Easter Blessings

Today's Stamp Simply project is a simple, classic Easter card featuring our lovely Cross dies and several of our stamp sets in combination.   

The beautiful hyacinths in Graphic 45's Fairie Wings designer paper inspired the floral focal point atop the center of the Cross, which was die cut from pearlescent metallic copper paper.  The flowers were fussy cut from the center of one of the floral clusters in our Spring and Summer Seasonal Wreath set.  I chose to cut right up to the ink line and to cut away some of the smaller sprigs and leaves.    

I love the beautiful flourishes of the font used for this sentiment, stamped in Celestial Copper to coordinate with the Cross.  

More of the floral paper is inside, along with another classic Easter sentiment stamped in the same shimmery copper ink.

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Combo Offer/Easter
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Seasonal Wreaths - Spring & Summer
• Spellbinders Die - Classic Ovals Small SM
• Spellbinders Die - Classic Ovals Large LG
• Spellbinders Die - Standard Circles Small SM
• Spellbinders Die - Standard Circles Large LG
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Crosses
• Delicata Non-Tarnishing Ink Pad - Celestial Copper
• Luxury Pearlescent Metallic 105# Cardstock - Copper 15 ct
• Graphic 45 Fairie Wings 8x8
• Rhinestones - Ice Blue
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives-3L 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix
• Copic markers

Vintage Romantic Valentine

Hello again!  Can you believe that January is almost over and that Valentine's Day is just around the corner?!  If you aren't ready yet, there is still time to order paper and stamps and make a card!

If you have followed me for very long, you probably know that I have a thing for typewriters!  My dad was a pharmacist and my grandfather too!  They spent many long hours standing in front of a typewriter, typing bottle labels with medicine names and dosages from doctors' orders.  

I am blessed enough to have not one, but two of my dad's typewriters.  They're both in pretty rugged shape, but I wouldn't trade the world for them!  One of them has a groove worn deep into the space bar it was tapped so often!  

This beautiful Prima paper caught my eye and inspired a project using a combination of our new Typewritten stamps and an old favorite, Thinking of You Rose.  

The card features lots of frayed and torn edges, along with lots of layers and beautiful rich Valentine colors.

The inside has another print from the same paper pad, along with a coordinating sentiment from our Typewritten series.  I was bummed that I could not find another piece of that beautiful burgundy paper to layer underneath to add that little bit of color around the edges.  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Combo Offer/Stamp & Die Rose
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Typewritten Year Round Greetings
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Typewritten What You Mean to Me
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Fishtail Sentiment Banners
• Memento Full Size Dye Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black
• Prima Darcelle 6x6
• May Arts 5/8" Faux Canvas - 3 yard Bundle
• May Arts Burlap String - 10 yard Bundle
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives-3L 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix
• Copic markers
• button

Be Comforted

I'm here today with a feminine sympathy card for this week's Stamp Simply project.  These papers are so pretty together, and the layout is a simple slice and score technique, which takes only a couple of seconds using beautiful double-sided paper.  

The floral focal point alongside the sentiment uses our floral cluster foliage dies cut in various shades of green, some seam binding, tulle, and several blooms and blossoms.  

It's hard to see in the photos but the sentiments are stamped in gold and then black, which gives them a little shimmer and almost a drop-shadow appearance.  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Blessings/Beatitudes 1
• Craft Consortium Bloom & Wild 6x6
• Craft Consortium Ink Drops Vivid 6x6
• Seam Binding - White Chalk - 5 yard Bundle
• May Arts 1.5" Tulle - White - 5 yard Bundle
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Floral Cluster and Sprigs
• Kaisercraft Mini Paper Blooms - Grape
• Petaloo Botanica Baby Blooms - Fuchsia
• Pearls - Ice Green
• Memento Full Size Dye Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black
• Delicata Non-Tarnishing Ink Pad - Golden Glitz
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives-3L 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix

A Winter Valentine

Hello friends! 

I've been spending a bit of time snuggled up in my cushy chair in front of the fire with my spinning or knitting lately, so I suppose the chill in Florida is partly responsible for inspiring this week's Stamp Simply project!  Our design team was challenged to create a black and white card, with the extra twist of a making a Valentine if possible.  After a stroll through my designer paper and a flip through some of my new favorite sentiment sets, this is what I came up with.  

The snowman is constructed from small and large circle dies, a floral greenery die, and a hand-cut top hat. I used orange and black Copic markers to sketch in those vital snowman details and a bit of grey Copic marker for dimension.  Snowtex and clear Wink of Stella add fun texture and sparkle to the scene.

I tried really hard not to cheat!  Technically grey is black + white, right?  But of course, he did need a nose so that had to be orange!  😉

And here's a peek at the sparkly snowflake that accents the sentiment inside...

...and oops, I did cheat a bit more to add a tiny red heart to the inside!  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Typewritten Year Round Greetings
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Typewritten What You Mean to Me
• Echo Park A Lumberjack Christmas 6x6
• Spellbinders Die - Standard Circles Small SM
• Spellbinders Die - Standard Circles Large LG
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Fishtail Sentiment Banners
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Floral Cluster and Sprigs
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Farmhouse Signage
• Zig Wink of Stella Brush - Clear Glitter Marker
• Pearls - Pearl
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives-3L 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix
• snowflake punch
• orange, grey, and black Copic markers
• Snowtex

Fresh Picked Blooms

Happy New Year!  I hope your holidays were wonderful!  With Christmas, New Year's Day, and Epiphany/King's Day behind us, the next big card-making event on the horizon is Valentine's Day!  

This adorable Echo Park flower market paper made me think of Audrey Hepburn and My Fair Lady!  I love that show!  Thought it would be fun to combine some of our Love and Wedding stamps for a whimsical Valentine.

This paper pad has several sheets of printed tags of various sizes...I used two of those on today's project (a large one outside, and a smaller one inside) alongside a Copic-colored bouquet.  It was serendipity that that huge pink rhinestone just perfectly fit inside the "O" of the LOVE sentiment!

The outside is pretty busy, but inside there's plenty of room for a long love letter!  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Love
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Wedding & Anniversary Wishes
• Echo Park Cupid & Co 6x6
• Memento Full Size Dye Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black
• Spellbinders Die - Classic Squares Large LG
• Zig Wink of Stella Brush - Clear Glitter Marker
• Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Rhinestones - LG Pink
• May Arts Burlap String - 10 yard Bundle
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives-3L 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix
• Copic markers

Happy New Year!

Hello everyone, on this very last day of the year!  I'm sure it is not far-fetched to say that all of us are glad to see 2020 come to a close, so here is wishing you a very happy, healthy, and prosperous new year!  

My Stamp Simply project for today features sunny, cheerful colors and some beautiful paper from Graphic 45 along with two sets that are part of our Typewritten Sentiment Bundled Trio.  This paper has captured my historic-fashion-loving heart!  

The Happy New Year sentiment just perfectly fit into one of the little printed tags that are part of this lovely paper pad.  

Inside there's a drama queen encouraging us all to "Be Happy" along with another sentiment from the Typewritten Trio bundle. What an apt reminder!

I loved using these sets for a New Year's card, but they include sentiments for many occasions, including the upcoming Valentine's Day, lots of other holidays, thank-you and more.  

Wishing you every blessing and the very best for 2021! 

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Typewritten Year Round Greetings
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Typewritten Just Checking In
• Graphic 45 Ephemera Queen
• Memento Full Size Dye Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black
• Petaloo Botanica Sugared Minis - Gold Sienna
• Seam Binding - Mimosa Yellow - 5 yard Bundle
• May Arts 3" Tulle - 5 yard Bundle
• May Arts Burlap String - 10 yard Bundle
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives-3L 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix

Stamp Simply Favorite Six of 2020

Merry Christmas Eve!  Christmas is oh so close, and with so much yet to do our Stamp Simply team has been taking this week off to focus on our holiday preparations and enjoying the holidays with our families.  We each are sharing our favorite six of 2020.  I'm sure each of my design team members would agree, it is hard to narrow it down to just six!  Here are mine, presented in calendar order:

First up is a flirty feminine card inspired by women's fashion!  This was a really fun one to make!

If I could have only chosen one favorite card for the entire year, THIS would have been it.  From the first time I saw this stamp set, the idea for this card came clearly and immediately into focus.  

Sometimes other fun crafts inspire my card-making.  These two remind me of quilting, and the bonus was that the making of one card created a cut-out for the making of the other.  

I love the rich colors of Fall.  This card uses one of my favorites of all of our stamp sets...so it won't be a surprise for you to see that stamp here twice!

This one was fun because of the combination of masculine designer papers and sort of unexpected colors.

It's always fun to make a card that has different dimensions.  Here is a tall, skinny Christmas card that nearly fell together on its own (the top is the reverse side of the paper used on the bottom).  I love when something so simple turns out to be so beautiful with very little fuss.

As I reflect upon 2020, I can't help but think of the role that fiber and the spin15aday challenge have played in my day-to-day life.  I've spun at least 15 minutes each and every single day of this year.  If you follow me on Instagram you've seen photos of my daily spinning, although there were a couple of days that I missed posting photos.  And so, on this Christmas Eve, it seems appropriate that I should share a little peek of a bit of fluffy fiber (alpaca and wool) and thoughts of Grandma, especially since we did not get to travel to see her this year!    

Merry Christmas to you and yours!  Blessings and much love!

Name Above All Names

 

Hello everyone!  I hope you are enjoying this 2020 Holiday Season!  It certainly seems to be flying by!

I'm here today with a Stamp Simply card that uses some of the same sentiments as last week's card, but with a completely different feel.  Last week's was simple and had a child-like innocence...today's is more elegant and formal, and takes its focus all the way from the cradle to the cross.

A tiny blossom and some Floral Cluster greenery form a corner focal point alongside one of two phrases from our Jesus set.  

Here's the inside, with the cross and a "wreath" of greenery around that most powerful Name.  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Jesus
• Echo Park A Lumberjack Christmas 6x6
• Petaloo Botanica Baby Blooms - Red
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Floral Cluster and Sprigs
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Crosses
• Spellbinders Die - Standard Circles Large LG
• May Arts Burlap String - 10 yard Bundle
• May Arts Twisted Burlap String - 5 yard Bundle
• Delicata Non-Tarnishing Ink Pad - Golden Glitz
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives-3L 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix

Jesus is the Reason

Our Stamp Simply design team was given a challenge for this week's projects:  to use a stamp to make a background and have a sentiment be the focal image.  Here's my design, featuring stamps from our Farmhouse Signage and Jesus sets.  

This cute Echo Park paper is what inspired my choice of stamps and sentiments.  Such an adorable paper pad!  I used distress ink to stamp my background, sometimes stamping off first for some variety.  

I could not resist putting one of those lowing cattle from the manger scene on the inside of the card!  😉

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Jesus
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Farmhouse Signage
• Spellbinders Die - Standard Circles Small SM
• Spellbinders Die - Standard Circles Large LG
• Echo Park Silent Night 6x6
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives-3L 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix
• Forest Moss distress ink

Simple, or Stepped UP!

Hello from sunny but chilly Florida!  Yesterday when I woke up it was literally a freezing 32 degrees!  Brrrr!  

My Stamp Simply project for today is a simple, easy-to-mass-produce card along with a "stepped UP" version to send to someone extra special.  

A card with a paper print this pretty really doesn't take much time or effort!  A pretty, shimmery sentiment stamped on a fishtail banner is all it really needs!

If you have extra time, you can add a companion design...

...and a glittery bow instead of a bow tied with burlap string.

Here's the inside, with another beautifully scripted sentiment from one of our Floral Clusters sets.

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Floral Cluster Winter Poinsettia
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Fishtail Sentiment Banners
• Carta Bella Winter Market 6x6
• Delicata Non-Tarnishing Ink Pad - Silvery Shimmer
• May Arts Burlap String - 10 yard Bundle
• May Arts 1.5" Sheer w/Glitter Dots - White/Silver - 3 yd Bundle
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives-3L 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix
• snowflake punch