With just a week until Christmas it’s time to pull out some fast and easy gifts — gift card holders! You can’t just hand someone a gift card, you must put it in something and a gift card holder is just the ticket. I don’t usually like to give gift cards to people I know… Continue reading Gift Card Holder -Cup of Christmas
Thanksgiving is just two days away and that means that it’s almost time to decorate for Christmas. Since I’m not quite ready to do that, I’m going to Deck the Halls with this card instead. I really like the angle design of this card. To make the angle, I first measured up 1 1/2” from… Continue reading Deck the Halls
Quick and easy....that’s my motto these days. With the busy holiday season is coming up in the wink of an eye, you need quick and easy projects and cards so you can have plenty of time to sit back and relax and look at the 2019-2020 Annual catalog so you can make your Wish List… Continue reading Quick and Easy – Wrapped in Plaid
Today I’m going to share with you a fun kit that I get in the mail each month called Paper Pumpkin. If you are new to crafting or card making, Paper Pumpkin is a great way to start your hobby. Each kit is complete with everything you need to create that month’s projects. The Paper… Continue reading A Paper Pumpkin Halloween
Working with Pigment Sprinkles is, in a word....fun! Sprinkling a little on a piece of Watercolor paper spritzed with water is like watching fireworks. Every little shake gives you a burst of color. The result is amazing....and is so quick and easy. The longest part is waiting for the paper to dry so you can finish your… Continue reading A Burst of Color with Pigment Sprinkles
It’s been a long week and as I’m writing this it’s only Tuesday. So today I am sharing a super simple Christmas Card made with one of the prettiest sets of Designer Series Paper in the new 2019 Holiday Catalog, Feels Like Frost. See that beautiful scenery? Each paper in the Feels Like Frost Designer… Continue reading It’s All About the Paper – Feels Like Frost
With all the fun new stamp sets in the 2019 Holiday catalog, it’s easy to forget about all the other stamp sets in the 2019-2020 catalog that are waiting for someone to pay them attention. Today’s card features one of those stamp sets, Country Home. Just pair them up with a little of the new Come to… Continue reading Country Home Hello
I recently took part in a color challenge. The challenge was to use three specific colors in a card and to use products that are in Stampin’ Up’s 2019 Holiday Catalog. It doesn’t seem like these colors: Pretty Peacock, Merry Merlot and Pear Pizzazz would be a great combination, but it just so happens that… Continue reading Color Challenge – Ink & An Aquapainter
Good Morning! I’m back again with another cardinal card! You can see the first one HERE. This time it’s very monochromatic and easy to make! Here is is: Classic Christmas colors of Red & White (or in this case Very Vanilla) make this card an easy winner in the simple category. The Toile Tidings Designer… Continue reading More Cardinals – Toile Christmas
Don’t you just love a play on words? I spent this past week-end crafting for almost 16 hours a day.....at a Home for the Hoiidays Retreat in Northern Virginia with about 20 other crafters. I made 27 cards and 3 fancy box treat holders, all with a holiday theme. Four are Halloween Cards, twenty six… Continue reading A Card(inal) for Many Occasions
