Hello and welcome. Today’s card is a good example on how to stretch your holiday stamps to create all occasion cards… I stamped the wagon from THIS adorable Holiday set and colored it with Copic Markers. I can see myself using that wagon for many things, not just the holidays. It would be fun to fill it with hearts for a Valentine’s Day theme. Next, I heat embossed a birthday sentment from THIS set...
Hi there. I’m wrapping up I Love Simon Says Stamp Week with two card shares … I love stretching the use of my stamps and wanted to share an example of using a Holiday stamp all year round. I stamped the triangle pattern repeatedly from THIS set to create a bold background on this holiday card… I added color to some of the triangles using THESE colored pencils. I scribbled a bit of color...
Hello friends. Easter is just a few weeks away so I thought I would create a card for the occasion. I used lots of die-cuts in my stash to decorate some felt eggs… I started with THIS egg shaped die and cut it from several colors of felt and white cardstock. I adhered the white cardstock behind each egg shape for more stability. I decorated the eggs with several dies. I used THIS die...
Hello. Today I have a card over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog HERE showing how to stretch the use of your stamps with masking. Here’s a peek at the masking… Head on over HERE for more information. Thanks so much for stopping by! LINKS TO SUPPLIES USED: Simon Says Clear Stamps I SEE YOU sss101568 Simon Says Clear Stamps STACKING ANIMALS sss101584 You Have My Heart Simon Says Stamp STITCHED RECTANGLES Wafer Dies My...
Hi there. I’m a guest over on the Skipping Stones Design Blog and there is hop today sharing some crafty tips/techniques. The technique I want to share is mirror stamping. Mirror stamping is not a new technique, but I wanted to share how well it works when creating spinner cards, like this one…. First, how adorable is that bird image and sentiment? I just love it and thought it would be fun to make...
Hello. Thanks for visiting my blog. So I was shopping the other day and what did I hear?…Christmas music. Say what!? I really want Halloween to come before I can even begin to wrap my head around Christmas…but time flies and it will be here before I know it. It has inspired me to get a head start on creating holiday cards. I’ve decided to share a holiday themed card every Tuesday and Thursday...
Hello! Last week I shared a couple of cards HERE using some new goodies from The Color of Fun Release by Simon Says Stamp. Today I’m back sharing more ways how to stretch your stamps! First, I took a look at THIS new stamp set and used it in a completely different way than intended… One with Nature Stamp Set I turned the tree image (in the upper left corner) and flipped it upside...
Hi! I don’t think the watercolor trend is slowing down anytime soon, so I thought it would be a perfect fit for the next challenge over on the Little Tangles Blog. Here is my card for the challenge… I started by stamping THIS stamp on to some watercolor cardstock using VersaMark ink. I heat embossed it using white embossing powder. Heat embossing is a great way to keep the color in the right...
The Little Tangles Challenge Blog announced their first challenge of the new year and introduced their new design team. I’m happy to say that I’ve decided to stay on as their Design Team Leader this year! I love Neat and Tangled Stamps and I’m ecstatic that sweet Danielle asked me back. I made three cards for the challenge… For all three cards I used THIS stamp set… Merry and Bright I used the curved border image...
You might have noticed that I’ve been MIA lately. I spent some much needed down time with my family and also have had a major creative block lately. However, I managed to make a couple of cards that showcase how to stretch those holiday stamps. I used THIS snowflake stamp set from Paper Smooches and created a thank you and birthday card… I laid out all of the snowflake images on my card and...
