I’m watching my roses bloom (yes, I live in Roseville, California!) and decided on Layers of Beauty for my card this week. We have a color challenge at Create With Stamping Friends using Daffodil Delight, Real Red, and Garden Green. Here’s the challenge: And here’s my card: My Recipe: Daffodil Delight…
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!…
Hello! This week we have a sketch challenge for Create With Stamping Friends. I’ve chosen the Storybook Garden (Strawberry) Patch Bundle and Storybook Moments DSP for a pocket thankyou card! Here’s the sketch: And here’s my pocket thank you card: I like both sides of this paper, but I really…
We’re back this week with a color challenge at Create With Stamping Friends. This week we have Granny Apple Green, Early Espresso, and Melon Mambo to work with. I’m taking a risk with this simple Simply Zinnia card, as it’s on the Last Chance List. I’m counting on it still…
It’s your last chance to get some of this gorgeous paper – Meandering Meadows by Stampin’ Up! You get 48 sheets of 6″x 6″ DSP for $12.50. This paper is so pretty and I thought I’d share some of the cards I made with it. To see the original posts,…
Here’s another Last Chance Product that I have not used nearly enough. It’s a sentiment only set, one I’m likely to use long after it’s gone from the Stampin’ Up! store. It’s called Softly Said, and is one of those etched stamps that give the light and dark watercolor look…
Today I’m playing with Freshly Made Sketches! I decided to make a Hearts of Elegance Love You card with all the fun layering in this sketch. The Sketch: My Card: What I Used: Thick Basic White base, 11″x 4-1/4″, folded at 5-1/2″ Marbled Elegance DSP, 2″x 4-3/4″ Gold Foil strip,…
Did you get a coffee gift card for Christmas? I bet you did! 😄 You can thank your gifter with a handmade card using Latte Love Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up! I mean, it’s perfect. And you want to know what’s even better? This stamp set is on the Last…
Hello friends! It’s Thursday, so another Create with Stamping Friends day! This week we have a sketch challenge and I paired the new Beautiful Butterflies Bundle with Beautiful Bokeh DSP, making a Bokeh Butterfly card. Here’s the sketch: And here’s my card: Isn’t that butterfly stunning? This bundle is a…
Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month’s theme is Sale-A-Bration. We hope to inspire you with our creations today! The lineup is at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal. I’ve chosen the Heart Shaped Bundle to feature today. It’s a…
We are heading into a period when card making reigns supreme ~ Valentine’s Day! I was excited to see the sketch on Freshly Made Sketches this morning because it gave me great inspiration for my first Valentine. I used Hearts of Elegance by Stampin’ Up! along with a few other…
A new year, a new logo badge! This is our first 2025 challenge at Create With Stamping Friends! We have a color challenge this week with pretty Azure Afternoon, Peach Pie, and Petunia Pop. I’ve gone floral (again!) with this color combination on a card that says, “You’ve been on…
🥳 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 one is for all you purple lovers! We’re going to light the sky on New Year’s come midnight tomorrow. It may as well be in beautiful shades of purple! Here’s my card~ I think it’s really fun to stamp all over a sheet of Basic White, almost like…
Looking ahead to Valentine’s Day, I made a very simple yet elegant card using Marbled Elegance DSP (available now in the Online Exclusives) and Heart Shaped Bundle (a free Sale-A-Bration gift with purchase of $120). The Gold Foil accents are so rich against Cherry Cobbler Cardstock! Here are the easy…
