Tic Tac Toe Thursday: Nests of Winter Thinking of You Card

You would think using the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper in the middle of a hot, humid summer would somehow beat the heat…nope! But this paper is not just for winter. Today, I created a Thinking of You card with someone who is struggling a bit in mind. I hope just knowing that I’m thinking of this person will brighten their day a little. As a card maker, I don’t send out that many…

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Creating Coast to Coast: Christmas in July

Karen and I are so happy to be back collaborating again! We’ve changed our CASEing Coast to Coast monthly stamping adventure to Creating Coast to Coast. If you’ve been following us for sometime, you may remember that each month, Karen Hallam at www.stampinghabit.com and myself take turns taking the lead in choosing a theme, color combination, sketch or product. Karen lives in sunny CA and I live in hot, humid PA, thus the title of…

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Take Two Tuesday: Notes & Totes Card and Gift Card Holder

Welcome to Take Two Tuesday. For this week’s project, I created a card and coordinating gift card holder using the Notes & Totes dies along with the Storybook Moments DSP. They turned out exactly as I envisioned they would. And let me tell you, this almost never happens! Here, take a look… Here’s the details… Crumb Cake card base: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4 Very Vanilla card stock: 5 3/8 x…

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Fun Fold Friday: Tucked Fun Fold Birthday

It’s been such fun following along and participating in Jeanie Stark’s weekly Mystery Monday challenge. I’m enjoying learning new fun folds along with seeing Jeanie’s and other’s cards. It’s something I look forward to each week. And today’s fold may be my favorite so far…it’s called a Tucked Fun Fold. It was very quick to put together but surely doesn’t look that way. Jeanie’s directions were very straightforward and easy to follow. If you haven’t…

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