Happy New Year!! Need some quick thank you’s? Here are a few ideas. I used the bright and bold colors in the Astrobright Card Stock collection to make these cards. Along with some die-cuts and ink blending, I finished them in no time. For the card base, I used the Cougar A7 Folded Invitations and…
I love the look of envelope liners but never took them on because I assumed they were a lot of work – I try to aim for efficiency when putting together wedding invites. I found a pack of envelope liner templates on sale for Cyber Monday and vowed to use them before the end of…
Hooray! My last holiday card order was delivered yesterday! This year I designed 50 custom holiday cards. Custom meaning, no templates! All designs were original and not duplicated. While this makes for a bit of a grueling November, I get incredible creative gratification from this time of year. Now it’s time to celebrate! (Or start…
Happy Wednesday my dear crafty friends! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving holiday. Christmas is around the corner. Are you ready with your handmade Christmas cards? Hopefully, the card I’m sharing today may give you some inspiration. Here it is. I love these cute bitty bears! I colored them with Copic markers. The scalloped…
Welcome to more of the Holiday Countdown Series for 2018! You can never have too many gift tags in your stash for the holidays. There is always that last minute package that you forgot the card for and needs a quick greeting added to it. For today’s project, I have some easy tags you can…
Happy Friday my dear crafty friends! With Thanksgiving and Christmas around the corner, are you busy with creating cards for your family and friends? Hopefully, our cards can inspire each other during this special time of year. Here is a Christmas card I made with an embossing folder, Distress Ink blending, and die-cutting. Prepare the…
I have always been drawn to Folk Art images whether it’s in books, on ceramics or on greeting cards. The intricate designs and crisp, graphic look just draw me in. I recently received a beautiful Folk Art Christmas stamp with a magazine I purchased and wanted to try it out for a Christmas card. I…
I’ve been experimenting with fun color combinations lately after taking a color theory class. I love using navy cardstock, so for today’s project I paired the rich, dark Royal Sundance Midnight Blue linen cardstock with Neenah Environment Desert Storm cardstock. I added a peek of Basis Light Lime for interest. I started off by stamping…
It’s hard to believe Halloween will be here soon. Wasn’t it just Christmas? :). Today I have a cute rather than creepy Halloween card that’s clean and simple with lots of bright, happy color. I started off with a comic strip background die I cut from Pop Tone Orange Fizz cardstock and adhered it to the front…
I love that just by seeing Fall colors, you get a feeling for what the season is all about. A calm warmth, getting settled in for the colder weather, leaves changing, hot drinks :)…..For today’s project, I wanted to capture that feeling on a card with some ink blending and simple stamping. I started off…
Did you know you pay extra postage for a square sized card? Well that’s if you use a square envelope. You could always put a square card in a rectangle envelope. I love square-shaped cards but don’t like paying extra for postage. So I decided to turn my square card into a standard A2 size…
Wedding season is still going strong and you can never have too many cards in your stash for these monumental events. All you need is a couple of great “go-to” stamps and a simple design to create a special keepsake for the happy couple. I started off with a notecard I made using Cougar White…