A Simple Card with Hand-Penned Petals

Good Morning Crafters! Today’s card features the Hand-Penned Petals Stamp Set. You can send thoughtful cards in a hand-drawn style which also features beautifully drawn floral images and coordinating fill stamps that give the design an effortless watercolored look. The image was stamped with Tuxedo Black Ink onto Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock. I then stamped the solid flower with Highland Heather Ink and the leaves with the Old Olive Ink.… Read More »

November Paper Pumpkin – From the North Pole

Good Morning Crafters SAVE TIME WITH AN ALL-INCLUSIVE CHRISTMAS TAG KIT  Our From the North Pole Kit is a great way to add a DIY touch to this year’s holiday gifting and still save so much time! This kit has everything you need to make 12 sparkling, handmade tags—without the fuss! ABOUT THE KIT Name: From the North Pole This kit includes: This month’s kit contains enough elements to create 12… Read More »

Ms Kindest Gnome!

Good Morning Crafters! I am so loving the Kindest Gnomes Stamp Set Bundle and decided to use it for today’s post. I paired it with the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper to make it a little more feminine using Fresh Freesia and Crumb Cake colors. What do you think? Like it? The dress and hat were paper pieced using the Hues of Happiness DSP. The hair colored in with… Read More »

Boughs of Holly Fun Fold Card

Good Morning Crafters! Welcome the holiday season with the Boughs of Holly 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper. These beautiful papers embrace the classic emerald green and rich reds we love to see at Christmastime with poinsettia, holly, and evergreen motifs. Today’s card is a fun fold card using the DSP mentioned above. The focal image (poinsettia) was fussy cut from one of the poinsettias in… Read More »

Christmas Angels of Peace

Good Morning Crafters! I finally placed an order for some Christmas stamps so while I am waiting for them to arrive, I will use a couple of retired Christmas stamps. For today’s card, I selected the Angels of Peace Stamp Set and paired it with the retired New Horizons 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper in a non-traditional color. It’s also a case by Andrea Sargent but changed a little… Read More »

Hello Harvest Meets Sun Prints Designer Series Paper

Good Morning Crafters! I guess you’ve noticed that my banner has changed and has apple blossoms on it. Symbols are a way to highlight the cultural and natural heritage of a state and in 1901 Arkansas named the Apple Blossom the state flower. Arkansas was at one time in its history a prime producer of apples in the northwest part of the state. And that is where I live – in gorgeous,… Read More »

Merry Christmas Boughs of Holly

Good Morning Crafters Today’s card features one of the poinsettias from the Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper. I paired it with the retired Wrapped in Plaid 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I do not have the latest/current Christmas stamp sets unless you count the Bundle Up, Peaceful Deer and Kindest Gnomes Stamp Sets. So I’ll be using older ones until I order some new Christmas stamps. I also… Read More »

A Pink Pumpkin for Breast Awareness Month

Good Morning Crafters! Today’s card was created for Breast Awareness Month and in response to a challenge from Creating with Kristina Pink Pumpkin Challenge. I used images from the Hello Harvest Bundle, Nuts About Squirrels Stamp Set, the Happiness Abounds Bundle and Forever Ferns Bundle. Here’s what I did: Squirrel was stamped in Soft Suede for the outline and Crumb Cake for the solid. It was then fussy cut with… Read More »

Green Apple Harvest

Good Morning Crafters: I took my dog, Chloe, out for a walk this morning and fall is definitely in the air. I love walking when it’s so nice and quite – best time of the day! For today’s card, I selected the Apple Harvest Bundle. The dies are no longer available but the stamp set can be found on page 54 of the July-December Mini Catalog. I hope they both… Read More »

A Different kind of Beard!

Good Morning Crafters: Fall is definitely in the air in our area! Our 7 pm daily walks with Chloe has us wearing either a sweater or a sweatshirt. It’s beautiful out there – all the leaves are turning – perfect sweater weather and drinking hot cocoa. One of our favorites things to do is drive around our area and catch all the fall colors. For today’s card, I’m using the… Read More »