Easy Wishing You Well Christmas Card Wishing You Well Stamp Set Hello Paper Crafters!! I just love the new style of stamps by Stampin’ Up! called Distinktive Stamps. They make creating a beautiful image with one stamp so easy. These stamps are made with a new process developed by Stampin’ Up! that creates different opacities for realistic depth and intensity. Another process known as 2-step or 3-step stamping, also created…
How to Design Cards Using Crafting Stash Hello Paper Crafters!! I have a beautiful birthday card for you today. I have a friend, Angie, and she loves, loves, loves, loves her dogs and being out in nature. She also has some artwork that features wolves, so I thought I would use a retired stamp set, Wildlife Reserve, as the starting point for my card. In this blog post I am…
Country Lane Suite Hello Paper Crafters! I am super excited to share with you the Country Lane Suite in the Stampin’ Up! 2018 Holiday Catalog. This suite really caught my eye because of the beautiful color palette, the stamp set Country Home, with its mix of images and sentiments and the unique extras. My favorite has to be the Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (Say that 3 time…
A Monster Takeout Treat Box Hello Paper Crafters!! This is the second project I made at Stamp Club this month. How cute is this Monster Takeout Treat Box? I think this is a very clever idea; to make a Frankenstein’s Monster out of the Takeout Box. These would be perfect for a classroom exchange. Just fill each one with some Halloween candy or small toys. If you are ambitious you…
A Spooky Sweets Halloween Card Hello Paper Crafters!! I created this cute Spooky Sweets Halloween card at my Stamp Club this month. I just love this color combination: Bermuda Bay, Pumpkin Pie & Rich Razzleberry. There are lots of nice images in the Spooky Sweets stamp set. The texture stamp can be used to create spooky clouds in the night sky. I have also seen it used to create a texture…
September 2018 Paper Pumpkin Kit: Frights and Delights Hello Paper Crafters!! The September 2018 Paper Pumpkin kit is a delightful set of 24 treat bags. The kit contains 3 fun Halloween themes: A Ghost that says “Boo”, a “spooky” bat and a Jack-o-lantern that says “eeeek”. The cellophane treat bags have fun imagery too, like spiders, spiderwebs and a fun diagonal stripe in Pumpkin Pie and Mango Melody. Of course,…
August 2018 Paper Pumpkin Alternative Projects Hello Paper Crafters!! I’ve created four August 2018 Paper Pumpkin alternative projects for you. If you are someone who likes to have options, then these projects are for you. Project 1: Thinking of You This card uses two of the envelopes because I really liked the splatter pattern on the inside. I punched 3 pieces from the Flirty Flamingo and 3 pieces from…
August 2018 Paper Pumpkin Video Tutorial & Storage Tips Hello Paper Crafters! The August 2018 Paper Pumpkin kit is a beautiful set of 10 cards, with 2 designs of watercolor flowers and elegant silver foil edged envelopes with a fun splatter pattern on the inside. The kit also contains the Blissful Blooms photopolymer stamp set, Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Spot, 12 silver foil edged tags, Flirty Flamingo Baker’s Twine, 52 laser-cut leaves…
Healing Hugs: A DISTINKTIVE Stamp Hello Paper Crafters! Today I have a beautiful card made using Healing Hugs, one of Stampin’ Up!’s (patent pending) DISTINKTIVE stamps. The rubber stamps are created using a new process and the resulting image is very realistic. The rose image is so pretty and the Polka Dot Tulle ribbon makes this card something special. I made this card at my monthly stamp club with my…
Welcome to Your New Home Sweet Home!! Hello Paper Crafters!! I have two really sweet projects for you today. The first is another card designed around a family event. My brother Dale and his wife Sandy have just finished having a new house built for them in the hill country surrounding Austin, TX. This has been a dream of theirs for some time now. So being a card maker, what…
