I knew right away that I wanted to make an elephant out of our grayish-purple Wisteria Wonder – and that meant play time with “Playful Pals”. This set is just plain fun! With 50 stamps and 18 dies in the bundle, the number of animals that you can make is incredible. I … Continue reading
Category Archives: Birthday
Botanical Brights
I needed some special birthday cards this week, and I CASEd Dena Rekow’s card to make a few of these. The Botanical Blooms are gorgeous when cut from bright colors, and I just love Dena’s idea for a black and white striped background. I made the background with 5 1/4″ … Continue reading
“Bear Hugs” Lake Full of Fish
The fish are absolutely jumping in this lake! This is an interactive card with a wheel that turns easily to “animate” the fish. This end view gives you a better idea of the mechanism – a very simple wheel that is pinned in place with a mini brad. It’s sort … Continue reading
More Than Numbers
“Number of Years” is a set of watercolored images that includes more than just numbers. That pretty sprig of greenery and the flowers are part of the set. I CASEd this card from my upline Mindy Gray. She sent me the beautiful card below, and I used her design to … Continue reading
Balloon Celebration
My favorite thing about “Balloon Celebration” is the Balloon Bouquet punch that goes with it. You can make a bouquet in no time! This is a new bundle from the Occasions Catalog, with a whopping 28 stamps in the set. I am using it here with my favorite new paper … Continue reading
Friends and Flowers
These are fun colors, and I love what our team has done with them! I used a new set – “Friends and Flowers” – with the Festive Flower Builder Punch that was introduced in the Holiday Catalog. The fish is just one of the non-flower figures you can create with this … Continue reading
One Last Sneak Peek
The wait is almost over! Starting tomorrow, we can stop talking about Sneak Peeks because all of this great new product will be available in the online store. Today I have another look at the Large Number Framelits bundle and It’s My Party suite. I also used the Party Pop-Up … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
This entry will post on New Year’s Day – wow… 2016 already!! Best wishes to you for a happy and healthy new year! This is another sneak peek at the Large Number Framelit Dies, and this time I am using them with the coordinating stamp set, “Number of Years”. There … Continue reading
Botanical Sneak Peek
My sneak peek includes a couple of cards made with the Botanical Suite that will be available starting January 5. The suite offers stamps, framelits, designer paper, washi tape, jewels, and coordinating cardstock. The stamps and framelits will be available bundled with the designer paper for $51.75. Note that this bundle … Continue reading
Hooray for Garden in Bloom
You can create a carefree watercolored garden in any color scheme with “Garden in Bloom”. I have been really partial to Soft Sky lately, so I stamped these out for a few different celebrations. The greeting is from “Watercolor Words”. “Garden in Bloom” is a multi-step set, meaning that each … Continue reading