Card In A Box

Sometimes ‘Thinking of You’ just isn’t quite enough so then you might want a special card like a card in a box.     Not again!  Those are stamps you had in the Bake Sale! Yes, Sal.  Sigh…. The box looks cluttered in the picture but in actuality there is a double Z fold piece […]

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Triple Pull Out Fun Fold Card

Do you have gorgeous designer series paper that you want to spotlight?  This card does that!  I was inspired by Rose Ward of Stampersdelight.  I changed a few of the dimensions and used different DSP-designer series paper and stamps but the pull out idea is still the same. .   The right hand side has […]

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Lisa Christensen April 2024 Shoebox Event

It is always a delight to meet with friends to create beautiful cards.  This month Lisa Christensen was our hostess and her cards were lovely. This first one uses the Stampin’ Up! ‘Berry Blessings’ stamp set and the Stampin’ Up! ‘Sweet Strawberry’ stamp set and punch.   .   Oooh….can we look at it berry […]

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Easter Basket Card and 3D

In my last post you saw all the cool cards I made with the Divinity Designs Alleluia die and stamp combo.  I also purchased from them a basket die set, a pastel egg paper/die duo and a pastel prints 6X6 paper pad.  With all these wonderful products I made these cards with different crosses and […]

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Easter Celebration

He is risen!  He is risen indeed!  Alleluia!  This year’s Easter cards used mostly Divinity Designs products.  I was thrilled when they advertised an Alleluia die set with both the word die and the shadow die.  The set also had wonderful words for Easter and a set of card fronts that simplified card making and […]

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Joy Meadows March 2024 Shoebox Event

“Stack, Slice & Shuffle” is a fun technique that Joy taught us at our last shoebox event.  It is like a quilt card, and with a stack of three designer series papers you can have three different looking cards in no time at all.     Joy used the Butterfly Kisses Designer Series Paper (DSP) […]

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Paul’s Birthday Celebration

Time for birthday cards!  I really can make simple cards!  This one wasn’t a fun fold just a simple one, but I think the monochromatic look gives it a wow factor.   For our friend Dan! . For Paul! . Recipe Base:  Starry Sky, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, Scored at 4 1/4 Strips on […]

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Jaxson Has The ‘Card’ Bug

My grandsons came to spend the night and Jaxson’s first words were – “Can we make a card?”  You can’t say no to that unless supper is burning!  I went to the blog and showed him cards from the Recipe Box to get his creative juices flowing.  He saw the turtle cards I made for […]

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Sympathy & Get Well with Eden’s Garden

Oh how sad it makes us to need to prepare a sympathy card;  but remember that as you craft your card you can pray for their family and friends.  I am using the Eden’s Garden Suite from my Stampin’ Up! stash.  I also had the Forever Gold Specialty Laser cut paper to use on the […]

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Valentine Fun

I have one more valentine entry before we start thinking about Easter cards!  This time I am using a Kokorosa Custom cutting die called a ‘Big Love Heart Background Die.   I am calling it a heart collage die!  I purchased a similar collage die a while back and I cut it apart to die cut […]

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