Make 3 cards with Happiest Day. Happiest Day is a stand alone stamp set. If you wish to step it up, you can use whatever dies you have in your stash. The samples created by Stampin’ Up! featured how the stamp set was used for scrapbooking layouts. As with any stamp set, you can use […]
Category Archives: Seasonal Catalogues
Simple cards with Choose Happy
Simple cards with Choose Happy. Choose Happy is one of the most useful stamp sets to have in your stash because it has 14 simple line drawings to suit all four seasons of the year. These are a penguin, candle, heart, star, 2 faces, a bird, rabbit, an apple, a bee, a yacht, the sun, […]
Cards for kids – Racing By
Cards for kids – Racing By. This month Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop theme is cards for kids. One of my grandsons is learning to drive, and at 17 would you consider a teenager still a “kid”? I made this card with him in mind and picked the Racing By stamp set because it was […]
Make 3 cards with Ephemera packs
Make 3 cards with Ephemera Packs. Today’s post features the Sunny Springs Cards & Envelopes. These are pre-printed cards with matching envelops. To make quick, easy cards you can use the ephemera packs with minimal stamping. Additional materials used are the Saying Hey stamp set. I also used the Radiating Stitches Dies which are an […]
Dry embossed card – Friends for Life
Dry embossed card – Friends for Life. A great way to make a card special is to use the dry embossing technique. You can achieve this with an embossing folder. There are so many to choose from and it’s a quick easy way to add that extra “kappow” element to a card. The Friends for […]
Quick and Easy Options
Quick and Easy Options. A brand new section in the 2024-25 Annual Catalogue is called Quick & Easy Options. You can find it on pages`12-29. It has new crafting ideas and a variety of paper pieces, card stock, envelops to add your own personal touch. Unlike the “step-by-step” section where the kits provide you with […]
Card sketch – Friends for Life
Card sketch – Friends for Life. When you’re stuck for inspiration a card sketch is a useful tool to re-ignite your creativity. In the current 2024-25 Annual Catalogue on page 22 there are several sketches provided to help you. The one I’ve chosen for today is no. 9 in the first row and uses strips […]
Fancy Stadium Wave fold
Fancy stadium wave fold. This fold isn’t as difficult as it sounds, the stadium wave fold mechanism are simply strips of card stock. You score, fold, and adhere to each other in a staggered formation to form a fan shape. This card is quite bulky, so it may require extra postage, or better still, hand […]