Category: Handmade Cards

  • Friendship Card with Simple Stamping

    It is a nice gesture to send a friend a greeting card to let them know you are thinking of them. I make sure to have a few friendship cards on hand ready to be mailed. Making a quick card with simple stamping allows me to batch a few at a time without spending too…

  • Loss of Pet Sympathy Card

    For many of us, our pets are like family. So when we experience the loss of a pet it can be very painful. I recently had a friend lose her dog Kona all of sudden. I wanted to let her know I am thinking about her in this time of grief so I made this…

  • Does It Feel Like Fall?

    Does It Feel Like Fall?

    It’s starting to feel like fall… well, maybe not in Southern California. 😛 The forecast for the upcoming week does not feel like fall. Looks like my hoodie sweatshirts will remain in the closet until cooler weather. Since it doesn’t feel like fall, I can still get into the spirit of fall with the Love…

  • Simple Card to Say Hello

    Sometimes a simple card is all you need to tell someone that you are thinking of them. For this card I used scraps of paper I had left over from the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper and stamped a couple poppy flowers and leaves using the Painted Poppies stamp set. To finish off the stamped…

  • Reversible Stamps

    Stampin’ Up! introduced reversible stamps in the 2019 Holiday Catalog. Reversibles is a photopolymer stamp where you can use both sides to stamp an image. The image stamped on this card used one stamp from the Lovely Lily Pad stamp set. A couple days prior, I created another card using the Sale-A-Bration stamp set Lovely…

  • Lovely Lily Pad

    Who says lilies can’t be purple? Doesn’t this light lavender Purple Posey color just ooze elegance when water colored? I think so. I just love the Lovely Lily Pad stamp set that is part of the 2020 Sale-A-Bration special. You can get this stamp set free with a $50 order now through March 31, 2020.

  • Free As A Bird

    I love the Free As A Bird stamp set that is in the current 19/20 annual catalog. The little birds are too cute. They make coloring with Stampin’ Blends easy because the images are small but have plenty of white space to color. Also, the artist of this set added hash marks that help with…

  • Christmas Gleaming Card #2

    The card I am sharing in this post was inspired by a card sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. I will share the sketch at the bottom of this post. But first, I want to share with you the card that I created using the the Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper. 

  • Amazing Life

    I’m really sad to see this stamp set retire. It wasn’t part of the Stampin’ Up! family for too long. The Amazing life stamp set can be used for several occasions.

  • Share What You Love

    I can’t get enough of the beautiful Designer Series Paper, Share What You Love. This is a specialty paper pack in that it is double the amount of 12×12 sheets. Say What!?

  • Happy Tails

    If I could be a stay at home dog mom, I would! I don’t know what it is, but being around dogs makes me happy. For my love of dogs, I just knew I had to get my hands on the new stamp set Happy Tails and the coordination Dog Builder Punch.

  • Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies Part 2

    In my previous post I shared a card I made using the Rectangle Stitched Framelits. You can see that card here. When I die cut the rectangle to create the frame for the previous card, I was left with a nice rectangle shaped with stitching around the edge. What I like about these dies is…

  • Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies

    Stampin’ Up! has new dies that just came out this year. The Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies are a must have and a new favorite of mine. You can do so much with this 13 piece set. I have a feeling you will see a lot from me using these dies. I’m sorry…not sorry just happy.…

  • Gift Card Holder

    Here is a fun way to send a gift card. It’s a gift card holder and card all in one. How fun is that? 

  • Simple Holiday Card

    If you need a simple Holiday card that only requires a little stamping and some left over decorative paper, I have got the card for you. Here is a simple Holiday card I quickly put together in less than 5 minutes.  Step-by-Step Instructions: Cut your Merry Melot cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ and…