Saturday evening we were supposed to spend the evening with dear friends at their Galveston Bay house for dinner. Friday night I texted to make sure all would be well with a possible hurricane heading into southeast coast of Texas. They said everything should be okay, but they’d let us know Saturday morning. Saturday morning […]
Beginner to avid crafter, which one are you?
I’ve shared multiple fall cards this week using the Love of Leaves and Gilded Autumn bundles in the new Stampin’ Up! mini (holiday) catalog. Today’s cards are designed for all levels of crafters. So what kind of paper crafter are you? Are you a Beginner and Casual Crafter? (or need a card in a hurry?) […]
Gilded Autumn, Beautiful day and lots of leaves!
I’m continuing my quest to make a bunch of fall cards. Take a look at my other cards here and here. I CASed today’s card from a 2014 Stampin’ Up stamp and die set that had the “feathers.” I don’t have a picture of the original card (buried somewhere so deep in my files I couldn’t find […]
Love of Leaves for fall cards
Yesterday I shared two of my fall crds using the Gilded Autumn and Love of Leaves bundles, see them here. Today’s cards use more of the gorgeous Gilded Autumn DSP and the Stitched Leaves dies again to make cutouts to let the DSP peek through. My first card uses the leftover piece from the Cajun Craze […]
Gilded Autumn for gorgeous fall cards
I opened my Gilded Autumn suite items this past weekend and was in awe of the beautiful papers. Neither the catalog, nor the shopping page pictures, don’t do it justice! You have to see this one in person. When I originally looked at this DSP I wasn’t sure, but I needed some autumn DSP for […]
Need some inspiration for your Paper Pumpkin kit?
I’m always creating and sharing alternative cards and projects from my Paper Pumpkin kits. Here are a few of my August “World’s Greatest” Paper Pumpkin creations. Some of the cards use only the Paper Pumpkin kit’s supplies. Others I added a few extras. Take a look at some of my creations. Which ones are your […]
FMS450-An alternate Kit in Color paper pumpkin card
I’m finally back to crafting after spending several weeks off social distancing with family. I gathered several months of my Paper Pumpkin kits together to begin designing alternative cards from each of them. In the midst of doing that, I saw the FMS450 template and decided to make this alternative card using the May, 2020 […]
Celebrate our Heroes with Paper Pumpkin
This month’s Paper Pumpkin kit is designed to help you to celebrate and appreciate life’s champions and everyday heroes by providing all the supplies needed to make 9 cards! Another great thing about this month’s kit? It has a masculine feel to it, and we all know how hard it is to create cards for […]