You have endless hours to spend on your love of crafting...right? Yeah, me neither. But I do enjoy sitting down for a few minutes and using supplies that make the most of my time, allowing me to create simple and cozy Christmas cards to send to my friends and family.
The Wrapped in Plaid lends the perfect cozy plaid flair to holiday
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Spooky Halloween Treat Boxes – Just Around the Corner!
Speaking of corners, a couple of little-known tips for this spooky pillow box... like did you know that the kraft pillow boxes are in the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog? See? There's tip #1!
Here's tip #2: How to Make Custom Sized Die Cuts
Occasionally a die cut shape isn’t large enough to create a backing layer for another shape. In this
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Real-time Design Tips: Peek-A-Boo Dino Cards with #RealityCrafting
It's true. I'm in love with this set of dinosaur stamps. And it's true that they're not just for little kids. When my high school aged daughter needed a card for a bunch of her friends to sign for a departing teacher, this is the one she chose, out of ALL the cards I offered to her!
So if a bunch of high school students like it, then it
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How to Stop Hoarding Your Designer Series Paper
Lately I've been on a kick to make the MOST of my designer series paper sheets. So I've started a new series of #DSPCardBase projects! One of my favorite parts about these cards is that you get to see BOTH sides of these pretty papers - and so does the person who receives your card.
One consideration - to splurge or not to
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Dino Days of Summer: Friend-O-Saurus Sweet & Simple Stamping
Who says dinosaurs are just for girls? If you saw my other post about buying stamp sets you LOVE even when they're not practical, then you're probably not surprised to see another card with this sweet Dino Days stamp set!
This card is sweet and simple - a snap to stamp in a hurry, since the colors all coordinate with the Dinoroar
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Sailing Home: Sweet Summer Stamping in a Breeze
I absolutely adore the sentiments in this Sailing Home stamp set - beautiful words and beautiful images to match. And nary a flower in sight, these cards are perfect for anyone, male or female, who needs a special note of encouragement. This card features the Come Sail Away Suite from the new Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog.
My Online
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My Favorite New Stamp Set: Summer Fun with Ink and Flowers
Remember when you were a kid and you went to a friend's house to play... and their toys were SO much more fun that your own toys? Well it turns out that the same applies to stamp sets. I recently borrowed the new stamp set, To A Wild Rose, and I had an absolute blast playing with these new gorgeous stamps!
My cards today feature the new
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Reality Crafting with Everything is Rosy: Live Video Tutorial
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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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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Happy Tails to You: Simple Stamping
Do you have a furry family member? We have a few, and the saying included with this Happy Tails stamp set is so true, "A Best Friend Leaves a Paw Print on Your Heart." I love the #simplestamping opportunities for this set - so easy to design with the coordinating images and the matching Dog Builder Punch.
Here's Pepper, our 5 year old
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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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