Cards that sell well for me at Christmastime are those with a place for a gift card. With many people not congregating for the holidays this year due to COVID, this type of card will be popular for those who will be mailing reque…

Holiday cards have been mailed and it's time for holiday parties and wrapping gifts.   Spend some time this weekend making these plaid tags to add to gift bags, packages or wine bottles for giving.   Materials Used: …

When making purchases for cardmaking, we are always drawn to cute, classic, or versatile stamps sets that we can use over and over. But another good investment are dies. Today is a card share with retired paper and stamp sets…

Who doesn't like to receive yummy treats for Christmas? Not only do I like receiving them, but I enjoy making them. One of the favorites in my house is the chocolate fudge I make every year. My oldest had asked for it aga…

The 2019 Holiday catalog from Stampin' Up has fantastic stamp sets that work for more than one season, such as the "Beauty & Joy"  two-step set.  The first card I stamped from the set was "So Thankful"…

Such great fun I have been having with my goodies from the 2019 Holiday catalog from Stampin' Up! Today's card was made with items from the "Wrapped in Plaid" Bundle Suite (page 13 of the catalog). Click fo…

There are so many cute Christmas papers in this year's Stampin' Up Holiday Catalog!  The following cards use the adorable  "Let it Snow" Specialty Designer Series Paper (page 20  of the catalog ).  Beside…

During my Britbox binging weekend , I designed another card with a simple layout that can be used for a stamp-a-stack Christmas card. (You can see my first stamp-a-stack sample on the previous post.) The plan was to watch al…

Do you sometimes get intimidated when it's time to make several Christmas cards to mail? I know I do, so for today's post, I am sharing a sketch and a card that is simple to make a stack of duplicate cards without using…

Since I had the pleasure of some uninterrupted time in my craft room this past weekend, I perused through some old cardmaking magazines and found a card sample of a fall wreath made of die-cut leaves, which I thought I'd …

Today I'm continuing with autumn-themed cards with the "Come to Gather" DSP from the 2019 Holiday catalog while adding the "Country Home" photopolymer stamp set from the Stampin' Up 2019-2020 Annual Ca…

One of the new things that Stampin' Up is doing in their catalogs is grouping items of one design suite together with a single order number so you can guarantee that you won't miss any coordinating items to make your proj…

Have some special Trick or Treaters on your list this Halloween?   Make gift bags with the Boo To You stamp set (#150550) from the 2019 Holiday Catalog!    For these monsters, stamp with Black Tuxedo Momento ink, and col…

Isn't it fun to have a day designed especially for cardmakers?  What better holiday could there be? For today, I am using the Stampin' Up "Gather Together" stamp set bundle with Gather Leave dies (page 5 and 4…

The 2019 Holiday Catalog has so many great bundle sets, you won't be able to choose just one! (This year, all the bundles are listed together for easy perusing on pages 3-5 of the catalog!) For these square cards, I have u…

In the Stampin' Up  2019 Holiday Catalog , I was thrilled to see an old favorite being updated and re-released: the Curvy Keepsake box! The new Curvy Keepsake Mini is updated in a smaller size but is now one cut for all f…