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Handmade Cards For Men: 3 Easy Cards Anyone Can Make

February 15, 2022 by Jackie

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Looking for manly cards? These handmade cards for men are easy to make and will work for birthdays, thinking of you, and more! Honestly, everyone will love the cheery sailboat cards. But, I know masculine cards are always a challenge, so today, we’ll focus on these as handmade cards for men in your life!

The Stampin’ Up! ‘Let’s Set Sail’ stamp set and the ‘New Horizons’ Designer Series Paper are the focus of today’s guy cards. This is a MUST have paper for all your crafting. The ideas are endless and I have several to show you!

Lets-Set-Sail-Handmade-Cards-for-Men — Want to make those gorgeous watercolor backgrounds you’re always seeing? The ‘New Horizons’ DSP is your solution! You’ll love it!

How To Turn Cactus Cuties Into Awesome Simple Handmade Cards

August 12, 2022February 8, 2022 by Jackie

Whether you’re a beginner at card making or just love to make simple handmade cards you will pick up some great tips in this video tutorial! The Cactus Cuties stamp set is so CUTE! And super easy to make simple cards with.

Today I want to show you how to start your simple handmade cards with a SIP – stamps, ink and paper, and then–STEP IT UP! I hope you like the projects!

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Check out the video for all the tips I give you; especially for using “multi-image” punches!

Know How To Make A Surprisingly Easy & Trouble Free Fun Fold Card?

December 12, 2022February 4, 2022 by Jackie

The Flowering Fields designer paper is beautiful! I made several trouble-free fun fold cards and I can’t wait to teach you how to make them too! With this design, you can make so many cards out of one 12″ x 12″ sheet of paper.

Keep it simple, but elegant with these cards that you can make for any occasion!

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Check out the video tutorial to see how to make these trouble-free fun fold cards. Just a few pieces to cut, some scoring, and voilà- quick and easy fancy fold cards that your friends will love!

Hats Off, Stampin’ Up! | Make Super Fun & Creative Handmade Cards

February 1, 2022 by Jackie

Hats Off Stampin’ Up! –You made a fabulous bundle and now I get to show everyone how to stamp, cut, mix & match these hats for tons of paper crafting fun! The ideas are endless to create these fun hats for everyone!

I have a ton of tips for you using hese stamps and dies in a variety of ways. Plus, there are several different card layouts that you can use with your hats to make some super creative handmade cards.

I hope you’ll tip your hat to Stampin’ Up! for this ‘Hats Off’ bundle and that you love the bundle as much as I do! I have to admit, once I started playing, I was a tad bit obsessed and could not stop!

Did You Know Color Choice Makes A Difference For Your Greeting Cards?

January 28, 2022 by Jackie

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Let me show you how the card making color choice you make reflects the emotion and how a simple change of color can change the entire vibe of a handmade card. The project I have for you today shows you how you can take one simple card layout, and just change the colors.

I use the same stamps and measurements for each of these cards and just change the ink and cardstock color. It can make a big difference as to the emotion one gets when looking at the card.

card-making-color-choice-gives-each-card-a-different-emotional-feel — Card making color choice evokes emotion–find out how!

And, why do I often white emboss my greeting on black cardstock? We talk about that in the video too!

The Best Advice For Making Cute Boxed Thank You Cards

May 14, 2023January 21, 2022 by Jackie

You can make boxed thank you cards (or cards for any occasion) easily with this method; it only takes a few supplies and about 30 minutes. Whether you make thank you cards, or cards for all occasions, they are perfect to package up to give as a gift.

This would be the perfect “friend” gift, or as a thank-you gift for a teacher. Even though my sample shows “happy birthday” on the box, you could easily change this to anything. It’s all about packaging up notecards in a cute box to give as a gift.

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How To Make Amazing Greeting Cards With A Faux Watercolor Technique

April 21, 2023January 14, 2022 by Jackie

The Amazing Silhouettes stamp set was perfect for a faux watercolor technique lesson. Learn how to make a variety of greeting cards that work for all occasions.

If you love the look of watercolor, but find it difficult to do, you will love this faux watercolor technique-let the stamp do the work!

Spotlight Card Technique: Is This Happy Technique As Easy As It Looks?

January 11, 2022 by Jackie

This happy Spotlight Card Technique is easy and fun. It’s a quick way to make a greeting card’s focal point really pop with color. And, it’s much quicker to color a little part of the image, rather than this big stamped image.

Spotlighting part of your image gives your card a different look and it’s a fun card making technique to use with these big stamps.

To use this pretty spotlight card technique I decided to feature the NEW ‘Blessings of Home’ stamp set. There are SO many wonderful new paper crafting supplies in the January-July mini catalog that just came out. I can’t wait to show some of it off to you today!

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Floating Strips Card: Get In Line To Make Some Fun Handmade Cards!

April 22, 2023January 7, 2022 by Jackie

Want to try a floating strips card? Get in line to make a fun and creative card using acetate or window sheets and strips of cardstock! I’ll show you how to use dies to cut different shapes for this technique and provide all the tips you need along the way. This is a fun technique … Read more

What’s My Favorite New Fun Fold Card? The Easy Book Binding Card!

January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 by Jackie

I’m teaching you how to make a book binding card the easy way! Need a birthday card, a thinking of you card, thank you card? This fun fold card will work for any occasion! And it’s perfect to use up some of the Designer Series Paper in your stash.

You can make these Book Binding cards as simple, or as “stepped up” as you want. The base is the same, then just choose how much you want to decorate your card.

This book binding card was presented as my very first YouTube Live. Don’t worry if you missed it, click the video below to watch the replay.

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Simple Handmade Card Designs

September 24, 2022December 10, 2021 by Jackie

Simple handmade card designs start with an easy layout or card sketch. I want to share with you how I’m inspired to create and how I take my first steps when creating a card. Sometimes, I look through the Stampin’ Up! catalog to get ideas. It’s filled with so many awesome ideas to get your … Read more

Creativate Winter Online Stamping Retreat

April 20, 2023December 8, 2021 by Jackie

REGISTRATION FOR THE WINTER RETREAT IS NOW CLOSED. To still register LAST MINUTE, email me at: jackie@klompenstampers.com and we can still squeeze you in!

Are you ready to beat the winter blues by having a super fun day stamping, learning, laughing, and sharing with others? The place to be will be online with myself and the rest of the Creativate Team on Saturday, January 22, 2022. We have tons of fun stamping inspiration in store for you; I can hardly keep it all a secret!

We just opened registration for the Creativate Winter Online Stamping Retreat and you want to register ASAP – LIKE RIGHT NOW! The fun will begin on Monday, December 27^th, and go all the way through January 22^nd! That’s 4 full weeks of stamping fun!!!