Good Morning Stampers One of the good things about making several cards ahead of time is that when a birthday comes up, all you have to do is go into your stash and pick a card that you think they may like. With the card already made and signed, you have plenty of time to whip up a small gift. In this case, I decided to make a bird… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers Dot is one of my best customers and such a sweetheart. Dot is celebrating her 85th birthday this Friday and her daughter Patty decided to buy some stamps for her birthday. Since Patty lives in Wisconsin and Dot lives in Arkansas, I decided to wrap the gift and make a card and give it to Dot for Patty. Even though it's Dot's birthday on Friday, I decided to give… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers: So many of my favorite colors are going away this June but I know that I will have new favorites come July! Lovely Lilac is a favorite from the Rich Regals Family. Today's card features Lovely Lilac and Almost Amethyst – two colors that will be retiring. I also used Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set which is 20% off this month. I really liked how this card… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers Today's post features the Greenhouse Garden Stamp Set which is on sale for $20.95 until 30 April 2010. Click here for all the details. I decided to make this card shabby chic even though this stamp set screams "Modern, Bold, Bright!". I also am using Pale Plum which is due to retire on 30 June 2010. This was one of my favorite colors and loved to combine… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers! Today's post features the stamp set "Flower Fancy". You can get this set for 20% off (sale price $29.56) until 30 April 2010. It's part of the two step stamping collection available in the 2009/2010 Idea Book & Catalog. Click herefor details. I decided to bring out Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper because I wanted this card to be bright and cheery!. So did I nail it???… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers It's time for Simple Sunday again. It's hard for me to make a simple card. I want to add a layer or two or a rhinestone or a button – anything so that it doesn't look so plain. So I'm going to challenge myself to make a very plain and simple card every Saturday. It's a busy day for me anyway so this will help in trying to… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers Ready for some fun? Then join us for some stamping fun and camaraderie! And, of course, my famous store bought desserts! You will make four all occasions cards guaranteed to amaze your friends and family. The stamps sets featured at this stamp camp are Greenhouse Garden, Fifth Avenue Floral, Flower Fancy plus the new Awash with Flowers Stamp Set (sneak peek) from the new 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog! Heads up! You will… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers! Today's card is for someone very special in my life. Her birthday is in May but I won't give her name here because she is a subscriber to my blog. She may think it's for her but she won't know for sure because I have five birthdays in May that I have to make cards for and they all fit into the category of "special". I have two close girlfriends, one… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers I made today's card for the Stampin' Up! Featured Stamper Challenge (TSSC87) on Stampin' Connection. This weeks featured stamper is Mary Jo Price-Williams and the challenge is to case one of her cards and change a couple of things. Are you familiar with her cards? They are simply gorgeous – all of them! Here is the card I cased: And here is my card The image was… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers: I made a clean and simple card for the Operation Write Home Spring Break Blog and was in the mood for another CAS one. It uses the same colors and card stock. The flower is made using the Faux Suede Technique. I first punched out the flower using the 5-Petal Flower punch, then tightly crumpled it up and broke down the fibers with a bone folder. I was then able… Read More »
