How about a clean and simple card for Christmas? This one is elegant but can be made easily in batches.
I used the Penny Black stamp called Nature’s Ornament. I embossed it in gold on some shimmery cardstock. You can’t tell from the photo but the cardstock has a shimmery gold look to it – perfect for this card. I matted the card front onto gold metalllic cardstock before adhering it onto the base card.
Here is an up close look of the embossed card.
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Hello crafters and happy April!
Today I have two cards to share with you – both in the clean and simple design.
I used my Scor-Pal to create a design element on each card. You can find the Scor-Pal here.
On this first card I scored 10 lines at 1/8″ apart to create the background design. This is such a simple way to create dimension and yet keep the card clean and simple. The leaf dies are from Sizzix and the sentiment is from an old Papertrey set.
This second card continues the clean and simple design. I scored a piece of scrap cardstock and cut it into a rectangle shape and used it to anchor the die cuts. The open floral dies are from Altenew and the small flower is a punch. The sentiment is another old one from Papertrey.
I hope you try this technique out – it is a great way to use your scor-pal.
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Hello March!! Is it spring yet? I am in the mood for something other than winter, and tried to make something spring like or wedding like. A very clean white on white look. Here is my card using Scor-Pal products.
I used my scor-pal to make diagonal lines on the card. Angle the card on the diagonal and score on each inch. Then rotate the panel and do the same.
Once that was done I embossed a smaller panel using an old cuttlebug embossing folder. I cut a slightly larger piece of the same paper and used a scallop punch on that piece.
The scor-pal can be found here.
The embossed piece was placed on top of the scalloped piece and then placed on the base card.
I used tiny adhesive pearls where the scored lines intersected to add a bit of elegance.
The sentiment, an old one from Papertrey, was stamped with a light purple ink.
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Hello stampers – I have a card for you to help get us in the mood for spring! I know it is still over a month away, but we can all start dreaming for warmer weather
This was a quick and easy card to put together, but I cannot take credit for the design. I saw this overall design on Facebook and saved it to my phone, but the photo did not have the name of the cardmaker on it. I am hoping to find out who she is and give proper credit!
EDIT: I discovered the card that was my inspiration. It was a card by Rachel Duong – here is a look at it.
For my card I started with Neenah Desert Storm cardstock, cut out a stitched circle for the opening on the front panel. Then I lined up the front panel to the card itself and penciled around the opening so that I could stamp the image to fit inside the circle.
The image is an old one from Savvy Stamps and was colored with prisma pencils. The sentiment is from Papertrey.
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Here is another Valentine – one with a clean and simple look.
I used linen cardstock for the base and top layer. The leaf die cuts are from Sizzix and Alte New. The sentiment is an old PaperTrey sentiment.
I cut out a square in the center of the card and behind the opening I placed a piece of vellum that was embossed with a heart embossing folder. The frame was made by using two square dies, one smaller than the other and cutting them out together.
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Hello stampers! I’ve been busy doing all the holiday activities and wanted to show you one of the cards I made this season.
This lovely card was easy to put together. The base card is a shimmery gold card stock that I had in my stash for years and I really only bring it out during the holiday season. I wish you could see how pretty it is in real life. I embossed it with an old Cuttlebug embossing folder. The Peace stamp is an oldie – stamped and embossed in in gold. An oval die cut was used to accent the shape. I added a strip of gold mirrored card stock behind the sentiment to make it stand out.
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Hello stampers – I hope the summer is going well wherever you are.
Today I have a clean and simple card to show you.
The sunflower image is from Power Poppy and was colored with copics. The sentiment is from Papertrey.
I used a stitched die to create the frame, and choose cardstock in brown and orange/yellow tones to coordinate with the colors of the flower.
Just a simple sheer polka dot ribbon was used to embellish the card. I love the clean and simple look!
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Hello stampers! Happy May 4th to all you Stars Wars fans!
Today’s card is a clean and simple one. And I have to confess…it uses some old stamps. Stamps I have had for so long they are no longer available – and the kicker is this is the first time I have used them…..
I know you can relate!
I stamped the images using Memento inks on watercolor paper. Not the best ink for watercolor paper but It is what I grabbed first. Because the paper has a texture to it I had to use a stamping platform to stamp – they needed to be inked and stamped twice to get the impression you see here.
The frame was created using a set of stitched rectangle dies – I think they are called inside/outside dies. I’ve had them for awhile and they are available at a number of online stores.
So today did not start out well… This morning – even before I had my first cup of coffee – I was putting food in the dog dish and the top of the container that holds the dog food came off. Ended up with dog food all over the kitchen floor.
Then I was finishing off this card. The final step was putting the framed piece on the base card.
Of course I put it on upside down….but I was able to quickly and gently pull it off and place it back on right side up.
So I think I may just take it easy the rest of the day!
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Hello crafty people! Just a quick post today to show you a very simple and quick valentine card. It took about 5 minutes total.
It consists of washi tape, a heart die and computer generated sentiment. I put some musical washi tape on a piece of scrap cardstock and cut the heart die out of it.
I put foam tape on the back of the die cut to pop it up and  added this to a panel that I had printed the sentiment on and used a stitched rectangle die to cut it out. Since the washi tape is in brown tones I matted the front panel with some kraft cardstock.
This could be easily done with any heart die, and using a musical score stamp if you don’t have washi tape.
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Hello friends! Happy October! Can you believe it is Halloween next week? This year has flown by! Today I am in full Christmas Holiday mode.
My local Michaels’ store recently had some Christmas holiday paper packs on sale – regular $19.99, on sale for $5.99 and I was able to use a 20% off coupon on sale items so they ended up being under $5.00 for 12 x 12 paper packs. I ended up getting 3 different ones and I used some paper from one of them to make this card and box.
As you can see the colors are not really traditional. Shades of blue and green mixed with a lavender – oh so pretty!! I never considered lavender as a holiday color but it works well with the blue/green shades.
I stamped the wreath – from Power Poppy – with memento ink and colored with copics. You can’t tell from the photo but the berries are highlighted with a stardust gel pen for added sparkle.
The cute little treat box was created in minutes using the WRMK 123 Punch board – but you can use the envelope punch board as well. The sentiment is another Power Poppy stamp and works perfectly here. I used two dies, one pierced circle and one ornament shaped and tied it to the box with silver cord.
I did a short video on how to make the box – here is the link. Thanks for stopping by! #WRMK, #powerpoppy
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