Paper Explosion

Step Birthday Cards

I made a few Happy Birthday step cards using a Sizzix set designed by Lori Whitlock. It has quite a few little fussy details. I used a paper pad so that I did not have to think about what looked right together.

Floral Dies

I was looking through some old dies the other day, and found a floral die from Sizzix. It’s just simple circular shapes. I cut out a few, and used Distress Inks to shade the edges. I layered them on top of patterned paper, and used scripty die cuts on the top. The happy die is […]

Sympathy

It’s so hard to create sympathy cards. I prefer not to have too much color on them, lest they seem cheerful. Here are a couple I made recently. The blue uses stamps from Altenew, and an embossing folder from Darice. The green wreath uses an embossing folder from Darice, the wreath die is from Altenew, […]

Flying By to Say Hi

Here is another card that could be used for many things. I used it as a birthday card. The pilot image is from Kindred Stamps, and is colored with Copic markers. It was cut out with my Brother Scan ‘n Cut. The adorable paper is from Carta Bella, which is part of Echo Park Paper.

Rockstar Birthday

The stamp of choice for today’s cards is from Technique Junkies. It’s perfect for slimline cards. I used my Stampin’ Up Stamparatus stamping platform to be able to stamp it multiple times for even ink coverage. Stamping the image on patterned paper elevated it a bit. This design is quick and easy, but has big […]

Dragon Adventure

Lawn Fawn makes seriously cute stamps and dies. This pinwheel tower birthday card features an adorable little dragon, along with Echo Park paper. The “Happy Birthday” is from Sweet Sentiment.

Sweet Sentiment Spring Break Continued

We made more cards, did more coloring, used alcohol inks, used a gel press to make backgrounds, made gift boxes, played bingo, laughed a lot, and more. It was a weekend packed full of fun. Here are more of the projects:

Sweet Sentiment Spring Break Retreat

If you haven’t guessed by now, I’m a Sweet Sentiment fan. Jammie and Sandy are great fun, and always come up with fun projects and well-paced retreats. This is another virtual retreat, using products already in our crafty stashes. Today we made a card that holds a gift card, and did a lot of coloring […]

Hippo Birdie to You

Here’s another pinwheel tower fun fold card using Lawn Fawn stamps and dies. Once again, the images are colored with Copic markers.

Smashing Birthday

I send a lot of birthday cards; at least 10 a month. Sometimes I make multiples of the same design, but most of the time I don’t. This card’s background was made with scraps of tissue paper that were layered on top of a piece of white cardstock, then sprayed with water and let dry. […]