Today’s Tip: Add lots of card stock layers to your card. When you choose your colors carefully, it always adds so much to the card design! This card was so simple to make. It literally took me less than 10 minutes! I started with the sentiment watercolor smudge from the Happy Watercolor stamp set in […]
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I know it’s April 1, but in our family today it’s a birthday celebration! No Fooling! Today is my twin daughters’ birthday! Here’s a fun celebration card. Today, I started with the colors: Basic Gray and Pool Party, with just a little Tangerine Tango and Whisper White. Yes, Whisper White IS a color. To be truthful,
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Eggplant and gold – a rich combination. So beautiful, I can’t believe I forgot to post a photo of this card. I had planned to show it on March 4 – Mardi Gras! However, I just love these colors together. So, here it is on March 31! A second thing that makes this card so
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Here’s another example of how to use card kits parts to make a card. The most important elements on this card came from the Good as Gold Card Kit, a product you can earn for FREE during Sale-A-Bration: Designer Series Paper with the gold foil dots, Gold Elastic Cord, Gold Foil Banner. Gold is HOT
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Here is an obvious idea: Card kits make it easy to stock up on cards! I’m always so reluctant to take advantage of these time-savers. However, they really help me out! Here’s a cute example, using the Good as Gold Card Kit. Important Breaking News… Good as Gold is one of the items you can
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Did you realize that you can use Washi Tape for background on your cards? It’s so easy. Just attach each strip right next to another one. Check out today’s project. Look! I used the See Ya Later stamp set from Sale-A-Bration. That’s no surprise. I love this set and you can earn it for free!
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Are you looking for another masculine LOVE card? Here’s an idea – and it uses a stamp set I earned for free from Sale-A-Bration! Even though this card design has hearts and Gold Bakers Twine, it’s definitely a card for a man! Many of the lines are straight and strong – most card stock is
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Sale-A-Bration, you make me happy! And you make my customers happy, too! What a fun card, inspired by my upline, Janice! The stamp set is See Ya Later, from Sale-A-Bration. The sun’s rays were made using the Banner Punch, also from Sale-A-Bration! So are the embossed polka dots in the clouds – they were made
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I’m all about clean lines on my projects. Today’s project uses a simple card design that POPS! If I made cards only for myself, I’d be a minimalist. I’m not really into a lot of fuss. At least, not most days. However, part of the challenge – and fun – of being a Stampin’ Up!
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Just about 24 hours left to enter my limerick contest. The Contest Rules: Your entry must be an original limerick that you wrote for this contest. The topic must be about card making, scrapbooking, rubber stamping, paper crafting, digital design, being a demonstrator…. something that pertains to a Stampin’ Up! business. Your entry must be
Here is the card I finally made. Happy Pi Day, everyone! Colors are Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler and Primrose Petals. Hey! How did that non-pie item get into the recipe?! The letter was created in My Digital Studio, printed and punch out. All the stamping was done using Gorgeous Grunge, which I believe
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I love yellow, black and white. It’s such a bright, happy color combination. Here’s a card I made a couple of weeks ago, while working on projects for March Card Class. This is my favorite image from the Flower Shop stamp set. I stamped it in Daffodil Delight, Summer Starfruit and Basic Black. Yes, there
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As promised last week, here is what I created last week… the special birthday card for my special sister! Color combination is Pool Party, Marina Mist and Cherry Cobbler. I’m just loving this combination! If you’re wondering how I came up with it, I did it by “smooshing“. I keep a set of sample card
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Throwback Thursday. You never know when it’s going to strike. While searching through my card stash, I came across this really cute card … that I posted on June 4, 2012. Pretty cute. I still like it. However, I can’t reproduce it in exactly the same way. The Designer Series Paper is retired, as it
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Yesterday I showed a project of a card I particularly like. What I didn’t share is that I was working on a birthday card for my sister. While I liked that card, I don’t want to send it to her. First of all, the knot in the organza ribbon and the large pearl are too
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