A Mini Work-of-Art

Every card you create is a mini work-of-art! Have you thought about it that way? It’s true…whether we feel like an artist or not, when we put beautiful elements onto paper and make a card for someone, we are sending them a tiny work of art! And I find that…

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Masculine on Monday!

Good Monday Morning! First Monday in March! March is my birthday month, so I think I’ll be focusing on birthday cards this month. To start things off, I have a “Masculine on Monday” card for you. To me, “masculine” means CAS (clean and simple), with some great color and low…

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Tropical Oasis Pineapple

Did you know that in Hawaii, the pineapple is the symbol for “Welcome”? This Tropical Oasis Pineapple welcomes you with an incredible amount of texture. It literally invites you to touch it! My photo doesn’t show it very well, but this pineapple die embosses as well as cuts all the…

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Welcome Wave

Welcome to Karen’s Stamping Habit! Today I’m sharing a card that I’ve made to welcome Wave. Wave is the new granddaughter of a friend of mine. I started thinking about a card that I could send the new Grandma and this paper from See A Silhouette came to mind. Doesn’t…

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Beauty Abounds

Today I’m CASEing – myself! – with the layout that I showed you on Wednesday. It’s a simple and fun layout that you can do so many different things with. On this card I’ve used Beauty Abounds. My background paper is another beauty from Best Dressed 6″x 6″ DSP. I…

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy Valentine’s Day to each of you! Hearts, flowers, and sweet wishes to all my peeps! When I was young, one of my favorite crafts was to make Valentine cards for all my friends. When I was a kindergarten teacher, it was also a favorite activity to do with my…

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This Calls For Confetti!

Any great celebration calls for confetti, right? Super Bowl…America’s Got Talent…your retirement…your birthday… This calls for confetti! Not to mention, a few balloons! This toucan and the confetti come with the Birthday Bonanza Designer Series Paper. I’ve cut out three similarly round balloons and popped them up with Dimensionals over…

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Mix It Up!

MIX IT UP! Today I have a card with a little bit of this, and a little bit of that! It all started with a request for a tiny 3-1/2″x 2-1/2″ trading card. I picked Daffodil Delight and Birthday Bonanza DSP and it took off from there! I stamped the…

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Fun Fold Valentine

I have a fun fold valentine to show you today. This isn’t a new fold, but I’ve updated it with this year’s From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper. I’ve also used Thick Whisper White and Real Red Cardstock, the Meant To Be Stamp Set, and Stitched Be Mine Dies.…

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