Hi, crafty friends. I hope you are doing well and staying safe. I wanted to create some cards for my sister-in-law and her fellow team of nurses at our local hospital. They are NICU nurses that hold a special place in my heart as they helped my son when he was a newborn. He was in the NICU for ten days after he was born. It was such a scary time and they took...
Hello there, crafty friends! I’m so happy to be a part of THIS United We Craft Blog Party. The goal of this blog party is to unite us all during this time, inspire, and bring joy. I wanted to create some encouragement cards for the occasion… I started by stamping the solid line in THIS stamp using a rainbow of dye inks. For the first card, I stamped them in vertical lines to create...
Hi, crafty friends. I have a few cheery cards today with a message that I think it’s important to hear. So, just in case you need a reminder, you are loved. I started by making three card bases from THIS card stock. I love that color of card stock because it’s a great neutral base. I stamped all of them with THIS background stamp using the same color ink for a tone-on-tone look. I...
Hi, crafty friends. I’m back with more cards for crafty friends after such a great response from THIS previous post… For all three cards, I started by adhering THIS watercolor card stock on top of THESE top folded cards. I adhered the texture side face up to add to the watercolor theme. I stamped, colored, and cut out three of THIS image. I die-cut lots of THESE wood grain frames and adhered three together...
Hello. The majority of the cards I send out is for fellow crafters (a.k.a. my tribe). I’ve had some fun crafty themed products sitting on my desk for awhile and wanted to use them to create a few interactive cards for my crafty friends… I started by die-cutting THIS die from THIS fun foam. I used it as a stamp that I temporarily adhered inside my MISTI. I inked it up with several colors...
Hi there, crafty friends. I recently purchased THIS and THIS and made a bunch of cards to send to my crafty friends… Let’s start with the bear cards… Isn’t THIS bear the cutest!? THIS die gives him arms that open a bit so you can place whatever you want inside. I thought he could hold some crafty supplies from THIS die set. I cut them from THIS pattern paper and adhered the bear down...
Hello, crafty friends. Happy Friday! I’d thought I’d share what I’m gave to the staff at my son’s school for the end of the year gifts… I planned something different for his main teachers, but I still wanted to say thank you to all the wonderful staff at his school. (secretary, nurse, traffic helpers, past teachers, OT, speech, etc.) I was looking for something inexpensive because I had so many to purchase. I thought...
Hi, crafty friends. Today’s post is a special one. The talented Lea Lawson has created an amazing card drive and fundraiser in memory of her son, Layton. You can read all about her story and details HERE. I wanted to make a few cards that will be donated to NICU parents… Lea asks that the cards be created around a moodboard that she shares HERE. I chose three colors from the board and stamped...
Hi, friends. I’m back today with more inspiration using THIS card kit form Simon Says Stamp. (Click HERE to see a previous post with more inspiration using this kit.) I decided to make a shaped card for something fun and unexpected. I die-cut the largest die from THIS heart die set…once from a folded note card and once from a piece of card stock. I made sure to let the die hang off the...
Hi, crafty friends. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I thought I’d share what I created for the teachers at my son’s school. I use any Holiday as an excuse to spoil them. 🙂 I shared a similar idea HERE last year and they were a hit. This year, I added a few different things to the basket as well as the tags… I’m currently obsessed with THIS stitching tag from My Favorite Things. I like...
