Category Archives: cards, etc.

Ai freebies

Second post for today…I have quite a few cards from throughout the past year that I haven’t shared, so I am going to try to share them this week! First, I have some cards that I made with some cute Art Impressions Freebies. These are mini stamps that are free with qualifying purchases, but I was also very thoughtfully gifted a few. Here I used the cat, dog, hedgehog, and otter. They are so sweet! My first card with the cat is a pocket card, of which I have a photo tutorial below so be sure to scroll down.

Here’s some photos to help show how I created the cat pocket card.

Have a great Wednesday!

read more

I have two more cards to share using products from the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps December release. I used the circle dies and plaid background again, along with a new set that is all about reading. It would be great to use for bookmarks, but here I made two cards.

Products used: Diagonal Plaid BackgroundStitched Circles BundleSimple Sentiments Stamp & Die Bundle, and Read More.

Have a great day!

hello bluebird

Hello! Here’s one last card that I made using the SnSS Diagonal Plaid Background and Seasonal Birds stamp set. They are both great to work with!

For the background, I started with a 3 3/4 x 5 piece of light blue cardstock and stamped the plaid with a darker blue ink. The top two panels were cut to 1 3/4 x 3 5/8. The bottom panel is 1 1/4 x 3 3/4. The sentiment is popped with foam tape. The background was splattered with a clear shimmer.

Have a great day!

quick & easy seasonal birds

Today I have a third card that I made with cute birds from the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps December release. I still have one more to share later…they’re so fun! This card is CAS…the image is fussy cut and popped with foam tape. Then I made him festive for the holiday with a pop of color. The red scarf has Crystal Effects applied on it which made it shiny. (I can’t believe there’s only 12 days until Christmas!) This could also be used for a valentine or any other occasion.

Products used: Diagonal Plaid Background and Seasonal Birds 

Have a great day!

autumn birthdays

I have quite a few photos from the past few months that I haven’t shared, so I will try to catch up with them before the end of the year. Here’s a few fall birthday cards that I made. The first two used a pretty patterned paper from Hobby Lobby. I also used the SU! Soft Seedlings & Birthday Banners on the first card. The second card has Crafty Secrets Wizard of Oz (a set from 2010).

Here’s the sketch that I used for those cards. I started with a 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 piece of patterned paper before cutting it into strips.

Next, I used the Taylored Expressions Create in Quads- Word Party to make some masculine cards. I only used one section of the stencils. The leaves are Spellbinders Mini Fall Blooms and the small sentiment is from SNSS Birthday Wordfetti.

Have a great day!

hello bird

Hello! I’m sharing another card today with stamps and dies from the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps December release. This is the second bird image I used (they’re all sweet!).

Products used: Diagonal Plaid BackgroundSeasonal Birds and the Stitched Circles Bundle

Have a great Monday!

happy mail

It’s hard to believe that we are already almost a week into December! I was sick after Thanksgiving and I’m still catching up, so today I am sharing my first card for the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps new release.

Products used: Diagonal Plaid Background and Seasonal Birds

This month, Korin created an awesome diagonal plaid background stamp. I started my cards by making a bunch of background samples which I ended up using on every card! When you pull out your big background stamps, why not stamp extras in various colors to have ready for future projects? It’s a great starting point.

For today’s card, I started with the black & white plaid piece. Then I colored a more stylized bird to be the focal point. It seemed to need a little something more when finished, so I added a few splatters.

Have a great day!

Christmas coffee

I have two more cards to share using new products from this month’s Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps release. Here I used Coffee Background, Travel Cup Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Poinsettia Wishes Bundle, and Holly Jolly Bundle.

Don’t miss the sale!

For the first card, I reverse masked a circle, then stamped the coffee background and ink blended inside. The poinsettia flower and sentiment are popped up. It doesn’t show in the photo, but the white coffee lid shimmers.

I used the large scalloped rectangle die to create the base for my second card. The outer edge was masked off and I stamped/ink blended the inside again. I die cut the cup with some cute “sweater” paper. The sentiment was popped up on this card too.

Have a great day!

botanical collage miss you

 Today I have a card using Sweet ‘n Sassy StampsBotanical Collages and Simple Sentiments Stamp & Die Bundle from this month’s release. I also used the Circles Die Set. Don’t forget to check out the current sale for SnSS’ 16th birthday!

The botanical image was cut with the circle dies using the Out of the Box technique so that a few of the leaves would remain outside of the die cut edge. I did a tutorial on this technique 13 years ago and you can find it Here. The sentiment was popped with foam tape.

Have a great day!

Cocoa’s birthday wish

Hello. Before I share today’s card, here’s the current sale for Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps‘ 16th birthday celebration. The Creative Worship Stamp sets are Buy 2 Get 1 Free!

Here I made another card with the Cocoa’s Birthday Wish stamp set. I also used the Stitched Rectangle Die Set. I pulled some bright, fun papers and colored the Cocoa mouse image to match. The image and sentiment are popped with foam tape.

Have a great weekend!