Before I get to today’s card, let me just say a big Happy 5th Birthday to Hadley, my granddaughter. She is so lovely, and funny, and smart, and goofy, and at times, older than her years, as evidence in this picture. Check out the coordinating jewlery. And yes, her eyes…
I have a friend who is also a customer and her favorite stamp set is Sheltering Tree. She has made some beautiful cards with this stamp set. I realized the other day that I hadn’t used that set in ages and it was time to correct that error. My friend…
There are so many ways to take advantage of embossing powder. Straight up embossing, embossing on Vellum, Resist Embossing and this way, embossing a cropped sentiment. THE PARTICULARS I saw this card in a magazine published by Stampin UP for demonstrators, except it used a different stamp set for…
I have been having a lot of fun lately with the wood grain papers now available. There are dark shades, stacks of wood and light shades like you see here today. I’ll have another completely different style of card using the wood grain papers later this week, don’t forget to…
I’m sure some of you are old enough to remember this nostalgic look. I remember wearing dresses like this in grade school. Do you? This new suite of products is just adorable. It reminds me of my grandmother’s kitchen. I was inspired by a card by Debi Meissner’s card.…
This week my brother and sister- in- law celebrate their wedding anniversary. Today’s card is for them. I pulled out Best Birds as I’ve been seeing so many great projects with that set and I was thrilled there was a Happy Anniversary sentiment included. It’s great when a whole card…
No this is not a post about wooden things, like furniture or picture frames. This is a post about paper that looks like wood. Stampin Up has created a new paper stack called Wood Textures. Each piece is 6×6 and has rich images of wood panels or logs. The colors…
One of my new all time favorite stamp sets and thin lit bundles this year is Oh So Eclectic. I like a card with a variety of elements but I’m not so great and coming up with them on my own. I cased this card from another fellow InKing Royalty…
No One is Perfect This card was my first attempt at using the Bouquet Bunch framelits and Beautiful Bouquet stamp set. It isn’t my favorite card I’ve ever made, and perhaps that’s why I’m sharing it. We all make cards and project that come out absolutely perfectly, and some that…
I like a card that is easy to pull together. I saw the inspiration for this card on Facebook from my friend Wendy Ellard, another Stampin Up demonstrator. MECHANICS One card base – soft sky 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 One piece of Whisper white card stock 4 x 5 1/4 (TIP…
