In the spirit of making some beautiful cards quickly, have you tried two-step stamping? Two-step stamping is done with a stamp set with line drawn images, and then a solid image to stamp the color into place. In this instance, it happens to be a distINKtive stamp, and you know how I love THAT! Take…
Rather than be intimidated by the amount of coloring with some of the new florals, let me show you how to make graceful cards with Cottage Rose stamp set. Maximize the etching! Let the lines show you where to place shading, or in this case, any of the color at all. This beautiful card was…
Going out to my email subscribers, I’m giving a few hints to make these 4 Cards in 30 Minutes. Sympathy cards don’t even need sentiments on the front of the card, so I made these very quiet, and possible for many occasions. If you’re already a customer of mine, you’ve been given access to an…
Sympathy, or even a Thinking of You, are cards to have on hand for that quick “out the door” mailing when the need arrises. Inside, the sentiments and your hand writing are all the loved ones need right away. You have time to gather your thoughts and resources to follow up the grief storm, but…
Although this stamp set is retired, I still use it all the time! At Jan’s request, this is it in the DVD case.
I recently heard there’s a superstition to having Sympathy cards on hand. Have you heard that, too? Well, if you avoid having them on hand, here’s a quick and beautiful card to make when you need it. STAMPS: Flowing Flowers, Kindness and Compassion (retired) INK: Gray Granite PAPER: Basic White thick, Gray Granite, Basic White…
Throughout the four classes we have used Healing Hugs for our Summer of Simple Stamping. This was our final card: Stamps, Ink, Paper and we progressed to using punches and embossing folders run through the Big Shot die-cutting machine. This card incorporated it all! Choosing a panel size Background stamping with the Stamparatus or MISTI…
This is Healing Hugs for the second session of The Summer of Simple Stamping. With four different ways of saying “Get Well” included in the stamp set, I’m demonstrating 12 different cards from just ink, paper, and stamps. This one includes using the Big Shot to emboss with the Subtle 3D embossing folder as well…
As soon as I got my hands on this new emboss folder, a whole lot of card making got started: Cottage Garden Embossing a Card Panel. This picture almost shows you how extraordinary this folder is, and this isn’t even the whole card. I just have to get seeds planted today in our dry weather window,…
