STAMP SIMPLY with Sharon Johnson — Blog of THE STAMP SIMPLY RIBBON STORE
Jan 24 2012
Today I have a Vintage Valentine Kit to show you that I put together using a product I have long loved — Cotton Scraps by Crafty Secrets. Unfortunately, these Cotton Scraps are no longer being manufactured, so when they are gone, they’re gone. They were a produt that I’ve used over and over and over [...]
May 08 2011
Preparing this post sure was an unexpected trip down memory lane! In my never-ending quest to rearrange things to try to make more room in my way-too-small store area, I decided that it was time to pull out my beloved Cotton Scraps and offer them on sale. I have long LOVED these items more than I can [...]
Jun 06 2010
Tonight I needed a quick card to mail out tomorrow for a brand new baby girl. Cotton Scraps to the rescue! No stamping — quick and easy, using Baby Girl Cotton Scraps for my focal image and Ducks in a Row 8×8 Pad by October Afternoon, dressed up with some buttons from my stash and [...]
Oct 15 2009
Gatefolds — Today’s challenge deals with how we fold our card — we are going to do Gatefold cards today. Fun for a change! Gatefolds are cards that fold in from each side, meeting in the middle, so it opens like a gate. The folds don’t have to be symmetrical, your opening can be off [...]
Jul 13 2009
I can just hear my Dad singing that old song! And that’s exactly what I thought of and heard in my head the entire time I was making this cheerful and sunny yellow card. I wanted to make this card tonight because I just got some new colors of silk ribbon and I loved this [...]
Jul 08 2009
Today I have a Buttons and Bows card for a baby boy! And even with buttons and bows it does look boyish enough — for a newborn anyway! The card is quite simple, using a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background and machine stitching on the focal image. I made this for our newest great-nephew, [...]
Jul 06 2009
… and new found friends from afar and fun and games on top of it all! I was thrilled when a few weeks back I received an invitation to play with some very talented girls *across the pond* in the United Kingdom. As a result I’ve run across some blogs that are new to me [...]