World of Good

A clean & simple layout is perfect for a masculine themed card. For the most part, guys don’t want a lot of fuss or frill on their cards.  Interesting that many card makers find creating simple cards more difficult! Stamp Set – Rooted in Nature Cardstock – Basic Black, Cinnamon Cider, Whisper White, Gold Foil,  World of Good Designer Series Paper Accessories – Tasteful Labels Dies, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Versamark, White Embossing Powder,…

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Mountain Air Birthday Card

Have you see the Reversible stamps in the Stampin’ Up! Catalog?  One side of the stamp gives a solid, background image and when you turn the stamp over, you can stamp the detail image over the top of the background.  See video below. This card features the Mountain Air stamp set and is one of the cards we’ll be creating at my August “Summer Sizzler” Card Class on Aug. 9th & 11th.   I kept this…

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Playful Pets – It’s a Cutie After All!

Have you ever seen a stamp set or patterned paper for the first time and thought, “I don’t care for that at all”?  Well that’s what I thought when I first saw the Playful Pets Suite. But then… I started seeing some cards/projects posted online and I changed my mind.  It happens to the best of us!!  🙂   I’ve been cutting out the images of the dogs & cats from the patterned paper using the…

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