Author: Leslie Benson

  • Celebrate Sunflowers Pop-Up Card

    Celebrate Sunflowers Pop-Up Card

    Today’s card is a WOW card with all the bells and whistles. I used one of my favorite new bundles, Celebrate Sunflowers, from Stampin’ Up! to create this pop-up card: The card opens and a field of sunflowers pops up! Is that the cutest?! It was really easy to make once you know the secret.…

  • Bonus Days are Back!

    Bonus Days are Back!

    Bonus Days are Back!  For every $50 you spend starting today and ending August 3rd (before shipping and tax), you’ll get a $5 Bonus Days coupon that you can use during the month of August. Choose to spend those coupons toward purchases from the new Holiday Mini Catalog that goes live on August 4th! There…

  • Make Your Own Envelopes

    Make Your Own Envelopes

    I was recently requested to demonstrate how to make envelopes that coordinate with your handmade cards. Always ready to please, I featured envelopes on today’s Make-it-Monday Facebook Live. The technical name for this first envelope is Baronial. The Baronial envelope I made fits an A2 card (4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″). To make this envelope you will…

  • Birds & Branches Slimline Card

    Birds & Branches Slimline Card

    Slimline cards are a new trend in card making and I thought I would try my hand at it. I thought a bird nest balancing on a branch up in the sky would make a great slimline card. The Birds & Branches Bundle from Stampin’ Up! was perfect for what I had in mind. I…

  • Birds & Branches Birdhouse Treat Holder

    Birds & Branches Birdhouse Treat Holder

    I must be on a milk-carton kick because today’s project is using the same base as the watermelon treat holder I made last week, only larger. I knew I had to create a birdhouse as soon as I saw the Birds & Branches Bundle from Stampin’ Up! Isn’t the carton the cutest?! I cut a…