altered gift bag with color and contour bundle

How to Alter a gift bag

I’ve been scratching my head wondering how to alter a gift bag to make a gift card. This is one of the things I did when I first started more than 10 years ago and am re-visiting again. Do you remember paper bag books? I haven’t made one in such a long time. Yes, this […]

gift card with a twist color & contour bundle

Gift card with a twist

Today’s project is to create a gift card with a twist by turning a pre-printed card inside out. I used the Hand-penned Memories & More cards and envelopes and turned it inside out. So the front of the card became the inside. I added a piece of patterned paper in the front and used the […]

diorama card for summer with beautiful moments

Diorama Card for summer – Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop

Goodness gracious, May whisked by and it’s time for another blog hop so I created this Diorama card for Summer for June’s Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop. Thank you to the lovely Sara Sayers who set the theme “Here comes Summer” for this month’s challenge. Combining Old with New Oftentimes, we overlook the old when […]

clean and simple Dad's card with Hats off bundle

Clean and Simple masculine card

Oops – I thought I’d already created a clean and simple masculine card for today’s post. Having had house guests all last week, I thought I’d worked ahead and it was all in the bag! Turns out that I had not prepared anything for today as my blog still showed Friday’s post! So in haste, […]

floral card using hybrid embossing folder Bloom

What’s a Hybrid embossing folder

What’s a Hybrid embossing folder you might ask! I totally missed it in the new Annual Catalogue on page 116. I only discovered it when our CEO highlighted it in one of her live chats and I was totally converted! It’s called “Bloom Hybrid Embossing Folder” which includes both dies and an embossing folder. The […]

diorama card with friends are like seashells

Diorama Card with layering dies

I was so excited to discover that I could make a diorama card with layering dies! You can find them on page 163 of the new 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue. The dies can be used with any stamp set and I love its irregular shapes. Looking through my stash, it was a toss up as to […]

birthday card for teenager with Hats Off

Birthday Card for a Teenager

When I espied the Hats Off Bundle in the new Annual Catalogue on page 47, I knew it would make the perfect birthday card for a teenager! I have real difficulty with making cards for that age bracket. May has been such a busy month for birthdays. I have been churning them out like there’s […]

clean and simple floral card with Artistically Inked

Clean and simple floral card

Happy Sunday – I have a clean, simple floral card to share today. This will be a short quick post, as I am sure you have better things to do now that lock down is easing and we’re able to have family/friends to visit. My daughter and her brood are coming to stay and I […]