Hi crafty friends! It’s Crystal and I’m loving these crisp cool mornings we are having here. I have been getting my kids to school and able to relax with my coffee in before I get to work. This card was inspired by the colors of all of the trees are starting to change now. I…
Hey crafty friends! It’s getting close to my favorite season fall! I love every thing about fall the colors, smells, cozy sweaters, warm drinks. What is your favorite season? I made this birthday shaker card with fall in mind. I used fall colors and also some gold leaf sequins. I started by die cutting a…
Hi crafty friends! I had so much fun making this card it is a very simple and fast card to make but I think anyone would be happy to get it. The focus of the card is the repeated stamping that I did and colored into make my own pattern paper. I die cut a…
Hi crafty friends! I love making cards for friends for no reason at all. In the last few months, I have enjoyed sending cards out hoping they bring a smile to someone’s face. How are you with mailing cards? Do you make them and remember to get them into the mail? The first step in…
Hi crafty friends! Father’s day is coming up next month, so I thought I would get started and make a father’s card to share today with you guys. I started by die cutting Basis in Teal and Medium Blue. I die cut the teal with a stitched 5 1/2″ X 4 1/4″ rectangle die, and…
Hi, crafty friends! How everyone doing? It’s nice and warm outside, so I have been spending lots of time going for walks. I don’t ever think you can have enough thank you cards on hand. Today I have a thank you card to share. I started by cutting strips of card stock out of Basis…
Hi crafty friends! I die cut a double stitched rectangle with rounded corners out of Classic Linen Pearl card stock I then ran it through my die cutting machine in a brick embossing folder. I added three different shades of brown ink over the embossing to help the bricks pop more. I didn’t take to…
It’s never too early to start working on wedding cards. I think now is just about the right time with the holidays being over and before summer activities are starting up. Then when the wedding season starts you will have a card handy. I started this card by die cutting a double stitched 5 1/2″…
Do you make Christmas cards or buy store-bought ones. I think Christmas cards are fun to make. This card came together really fast and I love the subtle shimmer that the Stardream Metallic card stock which doesn’t show up well in pictures. I trimmed a piece of Stardream Metallic card stock in Amethyst and Lagoon…
I made a set of three coordinating cards using Stardream Metallic card stock in Vista, Amethyst, Azalea. I did flower layering stamps on all three different colors of card stock. For the first layer, I stamped in “Fuschia”, “Parakeet”,” Crushed Velvet” Spectrum Noir Harmony Inks onto the color coordinating card stock. I stamped the second…
Hi crafty friends! Who loves hand made gift tags on their Christmas gifts? I do! I’m always so last minute that I have to buy mine. Every year, I think I will get some made ahead of the rush – but nope. This year, I got four done and it is only November so maybe…
Hi crafty friends! It’s hard to believe it’s already November – time to get moving on those Christmas cards. I try and have my cards done and in the mail by Thanksgiving weekend. I had fun making this card with a few supplies: Classic Linen Pearl Pop- Tones Wild Cherry Basis Green card stock Word…