My husband and I no longer really go overboard on Valentine’s Day, but I still think it’s a fun time to send cards to all of the kids in my family because they get a kick out of receiving happy mail during the lull after Christmas. I turned to the gorgeous Astrobright cardstocks from CutCardStock […]
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Unbearably Thankful Card
I love winter with all my heart, but we’ve been having warmer weather here lately and it seems to have made me skip right into early spring cards. Will I get back to making frosty wintertime cards before Easter rolls along? It’s hard to say…but I am happy that my current mood gave me a […]
Bright Floral Hello Card
Two weeks ago, during the post-holiday slump, I mentioned that I wasn’t ready for bright spring florals yet…well I guess I found my way out of that slump! The Friendship Blooms stamp set has been sitting on my bench for months. Inspired by tons of beautiful samples all over social media, I bought it as […]
Sparkly Thanks Card
It’s the day after Christmas…time to put away all of the gorgeous holiday stamps and dies, including the ones I wanted to use and never found the time for. My favorite crafty time of the year is over and although we have a whole new year’s worth of holidays to look forward to now, I’m […]
Christmas Coffee Cup Holder Gifts
I’m pretty new to this school-age-kids thing…so when I realized that my son’s last day of preschool before Christmas break was this week, naturally I was completely unprepared with the “teacher gifts” that everyone gives these days. With just 15 hours left until I dropped him off, I pulled together these quick mini coffee cup […]
Snowy Christmas Trees Card
Anyone still working on holiday cards? I actually enjoy working on them until the very end and hand a few out in person, so today I’m sharing a quick tutorial to make this easy Christmas card using two stencils from Clear Scraps in unique ways. The Xmas Trees Stencil is super versatile and is perfect […]
Woodland Christmas Tree Card
As the weather gets colder and snowier, far fewer critters are running around my backyard. But the grey squirrels? They’re at the peak of their season of craziness. We have a ton of black walnut trees in our neighborhood…and the squirrels LOVE collecting them this time of year when the husks have rotted off and […]
Winter Tree Cards with Distress Crayons
Happy Cyber Monday! If you’re not too tired from Black Friday shopping, today is a great day for crafty shopping. Scrapbook-com still has tons of items on sale (find all of the current deals here) as well as a really cool freebie today only…a full pack of Distress Crayons! I created a couple of […]