No Time To Stamp?

Today I wanted to start a stash of sympathy cards.  I have none left and unfortunately needed so many in the recent past.  I only got one done today, but one is good — it’s a start. I pulled out a beautiful paper pad by Webster’s Pages and saw so many sheets that would be [...]

Much to cover again — first let’s announce the winner from this past week’s Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style hop.  The winner was chosen this week from Holly’s blog, and the random number generator selected: Betty Neville Huge congrats! to you, Betty.  Please email me at ssj@up.net to claim your prize — which is this ribbon [...]

Welcome to our Saturday Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style challenge.  Today the design team felt they needed more thank you cards, so we decided to create thank you cards with a twist.  We were each to make 2 cards essentially the same, but one being clean and simple while the other one was more decked out.  [...]

Today I have a clean and simple masculine sympathy card, but first let’s announce the winner from last Saturday’s Ribbon Inspiration challenge.  We worked with a Valentine theme and this is what was up for grabs: Vintage Pink Ribbon Sampler And our winner this week was chosen from Deb’s Blog.  The winner selected by a [...]

Unfortunately, one of my sons needed a sympathy card this evening to attend the viewing of a friend’s mother, a most unexpected and untimely passing of a very young woman.  His only request was that the card be flat to fit into a standard envelope.  Here’s what I made: It is simple and almost flat [...]

Welcome to our regular Saturday feature — Ribbon Inpsiration/Stamp  Simply Style — and {{{HAPPY WORLD CARD MAKING DAY, EVERYONE}}} As usual, we have a Blog Candy offering for our regular Saturday feature; however, in honor of World Card Making Day, we thought it would be fun to give our cards away today.  So separate from the Blog Candy offering, [...]

Welcome to The Stamp Simply with PRIMA Blog Hop.  Prima has captured ours hearts and we wanted to share some of our creations with you.  Personally, I have used and loved all the Prima flowers and embellishments for years, but I have just started using the Prima papers and they rank right up there with those [...]

I needed to get a sympathy card in the mail today.  I thought the serene greens in the English Rose pad would be a good choice, and I do think they were:  The card is standard A2 sized, and it’ll go into an A2 Clear Box for protection and mailing. The paper pad, English Rose by Kaisercraft, [...]

Today I made a sympathy card and a wedding card using Graphic 45′s Once Upon a Springtime – and, of course, I had to make this lovely pad into a KIT!  The pad features lovely and somewhat whimsical prints of pretty little fairies and Beatrix Potter-like bunnies, but there are plenty of prints in the [...]

Today I needed to make a sympathy card for a lovely lady who passed after a long life, so I wanted the card to be soft and pretty.  It was the perfect time to try out ribbon ruching with my wide silk and to use my newest sympathy set from JustRite.  Here’s the result: This [...]