Category Archives: Stamping

Stamp Cleaning for the Frugal Stamper

Making your own stamp cleaner is both inexpensive and very easy.  Have you ever noticed when cleaning stamps some inks are easier to wash off than others?  This might be due to the type off ink you are washing off.  Archival inks don’t wash off as easily as less expensive inks.  This is where this […]

 

Cheery Window Card with a Window Box

This cheerful card, designed by Jodi Baune, is sure to brighten anyone’s day!   Jodi tells about how she made this card:  “My card features Window A. I started by cutting the background from the largest of the Classic Coved Rectangle Silver Stackers. I wanted a subtle pattern without a lot of color so I embossed the coved rectangle with […]

Top Note Trees & “Stamp Off” Technique

I really liked this card when I saw it.  Plus I knew it would be very easy to make even though it looks like it takes a lot of time.  I turned mine into a sympathy card.  The Lovely As A Tree stamp set has a peaceful feel to me. Designed By Patty Gorka  Instructions: Die […]

Let Beauty Surround You

One thing that always catches my eye is an attractive combination of colors.   I just love the soft color pallet that comes from the My Minds Eye Miss Caroline line of paper.   The cards creator did a wonderful job of accentuating the colors even more by using watercolor pencils that matched the soft feel […]

Count Your Blessings Embossing Technique

White ink on Kraft card stock is one of my favorite looks for a card.  It’s warm and inviting.  This look can become shabby, primitive or elegant.   One of my favorite designers, Becca Feeken, shared this card using Spellbinders products while thinking about the victims of hurricane Sandy.  And it is always appropriate to […]

Vanilla Pumpkins Card

Do you ever make projects based on a challenge?  Rochelle Gould made this card based on a challenge.  I think it came out wonderfully! Designed by Rochelle Gould   Here is the original challenge:   Rochelle remarked about her card, “I have never made white pumpkins, but when I saw the inspiration pictures, I really liked […]

Veteran’s Day Thank You Card

There can never be enough gratitude for our Veterans. Designed by Jinny Newlin   I started this card by piecing together the red, white, and blue, stripe, patterned paper with the red, polka dot, patterned paper and polka dot, embossed, ivory cardstock, which had been stamped, in Jet Black ink, with the fitting “Thank You” […]