Now we are half way thru October and the weather here in North Texas has cooled a little I am ready to start thinking about ideas for Christmas cards. I have started with a sparkly Christmas Tree featuring the Merriest Tree Stamp Set and coordinating Dies.
Continue readingThis just has to be one of my most favorist (its a word) color combos – Highland Heather with Soft Seafoam, they just go together in my mind, soft but fresh! This is a very quick and easy card to make using Stamps, Ink and Paper and has a bit of a WOW factor. #Simplestamping
Continue readingIf you, like me, have difficulty with masculine cards I have one that will help you today. I think the simplest thing to start with is the colors, I chose the Thoughtful Journey decorative paper, picked out a couple of the more masculine colors then broke out the Grove Dies for the first time!
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Welcome to the Funky Folds Hop ~ a community for like minded paper crafters who love to make cards with funky folds and to share our ideas. Funky actually means “modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way” so hang onto your hats and see what the talented artisans have to offer 🙂
We don’t have a specific theme ” anything goes” it is all about the fold!!
Continue readingYou know, I love a stamp set with images and words, in the event there are no words my next favorite has a bunch of eclectic images that I build up a picture with ~ and so it is with the Queen Bee Stamp Set, check out today’s card
Continue readingI know I have shared my love of decorative paper, today’s card showcases some of the lovely gilded papers that are currently available as an on-line exclusive (see below for the link) I also chose to make a slimline card which allows me to use a lovely big piece of this gold and vanilla paper as well as some very pretty vellum which you can cut out with the Golden Greenery Dies
Continue readingI love decorative paper, it is one of the first things I look at when each Stampin” UP! catalog is launched and some of my first choices…….. then I start to think “I will save that for a special project” then find months later it is still in the packet as there has not been a project special enough!!! So a few years ago I made my mind up that I was going to focus on decorative paper as much as possible – so today I have one that
Continue readingI have loved scrapbooking for many years and have shared my pages on this blog. After Close To My Heart was absorbed by Stampin’ UP! earlier this year, SU really built up the scrapbooking supplies and have now released a number of kits for the upcoming holiday season. Today, I am focusing on the Halloween Kit ~ Halloween Memories
Continue readingStarting to feel a little better with the allergies, it might be something to do with the fact I am currently in Pennsylvania ~ 1400 miles away from the Mountain Cedar and the tree in our back garden that I am allergic to!!! I have a pretty card to share today inspired by a card sketch from the Sept ~ December 2024 Mini Catalog and , coincidently it is a get well card !!!
Continue readingDespite the heat in North Texas I have conceded a little and made an autumn themed card, but have used greens in place of more autumnal browns and oranges, it also gave me a chance to use one of the new on-line exclusives Gold Mercury Vellum for some of my embellishments.
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