I love getting new Designer Series Paper. New Designs sometimes means finding new ways to use the paper or creating a new sketch for a card design, especially when it's paper like this. The same design is on both the top and bottom edges. You could just cut it horizontally across the middle, and do… Continue reading Awash in Beauty – How to use the Designer Series Paper
Tag: Spring Flowers
Hand Penned Angle Front Z Fold
Just to let you know right off the bat that I made up the name of the type of card I am sharing today - Hand Penned Angle Front Z Fold. I’m sure there is a better name, but that’s just the best way to describe the card....it describes everything the card is. So here… Continue reading Hand Penned Angle Front Z Fold
Red, White & Blue Daisies
Today is a holiday....Memorial Day...A day to honor and remember the men and women who served in the United States military and gave their lives defending our freedoms. I am extremely grateful for their service. This is a quick and easy card that you can make in the morning and still go out and enjoy… Continue reading Red, White & Blue Daisies
One Sheet Wonder – Peaceful Poppies
It’s Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper Week on my blog. All this week, I’ll be sharing projects using this set of papers. It is one of the Designers Series Paper that is retiring, and is among my favorites, so I’m sad to see it go. So I’m making the most out of using it. This… Continue reading One Sheet Wonder – Peaceful Poppies
More Flowers with Bloom by Bloom
Last week I shared several cards using the Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper....and I finally got around to using the stamp set that coordinates with that paper. It’s called Bloom by Bloom. Lots of fun flowers all in one stamp set! And these flowers are the same ones that are in the Happiness Blooms Designer Series… Continue reading More Flowers with Bloom by Bloom
Still Blooming with Happiness
I saw this definition of Spring the other day....SPRING: A lovely reminder of how beautiful change can be. So while this definiation is more about flowers and plants blooming back to life after a long winter, it also applies to other parts of our lives. Change can be good especially when it brings new and… Continue reading Still Blooming with Happiness
Happiness Blooms
There are lots of quotes about flowers and happiness, but I think this is my favorite — Happiness blooms where seeds of joy and love are planted. In terms of real flowers bringing joy....I’d have to plant some seeds, but I am not a good gardener, so this pretty paper from Stampin’ Up! called Happiness Blooms is… Continue reading Happiness Blooms
Mix-It-Up Monday – Emboss Like a Boss
It’s another Mix-It-Up Monday. Don’t know what that is? It’s when I take an OLD (retired) Stampin’ Up Product and mix it up with a NEW (in the current catalog) product. Let’s face it - we spend money on buying things we love so why should we put them away when they aren’t current anymore?… Continue reading Mix-It-Up Monday – Emboss Like a Boss