Category Archives: Simple Cards

Happy Birthday with the Hat Builder Dies

What’s happening this month at Stamp with Rachel: Sale-a-Bration continues It’s a good time to Join Stampin’ Up! Free gift with your order Safari Celebration Paper Pumpkin All Together Collection Today’s card features the Hat Builder Dies. I love that you can build your own hat with personalized labels! In this case, I was able to download a McDonald’s graphic to put on the hat. It’s for a friend who works at… Read More »

Nature’s Beauty for a masculine card

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. We had a great one that was so much different from last year’s Thanksgiving. I made personalized napkin holders using the Detailed Pumpkins Dies (see below). My favorite item from the dinner was coconut pie – yes, you heard that right! My son-in-law is a former chef and he makes the most amazing and delicious pies. What is your favorite dish from Thanksgiving?… Read More »

Angels of Peace

This card was made with love; not perfection!😊 I made a couple of mistakes on this card but decided to share it anyway. Can you spot the mistakes? Anyhoo, the stamp set I used for this card is the Angels of Peace Stamp Set. With the greetings “You’re an Angel”, this stamp set is not just for Christmas. You can use it to show your appreciation to those who mean… Read More »

A Case of Bamboo Beauty

CASE – This stands for “Copy and Share Card/Copy and Share Everything”. If you see a card and there’s something you just love about it, go ahead and copy and share what you create! It’s one of the best things to do to get your mojo working again. In this instance I saw a video by the very talented Mary Deatherage making this card and I absolutely loved it. So I… Read More »

A Sympathy Card using Forever Blossoms

Today’s card was created in answer to a team challenge to make a sympathy card. Because I wanted simple yet elegant card I made one using Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder as the focal point. The stamp set used was the Forever Blossoms Stamp Set. I stamped the image with Versamark and then embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder and the Heat Tool. The sentiment is from the Positive Thinking Stamp… Read More »

Nature’s Harvest

We all hate to make these type of cards but especially if it’s for a member of your family. This one is for my sister and the family of Michael Anthony Martinez who passed away last month. He was the most delightful, funny, awesome, loyal and caring nephew a person could ask for. He was taken much too soon. RIP Mikey💕 The stamp set I chose for this card is… Read More »

Forever Blossoms

For today’s post, I used the Forever Blossoms’ stamp set – this is so beautiful as it has a real ‘sketchy’ look. For a closer look, Ive included an image of the stamp set below: This is a Distinktive** stamp set; it has a special texture that gives added depth and dimension in a single step, creating photo-realistic images. **Patent pending  The greetings in the Forever Blossoms Stamp Set are… Read More »

Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper

I loved the Pansy Patch bundle as soon as I saw it in the new catalog! I bought the whole Pansy Petals Suite Collection so I could get the paper, embellishments, etc. For today’s card, I’m using one of the printed images from the Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper. I cased the card created by Stampin’ Up! but change a couple of things to make it my own. I fussy cut the flower image with our… Read More »

Pansy Patch

Who doesn’t love pansies! The Pansy Petals Suite Collection from Stampin’ Up! is a gorgeous collection that includes the stamp set with all the parts to make beautifully detailed large and small pansies. For today’s post, I decided to make a simple card using this gorgeous collection. The flowers and leaves are from the Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper 12 x 12 and were die cut using the coordinating dies… Read More »

Pansy Patch

For today’s card, I’m using the Pansy Patch Stamp Set Collection.  This gorgeous collection is really versatile and fun to play with. It just might be the #1 pick in the entire 2021-2022 Annual Catalog! I was inspired by a picture I saw online. This is the collection – isn’t it gorgeous? You will be able to order it tomorrow – WHOOHOOO! I fussy cut two of the purple flowers… Read More »