There is something so beautiful about a snowflake and you all know how I love Bermuda Bay!!! I love shades of blue and silver together for a holiday card! I started with a Bermuda Bay card base. Then I took a piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 4″ x 5-1/4″ and stamped the large snowflake from the Flurry of Wishes Stamp Set in Bermuda Bay. I stamped the smaller snowflakes in Pool Party and the greeting in Smokey Slate! I wrapped a piece of Silver Ribbon around it and attached it to the card front. For the popped up snowflakes, I stamped the double snowflake in Bermuda Bay on a piece of scrap paper! Then I punched them out with the coordinating Snow Flurry Punch! You can bundle the set and punch together and save 15%! Also, I punched the snowflakes in Silver Foil Paper and layered the stamped snowflakes on top but off set! I added these to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals! I love it….the card that is, not snow! I just thought I would make that clear! I am so not a fan of winter.
What are your favorite colors for snowflake cards?? Let me know in the comments below!
Happy Monday!!! Let’s get the party started!!!! Stampin’ Up is having their Online Extravaganza this week!!! Now is a great time to snag an awesome deal and get some gifts for those on your list!
There are deals today only like Buy 3, Get 1 Free Designer Series Paper! I’m super excited about that!!! The items are while supplies last so don’t wait!!!
The rest of the items are on sale all week long – November 23rd – November 30th! There will be another set of deals on Monday, November 30th!
Click here to start ordering now AND I am offering DOUBLE Laura’s Loyal Stampers Points during this sale! Woot Woot! Use the Hostess Code: 4664WRJW to be entered in to win a past Paper Pumpkin Kit!
Here are a few of my favorites: ~DESIGNER SERIES PAPER! I love DSP and now is a great time to stock up because it is Buy 3, Get 1 Free on Monday the 23rd! ~Ribbons for 50% off! Ribbon is one of my favorite embellishments!
~Lovely Amazing You Stamp Set for 20% off! I use that stamp set a lot – check out samples here! ~Paper Pumpkin Kits on sale! You don’t have to be a subscriber to purchase these kits! It is a great time to try it out or purchase it as a gift for someone!
Do you love it all?? Have you ever thought about joining Stampin’ Up and getting a discount on all of your future orders? You can pick out $125 in Product (on sale or not) and you will pay $99 plus tax. That is a super steal of goodies and no shipping! Click hereto get started or email me with any questions or concerns you might have!
Happy Friday everyone!!! This has been a busy, rainy, dreary, warm, cold week! Welcome to Illinois! 🙂 I have officially started on my Christmas Cards!!! All of the envelopes are stamped and addressed! I have created a few of the cards from leftover packets of some of the classes I have held! I will be using my samples and any other leftover class cards as I finish up the last of the Holiday Card Classes!!! I am feeling behind this year for some reason…..maybe because I’ve got all of these empty envelopes and I’m afraid I won’t have enough cards. Have no fear though, I’ll just make more!!! 🙂
I participated in a Craft Fair last weekend that was lots of fun!!! This weekend I will doing the Holiday Card Class at the Library which is one of my favorite events of the season. It is always so much! There are 22 people and we make 10 Holiday Cards. The class always takes less than 20 hours! It boggles my mind how quickly everyone creates their cards since I have held classes of 3 people making 5 cards and it takes 3 hours. Maybe I am talking less at this event since I’m pretty busy! 🙂
Of course it isn’t a Friday without the Weekly Deals!!! I have been having lots of fun with the Snow Friends Framelits. You can check out samples here and here! You can check out my wreath here!
If that isn’t exciting enough……..drum roll……..Stampin’ Up! Online Extravaganza Sale begins on November 23rd and runs through the 30th!!! Woot Woot! Sneak Peak here – Online Extravaganza Sale (Buy 3, Get 1 Free DSP….Eeeee) and I’ll be posting more on Monday when it begins!!! Be sure to subscribe along the right hand side of my page so you don’t miss out on these amazing deals! Have someone crafty on your Gift List? Get supplies when they are on sale! Don’t forget to get a little something for yourself as well! What about all of those are aren’t crafty or don’t have a lot of time for crafting??? Paper Pumpkin is perfect for them because it comes with everything you need, instructions for the project and only takes 30-45 minutes! It is a great project to share with those you love and enjoy some quality time together! I will be offering DOUBLE Laura’s Loyal Stampers Points during the Extravaganza as well!!!! Woot Woot!!!
Here is an adorable little Turkey Treat Bag that I just had to share before Thanksgiving! You can check out the Video Tutorial here for how to make the turkey and just add him to a tag for an adorable treat!!!
See you back here on Monday! Have an amazing weekend!
I really like this simple and yet elegant card for the Christmas Season! Who doesn’t want a card that says someone is thinking of you? It is so touching I think! I love it! 🙂
I started with a Garden Green card base and stamped on a piece of Whisper White measuring 4″ x 5-1/4″! I used the Embellished Ornament Stamp Set for the greeting and holly twig! I used a Garden Green and Real Red marker to color in the holly twig and stamped that on either side of the Whisper White. Before attaching it to my card front, I brushed the edges of the cardstock with a Sponge Dauber! For the greeting, I stamped it in Real Red onto Whisper White cardstock and then die cut it with the Tags & Labels Framelits! I brushed the edges of the greeting with a Real Red Sponge Dauber! Then, I cut out another label in the next size up in Silver Foil Paper and layered them together! I added the greeting to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals! I love this!
To see this card in action and how to color your stamps, check out my Video Tutorial below or by clicking here!! Don’t forget to give it a thumbs up if you liked it!
I think this little easel is so cute. It’s little and makes me think of a kid’s easel to draw on. I never had one as a child but I thought they were cool! Yesterday I showed you how to create a Room Divider Card and you can check that out here. We are going to use that same concept to create the legs for this easel here!
I started with a Crumb Cake card base which measures 4-1/4″ x 11″. I folded it in half to create the card and then slipped the Decorative Label Punch up half way along the bottom. You can punch both layers of the cardstock as the same time! This creates the decorative feet of the easel. Then I slide the front of the card into the Woodgrain Embossing Folder and ran it through the Big Shot. That is your easel and now you can decorate it! I used a piece of Basic Black cardstock measuring 3-1/4″ x 4″. The greeting is from the Friendly Wishes Stamp Set and I heat embossed it in White! To add a pop of color, I just colored on top of the embossed image with a Sharpie Marker. I added this to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals! I punched out the flowers with the Petite Petals Punch and Itty Bitty Accents Punch! I added a few Rhinestones to each of the flowers for a little bling! I got the inspiration for this card from fellow stamper, Mary Ellen Stites! I love it!!! It would make a great kid’s card but also any other occasion as well!
You can check out the Video Tutorial here! Also, let me know in the comments below if you have started using more Stampin’ Dimensionals since following me. 🙂 You are welcome! I just love them!
Happy Tuesday!!! You know what that means!!!! I have a fabulous technique to share with you today and it uses my favorite punch – the Decorative Label Punch!!! Check this out!!!
Isn’t this adorable?!?! You could create it for any occasion by switching up the images – baby, wedding, moving, just because, get well, and more! I always think cute standing cards like these would be great for a get well or thinking of you because they can be displayed oh so nicely.
There are not very many supplies which is fabulous and it still fits into a regular Medium Envelope! You will need a piece of cardstock (your base) measuring 4-1/4″ x 11″ and you will fold it in half like a a regular card. Then you will fold the end up to the that center fold for both sides, so folding the front up and the back one back. I hope that makes sense. Use a Bone Folder for those nice strong creases! This creates the folds so your card stands up. Now with 2 of the layers of cardstock folded, slide the Decorative Label Punch up half way and punch! Do this so that there is a punch out of all 4 pieces. This created those decorative feet on the bottom of your room divider. Now it is time to decorate. The Basic Black cardstock measures 3″ x 2-1/4″ and the Very Vanilla measures 2-3/4″ x 2″. I decorated the Very Vanilla with the Flowering Flourishes Stamp Set in Mint Macaron and then added some butterflies from the Papillon Potpourri Stamp Set. I stamped the butterflies in Elegant Eggplant and Wisteria Wonder and punched them out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch! I added the butterflies with some Stampin’ Dimensionals! Love it!!!!
You can see this in action in the Video Tutorial below of by clicking here!!! Don’t forget to give it a thumbs up if you liked it!!! Come back tomorrow to see the Easel Card!
I have had lots of fun with the Berry Merry Stamp Set. I love the big greetings and then all of the little decorations that you can use around it! Flowers, snowflakes, bows and more are just so fabulous to create a masterpiece! This card is very basic. I used a Whisper White card base and stamped the Season’s Greetings image in Tip Top Taupe! I love the greeting all by it’s self but I added a little foo foo around it to dress it up! I stamped the poinsettia flower in Real Red and the leaves in Cucumber Crush. The little snowflakes were stamped in Pool Party and then I finished it off with a few Pearls!
I love to create cards with layers and ribbons and loads of craziness but sometimes a simple one layer card like this is just as stunning! Which do you prefer – lots of layers and goodies OR simple and basic??? Let me know in the comments below!
Happy Friday everyone!!! It has been a fabulous week for sure! I so love what I do and I love it even more when I can share it with others! The week started out on Sunday stamping Christmas Cards with my Mom! I really enjoy sharing that special time with her and working on cards together. For the most part, she would rather just buy some cards I have already made so these times are really special.
I had my Monthly Stamp Class at the Retirement Village in town here on Monday and a Holiday Card Class at the Library on Tuesday! Some of these people have stamped before and enjoy it so much they can’t get enough. I love that but even more I love those first time stampers who are so excited that they actually made a card! That smile and excitement when the ink hits the paper is just amazing! <3 I love every minute of it!
I had my Tempting Techniques Stamp Camp on Thursday morning and evening and tomorrow I will be doing a Craft Fair! My heart just might burst with love and excitement! I truly love what I do and you all make me love it so much more!
Of course it isn’t a Friday without the Weekly Deals and because it is Friday, the 13th and you have all made my week I am offering DOUBLE Laura’s Loyal Stampers Points this weekend (Friday – Sunday). So when you place an order (click here to shop) online, you can take advantage of the fabulous deals as well as earn Free Stuff!!!! Woot Woot!!!
I hope you have had a wonderful week and have an amazing weekend! I’ll see you back here on Monday!!!
Isn’t this card just fabulous??? That subtle bling is just perfect! It isn’t too much and you don’t have to worry about creating a huge glittery mess when you create this card! I used Dazzling Details, a Sponge Dauber and a Mask! How amazing!?!?!
I started with a Whisper White card base! I took a piece of Real Red measuring 4″ x 5-1/4″ and placed the Dots Decorative Mask over top of it! Then I squeezed some Dazzling Details into a old embellishment container (or any plastic surface) and using a Sponge Dauber, I pounced over the polka dots. You don’t want to add lots of glitter because it will take forever to dry and will bleed under the mask a little. Once you have filled all of the polka dots, pull off the mask and set it aside to dry. You can always use your Heat Tool to speed up the process a little!
Once it was dried, I added it to the card front. For the greeting, I used the Berry Merry Stamp Set and die cut it with the Lots of Labels Framelits! Super cute and fabulous for the Holiday Season!!!
This card I am in LOVE with and it was sort of a mistake. After playing with the glitter, I thought what about adding some Re-Inker to it for some color. I dripped 1 (ONE) drop of Night of Navy in there and HELLO COLOR! I was really surprised at how dark it was. I started playing the stripes on some Whisper White scrap paper. Slowly I was running out of glitter so I added some more Dazzling Details and of course this only lightened the blue more. As I went along I noticed this fabulous ombre affect happening and I was in love. I will say that when you add the re-inker it gets much runnier so it bleed under the mask and wasn’t as crisp. I still love it!!! I layered this onto some Night of Navy Cardstock and then Marina Mist. I put it all onto a Whisper White card base. For the greeting, I used the Tin of Cards Stamp Set and Decorative Label Punch!
I love the subtle glittery look and I love Dazzling Details in all of the colors – Silver, Gold, Red, and Dazzling! You can check out my Video Tutorial below of by clicking here! Don’t forget to give it a thumbs up if you liked it!!!
Happy Veteran’s Day! Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to those who served and those who are still serving! I recently created some cards for a friend of mine who is the National President of the American Legion Auxiliary! I thought today was the perfect day to share what I created! I made some samples up and asked her which one she liked and she said she liked them all so I created a few of each!!!
This one uses a Whisper White card base and I stamped the stars in the background in Real Red and Night of Navy from the Perfect Pennants Stamp Set! Some of the stars were stamped in full strength ink and some were the 2nd time stamping which is why there are a few that are lighter! The greeting is from the One Big Meaning Stamp Set and punched out with the Decorative Label Punch! Of course I added the greeting to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals!
This one uses a Whisper White card base and I stamped the stars from the Perfect Pennants Stamp Set in Night of Navy on the corners! The greeting is from the One Big Meaning Stamp Set and I stamped that in Real Red! Quick and simple and no layers but yet still stunning!!
This one uses a Whisper White card base and I stamped the star from the Perfect Pennants Stamp Set in Real Red! I stamped off once on a piece of scrap paper so it wasn\’t so dark and the greeting would show up better. The long swish and the bigger swish are from the Work of Art Stamp Set! I love hoe versatile that set is! The greeting is from the Petite Pairs Stamp Set!
This card is on a Whisper White card base and uses all image from the Work of Art Stamp Set! That set is super popular and I know many of you out there have this set! Did you ever think you could come up with a fabulous card like this one?? Well now you can! I love it!! You can see more samples using this set here and here!
There is something so beautiful about a snowflake and you all know how I love Bermuda Bay!!! I love shades of blue and silver together for a holiday card! I started with a Bermuda Bay card base. Then I took a piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 4″ x 5-1/4″ and stamped the large snowflake from the Flurry of Wishes Stamp Set in Bermuda Bay. I stamped the smaller snowflakes in Pool Party and the greeting in Smokey Slate! I wrapped a piece of Silver Ribbon around it and attached it to the card front. For the popped up snowflakes, I stamped the double snowflake in Bermuda Bay on a piece of scrap paper! Then I punched them out with the coordinating Snow Flurry Punch! You can bundle the set and punch together and save 15%! Also, I punched the snowflakes in Silver Foil Paper and layered the stamped snowflakes on top but off set! I added these to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals! I love it….the card that is, not snow! I just thought I would make that clear! I am so not a fan of winter.
