Fun With Flocking!

I love to use flocking and my favorite way to adhere it is by using double-sided adhesive, On this card I stamped the Santa twice, colored the face on one and pressed the other onto a sheet of Scor-Tape. I cut apart the hat, fluff and beard then pulled the backing off the tape and [...]

Easy X-Mas Cards and a Freebie!

The countdown is on folks, Thanksgiving is 3 days away and we only have 32 shopping days til Christmas! As a kid I remember each Thanksgiving, after the meal had been eaten and the dishes washed (while dad watched football) mom would address all of her Christmas cards in her beautiful penmanship. My penmanship is [...]

Christmas Potpourri!

That is the name of the newest stamp set at Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff. Here is a few projects I made with it:
The Christmas Potpourri set has 6 sheets of printable bingo cards in red, green and black and 7 digital stamps in both jpg and png format. It’s great for cards and scrapbook pages. Another [...]

A Festive Christmas {and a freebie!}

When I saw the sketch challenge over on the Pink Persimmon blog I just had to play along:
I made this card and box set using the Cute as a Button set from Pink Persimmon (the sketch had a scallop border and the buttons were perfect for that!) I also used new Christmas paper from American [...]

Homemade Card Candy!

I needed some “play time” in my craft room and decided to use up some leftover die cuts and some stamps to make some card candy:
I love all of the new layered stickers on the market now by companies like K&Co and Making memories so I decided to make some of my own using labels [...]

Caardvarks Holiday Hop Day3: Tablescapes

You have landed here on day 3 of the Caardvarks Holiday blog hop. today’s theme is Tablescapes. If you missed any of the other lovely blog hop projects be sure to pop over to the Caardvarks blog so you can start the hop at the beginning and sign up to win some nifty prizes from [...]

Caardvarks Holiday Hop: Pretty Packaging!

Welcome to day two of the fabulous Caardvarks Holiday blog hop. The theme is pretty packaging and it is sponsored by Creative Cuts and More, a leader in die cuts. If you came here from Lila’s blog you are in the right place but if you landed here first be sure to start at the [...]

Caardvarks Holiday Blog Hop!

Wow, I’m thrilled to be a part of the Caardvarks Holiday Blog Hop, if you are arriving from Lila’s blog you are in the right place! If you just stumbled upon the hop here be sure to start at the Caardvarks blog so you can see all of the fabulous cards from their design team [...]

Wild About Woodgrain!

I love the look of woodgrain paper, I’ve seen th trend around for a while but there were no woodgrain pattern papers in the scrapbook shop in my neck of the woods so I made my own:

It is really fun and easy to do! You can get inexpensive woodgrain tools at your local hardware store, [...]

a “Wicked” challenge!

Well, I must say that I am in full Halloween mode now (OK, I have been for a while)! And this week you can win some goodies from Creative Cuts and More just by playing along with the Belli Challenge blog:
The theme is Halloween and I used the witch and spider die cuts from Creative [...]