easter sneaking up on us and most of us staying in, I thought it might be fun to create a few Easter Projects that we could share with our family and…
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hello my cardmaking friends. As promised, I am back with a New Video Spring Gnomes and Copic Coloring. I first showed you these little darlings a few weeks back but the Simon Says Stamp New Release sold out on the first day so I was waiting for them to come back in stock. Which they are now! yeah!….the coordinating dies…
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Hi cardmaking friends. It’s the 20th today so it’s hop day with my Crafty Friends and I have Pinkfresh Studio Rainbow Cards to share with you. Hope you’re doing ok dealing with the social restrictions and like me, enjoying some extra time stamping. It’s such a great way to take your mind off the stress of what is going on…
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Hands Up – who loves Penny Black Stamps? ME, Me, ME, and today I have a New Penny Black Flying By Easter Cards. Ok, so when I was cruising the “what’s new” at Simon Says Stamp, I saw this little gem and quickly added it to my cart. At that time I had no idea what I was going to…
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Hi card making friends and welcome back. Today I have an adorable shaker card to share with you created with the Picket Fence New Sleeping Baby Stamp and die combo. This sweet little fellow is colored with Copics and cut out with the coordinating die. I sponged another piece of card with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide and then stamped the…
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Hi card making friends and welcome back. Today is the Picket Fence March Release day! Pretty new Stamps, stencils, fun bundles and more this month. I am honored to be asked in as the Guest Designer for March as I really love working with their products. I have a few to show you today and tomorrow and check out the…
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This is Fun, Simon Says Stamp is having a MYSTERY SALE Use CODE LUCKY777 to save 20% on over 70 different Mystery Brands – good through 3/15 SHOP SIMON HERE Also, don’t forget to check out the Steals and Deals, there are some awesome prices in there too, although they tend to sell out quickly but I just checked and…
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Hi again stamping friends. Second post today as this is very time sensitive. The Simon Says Stamp Easter 2020 Card Kit went live this morning. As you may know, this is a super popular kit and sells out very quickly. Hopefully spring is just around the corner and that means Easter is too. So Simon is EGGstra excited to share…
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Hey cardmaking friends, welcome back. Today’s share is Simon Says Stamp Lifting Hearts Bunny Card. It’s day 12 of the “The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge” so I dug out this bunny again and gave him a little coloring love. I needed this card to be super bright and cheery so instead of a blue stenciled sky, I made…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I’m sharing Simon Says Stamp Floral Mix Background. It’s a stamp I purchased a bit ago and haven’t really played with much. First, my apologies for being AWOL for a few days….TAXES, ugggg, we have to do taxes in both countries. It’s a pile extra work and I just had to keep my…
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Hello my card making friends. I have been busy updating the Crafty Sales page with all the awesome specials that are popping up and thought I would send out an updated e-mail so you don’t miss out on these great deals. Have fun shopping, there are lots of warehouse sales, additional discounts and NEW PRODUCT RELEASES too. There’s even a…
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Hello my wonderful cardmaking friends and welcome back. New Video up today – Learn How to Two Step Stamp and both cards are 10 Minutes to WOW. Toda,y we are stamping with the fabulous NEW stamp set LAYERED TULIPS from the Simon Says Stamp “LUCKY TO KNOW YOU” released this past Thursday. What a release – have you checked out…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. I have 7 New Cards for the Lucky to Know you Release from SImon Says Stamp. Oh my goodness you are going to fall in love over and over again with this Simon Says Stamp NEW release LUCKY TO KNOW YOU.…and there’s GNOMES. NEW Gnomes and I was doubly blessed that they sent…
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Happy March 1 and I hope you are having a fabulous weekend. I have a 30 Day Color Challenge and Sneak Peek to share with you today. First up: Kathyrac’s 30 Day Color Challenge starts today and runs through March. It’s the 15th such challenge and is a boatload of fun. The goal is to make time to color every…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have a New Video – Copic Markers and Heat Embossing. These two items don’t normal go together, but I’m going to show you how they can with the help of your Misti Stamping Tool. I also share a quick lesson on the Copic Flicking Technique for the coloring – so read and…
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Hi there crafty friends and welcome back. Today’s card making share includes two more cards made with the Stronger Together Stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. This stamp set is in the March Card Kit and I have really enjoyed creating with it. The floral images are simple and easy to color with any medium and the sentiments are strong…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. While hooting around in my stash looking at Valentine’s stamps earlier this month, I came across this Penny Black All My Love and decided to make an anniversary card with it. I love to color with my copics and small images like this are quick and satisfying to color. They don’t require a lot…
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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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