Wow, we have had a ton of snow fall this week and it inspired me to create this sunny card to brighten these snowy days. There are always birthdays to cover even during the holidays so this one is sure to brighten someone’s special day. I chose to use the Painted Harvest Bundle(it’s been sitting […]
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THE NEW STAMPARATUS – YOU JUST GOTTA HAVE ONE
Oh Wow, this new tool, The STAMPARATUS, has been in the works for a long time and now you can take steps to add it to your stamping Tool Belt! This tool will give you the ability to: Stamp multiples with ease Consistently stamp crisp, clean images If you want a darker impression, just apply […]
STANDING ON GUARD FOR THE SEASON
I really like the solder image in the Sugarplum Dreams stamp set! So much so that I stamped and coloured 3 of them for today’s card. And there they are, standing on guard! I used the label pattern from the Christmas Around the World designer paper as the background and then cut 3 pieces of […]
A SILVER CHRISTMAS JUST FOR YOU
Today’s card gives you a touch of silver with these lovely snowflakes! CAS(E) this sketch posted a good one for this week and I really had to think about the layout of my project. Here’s their sketch so you can see why I did my card this way. Starting with the Year of Cheer Specialty […]
WHITE ON WHITE WONDER
Well, we got more snow and some very chilly temperatures over the weekend which helped to inspire me to create this white on white Christmas card. This is a 4-1/4″ square card which fits in for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge as well as The Paper Players white on white challenge. Here’s the sketch that […]
SNOWFLAKES AND NOTES
Here’s a little music to take you into the weekend. This card was created with the Merry Music Specialty designer series paper and the Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits dies. It’s a study in black and white for a little Christmas spirit. I backed the row of snowflakes with a combination of our Whisper White Classic weave […]
CHRISTMAS HAPPINESS – FRAMED
It’s back to Christmas cards for today’s post and I’m using the Christmas Happiness stamp set for this lovely, framed picture. The Pretty Pines Thinlits dies worked perfectly for this card – the only stamping involved is the greeting! I followed along with The Paper Players Holiday Pines challenge and am pretty sure that this […]
DON’T FORGET THOSE BIRTHDAYS!
Do you have birthdays that happen during the holidays? Don’t forget to build your stash of birthday cards! I took some time to create this one using our new Stampin’ Blends. To get the layout for that lovely, bright flower, I followed along with CAS(E) this sketch. It took 3 stamp sets to create the […]








