Dragon fly cards handmade

This was one of the top favorites from my recent Saturday Stampers class where we worked on cards that used stencils creatively. I just love how it turned out. The stencil I used is actually not a stencil at all. It is a framelit with 3 little square openings along the side (or the top, if used that way). It actually had another opening that was a long rectangle, but I only needed the 3 squares. I've had it a long time, so I'm not sure of the source. I sponged slightly darker at one corner…

I think this Dragonfly Dreams set was just made to pair up with the Mint Macaron Glimmer Paper! Super simple to put this together with layers of glimmer paper, an embossed (Hexagon Embossing Folder) layer and the beautiful dragonfly as the focal image! I used a sentiment from the Suite Sentiments stamp set. This glimmer ... Read more

Hi everybody and thanks for stopping in! Today, I have some gorgeous cards to share with you that my team members created for a card swap we coordinated. We weren’t able to get together for our annual Christmas party, so instead we mailed cards for this swap. I have a pretty fantastic team and I’m ... Read More about 8 Gorgeous Cards From Our Team Card Swap

We are officially half way through 2016 ... where has the last six months gone! The summer is here and now all we need in the UK is the weather to go with it!! I've had a free day today so I spent the day crafting! I've been able to make a number of cards. This is the first I have to share: Dragonfly stamp by Sheena Douglas I heat embossed the dragonfly twice onto vellum and then coloured them both from the back with Zig real brush markers I adhered them together down the body. I used the…

Hello, here are the details of a lovely quick and simple project made with the Dragonfly Garden bundle. This bundle is very versatile; I hav...

Happy Friday! Today I'm sharing one of the quick and easy cards we made at the Stamp-a-Stack last Sunday. I CASEd the idea from Mary Fish over at www.stampinpretty.com when she did a similar card using the butterfly thinlits. Check it out ... I just finished putting 10 of these together last night, with the leftovers from Sunday. Seriously. So quick! Standard card base of 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Top Whisper White layer of 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" Sweet Sugarplum Layer of 3 1/2" plus two ticks x 4 3/4" plus…

Years ago I saw card that used torn corrugated cardboard on the background. I think that technique may be coming back. I saw this card on...