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…
I love little boxes so perfect for a little treat. So much fun to show someone you care and appreciate them. I used Royal Sundance Felt cardstock in natural for both the box and the card. I wanted to watercolor on them and the cardstock was thick enough and gave the look of watercolor paper that I…
Happy Wednesday my dear crafty friends! I have been searching for a good quality emerald cardstock for the 55th anniversary to complete my anniversary card set. Here are the cardstock (Royal Sundance Linen Emerald 80 lb) and envelope (Stardream Metallic Emerald A6 Envelope) that work perfectly for my purpose. This linen cardstock is 80 lb,…
I’m busy making thankful cards these days. I’ve said this before but I think it’s worth repeating. I love surprising people with cards on Thanksgiving. I know Christmas is right around the corner and of course I’ll send lots of hand-made cards out then. But, Thanksgiving is a great time to pause . . ….