This week I’m using the Bauble Blooms bundle to throw a little festive fun your way! It’s a cute little bundle from the new mini catalog – take a look: You can go in a lot of different directions with this little set – today I went simple and traditional Christmas. I started with a…
Let’s wrap up our Gingerbread Man Bundle week with a quick fun fold! I’ve done this one before and it’s super easy. Start with a card base that is 4 1/4″x 11″ and score at 5 1/2″ on the long side. Insert the card base into your trimming tool with the 4 1/4″ side at…
Uh oh! Gingie had an accident – poor guy! Here are the measurements for the card: I stamped my gingerbread cookie outline in Versamark on the Pecan Pie panel and covered in white embossing powder. I heat set it with my Heat Tool and then fussy cut the image out. I used the zig-zag die…
Growing up, I remember making banners and decorations for my classrooms during the holiday season. Who else remembers cutting snowflake designs our of white paper and making crepe paper rings? That is what sort of inspired me to make this fun banner out of gingerbread cookies: I chose the Brights color collection for this project…
Have you checked out the Gingerbread Man Bundle from Stampin’ Up! yet? It has a lot of elements to help you with your holiday crafting – take a look at the set: So many ideas popped into my head when I opened this set up – and I’ll be sharing them with you all week….
The first project I wanted to make, surprisingly, when I got my new Branching Out Bundle was a ….lantern. I thought the dies in the set would make a great ‘window’ for a lantern. Check out the bundle: The dies are awesome!! I saw StampinWithAmore make a similar lantern but I needed to make mine…
This past weekend, I had the great opportunity to attend a retreat led by fellow demonstrator, Michelle Halleen. It’s always the best time and she makes sure our creative cups are overflowing by the time the end of the day rolls around. I participated in a swap with the other attendees – take a look…
It’s been a bit since I published a sketch challenge. That whole end-of-summer/back-to-school crazy period took over our lives over here – haha! So here is edition #31 – it’s a great way to use up scraps you have laying around – you have those, right? Here is the card I made from this sketch:…
This card is inspired by the below card that I made for my swap group: This technique is called a one-layer spotlight. To get this effect, a shape has to be cut out of a piece of paper (I used copy paper) and placed over your main image. You use blending tools to lay down…
I have seen and received Post-It Note Holders since I began my paper crafting journey years ago. I don’t think I have ever made one. I signed up to make one for my swap group that I participate in and wow – how easy are these. I based mine on this video from StampinWithAmore. I…