World Card Making Day is tomorrow! I’ve put together a FREE booklet called Card Sketches for Paper Crafters to help you get in on the fun. 
The best thing about card sketches is that they get your creative juices flowing & they’re not product based so you can use what you already own!
Click on the button below to get your free digital copy of Card Sketches for Paper Crafters.
Making a custom circle-shaped Christmas card is an excellent way to show your loved ones how much you care this holiday season! This card I’m sharing with you is a bit more formal, but you can always customize it by choosing products that reflect your own personality. The secret to a fantastic Christmas card is to make it your own. Have a blast with it, use your imagination, and your friends and family will be amazed with your unique circle-shaped Christmas cards!
Watch this video for the step-by-step instructions to create your own circle-shaped Christmas card!
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Hey there, fellow cardmakers! We’re always on the hunt for cool new folds to jazz up our creations. Today, I’m super stoked to share this super easy-to-make card with you! You can totally customize the fold to match any occasion you’ve got coming up.
I used products from Stampin’ Up! Them Bones Suite for my card and oh boy, it turned out spooktacular! Check out this step-by-step video tutorial on how to create your own creepy-cool card
Card Base = 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ piece of Thick Basic White Cardstock
Small Card Base = 5-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ scored at 2″ on the 5-1/4″ side.
Them Bones Designer Series Paper: 4 x 5-1/4″, 3″ x 4″, 1-3/4″ x 4″
Basic Black Cardstock = 3″ x 3″, scrap
Basic White Cardstock = two pieces 2-1/2″ x 2-1/2″ each.
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October is less than a week away and it’s time to get busy with our Halloween crafting! I’ve got a cute Halloween treat holder project to share with you today to get you started.
The Bag of Bones Halloween treat holder is large enough to hold a fun-sized candy bar or two mini Twix Bars.
The Glow-In-The-Dark Bats & Ghosts are adorable and here’s proof that they do, in fact, glow!
My VIP email subscribers will receive a step-by-step project sheet for the Bag of Bones Halloween treat holder tomorrow. If you would like to receive exclusive project recipes from me I would be happy to add you to my VIP list. It’s easy and it’s free. Sign up here: bit.ly/46mJUGi
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It’s September and that means it’s time to start your fall holiday crafting! Halloween will be here before we know it so I’m busy getting started on those projects. I made this fun-fold Halloween Card today during my Make-it-Monday Livestream.
I used traditional Halloween colors and the Them Bones Designer Series Paper for the card base and all the layers. I used dies from the Tricks & Treats Dies to make the cute candy corn die-cuts for the front flap of the card.
I think my favorite thing about this fun-fold Halloween card is the buffalo check ribbon embellishment. I colored the Very Vanilla squares in the ribbon with a Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blend. The sentiment tag with ribbon tie fills out the front flap of the card and adds some texture.
The 2023 Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog goes live today and it’s one of my favorite catalogs of all time! September is when we all start thinking of creating beautiful crafts for the upcoming season and the catalog has everything you need to make this one the most magical ever! Click on the catalog image below to view the catalog online:
The Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives received a holiday boost today as well! There are five beautiful new Designer Series Paper options! Imagine the stunning Christmas cards and paper crafts you’ll be able to create with them! These gorgeous papers are while supplies last only. The Designer Series Papers and other online exclusive products are available in my online store here.
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Product ListWhat kind of holiday paper crafting projects are you planning? Will you be making handmade Christmas cards to wow your friends and family with? What about planning a Kit Together Party where you and your friends order a kit and then meet up to craft together? Whatever your plans are, I would love to help you prepare for the most magical holidays ever!
I used parameters from last week’s #craftroulettechallenge to create today’s card. Are you familiar with Craft Roulette? It’s a weekly live show featuring improvised crafting, special guests, community contributions, tons of prizes, and much, much more! The Craft Roulette wheel decides what the project will be and what elements to use. The parameters for this card were:
I’ve been wanting to try a new background technique using aluminum foil and water-based markers to create a tie-dye pattern and the Craft Roulette parameters encouraged me to give it a go! Watch the replay of my Make-it-Monday Livestream for a step-by-step tutorial.
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I’m not monkeying around with today’s card! I used a wobble spring to adhere the monkey to the card front creating a fun, interactive card. The wobble spring causes that cute monkey to bounce on the card.
The wobble springs are not expensive and are fun to use on all types of projects! I purchased my springs from Amazon.
Product ListI recently learned a new way of cutting Designer Series Paper to create beautiful backgrounds for my handmade cards. All you need is a 4-3/4″ x 3-1/2″ piece of patterned paper and a paper trimmer. Once the created background is adhered to your card front you can embellish it however your wish.
Here is the first card I created using the technique.
I used both sides of the Designer Series Paper for the background of this Christmas card. Here is another card I made using the technique that only used one side of the patterned paper.
You can see how easy it is to adapt this card background for any occasion and use any products in your stash to embellish the front.
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Do you find yourself staring at multiple stamp sets from the 2023–2024 Annual Catalog and can’t decide which ones to get? You won’t have to stare for much longer because today only, you can get those stamp sets you’ve been wanting at a 15% discount! But you will have to act fast because this lightning deal goes away at 11:59 MT tonight!
So I did a thing. On Friday I was the guest crafter on Craft Roulette. The project we made was a Z-fold card. Here is the card I made during the show:
You may ask, “Why did you add the knitting sheep to your card?”. It doesn’t seem to make much sense, does it? Once you watch the episode you will understand. You can watch it by clicking on this link: https://www.youtube.com/live/n2l924Qdy08?feature=share
Making that z-fold card lit a fire under me to create a double z-fold card so that is what I did during today’s Make-it-Monday livestream. I used the So Refreshing Bundle from Stampin’ Up! to create the card.
Here’s an alternative project I made using the June 2023 Welcome Inn Paper Pumpkin Kit. It’s a fun-fold card using elements from the kit. I loved the printed card bases in this kit! To find out more about Paper Pumpkin and how to obtain a kit click here.
I used parameters from last week’s #craftroulettechallenge to create the card. Are you familiar with Craft Roulette? It’s a weekly live show featuring improvised crafting, special guests, community contributions, tons of prizes, and much, much more! The Craft Roulette wheel decides what the project will be and what elements to use. The parameters for this card were:
I think I nailed it with my 2-fold fun-fold card, Calypso Coral color, old brad and baker’s twine and the happy face I stamped with the sentiment inside the card.
I’ll be a guest crafter on Craft Roulette this Friday, July 14, and would love for you to join us. Cheer me on and create your own project! Find out all about it by clicking on this link then plan to watch it Friday at 6:30 pm CT: https://craftroulette.live/
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I made these sweet Irresistible Blooms 3-Dimensional Watering Can party favors for the attendees of my June Card Parties. I used the Irresistible Blooms Bundle and coordinating Hello, Irresistible Designer Series Paper to make the cans. The dies from the Irresistible Blooms Dies cut images from the paper so the only stamping I did on this project was the “hello” sentiment tag. I love it when Stampin’ Up! does that!
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