Hi, crafty friends. I have a Holiday card to share… To create this card, I stamped the images from THIS stamp set and used THESE coordinating dies to cut them out. I adhered them to a background that I embossed with THIS background die and THIS embossing mat in my die cut machine. I love the texture it adds to a plain white background… I added a strip of cardstock under the images that...
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. Today’s crafty share is a bit different. It’s an organization video sharing how I organize and store my wax beads. I’m really into creating wax seals lately and I thought I would give you a closer look at my favorite wax beads as well as sharing how to create a wax seal which I do at the end of the video. VIDEO You can watch the video all about wax...
Howdy, crafty friends. I have more inspiration to share today from THIS new release… To create this card, I die cut the pieces from THIS die set from yellow cardstock. I also cut a panel that is 3 inches wide and 4.25 inches tall and applied ink through THIS stencil on it. This is the back panel. Before assembling the other pieces, I masked off the sides and only stamped the front of the...
Hi, crafty friends. I’m excited to be part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release. I have three cards today featuring THIS new stamp set from the release along with some fabulous new stencils… For the first card… I applied ink through THIS stencil on the front of a note card. I die cut a circle from the front to create a window where I adhered THIS bird image inside the card. I...
Howdy, crafty friends. I have more inspiration to share from THIS new release. Today’s card set is all about inlaid die cutting… To create these cards, I die cut THIS die from four colors of cardstock. I stamped the main pieces of each with THIS text die with a coordinating color to add some interest. I adhered those main pieces down on a white note card and then adhered the remaining pieces in each...
Hello again, crafty friends. Today’s card features products from THIS new release from Simon Says Stamp… To create this card, I applied ink through THESE stencils to create a striped background and used THIS die to cut it out. I added a red mat cut with THIS die behind it as well as a silver matte. I adhered the entire piece to a top folding white note card. I die cut THIS die from...
Happy Halloween, crafty friends! I wanted to share the tags I created for the treat bags I created for the kids at my son’s school… To create these cards, I stamped the image and sentiments from THIS stamp set on a tag created from THIS die. I cut the tag reinforcer from orange cardstock and colored in the teeth and eyes with a white gel pen. I colored in the screws with a silver...
Hello there, crafty friends. Today’s card share features using embossing paste with layering stencils… For the background, I applied paste through THESE stencils. I used THIS opaque paste and colored it with Distress Oxide Inks. I applied the colored paste through the first stencil layer, let that dry, then did the second layer, let that dry, and continued that until all four layers were complete. I added a black mat using THIS black glossy...
Hello there, crafty friends. I’m always looking to have cards on hand to give out to family and friends celebrating their accomplishments… To create these cards, I stamped The layers of THIS stamp set with yellow and black ink on a panel cut with THIS die. I stamped a coordinating sentiment from the same stamp set underneath the main image. I cut a white cardstock panel the same size as the die cut panel...
