Hi Stampin' Friends I've been playing around with the My Digital Studio again and came up with this card. The stamp brush set I used is called the Nature Stamp Brush Set and coordinates with the Botanical Gazette Designer Series Paper Digital Download. Additionally, I used the Vintage Overlays Stamp Brush Set for the ruler on the left side and to also give it that vintage look. Creating that perfect vintage look is… Read More »
Hi Stampin' Friends Before I share today's card, I wanted to show you my six year old granddaughter, Rachel, watching the 1925 movie, Phanton of the Opera Sorry, I didn't take a better picture of the 1925 version, but has watched it twice today. For Christmas, she received the recent Phantom of the Opera movie and is constantly playing it. She loves the music from it and is always singing some… Read More »
Hi Stampin' Friends Today's card features the Ex Libris Background Stamp. Though it's a bookplate and for books, I decided to make a card with it. Mark ownership of books and other personal items with this exquisitely designed stamp, reminiscent of engraved European bookplates from the Middle Ages. Or pop it in a cellophane bag with a Classic Stampin' Pad and tie with grosgrain ribbon for a unique and thoughtful… Read More »
Hi Stampin' Friends Today's card using the Layered Labels Clear Mount Stamp Set with Fan Fair Designer Series Paper. This time I paried it with Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Riding Hood Red Card Stock. This extravagantly designed apothecary label set gives you lots of options for embellishing trendy mason or apothecary jar gifts. Or use an image from this set to decorate a boxed gift–just stamp a label, cut… Read More »
Hi Stampin' Friends My husband and I went to the Mildred B Cooper Chapel last night to hear chamber music. The setting was just as beautiful as the music! Program Selections were Ancient Aires and Dances for Clarinet and String Trio – Ottorino Respighi, Suite in A for String Trio – Jean Sibelius and Quintet for Clarinet and Strings – Carl Maria von Weber The Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel… Read More »
Hi Stampin' Friends I received my Holiday mini today and all I can saw is WOW!!!!! – stay tuned. Here's the matching card to yesterday's bird house using the Creative Elements Stamp Set. The ladies at Linda's private class on Thursday will be making these two items. The technique for this card is called reverse masking and I got the idea from Patty Bennett's blog. The butterfly is the new… Read More »
Hi Stampin' Friends For today's card or should I say cards, I decided to feature the Fasionable Stamp Brush Set which was available as a download a couple of weeks ago. The images in this stamp brush set are so cute and so retro that I decided to use them for my April thank you cards. The sentiments are from the Perfectly Penned Stamp Brush Set and the Thank You Kindly… Read More »
Hi Stampers I made today's card for our Real Estate Agent. He gave us a beautiful set of monogram towels as a housewarming gift. I used the You're My Type Stamp Brush Set for this card. Vintage typewriters are hip–and so is this retro-themed, seven-piece stamp set. Sentiments rendered in a classic, typewriter font fit perfectly on the typewriter "page." Coordinates with our nostalgiac Attic Boutique product suite. The DSP… Read More »
Hi Stampers I love this quote from Lyssa Griffin Swolanek because it is so true! "The point of handmade is not just that you did it cheaper or better or faster or cuter, or even that YOU had fun doing it. It's that you took a moment–an irretrievable moment that will never come again–out of your life, to make something heartfelt, for someone you care enough about to make sure… Read More »
