Christmas/Advent Calendar Tutorial with Wonder of the Season Hello Paper Crafters!! I had so much fun designing this Christmas/Advent calendar with the Wonder of the Season Memories & More Card Pack. The super cute Mini Paper Pumpkin Box is the perfect size for storing the calendar cards. I used lots of different kinds of embellishments and die cut shapes to add interest to each card. This calendar was designed to…
Cardinal and Poinsettia Embroidery Hoop Christmas Ornament Tutorial Hello Paper Crafters! Here is my first Christmas project for you. I have always liked the idea of using an embroidery hoop to make a Christmas Ornament. Cardinals are one of my favorite birds and I love Poinsettias for Christmas. So, I combined the Toile Christmas and Poinsettia Petals stamp sets and coordinating dies to make this ornament with classic red…
Zany Zebras Simple Stamping Thank You Card Hello Paper Crafters!! I want to share a quick and easy card I made to thank my customers for their support of my business. To create the Zany Zebras simple stamping thank you card I used ink and water color pencils. Stampin’ Up!’s Watercolor Pencils are a great buy, because you get 13 pencils for $16 and the Assortment 2 are $12.50 for…
April 2020 Paper Pumpkin Alternative Projects: My Wonderful Family Hello Paper Crafters!! Today I am going to share some April 2020 Paper Pumpkin Alternative Projects that I created for a Facebook Live class. There are 4 cards, one belly band for a box and a family tree framed art piece. This was my first Facebook Live class and I think it went really well until I had technical difficulties.…
Mother’s Day Bendi Card with Tea Together & Forever Blossoms Hello Paper Crafters!! I have a fun 3D card for you today. This technique is called a Bendi Card. Super easy to make. We will make a Mother’s Day card using this technique. Tea Together is just such a perfect stamp set for Mother’s Day. I have paired it with the Parisian Blossoms DSP and Forever Blossoms stamp set to…
Daisy Lane Pop-up Box Daisy Lane Pop-up Box Introduction Hello Paper Crafters!! I have a really fun project for you today. Have you heard of a pop-up box? It’s a box filled with flowers or cakes & balloons or sweet baby items or whatever your heart desires and it folds flat so you can mail it in an envelope. (It will fit in a 6″ x 9″ envelope…
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…
Wedding Card Made with My Stash Hello Paper Crafters!! Do you like to make cards for special occasions? One of my favorite is wedding cards, but I haven’t had much of a need to make a wedding card. However, my children, as well as all the children mine grew up with are at that age where if they meet the right person then weddings will follow. Paige, the daughter of…
How to Copy a Card And Make it Your Own Using Color Theory [Tutorial] How do you copy a card and make it your own using color theory? “Color theory is the general application of color principles to design” (techopedia.com). It’s a set of principles used for working with colors. “It involves color mixing, considering the visual effects of color, and creating pleasing color combinations” (study.com). In this project tutorial…
Hello Paper Crafters, I am super excited to share with you Children’s Valentine’s Day Cards Online Class I designed specifically for a child’s Valentine’s Day school exchange. I have used the new Painted with Love Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the 2018 Occasions Catalog. There is only one word to describe this paper, stunning! The designs are hand-painted. Six of the designs have gold foil accents and are textured.…
