Happy Saturday, Today I thought I would share with you a card that is simple to make and only takes a few products: Happy Birthday Thinlit Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Tufted Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Card stock (I used Very Vanilla and Coastal Cabana) The mat of the card is double embossed, first with the Subtle DTIEF the with the Tufted DTIEF, don’t forget to spritz the… Read More »
Today is a sneak peek of an image colored with the new Stampin’ Up! Blends Alcohol Markers that go on sale Wednesday, November 1st. As a demonstrator we were able to purchase these during the first half of the month so we had time to try them out before they went on sale. There are 12 exclusive colors, each with a Light and Dark version, perfect for shading, don’t… Read More »
Happy Saturday! Today I thought I would share with you a quick & easy card featuring a piece of paper from the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack. Bring the look of the outdoors inside with these natural, rustic patterns. Pick a pack of patterned paper! So many designs, so many colors, so many uses. Fronts and backs are similar grains and colors for ideal use in die cutting. Paper… Read More »
Happy Saturday, it’s a beautiful morning here in Cranberry Township, the sun is currently shining and I’m sitting out on the sun porch enjoying my morning coffee. Yesterday we had a high temperature of 72 degrees, sure hope the weekend is similar. Today I thought I would share a quick easy card with matching envelope, something I like to call a Simple Saturday card. I know you have a stash… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, using one stamp set to create your card. Today I am featuring the photopolymer stamp set Baby Bear. Remember how a childhood teddy bear holds many great memories, for my brother it was a bear named Pinky. Why not start a baby’s life out with the right teddy bear and the good memories will follow. Baby Bear is a Two-Step Stampin’ set. Combine individual stamps to build the… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, today I am featuring cards make using a simple card design started from looking at some of the scraps I had laying around the crafting table. There were some 4″ x 4″ pieces of designer series paper and I thought why not layering them to create a card. The basics for the card: Card base – 4¼” x 11″ scored at 5½” for either top or side… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, using one stamp set for today’s cards. Today I am featuring the photopolymer stamp set Rose Wonder from the annual catalog which has matching Rose Garden Thinlits. This is the stamp set you need for life’s major events—birthdays, weddings, sympathy. And for the everyday—thanks, friendship, encouragement. Make a stack to keep on hand and you’ll never be unprepared. There are 14 photopolymer stamps and coordinate with clear… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, using one stamp set to create your cards. Today I am featuring from the annual catalog the 11 stamp set “Work of Art” – Painted swatches, swaths, and shapes–you decide which strokes are right for your project when you need just one more element in the background. This stamp set comes in both wood or clear mount, using clear blocks A, B, D and H (which… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, using one stamp set to create cards. Today I am featuring the Product Suite – Fruit Stand which includes the photopolymer stamp set Fresh Fruit and Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper. Watercolor or stamp some delicious fruit to send to a friend. You can’t go wrong with fresh fruit at any time of the year. This is a Two-Step Stampin’ set. Combine individual stamps to build… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, using one stamp set to create your card. Today I’m featuring the stamp set “Vertical Greetings” from the Annual Catalog. Simplicity can sometimes convey more than an elaborate display. Send a beautiful and simple greeting along with a beautiful image of topiary to lift anyone’s spirit. The first card is clean and simple using the Simply Scored board to create a border on the Whisper White. Three… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday where I feature one stamp set to make the projects. On the second week of Christmas I featured the stamp set Reason for the Season, you can see that post here, on item I completed missed was creating flowers using the Festive Flower Builder Punch with the matching images. Today I want to show you some projects using the punch. First is a card and tag, both… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, this week I’m doing something a little different and featuring the new Stitched from the Heart Framelits ♥ Cut thoughtfully stitched circles, squares, and ovals in seconds with Framelits dies and the Big Shot ♥ Stitched from the Heart Framelits Dies help you create detailed die-cuts with just a few turns of the Big Shot handle. Dies include ejection holes so you can remove the paper… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday using one stamp set to create your cards. Today I’m featuring the 14 piece photopolymer stamp set Sheltering Tree. With this set you can create your own friendship-scape with flowers, bikes, and trees. These Two-Step stamps give you so many creative options–combine individual stamps to build the final image you want in the colors you want. Suggested clear blocks (sold separately) are A, B, E and H. Here… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, were I use one stamp set to create the card. Today I’m featuring the 18 piece photopolymer stamp set, No Bones about It. Suggested clear blocks (sold separately) are B – C – D -E – G. This stamp set is perfect for children’s birthdays of any age. This isn’t your average dinosaur stamp set. This is a Two-Step Stampin’ set so you can combine individual… Read More »
Welcome to the 3rd Sunday of Christmas. Over the next 9 Sunday’s I will continue to share cards and projects using a different stamp set each week to create holiday projects. If you are a member of my newsletter group I will be sending out measurements and details of all the projects. This Sunday I am featuring the Tin of Tags Project Kit, which makes 30 tags, 3 each of… Read More »
Welcome to Pink October Simple Saturday. Isn’t it great that we have a Pink October? Think of how many building change their lighting to Pink this month, even football players have pink gloves and pink towels. With Pink October to support the fight against breast cancer. I thought I would come up with some Pink cards for Simple Saturday. That’s the thing I like about paper crafting, you can make things… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, using one stamp set to create your card. Today we are using the Watercolor Words Photopolymer stamp set, which includes 11 stamps. Not only do you have greetings, but images in the set that can be used to create your own background paper. For my cards below I made one on a Whisper White card base and on another, a piece of paper from the Serene Scenery Designer… Read More »
Happy World Card Making Day! Welcome to Simple Saturday, where we use one stamp set to create our card. Today I am featuring the Guy Greetings Photopolymer Stamp Set – perfect for masculine cards. I’ll be featuring three options all of which are using the Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack. Here are three options using the stamp set: You’re my Anchor card: Island Indigo Card base Whisper White… Read More »
Happy Saturday, welcome to the weekend. It’s Simple Saturday, where I use one stamp set to create my card. Today’s card uses the Acorny Thank You Photopolymer Stamp set found in the Annual Catalog along with it’s matching punch. This is the perfect card to make for the first weekend of fall. After 88 degrees yesterday it feels more that a fall morning at 62 degrees. To start my card,… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday were I use one stamp set to make one card. Today I’m featuring the Birthday Blooms Stamp set, which comes in wood or clear and the Pop of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper. To make today’s card I’ve used a Whisper White card base with a piece of designer series paper matted on Melon Mambo. Next I stamped the sentiment and used one of the nesting… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, one stamp set for one card. Today I am featuring the Wonderful Year stamp set, which comes in both wood and clear mount. I’ve not done much heat embossing lately and thought the new Copper Stampin Emboss powder along with the Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper went together nicely which gave me the idea for todays card. The card base is Emerald Envy with a piece… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, one stamp set for one card. Today I’m featuring the new “Halloween Treat” stamp from the 2016 Holiday Catalog. Today’s card features some of the new products from the Halloween Night Product Suite: Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper (includes 1 each of 2 single sided silver foil designs) Halloween Night Designer Washi Tape Halloween Night Baker’s Twine Making this card was rather easy, using Pumpkin… Read More »
Since today is the last Saturday in August, I thought using the Pop of Paradise stamp set and bright colors was just perfect for my Simple Saturday card. They say the temperature will be about 90 degrees here today and humidity is on the rise, watch out pool here I come! For my card I used the stamps in the set to create my own background Designer Series Paper for… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, one stamp set for one card. For the longest time, I didn’t think I needed this stamp set or the matching Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper, well was I wrong. Today I am featuring the stamp set only. In a future Simple Saturday I will combine the paper and stamp set. This is an extremely versatile set and I’m having tons of fun with it, it’s… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday using one stamp set to create your card. This week I’m featuring the Marquee Messages Photopolymer Stamp Set. I’ve created two versions of the card, one with Whisper White card stock and another with Watercolor Paper. For this card, I stamped the images with Basic Black Archival Ink on Whisper White card stock and used the 2016-2018 In-Color Stampin Write Markers to color the images. This piece… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, this week I decided to do something a little different and feature a Designer Series Paper Stack called Serene Scenery. This paper stack contains 48 sheets of 12 double-sided designs, 6″ x 6″. These papers coordinate with Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Delightful Dijon, Island Indigo, Old Olive, Pool Party and Whisper White card stock. Best part is you can use any stamp set, framelits, thinlits or… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday – using just one stamp set to create your card. Today’s card features the photopolymer stamp set Watercolor Wings. When I was looking around by stamp room I realized I’ve not used this set for awhile and thought it would make a great Simple Saturday card. With this set you can stamp two different sizes of butterflies using the three stamp method – stamping light to… Read More »
Happy Saturday and welcome to “Simple Saturday’s” – Using one stamp set to create the card. This week Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Stamp set is featured. Today’s shows you that just because a stamp set comes in a bundle, this one with matching dies, you don’t always needs to use both, you can create cool cards without die cutting. This week I’ve created two cards, a Simple Saturday version and another “stepped up”… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, featuring the Celebrate Today photopolymer stamp set. For my card I am using only the stamp set. There are coordinating Balloon Framelits and I’ve included information on those in the supply list below. The stamp set is made up of 17 photopolymer stamps and is recommended for 6 different clear blocks. One idea I would recommend and comes in handy is the Clear Block Bundle (all… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday – this week I’m featuring the Kinda Eclectic stamp set with the new 2016-2018 In-Colors, Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum, Dapper Denim and Emerald Envy. This stamp set is perfect for those who like the collage look and it showcases a variety of colors rather nicely. The five images of stamps match the number of In-Colors perfectly and you can match the sentiment and mat… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday – using one stamp set to create your card. Today I am featuring the Bunch of Blossoms Bundle which includes the Bunch of Blossoms Stamp Set and matching Blossoms Builder Punch. I’ll be showing you two versions, one using the stamp set and one with the flowers stamped, punched out and backed with Stampin Dimensionals. This set has images that are “double stamped” to create the… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday where each week I feature cards made with one stamp set. Today’s stamp set is Layering Love and it’s available in both wood and clear mount. I’ve made one card with each of the sentiments using the Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper, Night of Navy and Flirty Flamingo card stock. All sentiments were stamped on Whisper White cardstock with Flirty Flamingo ink. While the stamp set… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, today I am featuring the Bunch of Blossoms stamp set which comes in a bundle with the Blossoms Builder Punch, so many possibilities with this bundle. Don’t you just love when you have punch that matches your stamp set, saves you from cutting the images out by hand. The bundle saves you 10% over the individual price of each product. It’s been a rather challenging week… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, a card using only one stamp set. Today I took the luxury of using two, one to add background to the card base and one for the main images/greeting. The main stamp set today is “Sitting Here”, one of the first sets I knew I wanted and was happy it was included in the demonstrator preorder in May. This stamp set is perfect for the dog or… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, where I feature a card made with one stamp set. Today’s card features a sentiment from the stamp set, Six-Sided Sampler along with matching Hexagon Punch, both of which are retiring items. This stamp set comes in wood or clear and is part of a bundle where you get the stamp set and punch at a 15% discount. To make the card first I stamped the sentiment… Read More »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, a weekly series featuring cards made with one stamp set. Today’s cards features designer series paper and the retiring stamp set “Fabulous Four” – available in both wood and clear mount. The card starts with creating the design using strips of designer series paper. First I cut about 20 strips, ½” wide of designer series paper and a piece of Whisper White cardstock 4 ¼” x 5… Read More »
Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend. Today’s card features the stamp set Balloon Celebration and the matching Balloon Bouquet punch. Until May 31st you can purchase the stamp set and punch as a bundle, that pricing will go away June 1st, so get your bundle today. Have you ever heard of “ROYGBIV” it’s an acronym for the sequence of hues commonly described as making up a rainbow: red, orange,… Read More »
Welcome to the weekend. It’s cool here and I’m getting ready for a business trip I leave Sunday for. Last night I made some cards and today I’ll be working on getting some posts ready for next week. Today’s Simple Saturday card features the stamp set “Wetlands” and uses sponge daubers to create the colored background. To create the card I started with a card base of Soft Suede and… Read More »
Happy Saturday, any special plans? I’ll be doing some errands with my husband, we are looking for some new outdoor furniture for our patio. We have a new fountain and would like a few new other items as well. Today’s card is for my Simple Saturday series, clean and simple card with one stamp set. My card features the retiring 2014-2016 In-Colors and the Watercolor Wings stamp set. The butterflies… Read More »
