Hi, crafty friends. I’m a huge fan of teachers so I make a lot of teacher appreciation cards. I thought it would be fun to make a week out of it since Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up. Here’s today’s card… To create this card, I started by dry embossing a gray A2 cardstock panel with THIS embossing folder. I die cut THESE dies from colored cardstock. I stamped THIS stamp set using black...
Hello, crafty friends. I have another Christmas card to share today with a non traditional Holiday color… To create this card, I cut out pieces of colored cardstock with THIS die and embossed them in THIS coordinating embossing folder. I adhered them down to a gray note card and then added THIS sentiment and THESE hearts cut from white glitter paper. Here’s a closer look… I also stamped on the flap of the envelope...
Hello, crafty friends. I have two Holiday cards to share today with the same design but two very different color combos. They feature products from a collaboration between Simon Says Stamp and Tim Holtz… To create these cards, I started with two specialty cardstocks and die cut them with THIS and THIS die. Next, I sprayed Distress Spray Stains on top and adhered them to a top folding white notecard. Next, I die cut...
Happy STAMPtember, crafty friends! If you are unfamiliar with STAMPtember, it’s a month long celebration of stamping and crafting. There is so much fun in store for this month but let’s start with a card I created with THIS STAMPtember release by Simon Says Stamp that features lots of stamping… To create this card, I started with the background. I covered a side folding white note card with patterned paper (an older one from...
Hi, crafty friends. I have three cards to share today that I created to give to my crafty friends… For the first card… I die cut THESE dies from colored cardstock to create the die cutting cart. I adhered it to background embossed with THIS embossing folder. I added THIS arched frame cut from black cardstock and THIS sentiment. For the envelope, I stamped a sentiment from THIS stamp set on the flap. I...
Hi there, crafty friends. I have two cards to share today in THIS Blog Hop featuring THIS new release from Simon Says Stamp. I was so inspired by THIS background stamp and wanted to do some color blocking with it. For the first card… I stamped THIS background on three pieces of 6×6 colored cardstock using coordinating colors of cardstock for a tone on tone look. I like to cut my paper down to...
Hi there, crafty friends. I have two cards to share today as part of THIS Blog Hop featuring products from THIS new release… To create these cards, I started with the background. I masked off a section of an A2 panel of white cardstock and blended three colors of Distress Oxide Ink. For the bee card, I blended Picked Raspberry, Wild Honey, and Squeezed Lemonade. For the second card, I blended Evergreen Bough, Peacock...
Hi there, crafty friends. I have several cards to share today that are all inspired from THIS class from Online Card Classes…. Have you ever taken a class over at Online Card Classes? If not, I highly recommend them. Once you purchase any OCC class, you have lifetime access to the class content. This means you can take your time and take the lessons at your convenience. There is no rush and you can...
Hello again, crafty friends. I have a birthday card to share today… To create this card, I started with the background. I applied white pigment ink through THIS confetti stencil on a piece of neenah desert storm cardstock. I wanted the colors of the confetti to be vibrant so I like to put a layer of white down before putting dye ink on top. Next, I die cut the panel using THIS stitched rectangle...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s card share is a card I made for a friend’s baby shower… To create this card, I swiped THIS trio of yellow ink across a white A2 panel to create an ombre look. These three yellow inks are new additions to the Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks and they are fantastic! Once dry, I used the same colors and applied the ink through THIS stencil for a tone on...
