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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Simple Stamping 101: How to Use the Masking Technique
Love the look of layered cards but don't want to keep piling on the layers? The Masking Technique is perfect for creating the look of an additional paper layer without more card stock. By stamping over and around a mask (an extra layer of scrap paper), the flowers on this Needle & Thread card create a perfect highlight for a sweet
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Dress Your Sweet Pins & Tags with Spritzed Color
Sometimes a Designer Series Paper is just screaming for a chance to show off both sides at the same time. "How can you tape me down??" or maybe "Don't waste my pretty side!"
I know, it's tough, but fortunately, this card and envelope combination makes the most of BOTH sides of the pretty How Sweet It Is Designer Series Paper - and shows
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Secret Slot Gift Card Holder: How Sweet It Is with the Pretty Label Punch
Lurking inside this card is a secret... a special slot fold that creates a pocket for a gift card! This technique is actually really simple. You just need to score your cardstock, punch on the center score line, then fold the front and back so that the 'pocket' stays in the middle.
Fun, right? Plus the candy theme with the Sweetest Thing
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Sale-A-Bration and the Ombre Stamping Technique
With the start of the new year comes… you guessed it… Sale-A-Bration!! Starting TODAY you’ll be able to shop online from the NEW Occasions Catalog, plus earn a free Sale-A-Bration stamp set of your choice from the Sale-A-Bration Mini Catalog for every $50 you order. This is my FAVORITE time of the Stampin’ Up! year!!
Ready for a project
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Shaker Card Tutorial: Wishing for Broadway Birthday
Hard to think of something happier than a Shaker Card when it comes to birthdays. And if your birthday boy or girl (of any age) happens to love glimmer and glitz, then the Broadway Birthday bundle with the stamps and dies is a terrific choice for your card-making project!
Shaker Cards are actually one of my favorites - and I have a
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Hooray for Spectrum Pads – Stamping Rainbows of Joy
Who doesn't love a rainbow? This fun birthday card features the Spectrum Pad from the Stampin' Up! Catalog. I've inked the pad in colors to match the Broadway Bound Product Suite - which I'm featuring with four Stamps in the Mail Club projects in December.
The fun style of the marquis and stamps in Broadway Birthday are a great match for
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Spectrum Pads: Broadway Birthday Gate Fold Card
When I'm looking for inspiration on what to stamp, one of my favorite places to turn is my past blog posts - the projects that I loved enough to share with you all, now updated with a new twist. This card is a Gate Fold Card - similar to one I shared this past summer with the Varied Vases stamp set.
This time though, I've turned the
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Spinner Cards Made Simple: Santa’s Workshop
I love a good 'card that moves' - in fact, I have shared a whole library of video tutorials and tips on how to make cards that move. This Santa's Workshop Spinner Card is one of my favorites though. I think it's the sweet stamp images from the Signs of Santa stamp set that make the layout perfect: a jaunty Santa for a jaunty card
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Explosion Box Cards Made Simple: Signs of Santa Christmas Card Tutorial
The cutest Christmas stamp set in the world PLUS the sweetest pop-up card layout ever? Yes, please! I totally adore these little elves and the Signs of Santa stamps that go with them. Pair them with the bright Stampin' Blends color intensity in Poppy Parade and Call Me Clover, and you've got a perfect holiday card treat.
Plus the Pop-Up
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Bright and Breezy Christmas: Snow is Glistening Special Limited-Time Stamp Set
Have you heard? There's a new stamp set in town - one that will whisk away when the month of November comes to a close! This gorgeous Christmas snowflake set is called Snow is Glistening and it's available in photopolymer - which is absolutely perfect for lining up these fun flakes and the simple greetings.
Want to see the spritzing with
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