Circle Punch Trees
Circle Punch Trees for quick and easy Christmas or winter-themed cards Use your circle punches or dies to create trees made with layering circles. Circle Punch Trees How To: Punch or die-cut circles out of designer paper (Shining Christmas DSP): 2 each using 1 1/4″, 1 3/8″, 2″, and 2 3/8″ circle punches or […]
Bee Spinner Card
Bee Spinner Card Spinner Cards are easy to create, yet add that WOW! factor to your card-making. I paired the bee made using the Ladybug Punch with Fresh as a Daisy Designer Series Paper and the greeting from the stamp set Just My Type. See my Bee Spinner Card in Action HERE See more of […]
Easter Bunny Card
Easter Bunny Card for our 6-year-old granddaughter, Madysen I saw this idea on Pinterest and knew I had to use it as inspiration for her Easter card. And it matches a Sparkles and Unicorn birthday card I did for her when she turned 4! This Easter card was easy to create. I used retired oval […]
Make a Bee Using the Ladybug Punch-Alternative Idea
Make a Bee Using the Ladybug Punch I’m always looking for alternative ways to use my stamping supplies. This was the case with the Ladybug Builder Punch from Stampin’ Up! While it makes the cutest ladybugs, I wondered what other kinds of insects it could be used to make. Why it’s easy to make a […]
Punch Art-Create an Easy Easter Bunny Using Punches
Easter Bunny Punch Art Using the Ladybug Builder and Daisy Punches from Stampin’ Up! I’m always looking for ways to repurpose my Stampin’ Up! tools. This was the case with the Ladybug Builder Punch found in the Spring Mini Catalog. This punch makes the cutest ladybugs, but after studying it for a while, I decided […]
Happy Easter Cards for Grandkids
This is the card I made for our 3-year-old granddaughter, Madysen. Madysen has wild bunnies or “hop, hops” as she calls them, visit her yard daily. She’s always on the lookout for them, and they bring her great joy. For this card, I punched flowers out of various colors of card stock using the Daisy […]
Basket Weave Embossing Folder Apple Pie
The Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder is one of this year’s Sale-A-Bration choices. It is included in the Blossoming Basket Bundle which can be earned with a $100 order. While the coordinating stamp set, Blooming Basket, will not be available after Sale-A-Bration ends on March 31, the Basket Weave Embossing folder will carry […]
Owl Builder Punch Black Cat-Friendship
The swap card theme for our May Stamp Club was “friendship” with a twist. We were to use the Owl Builder Punch for our creations. Here is my swap card: I found this idea on Pinterest and knew I had to create my own little black cat! I created a mask for the moon by […]
White Wash Fence-Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day! To create the white wash effect, stamp Hardwood on Sahara Sand card stock using Versamark. Heat emboss using white embossing powder. Fill in the parts of the embossed image with a chalk marker. Create a palette of ink in the lid of an ink pad by squeezing the top of the closed […]
Owl Builder Punch Reindeer-Cheers!
I made this cute guy for our September Stamp Club swap. The theme was “silly or funny.” Even though it was only September, I was in Christmas card making mode, so I decided to make a happy looking reindeer using my Owl Builder punch. The antlers were made with a retired snow flake punch, […]
Work of Art “Sweet” Popsicle Card
I’m having such fun creating using the Work of Art stamp set. I used it to make a “sweet” watermelon card shared on July 28 for the Nacho Average Color Challenge #152. The challenge colors are Cucumber Crush, Crushed Curry and Watermelon Wonder. I decided to continue on with the challenge and make this “sweet” […]
Easter Bunny Berry Basket
Happy Easter! For instructions on how to make this cute punched bunny, please click here: Gift Bow Bigz L Die Easter Bunny 2015 Love the new Berry Basket Bigz L Die! Make a cute basket just right for delivering a little special something. Use with a Big Shot and Standard Cutting Pads. Finished box size: […]
Use up those Paper Scraps-Recycle and Reuse!
If you are a paper crafter, then I can guarantee you have a collection of paper scraps! The size of your collection depends on how picky you are. Me, I can’t bare to throw any paper away. That can lead to serious storage problems as your paper bins, totes etc fill up quickly with bits […]
Star Santa Claus
I’m in full Christmas card making mode, so I checked one of my favorite challenge sites, Merry Monday, for a little Christmas card inspiration. This challenge site helps get us in the Christmas spirit by offering weekly Christmas challenges all year long. This week’s challenge is “Santa”. Here’s my contribution: I do not own 1 […]
Pumpkin- CASology Challenge #66
Pumpkin is our cue word this week over at the CASology challenge site. Tuesday was garbage day at our house, and as I was busy collecting the week’s trash, I noticed this page torn out of a magazine (Popular Mechanics) laying on top of the waste basket in my husband’s office. “Mmmm” I thought […]