Stenciled Die Cut: Take Two

If you think you’re seeing the same card I posted earlier today, you’re not entirely wrong.  That card featured a stenciled background created from a die.  If you missed it, you can see it HERE.  This card features the actual stencil I used.  I purposely cut the die from thick white cardstock, so that I could use it on another card.  Ta-da, another card. I glued it to a shimmery white card base, added a…

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Birds & Bees Friendship Card

Hello friends!  I decided it was time for a bit of spring here in mid-February.  This is the time of year I really start itching for warmer weather and longer days.  So I pulled out Honey Bee’s: Birds and the Bees stamps and dies to create this card to pass along a hint of Spring to a good friend.  The fun and flirty sentiment is from Mama Elephant’s: Paolo’s Wishes stamp set.   The Paper…

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Cup(s) of Thanks

I spent a cold yet delightful morning creating a thank you card for a dear friend.  I still had Clearly Besotted’s, My Cup of Tea stamp set on my desk from a card I created last week.  I only used a sentiment then, so I decided I needed to ink up the cute little tea cups.  I stamped each one in Versa Mark on colored cardstock and heat embossed them with white embossing powder.  Since…

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Beautiful Books Just a Note…Card

If there’s a stamp set featuring books, I can guarantee I’ll purchase it. The stamp set featured on today’s card is one of those sets that had to belong in my collection.  It’s Sugar Pea Designs, Beautiful Books. Books and reading are right up there with stamping and paper crafts as favorite pastimes for me. The only difference is that I’ve been reading and collecting books a lot longer than I’ve been stamping.  This is one…

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