New Year’s occasions are all about shimmer and shine, so today’s project is all about Stardream Metallic card stock. Using Metallic Silver, Metallic Lagoon and Metallic Jupiter, I made a Happy New Year card that would be perfect as a thank you or to accompany a hostess gift for a party. To start, I trimmed…
By Amber Rain Davis Today I’m creating 2 cards from 1 Gel Press panel created with acrylic paints & Altenew Feathered Leaves Stencil. As always products listed below. If you follow me, you may have noticed I’ve fallen in love with Stardream Metallic Quartz Cardstock and I’m trying all the techniques out on it. So far, I’ve already…
Happy Thursday my crafty friends! Today I’m going to show you the birthday card I made for my husband. It has been a family tradition that I make a card for the birthdays of my loved ones. I’m hoping in ten, twenty years or even more, they may take these cards out and feel the…
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…
I love making winter cards! I love using blues and purples for winter cards. For this card, I used Stardream Metallic cardstock in Amethyst and Vista. To get started die cut a piece of Amethyst cardstock down to with a stitched edge die down to 4-7/8″ x 3-5/8″. Emboss the Amethyst cardstock with a snowflake design using an embossing folder. Ink the…
‘Tis the season. I’m sure we are all busy with holiday festivities and preparations. I’ve been busy creating Christmas cards this week. I love to include lots of shimmer and sparkle in my Christmas cards. So I used Curious Metallic Cardstock, Stardream Metallic Cardstock, POW Glitter Paper to create these cards. I used layering dies…
I take a lot of pictures during the holidays, and sometimes I want to send copies to loved ones along with a Christmas message. I like to use bigger envelopes for this to fit the pictures and maybe pop in a flat card with a quick greeting to accompany the pictures. For today’s project, I’m…
Larger cards can be overwhelming to decorate when you need a several. A1 cards are a perfect size. They can still be sent through the mail, hold a gift card, used as a tag for a package or gift bag, and added to a fresh flower arrangement. I started with a flat A7 card (5″…
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…
I’m not a big holiday person, and since we typically don’t spend it at our house, I don’t do a lot of decorating. But since this is the first Christmas in our new house, I am excited to add some holiday-themed items around our new space. I came across a post with these paper gingerbread…
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…
Happy Halloween everyone! While most of you have been thinking about ghosts and ghouls over the past few weeks, I’m already knee deep in holiday work. Custom Christmas and holiday card orders are coming in hot! And I love that people are so on the ball that they get their orders placed in October! My…