Do you follow my LovenStamps Facebook page? If not, then you're going to want to click over, because it's been a fun couple of days with my new #realitycrafting series of videos!
What's Reality Crafting? It's my quick video tutorials where you can see what's on my crafting table and what I'm working on right at that moment. If you're
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Beautiful Backgrounds: Springtime Impressions Embossing Dies
Truly, adding texture to a card is one of my favorite tried-and-true tricks for dressing up a background. This card, adapted from the soon-to-retire 2018-2019 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog, features the pretty Springtime Impressions Thinlits Dies in a different way. Instead of using them to cut the card stock, this card uses the dies to
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Use Your Designer Series Paper: Perfect Gate Fold Card Tutorial
Fun fold cards? Yes please! I love a Gate Fold Card for featuring Designer Series Paper like this one for my April Stamps in the Mail Club with the Garden Expressions paper and Abstract Impressions stamp set.
It's simple to create a card like this with a Gate Fold. Be sure to check out some of my other Gate Fold Cards from past blog
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Best Stamp Set for Guy Cards: 3 Simple Steps for Geared Up Garage
Gotta love a guy card, right? This muscle car is the perfect classic - and this card layout is a sweet and simple way to put the pieces together. Here are the steps to creating a masterpiece:
Stamp
Layer
Embellish
Easy as 1, 2, 3! Okay, maybe there's a little more detail to the card...
Stamp: Using Geared Up Garage, I
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Art for Home: Wonderful Romance Frame Project
This DIY art project begs the question...is a 6x6" art frame a card? Or is it a home decor piece? I'd say that if you choose to give the project as a gift, then it's a card...that becomes a home decor piece. The ultimate in "please keep this special card" messages! The pretty Wonderful Romance stamp set is a great one for this Stamps in
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Fabulous Fun Folds to Create at Home: Triple Panel Cards
What's more fun than opening a greeting card? How about opening the greeting card...and then opening it again, because there are 3 panels? This unique fun fold card is created using a regular folded card stock base, plus a panel cut from Designer Series Paper. The final piece was created with the edgelit die from the Wonderful Floral
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Simple Layout Inspiration: Embossed Backgrounds and Banners
Only a few days left for Sale-A-Bration 2019! Do you have this pretty Country Floral Embossing Folder yet? If not, March 31 is your last chance to add it to your stamping collection for free. And this simple embossed background card is a great way to show off this folder - or any of your favorite embossing folders!
Just create an
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How to Show Off the Wonderful Floral Vellum Sheets
The vellum sheets that are part of the Floral Romance Specialty Paper are simply beautiful. Pretty images in gorgeous colors, and they simply beg for a card layout that shows off the vellum. For Stamps in the Mail Club in March, I designed this vellum feature card - perfect for making the most of the paper.
There are several layers of
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Painted Seasons and the NEW Sale-A-Bration Coordination Framelits
Ever wish that you could have a set of Framelits Dies to go along with a favorite stamp set? How about a Sale-A-Bration stamp set?
Well good news for you!! As of March 1, you can order framelits to coordinate with FOUR of the Sale-A-Bration stamp sets, plus a must-have label punch and an all-occasions greeting stamp set that includes
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DIY Gift Ideas: Note Cards & Envelopes in a Pretty Box
I love giving cards as gifts. And I love it even more when there's a coordinating box to make the presentation perfect! But as you may know, the Acetate Card Boxes in the Stampin' Up! catalog are too big for note cards - the cards just flop around in the box like dead fish.
And dead fish do not make good gift ideas.
So to fix this, I
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Simple Stamping: Fun Card Fold Ideas for Easel Cards
Sometimes you need a card for a special purpose - like one that will stand up and continue to share cheer from a table or counter. For occasions like this, an Easel Card is the perfect 'fun fold' card layout.
This card features the Needle & Thread stamp set from the Needlepoint Nook product suite. Such pretty and detailed floral
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Trends in Stamping: Add Stitching to Your Favorite Cards
One of the hot trends in stamping right now is adding stitching to your cards - either with or without thread! The Needlepoint Elements Framelits Dies are perfect for this look, since they give a gorgeous stitched effect with just a few turns of the Big Shot handle.
This Stamps in the Mail Club card for February is actually one that I
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