Hello Beautiful Poppies!
Hi Creative Friends, I am sharing a new card project featuring the exquisite flowers in the Poppy Promise stamp and die set by Penny Black. As you know, Penny Black has soooooo many gorgeous flower stamps, and this one does not disappoint! Poppies are California’s flower, and with good cause. They are popping up everywhere. It is a delight to see all the bright orange color everywhere, […] 
Leave A Sparkle of Love
Hi Cardmaking Friends, I am obsessed with the new Penny Black release! So… I am sharing a card design featuring another beautiful stamp set, Heart Petals. This stamp and die set has two exquisite stamps with the matching cutouts. The first is the one in this project, a twiggy heart with a single rose. The other is a gorgeous display of roses and flowers in a heart […] 
Merry Christmas
Hi Creative Friends, I am sharing a Christmas card design featuring a beautiful stamp set by Penny Black called Snowbird Song. I couldn’t go through the season without using this stamp and die set at least once as it offers crisp and delicate pine branches, and if you choose, charming little birds. I didn’t use the birds this time (surprise, surprise), but I will be sure to […] 
Love and Good Cheer
Hi Creative Friends, Now that we are getting into our winter months, it is time to share a wintery card design with sweet little birds. The stamp and die set I used was Feathered Friendship from the new collection of Penny Black. As many of you know, I love birds, so this set was perfect. There are two designs, each with birds. I chose the sweet little […] 
Friends Make Life Beautiful
Hi Creative Friends, In the latest release from Papertry Ink is a gorgeous floral stamp and die set called Winter Iris. These stunning flowers help create a beautiful display of iris-like blooms. I used pinks and purples for mine, but they would be equally wonderful in any color… or even multi-colored!! To create these flowers, I first stamped them onto hot-pressed watercolor paper using VersaMark ink, then […] 
Merry & Bright
Hi Cardmaking Friends, Today I am using an oldie but goodie, the Ornament Greetings by Papertrey Ink. This set has charming ornaments, wonderful accents, and sentiments to make a lovely Christmas/holiday project. I started making the main attraction, the ornaments. I cut out two ornaments using a small piece of watercolor paper, then stamped the patterns on each using Versamark ink. They were white heat-embossed, The ornaments […] 
Wintery Rest
Hi my creative friends, Finally, I have a new video for you all. It features a beautiful Penny Black stamp called Resting. It has charming little birds… one of my favorites! In the video, I’ll show you all the ins and outs and a few tips along the way. Click the link below to view the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGrESYpc9ik I love the pots, wintery birds and all the […] 
Peaceful Winter
Hi, my creative friends, Today, I am sharing a peaceful and wintery card design I was totally smitten with an Instagram reel I saw by @carolanncrafting. It reminded me of how simple, yet utterly elegant, a card design can be when using only one main ink color. I began by cutting two large square panels from white cardstock. Then, using a large circle die (my die was […] 
Joyous Noel
Hi Cardmaking Friends, Featured in Papertrey Ink’s latest release was a wonderful Build-A-Christmas Tree die set. The tree is a lacy, full tree that also has additional decorations to create a Christmas tree with all the trimmings. There are countless ways to create with this die set. Here is just one of them. I started with the tree, of course. You can’t see it too well in […] 
Vintage Joy
Hi Creative Friends, I am sharing a new holiday card with a touch of vintage charm. To make it happen, I used a few of my favorites from Penny Black, including the new Winter Blessings stamp and die set, Winter Sprig, and a perennial favorite, Immense Joy. To get the creative juices flowing, I started with the bird from Winter Blessings. Using cold-press watercolor paper and Vintage […] 
