Hi Everyone, You know that feeling when you see a stamp set you're so absolutely in love with that you think you're heart will break if you don't get it? Well, that's how I felt about Mama Elephant's Dandelion Wishes stamp set. The images in this set are so ridiculously cute and I love the beauty behind the idea of making wishes on the Dandelion seeds --- who didn't do that as a kid?! Image For this card, I really wanted to highlight one of my favorite images from this set the sweet little ...
Wish Upon a Star Cards
Hi Everyone, If you are looking for a beautiful and sweet stamp set then I think Mama Elephant's Wish Upon a Star stamp set is one of the best/sweetest out there. I love the adorable bunny images and the sentiments with their beautiful mix of fonts - really pretty! For today's project, I decided to make two cards using two of the images in the stamp set. Since both cards are made the same way I'll explain the details once since it would be boring to read the same thing twice. ...
Summer Splash Card
Hi Crafty Friends, So, I have a confession to make, every summer I say to myself 'you don't need any more summer themed stamp set. You already have so many cute ones. This year you will NOT buy any more!' And guess what? Every year the stamp companies outdo themselves and I simply have to buy at least 1 or 2 (or 200) more stamp sets. HA! This year Mama Elephant's Summer Splash stamp set stole my heart and I just had to have it. I absolutely love their stamps! Card Design This card design ...
A Wild Picture Book Card
Hi Crafty Friends, I am completely in love with Simon Says Stamp's Picture Book dies - they are so cute and add so much interest to any card. So, when I saw the Ink Blot Shop's Botanical Borders stamp set I thought it would be perfect to use with Simon's picture book characters. Images and Coloring For this card, I decided to use Simon Says Stamp's Hippo, Monkey, and Koala picture book dies. I die cut each character out of Neenah Solar White, 110 lb, cardstock and colored them with Copic ...
Beautiful Flowers & Copic Technique
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 ...
Sunny Studio’s Fabulous Flamingos
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 ...
Sneak Peek – Father’s Day Cards
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! ...
Concord & 9th’s Feathered Card
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 ...
Sneak Peek – Puppy Pals Cards
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! ...
Clearly Besotted’s Baby Love
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 ...