As I mentioned the other day in my video tutorial on the Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box, I'm absolutely adoring this Come to Gather Suite from the Holiday Catalog. I love it so much that I've featured it in my LovenStamps Online Crafting Class for September!
A free class, you ask? Yes! 10 project ideas complete with video tips and a printable
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Sponge Dauber Video Tutorial: Make Your Own Sunset Effects
You probably noticed that I'm in love with the Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing Dies - lots of beautiful ideas for summer to be created with these supplies. Since I was on a roll, I wanted to add another idea, but felt like the sailboats needed a sunset to sail off into - right?
In the video tutorial I'll show you the cutting
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The 411 on Sponge Daubers: Add Color to Your Favorite Die Cuts
Die cuts make great layers - but they're not just shapes for stamping, like on the center greeting from this Abstract Impressions card idea. Die cuts can make terrific background layers, too, as shown here with the Springtime Impressions flower die cut.
What if you want to add color? It's simple with Sponge Daubers. Just grab a dauber,
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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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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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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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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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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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