Country Floral Lane Bicycle for Valentine’s Day
The Country Floral Lane Designer Paper has the sweetest pattern of bicycles, and today's card has one featured on a layered, Valentine's Day card. The first thing I did was cut a blue bicycle from a row, using a Deckled Rectangles Die to trim it to size. Next,...
Adorable Owls Clean & Simple
The Adorable Owls Stamp Set is one of the Free Sale-a-bration items for a qualifying, $50 order, and has been very popular. This owl is flying through the air, on a clean & simple card, announcing "It's your day!" I began by stamping the flying owl in...
Happy “bird” day
I couldn't resist joining in the fun with The Paper Player's theme challenge this week; birds. I especially liked the play on words, Happy "bird" day. In this situation, alphabet lettering comes in handy, because it allows you to say exactly what you need to...
Artistically Inked Birthday Paper Hug Card
I fell in love with TGIF's inspirational photo, so I had to CASE (copy and selectively edit) it. I began with a Thick Basic White card base, 8 1/2" X 5 1/2", folded at 4 1/4", which I embossed with the Timeworn Type Embossing Folder. Next, I cut a square of...
By The Bay “Love” for Global Design Project 378
Welcome to this week's Global Design Project, a sketch challenge. Since love is in the air with the making of Valentines, I decided to use some of my favorite By The Bay Designer Paper with the word, "LOVE." I began with a Sahara Sand card base, 8 1/2" X 5...
Book Binding Technique with Sweet Citrus
The "book binding" card design is an easy technique, making a standard card opening, slightly different. I began by cutting 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Basic White Cardstock in half at 4 1/4", which will make two cards. Score the 11" X 4 1/4" cardstock half at 5 1/2" and 6...
