Coordinating tag stamps and punches are obviously great for tags, but I love them for quick and easy cards, like this one. I used a 1 3/4″ strip of designer paper and some trims with this birthday tag. I used my Stampin’ Blends to color the tag – we have … Continue reading
Category Archives: Birthday
New Annual Catalog Blog Hop
Welcome to the Trip Achievers Blog Hop for June! You may just be starting the blog hop here at my blog (Chris Slogar) or may have come from the person previous to me in the list. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help … Continue reading
Flowers at Grandma’s House
The images from “Grandma’s House” are fun to color. While they come with a bunch of cute “Grandma” greetings, they can be used for any occasion. I used a greeting from “Itty Bitty Birthdays” for my belated birthday card. I hope you know how much I appreciate it when you … Continue reading
Some Things Old, Some Things New
I guess the most obvious new thing here is the beautiful Pretty Peacock color. I have used cardstock, designer paper, ink and Scalloped Linen Ribbon in Pretty Peacock, one of the 2019-2021 In Colors. The flower is new, too – it is from the Floral Essence Bundle, a stamp set … Continue reading
Hello Cupcake Explosion Card
The “Hello Cupcake” stamp set pairs well with the How Sweet It Is designer paper collection. I used them to make this explosion card. It opens as shown below. This creates a real WOW factor, but it is not hard to create. The inner piece is a 6″ square of … Continue reading
Vellum Pocket Cards
Welcome to the Trip Achievers Blog Hop for March! You may just be starting the blog hop here at my blog (Chris Slogar) or may have come from the person previous to me in the list. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help … Continue reading
Birthday Cheer
Birthday Cheer is one of my favorite bundles from the 2019 Occasions Catalog. The big images are fun to color, and the edgelits are a nice change of pace from our typical framelits. We have been warned that the dies for this bundle will likely sell out soon – well … Continue reading
Birthday Cheer
This is a remake of a Quarter Fold card that I posted before, but I just love it with the fun images from “Birthday Cheer”. They are so fun to color! I made this one for my daughter’s 23rd birthday – she has always loved purple. (Sorry for the weird … Continue reading
Hinged-Top Favor Boxes
I showed how to make these cute little favor boxes last night on Facebook Live. It is a project I cased from German Demonstrator Brigitte Keiling – click here to see her beautiful projects using paper from the Needlepoint Nook collection. My box dimensions are 1 1/2″ x 3″ x … Continue reading
Well Said Birthday Wishes
Sorry to have missed my normal Facebook Live time slot last night! With the sudden turn of events in my house this week, I didn’t get my projects done – I will finish them to present next week. Thank you so much for your concern about Chip (my dog, for … Continue reading