Sending Love & Big Hugs

sending smiles, sending dies, bee mine dsp, bee builder punch, valentine card idea, #tttc240, stampin up, karen hallam

Happy Monday! I’m sending love & big hugs this morning with this Bee Mine Designer Series Paper and suite of products. This simple layout is easy to reproduce! Glue a 2-1/2″x 5-1/4″ piece of honeycomb dsp to the top of a 5-1/4″x 4″ piece of Sweet Sorbet Cardstock. Add a…

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CASEing a Card

throughout the year, perennial lavender dsp, paper butterfy accents, something fancy dies, birthday card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

Do you “borrow” ideas from other card designers? We call that CASEing a card, and it’s a wonderful way to jumpstart your creativity. I CASEd this card idea from one I saw on Jaimie Babarczy’s blog. Hers was a fun fold and I adapted it to make a regular A2…

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Country Bouquet

country bouquet stamp set and punch, most adored specialty dsp, gold embossing, #tttc239, #FF0151, stampin up, karen hallam

Here’s a favorite that carried over from last year, Country Bouquet ~ With all the new valentine-themed products that came out in our Mini Catalog, I almost forgot about this favorite from our Annual Catalog! Country Bouquet can be found on page 75 in the Annual Catalog – still current…

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Birthday Blooms

painted lavender bundle, perennial lavender dsp, softly sophisticated embossing folder, textured floral, garden meadow, birthday card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

Here’s a bouquet of birthday blooms for you today! These florals and DSP come from the Perennial Lavender Suite. The sentiment on the inside comes from Textured Floral. I used the Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder (a Sale-a-Bration freebie) to give texture to the Pretty Peacock panel on the front. To…

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Painted Lavender

painted lavender bundle, sweet citrus, nested essentials dies, thank you card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

I am in LOVE with the new bundle called Painted Lavender! First of all, anything with blues and purples wins my vote! I put this card together to send off to the people who ordered Product Shares from me. Measurements: Starry Sky card base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, folded at 4-1/4″ Bubble…

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New Card Making Packs Are Now Available

I’ve got reams of retired Designer Series Paper and am running out of storage space! My solution? To create new cardmaking packs available for you to purchase. I’m using some older lovely DSP and their coordinating cardstock + embellishments! These packs include enough paper to create 12 cards and are…

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