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Create Landscapes Quick & Easy
Creating beautiful landscapes can be quick and easy with very few products. In today's YouTube live I used cardstock, the New Horizons designer series paper, stamps, ink, and ribbon. Links are posted below for all the products I used to create these cards. Just click...
What Makes a Fun Fold Extra Fun?
On today's Facebook live I wasn't able to play Card Yahtzee, because I didn't roll the dice before I went on vacation. Never fear; we have lots of amazing new products for creating. The January-June Mini Catalog went live yesterday! And we have 2 months of SAB...
Cute, Quick, and Shimmery Fun Fold
I have a super cute Valentine's Fun Fold Card to kick off the new catalog! That's right- we've put away the Christmas stamps for a few months and are jumping in to Valentine's and birthday stamps. It's a cute, quick, and shimmery fun fold. Today's card is a CASE from...
Stack, Cut, and Shuffle Technique
I cannot wait for you to try this technique called stack, cut, and shuffle. It sounds like a line dance. I'm giving Rick Adkins credit for sharing it; I watched his video when it was shared in a training group challenge. I shared it with my team on Tuesday night, and...
Let Your Stamped Images Create the Background
Sometimes you need a background and don't have designer series paper that works. I am so accustomed to using DSP for layers that when a stampset doesn't have coordinating patterned paper, I'm a little lost. I'm learning that stamped images create gorgeous backgrounds...
An Over the Top Fun Fold Birthday Card
A 50th birthday is pretty big and deserves an over the top birthday card. When you miss the birthday, the card must be even more. That's why I came up with this over the top fun fold birthday card. I actually had 2 friends turn 50 in the last few weeks - I need to get...
A Fun Fold Mini Album
In preparation for the installation of our new rector, Father Lloyd Prescott, I was asked to create a special card that would include space for our members to sign and offer gratitude and well wishes. I had recently seen a fun fold single pocket card featuring...
A Large Greeting Stamp and Heat Embossing
Fiona Bradley is a demonstrator in Australia. I watched her video explaining that in less than 30 minutes you can make 10 gorgeous cards with minimal supplies. I had to give it a try - cardstock, a large greeting stamp, and heat embossing. They are gorgeous! No...
Have a Gingerbread Christmas
The July - December mini catalog offers a full suite of gingerbread products to help you make cards, tags, a recipe collection, gift and treat packaging, and so much more. Act quickly to purchase the suite or products in this collection. They are retiring and on the...
A Technique for Distinktive
Distinktive stamps have all the depth built into the image. There are a few techniques and tips and tricks for getting the best images from them. In today's live I've pulled a favorite stamp from by BOGO of retired products to demonstrate one technique for working...