Sending Love Happy Easter
Sending Love Happy Easter Looks like the Easter Bunny has hand-delivered Easter eggs! Happy Easter to you and your Family. Sending Love Happy Easter How-To: 1.Stamp bunny from Easter Bunny stamp set on Basic White card stock using Memento Black ink. Color using Stampin’ Write Markers or Blends, then fussy cut using scissors. Stamp […]
Delicate Forest Grid Sheet Background
Delicate Forest Grid Sheet Background One of my Wetmore Stamping Ladies purchased the Delicate Forest Bundle and wanted me to use it in our February stamping class. Since I wasn’t planning on purchasing the bundle, she lent it to me before the class so I could make a card we would create in class. This […]
Seize the Day Calendar Pages
Seize the Day Calendar Pages Upcycle! My Mom gave me a Seize the Day 365 Day calendar for Christmas. It’s a tear-away calendar with each day sharing an inspirational quote. Instead of tossing the sheets, I keep the ones I especially like and incorporate them into my card-making. Very simple card-making. Just trim the sheet […]
Iris Folded Construction Zone Easter Card
Iris Folded Construction Zone Easter Card for our 4-year-old Grandson! A forklift moving Easter Eggs! Combined with Iris Folding, one of my all-time favorite crafting techniques. You can see more of my Iris Folding creations HERE (along with patterns and how-to videos) Iris folding is a paper craft technique that involves folding strips of colored […]
Sip, Recycle, Craft with Aluminum Cans
Sip, Recycle, Craft with Aluminum Cans I’ve shared many of the cards I have created over the years using beer or soda aluminum cans. My husband drinks a variety of craft beers, and I’m always confiscating the cans afterward. I cut the cans down and use the fun and colorful labels to create cards. It’s […]
Fragrant Forest
Fragrant Forest was found in the Sept-Dec Mini Catalog from Stampin’ Up! It is one of my favorite stamps from the catalog and fortunately it has been carried over and still available! This stamp is perfect for my location in the mountains of Southern Colorado. This is a large background stamp, so it is best […]
Handcrafted Elements Paper Towel Background
Handcrafted Elements Paper Towel Background I often incorporate paper towels I’ve used to clean stamps or blot watercolors in my paper crafting. You can see some of my paper towel backgrounds HERE It’s a great way to recycle and reuse while adding interesting colors and textures to your card making! I had this paper towel […]
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 […]
Floating Strips Technique with Aspen Die
Floating Strips with Aspen Die The floating strips technique is a great way to use up paper scraps! And for this card, I paired the technique with the leaves found in the Aspen Tree Dies Recently, I was cleaning up my paper-cutting workspace. This is what it looked like as I started sorting card stock […]
Paper Towel Background Aspens
Paper Towel Background Aspens I love recycling paper towels to create fun textured backgrounds in my crafting. I had this paper towel left over after cleaning stamps and blotting watercolors from recent projects. What a great mix of fall colors with the oranges and yellows. I knew it would pair nicely with the Aspen Trees […]
Floating Strips Background Technique-Sunrise Part 2
Floating Strips Background Technique Sunrise Part 2 I used the left-over piece from my Floating Strips Sunrise card HERE to create another Floating Strips Background card. I paired the sunrise background with a Meadow Die cut out of Early Espresso card stock. The greeting is from Pansy Patch. Floating Strips Background Technique How To: Cut […]
Floating Strips Sunrise
Floating Strips Sunrise inspired by a recent sunrise here at my home in the mountains of Southern Colorado. The Floating Strips technique is easy to do and is a great way to use up paper scraps. All you need is long, narrow pieces of card stock scraps, and a window sheet or transparency sheet. Floating […]
Using Paper Scraps-Meadow Die Butterflies
Using Paper Scraps Meadow Die Butterflies meets Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper Recently, I was cleaning up my paper-cutting space and came across this Hues of Happiness DSP scrap. I die-cut butterflies out of it for another project using the Meadow Die, leaving a perfect-sized piece for another project. I attached the piece to […]
Paper Strips Christmas Tree-Use Up Those Scraps
Paper Strips Christmas Tree A great way to use up paper scraps! After a flurry of Christmas card crafting, I had a collection of scrap pieces of Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper in my stash. I made a Christmas Tree card using some of the paper strips using this easy-to-follow pattern. You can also […]
Paper Scraps-Corner DSP Cards
Paper Scraps Use your paper scraps by creating easy Corner Designer Series Paper (DSP) Cards. I used pieces of Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper to create these cards. Easy to create! Cut a piece of designer paper 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and then cut along the diagonal. Then, attach to a card base, stamp […]