When I first start to make cards, it normally will start with the papers I want to use. Is it a theme, such as a birthday….. Is it something basic like flowers or stripes that you can add other sayings with? This is where…
When I start to pick out stamps to use – I don’t just look at the set and decide if I like it – to buy it!!! I look at the stamp or set I would be purchasing, and I think about how many…
When you purchase a stamp, there are different things you should ask yourself before you buy it… Is it a stamp you can use over and over again, or is it just for one use only? (Birthday vs invitation) Do you have other stamps…
What do you do with your scraps of paper used from other projects – do you throw them away, or do you keep each piece? I have found over the years to keep it all – even the small strip’s of paper so I…
I have been making cards for the past 25 years – and have learned a lot along the way! Not only when it comes to creating beautiful cards, but also in saving money when it comes to purchasing supplies too! I don’t spend a…
Thinking of you cards can be for so many different things – because someone is having a hard time, or just because you want them to know you care and are “thinking about them”. This is one of the final categories I tend to…
Have you ever thought about “thank you” cards? Do you like to receive them – or is it simply a forgotten “thing” from days long ago, because we have Facebook, and Twitter, and other ways to converse with people?!?! I think it is simply…
Note cards are probably my favorite type of cards to create, for many reasons. You can use background papers – adding die cut shapes, punches, stamps if you have them, stickers, as well as ribbon, brads or eyelets, buttons, or other fun items to…
Cards made “just because” – the funnest cards to make for sure! You don’t have to worry about a “theme” – just make fun cards…for people when you want to give them a card! Different than note cards, these cards have a bit of…
It’s not fun to get sick – we all know THAT! Life also doesn’t give you a notice, oh hey, by the way – next Tuesday you are going to wake up and be as sick as a dog…or have something happen, life usually…