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A Fun Fold Card Class You’ll Rave About; It’s Your Cup of Tea!

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I am so excited about this new monthly class! Each month we will feature 4 new easy fun fold cards. This month, the fun fold card class is focused on the lovely Tea Boutique Suite by Stampin’ Up! This is totally new and different… you will learn to make FUN FOLD TEMPLATES that you will … Read more

Step Up Your Card Making With This Awesome Explosion Card

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If you are wanting to make an awesome explosion card, and keep it simple to make, this is the tutorial for you. The stamping is simple, but the explosion card insert makes it amazing!

It’s quite a surprise when you open this card and see the inside. This explosion card tutorial will teach you how easy it is to make. You can use any products you have; you basically create a card and then add the explosion part to the inside!

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The video tutorial teaches you all that you need; you will be an explosion card expert in no time!

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4 Reasons To Love Beach Themed Cards | Simple Card Making

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Beach themed greeting cards are perfect for the summer and you can make these 4 all-occasion cards in minutes. Watch the video

Stamping a watercolor scene on your cards is easy with the Oceanfront stamp set. Just 3 stamps and 3 ink pads and you will have a gorgeous scene. It took me a while to figure out how to stamp these 3 stamps together, but now it’s super easy.

Check out my video to see how easy and fun it is to build watercolor scenes. These cards are sure to delight your friends when they open up their mailbox and have happy mail.

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The ideas are endless with these stamps. You can combine the Oceanfront stamp set with any other stamps to create many different watercolor scenes.

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4 Handmade Sympathy Cards You Can Make For Anyone

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As a card maker, sympathy cards are some of the hardest, but most meaningful, to make. These 4 handmade sympathy cards are simple to make. I kept them very soft and calming.

For all of these cards, I have looked through the dies I have and found what I call “silhouette” dies. Dies that just cut floral/nature shapes; many different die sets have these.

I used the dies with a greeting set for my easy-to-make handmade sympathy cards.

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The texture & dimension on these sympathy cards are hard to see in the photos so you know what that means? You don’t want to miss watching the video to see how beautiful these cards are!

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Simple Watercolor Card: Learn This Technique For Easy Card Making

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A beautiful and simple watercolor card can be easily made with a water painter & Stampin’ Up! ink pads. This technique is easy and I am sure you can follow along with this step-by-step video tutorial.

To get started with your simple watercolor card you only need a stamp, ink, and a water painter or water brush. You will be looking for different stamps to try this simple technique on. I promise this is an easy card!

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Double Point Fun Fold Card | Don’t Miss This Idea For Card Making!

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The double point fold card takes triangle pieces to create an interesting card front & adds the space of a ‘traditional’ card with plenty of room to write. It’s a lot easier to make than you might think!

When I first saw a card like this it looked hard and complicated. Actually, one that I saw was–so I made it easier. This double point fold card truly is easy and it’s fun to add the extra dimension to your card making.

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Make sure to check out my card; I hope it inspires you to make one yourself. Don’t forget- send it through the mail to someone-we all love getting happy mail!

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Double Time Stamping Your Way To Making A Pretty Greeting Card

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I can’t wait to teach you this fun greeting card; it uses the double time stamping technique, has an offset card layout, and has a great embossing folder. So much happening!

In addition to the double time stamping I’m using the masking technique, coloring with Stampin’ Blends, and showing you a different way to use Linen Thread. It’s a nice easy card!

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Don’t let everything going on with this card scare you, it is actually very easy to make so check it out. You will love giving the Double Time Stamping a try!

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Mask, Blend, Splatter Technique: How To Make Super Fun Greeting Cards

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I can’t wait to teach you the mask, blend, splatter technique! It’s fun to use on handmade greeting cards and scrapbook pages too! This is really 3 different techniques, all rolled into one to make this fabulous card!

This is a bit messy for me, but it’s quite fun and easy. You might just get your fingers a little inky! But I have had so much fun trying different stamps to do the mask, blend, splatter with! I have 4 different versions to show you!

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W Fold Card: Want To Learn How To Make This Easy Fun Fold Card?

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Wow! It’s so much fun to make a ‘W’ Fold Card! I can’t wait to teach you how to DIY this card; all the instructions & video tutorial are provided.

Wait until you see the design ideas I have for this fun fold!

You can design your card to open on the side or the top, either is perfect for the W Fold card. It’s pretty simple to make, just lots of pieces!

You’ll find all the measurements below.

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Use whatever stamps, ink, or papers you have on hand to make this W Fold Card.

Want to see more W Card Fold versions? Check out the video and then make one yourself!

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Tulip Fields Stampin’ Up! | How To Use This Bundle To Make Lovely Spring Cards

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Need card ideas that use the ‘Tulip Fields’ Stampin’ Up! Bundle? I’m sharing tips for stamping the tulips, coloring the windmill and of course, some card design ideas that are perfect for your spring cards!

I will be honest, this stamp set was a bit intimidating at first, but I will show you how easy these tulip fields are to stamp with my little tricks. In today’s video I also share how to make the sky on these cards using blending brushes–another easy peasy trick for you.

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Some have asked if I designed this stamp set. No, but I certainly could have. This Tulip Fields stamp set is “so me!” I have loved creating with it and I hope you like all the ideas I have to share with you today.

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Handmade Card Ideas To Make In 10 Minutes? Yes, Make 2 Of Them!

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Time is short and you want to make a card? Try these handmade card ideas that let you cut 2 card fronts at once. And all in 10 minutes! You will love this simple card layout and you’ll be able to use it over and over. These handmade card ideas work perfectly with any stamps, … Read more

Waves Of Inspiration: The Awesome Bundle That Inspired 3 Simple Greeting Cards

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Want to make 3 simple greeting cards? I’ve got Waves of Inspiration–Stampin’ Up!’s new bundle that makes card making a breeze!

Sometimes it is all about simple…other times you want to do make a card that has a little more. In today’s ‘Wave of Inspiration,’ I’ll show you how to take your cards from simple to stepped up!

Plus, we’re using the Stamparatus –learn how to use this awesome stamp positioner to add multiple colors to your stamped image!

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All you “beachy” people? You are going to love the WAVES OF INSPIRATION and all the goodies in the ‘Waves of the Ocean’ Collection.

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