Hi Crafty Friends! To create today's card I used one of my favorite stamp sets Simon Says Stamp's Beautiful Flowers. This set is gorgeous and besides featuring stunning floral images it also has many fantastic sentiments. Card Design Inspiration One of my favorite card designers, Yana Smakula, shared the technique of stamping images and then coloring the entire background using Copic markers. I decided to give this technique a try but instead of using a color marker I decided to use black ...
Hi Crafty Friends! I'm not sure about you, but, I've caught the summer bug and can't wait for endless sunshine and warm days! With these thoughts in mind, I wanted to create a fun summer themed card using the super amazing Sunny Studio's Fabulous Flamingos stamp set. This set is sooooo CUTE! Images Oh, my, goodness, it was too hard to pick which images to use so I didn't and stamped them all! (Stay tuned for another cute card I made using this stamp set soon). For this card, I decided it ...
Hi Everyone! This is one of the two Father's Day cards I'm sharing over at the Newton's Nook Designs Blog today. Please stop by the Newton's Nook blog to see both card and to learn about how I made them. Have a lovely day and a fantastic week! ...
Hi Everyone! I don't know why but I absolutely LOVE feathers - so when I saw the amazing Concord & 9th Feathered stamp set I knew I had to snatch it up. My favorite thing about this stamp set is that you can create several different types of feathers quickly and easily - honestly, I really can't recommend it enough! Image Ok, so I know I already gushed, but, I really love this stamp set and it was hard to pick one image to use! I will be making many more cards with this set so I'm sure ...
Hi Everyone! Today I'm sharing two cards over at the Newton's Nook Designs Blog. One card is perfect to send to a friend and the other is a thank you card. Please hop over to the Newton's Nook blog to see both card and to learn about how I made them. Have a lovely day and a fantastic week! ...
Hi Everyone, I'm completely in love with Clearly Besotted's Baby Love stamp set - it has the cutest images of little critter families and is ideal for making sweet baby cards. However, I think the images work well for many other types of cards, so today I'm sharing a friendship and a thank you card I created with this stamp set. Card One Background I wanted this card to have an outdoorsy feel so I used Concord & 9th's Plaid Background stamp to create a fantastic background. I stamped ...
Hi All, It seems like I'm always in need of birthday cards - what about you? This is a little sneak peek of a fun birthday card I'm sharing over at the Newton's Nook Designs Blog today. Please pop over there to see the full card and learn how I made it. Have a lovely day and a fantastic week! ...
Hi Everyone, I love critter stamps and absolutely adore Mama Elephant's Stackable Cuties stamp set! I love that you get so many cute little critters and you have the option to use them stacked or unstacked - I think that flexibility is fantastic and it really makes this stamp set a must have IMHO. Images and Background For this card, I decided to use only 3 of the 10 adorable images. I selected the super cute elephant, hippo, and monkey images - I just love that the monkey is holding a ...
Hi All, I'm super excited to share that I am guest designing for Newton's Nook Designs during the month of May! I couldn't be more thrilled! This is a little sneak peek of one of the two Mother's Day cards I'm sharing on the Newton's Nook Blog today. Please hop on over there to check out the two cards! Have a great day and a lovely week! ...
Hi Everyone, I'm very lucky that the weather where I live has been lovely lately and tons of beautiful flowers are in bloom - I love Spring! All this beauty has me in the mood to create a spring themed card so I knew the super lovely Pretty Pink Posh Spring Wreath stamp set would be perfect for my card today. Image and Coloring I love the beautiful floral wreath that is part of the stamp set and I wanted it to take center stage on my card. I started by stamping the wreath in Gina K. Designs ...
