From My Heart

  I love using the Paper Butterfly Accents on cards and this card is extra fun since I used the frame of the butterfly to create a mask to make the butterfly on the inside of the card. I used Post It Tape to create the mask. Cutting Thick Basic White: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4 Vellum: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 and 3 x 3 Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo:  1 1/8 x 3 1/2 each Assembly Die cut the Vellum using the largest Perennial Postage die, attach the card stock pieces to the Vellum, starting with the top and bottom piece, then fit the remaining two in the space. Attach to card front. Attach the butterfly to the 3 x 3 Vellum with tiny dots of glue, then glue on the same places on the backside of the Vellum, so it won't show through the Vellum when attaching to the card front. On the inside of the card use the butterfly mask, blending brushes and Daffodil Delight and Tahitian Tide ink. Stamp the sentiment in Tahitian Tide on the card front and inside of...

Coffee and card making, a perfect combo  Cutting Early Espresso: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4, 4 x 5 1/4 Designer Series Paper: 2 1/4 strips of 4 patterns, cut out coffee cups Basic White:2 1/2 x 2 1/2, cut with the second largest Stylish Shapes square die Assembly Attach the die cut Basic White square to the center of the Early Espresso rectangle as shown in the photo. With Early Espresso ink, stamp the sentiment on the right side, ink up and stamp off the coffee ring and spots with Pecan Pie ink. Usually, a Fracture Card is one piece of Designer Series Paper with a 1/4 strip of cardstock around the center image, but I really like to feature Designer Series Paper, so I cut four patterns in 2 1/4 strips, started on the lower left side of the die cut square, adhered the DSP to the card base leaving a 1/4 (eyeballed) edge around the white square. Move to the top left of the white square, a adhere another piece of DSP to the Early Espresso rectangle. Move to the right top and repeat...

Creating fun folds cards is an easy way to showcase a stamp set and Designer Series Paper. I used the Cheerful Daisys Bundle and coordinating Designer Series Paper, Fresh as a Daisy.  Cutting   Bubble Bath: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, score at 4 1/4, scrap for die cutting the label and fern leaf Moody Mauve: scrap for die cutting the label Basic White: 4 1/4 x 3 1/3 for daisy die cut Fresh as a Daisy Designer Series Paper: 1 x 4 Assembly Using your paper trimmer cut at 1 1/4, from the bottom to the 4 1/4 score line on the right side of the card front. Attach to card bottom, top with the Designer Series Paper. Ink the large daisy outline stamp with Moody Mauve ink, stamp on the 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 card front, ink once stamp twice to get a variation in color.  Stamp the greeting in Moody Mauve on the Bubble Bath label. Cut the Moody Mauve label in half and use the pieces to create a layer behind the Bubble Bath label. Attach to the stamped portion the card base, leaving some of the label to h...

  We met on a windy Saturday to make cards and share the joy of stamping together. I call this card Purple Plant Paradise, but it would be pretty in your favorite color. Plant Paradise is a reversable stamp set, meaning there is a image on one side at the reverse is the shadow image.  Cutting Instructions Basic White: (2) 4 x 5 1/4, 3 13/16 x 5 1/16, scrap for stamping pot, leave and greeting Gorgeous Grape: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4 Assembly Using Highland Heather ink up the "shadow" side of the large bowl and on the right and left sides of the smallest Basic White cardstock. Next ink with Gorgeous Grape and stamp the top and bottom of the cardstock, set aside.  With Gorgeous Grape in stamp the pot on the scrap of Basic White, stamp a pot on the Basic White that will be the inside of your card.  Using Garden Green ink, ink up the long leaf stamp and stamp twice without reinking to get two tones of green, do this again to get four leaves. Do the same with the bu...