Birthday Cards for Men

A birthday card for a dear friend. We're cooking dinner for him and his wife on Saturday.

Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Becky Jensen

It's Merry Monday and here's another Christmas card for my stash. This week we have a color challenge. I hadn't used my window die in so long. I have the shutters to go with it now too and thought it would be perfect for these colors. I lightly sponged the window with River Rock. It looked too bright white to me. Check out the other designer's cards. Lesley Croghan Allisa Chilton Bonnie Klass LeAnne Pugliese Nina Forsyth Wendy Aungst Narelle Farrugia Sue Joyce Sherry Eckblad Margaret…

Here's a birthday card that's quickly created .... how do I know? Realized just before walking out the door on the weekend that I hadn't...

Hi friends, and a happy Tuesday to you! I'm happy to report that the weather on Long Island has been glorious for the last few days, fi...

Teaching how to make handmade cards and paper crafting projects with Stampin' Up! rubber stamps, Sixxiz dies and embossing folders and card making tools. Learn how to make cards and paper crafting projects through video tutorials, my Stamping Smiles blog, cardmaking and papercrafting newsletter, Stamping Smiles Facebook Page and Stamping Playground.

Karla recently retired and will kayak the Missouri River this summer with her brother. The only thing missing on this card was a tiny kayak with Karla in it, paddling by =) I essentially CASEd Michelle Zindorf's lovely creation, adding a couple changes of my own. Michelle's tutorials are excellent and so easy to follow! You can see Michelle's card here: https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2856221?&si=zindorf

Happy Saturday! Right! My mission is to get caught up on all my OLD projects! So ... rather than sharing ONE project today I'm sharing three, all using the same stamp set, This Little Piggy. I just LOVE these little fellas! Check them out ... Aren't they just the CUTEST??? This is the stamp set used ... $27 CDN clear mount; $37 CDN wood mount I have plans to use this set (along with Bella and Friends and Pretty Kitty) to do fundraiser cards for the Edmonton Humane Society. That's the…

Creating masculine cards with the Creation Station design team today using the Going Global stamp set from Stampin' Up!. Check it OUT!

Stopping in to share the rest of my Papertrey Ink July release projects with you today. I must admit, when I first saw the images of the stamp set for this release, I was a little uneasy. Uneasy, due to these products being unlike anything I have ever worked with before. Not usually stuff I would gravitate towards or call "my style". Yet at the same time I was excited about trying something new. I tell ya, I had nothing to fear. I am in love with every single thing from this release!!! I…

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Hello! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I got a chance to play along with the Featured Stamper challenge at SCS today. SmilynStef is the...

Last weekend at my Creative Escape with Peggy mini retreat one of the make & takes was a masculine card set using the Country Club Designer Paper and the Sale-a-Bration Sending You Thoughts stamp set. Masculine cards can be difficult to design but this designer paper make wonderful cards using