We have a sketch challenge at Create With Stamping Friends this week! I’ve chosen Take To The Sky (FOR CSF 857) for my card. It’s been a long while since I’ve pulled this pack of paper out. I decided it was time to give it a little attention before it…
For our first week of February, we have a sketch challenge at Create with Stamping Friends! With the sunny colors from Floral Delight DSP, I’m wishing you a beautiful day! Here’s our sketch: And here’s my card: I adore the bright yellows in this paper! And they are a beautiful contrast to…
I have a fancy fold to share with you today! It stands up on your desk or shelf when opened, and lays flat to fit into a Medium envelope. I took this idea from Susan Campfield, suestampfield.com, and she named it the Side Tower Pop Up Card. It’s so fun!…
🥳 Happy New Year! 🥳 It’s 2025 (unbelievable!) and today starts a new year of crafting and creating. I’m excited to show you one of the new products coming out on January 7 with the new Mini Catalog. It’s called Beautiful Butterflies. It is a hybrid bundle – one…
This cute little chickadee is almost camouflaged in her little branch ~ if it wasn’t for her green leaves and red berries! I need a birthday card for a friend who has a Dec. 20 birthday. Do I make it Christmasy? Do I make something completely different? OK, compromise. There…
We have a color challenge this week at Create with Stamping Friends! It’s Thanksgiving in the US today, but these colors do not evoke a Thanksgiving vibe. So, instead I’ve gone with “Up, up, and away! Hooray! It’s your birthday!” Here are the colors: Here’s my card: Looks like the…
This week on Create with Stamping Friends we have a sketch challenge! I love a good sketch. I can choose the papers I want, and this time I’ve chosen Take to the Sky for my grandson’s birthday card. Here’s the sketch: And here’s my card: Great for a boy’s birthday,…
I’m so excited to be participating in the Tic, Tac, Toe Challenge again! It’s been quite a while. My friend, Jeanie Stark, created this grid, so I knew I would be taking part this week 😊. Here’s an Autumn “Happy Birthday!” Here’s the challenge board: My card ended up fulfilling…
I’m loving this richly colored Regal Winter DSP! Here is a Regal Winter Birthday Card idea for you ~ Details: Cherry Cobbler Cardstock base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, folded at 4-1/4″ Regal Winter DSP, two panels at 3-3/4″x 1-1/4″ Regal Distressed Patterns Specialty Paper, one panel at 3-3/4″x 1-1/4″ and one panel…
Happy October from Create with Stamping Friends! We are starting off the month with a color challenge. I have to say, these colors don’t immediately scream “Fall” to me, but we are still having summer weather here in California, so I’m embracing the flowers as long as possible! I chose…
We have a fun color challenge this week at Create with Stampin Friends! This week it’s Peach Pie, Highland Heather, and Summer Splash. This is a great color combo for some cute shopping bags filled with tissue paper! My card showcases the stamp/die bundle called Attention Shoppers! First the color…
This week for Create With Stamping Friends, we have a sketch challenge. I’m going back to an “old” favorite to make a Perennial Lavender birthday card. Here’s the sketch: And here’s my card: This DSP feels like it’s been around for a long time, doesn’t it? I guess when new…
The Olympics start on Friday, and all of our USA team members will be going for gold. When I saw Mary Fish’s post earlier this week, I knew I had to jump on board and feature some of my past cards that show off their gold. Some of these have…
Here we are at Week 3 of CASEing the Catalog at Create With Stamping Friends! This week we are CASEing the race cars on page 87. It’s a cute layout with repetition, so I took that feature and used Cutest Cows for my card. Here’s the Catalog inspiration: And here’s…
Have any of you put “ride in a hot air balloon” on your birthday bucket list? I see these beautiful balloons float by every so often, and I think I would enjoy a birthday balloon ride. It seems like it would be so peaceful, drifting up there, looking down at…
