Hello, crafty friends. I have two cards to share featuring THIS new card kit… I decided to use the frames in the kit. For the fist card, I used it to frame a picture of my son… I love to include a photo in my Holiday cards and his school photo fit perfectly inside some of the frames. I cut the patterned paper and red cardstock with THESE stitched rectangle dies to mat behind...
Hello there, crafty friends. I just got back from a craft retreat weekend with friends and I wanted to share the gift I gave during our gift exchange. It’s a fun gift idea for a fellow card maker. It’s a Happy Mail Kit filled with items that you need to mail out cards… I started with one of THESE Mesh Zipper Bags. I had my friend, Kelly, cut vinyl lettering on her silhouette (the...
Hi, crafty friends. I’m so excited about today’s collaboration stamp set…. I wanted to create something other than a card so when I found some wooden tags in my stash, I knew they would make great gift tags or ornaments. I stamped each tag with an image and sentiment from THIS stamp set using black pigment ink. I added clear heat embossing on top and heat set it. I did this because I wanted...
Hi, crafty friends. My son starts school soon and I wanted to share the treats I created for his teachers… I started with some pencil boxes that I purchased at Target a few years ago that I had been hoarding. lol I stamped the sentiment from THIS stamp set using black pigment ink and clear embossed it for some shine. I used THESE coordinating dies to cut them out. I also stamped the pencil...
Hi there, crafty friends. I’m always looking for a special way to present a gift card and today’s card is a great example of how to incorporate a gift card into your card design… To create this card, I started with the background. This is a 4 Bar Sized card so it measures 4 7/8 inches x 3 1/2 inches. I repeatedly stamped the two small star stamps on a kraft background using clear...
Hello, crafty friends. I’m excited to be part of THIS blog hop celebrating THIS new release. I started by die-cutting an older goodie bag die twice for each bag from white cardstock. On the front of half of the panels, I stamped images from THIS adorable stamp set. I colored the images in with Copic Markers and then assembled the bags. I stamped a sentiment from THIS stamp set on one of THESE stitched...
Hello again, crafty friends. Today’s post shares how to create a customizable card set… I’ve made several of these card sets as gifts and they are always a hit with the recipient. They really enjoy being able to choose which greeting they will use. Before we get to the card set details, let’s start with the creating of the cards. VIDEO You can watch the video on how I created this card set HERE...
Hello there, crafty friends. Recently, I shared THIS post sharing how to create Holiday Gift Card Boxes. Today, I want to share a Valentine’s Day theme using THIS same gift box die… I die-cut THESE gift boxes from colored cardstock and assembled the bottom piece of each one. I love how these boxes are so easy to assemble. For the first box… I gold heat embossed THIS background on the top piece before assembling....
Hello again, crafty friends. Today’s projects were so fun to make… For the first card, I die-cut THESE dies to create this cute purse… I die-cut the pieces from Doodlebug Patterned Paper. I cut the center portion from 110 lb. white cardstock to make it sturdy. I followed THIS video by Sabrina for directions on how to assemble the die cut pieces. I love how easy this was to assemble. Here’s a closer look...
Hello again, crafty friends. I have a couple of last minute gift card boxes to share that is perfect for dressing up gift cards… I started by die-cutting THIS gift card box die from patterned paper and colored cardstock. I also used the rectangle dies in the die set to cut a window from he center of each. The box is so easy to put together. You just reinforce the score lines and adhere...
