Somehow February is almost over, and it’s time to start thinking about Easter and spring cards. I wanted to start by creating this bunny floral Easter card. Ever since I first saw the fable friends stamp set, I’ve been wanting to create something cute. After stamping the bunnies, I wanted…
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3D Bethlehem Shadow Box
I have had so much fun designing this 3D Bethlehem shadow box. While it doesn’t have many different pieces involved, it looks so beautiful when all lit up. The first step is to select your shadow box size. Mine is in a 9″ x 9″ frame, but it could easily…
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Fall Foil Leaves Card
Today’s project is a fall card featuring copper foil leaves. The merlot and copper card involves custom paper with the leaf stamp as well as die cuts of the leaves and leaf veins. The foil paper is embossed for texture. Here is the link to purchase this card if you…
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Striped Thanksgiving Card
Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, and stores already have Christmas decorations everywhere! I wanted to start with something simple for the holidays and had lots of paper scraps just laying around just waiting for a project. The end result is this casual striped Thanksgiving card that will bring a smile to…
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Thanksgiving Party Favor
Halloween has come and gone. Somehow it is already November and time to start getting ready for Thanksgiving and then (gasp!) Christmas. These cute party favors mirror the Halloween witch and cauldron ones that I made previously. The custom paper is made by stamping on white paper with crumb cake…
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Winter Wonders Part 2: November Paper Pumpkin
The holiday season will be here before we know it! I know some of you are already counting down the days to Christmas. Christmastime papercrafting with Paper Pumpkin has become an annual tradition! The November Paper Pumpkin kit makes 24 holiday-themed gift tags. Tags are of 4 different sizes and…
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Pumpkins and Mercury Acetate Card
Sometimes it’s fun to take things back to the basics. This card features a string of hand colored pumpkins and mercury acetate. Honestly, the hardest part of the card was cutting out all of the pumpkin lights. The crackled acetate is in the Stampin’ Up! holiday catalog. It comes in…
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Witch and Frog Halloween Card
Who doesn’t love a cute witch and frog themed Halloween card? This card features the retired Stampin’ Up! Cauldron Bubble bundle as well as the coordinating designer series paper. As always, every card starts with the cardstock base. For this one, I stayed simple and used whisper white cardstock. I…
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Trick or Treat Halloween Door Card
To learn how to create this unique halloween door card, keep reading for generalized directions below. Overall, this card was so much fun to make. It combines a lot of different techniques to create the optical illusion of the outside of the house and the inside of the living room.…
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Monster Trick or Treat Card
For this fun monster trick or treat card, I started by using the gray granite stamp pad to create custom monster paper. This technique was also used to make this project. The central monster is stamped in black and is the only one that gets colored so that he quickly…