Saturday, March 18, 2023

Frilly Flowers Notecard

 Hello from design team member, Heidi.  Today, I could use your help. I don’t know what this flower stamp is.  I have a feeling I should know, but I don’t.  I am pretty sure it isn’t an orange flower, but I really wanted it to be orange, and that is the power of stamping, you can really do as you please. 



I stamped three flowers and colored them with alcohol markers. I fussy cut them out, but I really didn’t feel I needed to be too careful with it.  I then added a bunch of glitter glue to the flower.  It looks so pretty when it dries down on the orange.  

I did a simple arrangement for the flowers over an oval die cut and then added a sentiment strip and die cut butterfly to ground the card together.  The background is a gelli print I had in my stash.  It as made with an embossing folder for the design.


This flower stamp is so affordable and so pretty!  

It is called Flower on Stem at the Blank Page Muse shop.

The sentiment was taken from a large sentiment set called Everyday Phrases, and this one is at the I Brake for Stamps shop.

If you know the flower, or think you might, please comment!  It is one of the things that drives me nuts!

Thanks for visiting today!

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Rosy Thank You!

 Hello from design team member, Heidi.  Today I have a pretty thank you card to share.  I like to have a lot of these around because I tend to need a lot at once.


I stamped and colored two of the Rose images and colored them in.  This is such a detailed stamp that it was very easy to color.  I fussy cut them out.

I, then, stamped the Thank You onto some patterned paper.  I also cut an oval window out of white cardstock and embossed it.  

After this all there was left is to assemble the card by using a bit of bright pink cardstock for a mat.  I thought about adding glitter, but in the end left it alone.

The stamps I used are both in the Blank Page Muse shop:

Rose flower with leaves by Terry Sproul

Fancy Thank You stamp (my favorite thank you stamp!)

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The embossing folder is Simon Says Stamp.  The 6x6 Patterned paper pack is called Aquarelle.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Cleaning My Craft Desk: Happy Easter Duckies

 Hello! Welcome to a new installment of my Cleaning My Craft Desk series!  

Believe it or not, the ducks were colored and die cut, the water was already die cut from a distress oxide background, the patterned paper was already trimmed out to card size.  All I needed to do was stamp and die cut the sentiment, and arrange the card.

And there! I cleaned up part of my craft desk!

I actually think I cut and colored those ducks when this Hero Arts kit came out.  Which was March 2017.  

The other stamps I used here are Art Impressions Sweet Easter set, and Close to My Heart Daisy Meadows.  

Have you cleaned your craft desk lately?

Monday, February 27, 2023

Cleaning My Craft Desk: Owl Always Love You

 I have been working to clean off my craft desk again.  You know how this happens, you see something and have to work on it. In my case, a lot of what is on my desk is partially finished, even to the point of being 75% finished.  Or, you have stamps out on your desk you just have to work with.

So this is my new blog series, what I made when cleaning my craft desk…

This is a super cute and simple card.  

I cut the heart from the patterned paper and then just flipped it over to the other side to get the tree print.  I popped it up instead of inlaying it.  I LOVE this burrowing owl image!  They have so much personality.  I just used Versafine Ink cubes to ink them up in two colors and then added a touch more color with markers.

Technique Junkies Owl stamp

Echo Park Happy Camper 6x6 paper pad

Sunday, February 26, 2023

Bloom Where You are Planted

 I just recently got a stamp set from the newest release from Blank Page Muse called Gothic Garden Flowers.  It is so cute and fun.  I immediately thought they would look nice over some mixed media backgrounds.



This background was made with a gelli plate and a daisy embossing folder.  It just has a subtle texture to it.  I just stamped over the flowers in a nice black ink and it just pops so nicely.  This reminds me of a spring rain, which I am looking forward to.

This stamp set is available here:

Gothic Garden Backgrounds

Sentiment from Flower and Bird Sketches

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Wedding Card

Hi everyone! I hope this post finds you doing well.  I am hoping that this time of year will find a less busy time for many and that you will find some time to enjoy crafting.

  During Valentine season, I think it is also a nice time to make a wedding card or two.  I already have those stamp sets out, and it is good to have several on hand.


This stamp is so pretty and easy to color. I just sortof randomly “dabbed” my alcohol marker over the areas in green and two colors of pink.  I then used some gel pens to emphasize and add shimmer.  I have really been enjoying gel pens recently!

This stamp is from the Wedding Sheet stamp set from I Brake for Stamps.  This is a great set with many images and sentiments to choose from!

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Sunday, January 8, 2023

Easy Valentine LOVE Card Set

 Hello from design team member Heidi!

Today I want to share an idea to quickly make 4 elegant Valentines.  



First choose 5 patterned papers. I chose ones that have subtle patterns, but this would work with bolder patterns, as well.

Then stamp your LOVE stamp on 4 of these.  Cut the other patterned paper into 4 2.5 inch squares. (If you are using a bold patterned paper, you may wish to white or silver heat emboss the stamp instead.)

Cut out all the letters individually, leaving a slight border.  With a black alcohol marker, create a faux matte around each letter.  (This sounds fussy, but it really doesn’t take much time, especially compared to actually cutting and glueing a black mat.). Also use a colored marker to color in each letter.  I used a dusky purple marker.

Mix up the patterns and arrange the letters on each 2.5 inch square of patterned paper. I highly recommend using liquid glue for this part so that you have time to move the letters around evenly!  Also, matte this on a 2 3/8 inch black cardstock. 

I decided to go over the letters with a sakura glitter pen to bring out the letters and make it look more valentiney.

Not just use this as the focal image of your card!  I just embossed some pink cardstock, added some ribbon and some glitter glue to finish this easy cards!  You could finish them in a simpler way or more ornate way, depending on how much time you have!

Here are my finished cards!


This stamp is part of a wedding stamp set in the I Brake for Stamps store:

Wedding Sheet stamp set

The papers are also in both the IBFS and BPM stores!

Pam Bray Designs Sweet Passion 6x6 paper pad

(use my affiliate code BPMHeidi to save 15% off your stamp order!)

If you would like another idea for this stamp, please see my card posted HERE.

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