Stampin' Up has had some lovely botanical stamps for the holidays, but this one, Ornamental Pine, with the long needle pine and pine cone is a fave.The base is Very Vanilla, with a mat of Old Olive and another mat of Real Red. Then the images are stamped on a layer of...

 'Tis the season and there is nothing that gets me more in the mood for the Season than creating Christmas cards.   This set, called Seasonally Scattered offers big, bold reverse lettering of three messages: THANKS (with tiny leaves), MERRY...

The art of Paper-folding and Iris-folding has generated some interest of late. The work is done on the reverse side, following a pattern of where each strip should go. When it is turned over - Voila! Beautiful!This lovely ballerina was simple to do, as the papers were...

This fun set is called Simple Stems and was in the Occasions catalog, now retired. Some of the images in this set coordinate with the Secret Garden Framelits dies.The background is a piece of Pistachio Pudding, along with a piece of designer paper from the Sweet...

This is an exercise in using up DSP that has been hanging around too long.  I call this the "sunburst effect" and it is merely cutting strips of Designer Series Paper (DSP) into 1-1/2 x 6" pieces, then cutting again diagonally.  A little prep work is...

These cute bunnies are hopping your way to wish you a Happy Easter!  The colors used are Primrose Petals, Pink Pirouette and Summer Starfruit.  The base is Whisper White and the background mat is Primrose Petals.  There are two patterned banners from a...

This cheery card has some intrigue in that it's not the usual open-up card. The top flap lifts up and the blue flap on the bottom drops down and the message is on the inside of both those pieces.The top candles are actually stamped from the Tape...

The Gorgeous Grunge stamp set in the Annual Catalog has been screaming at me to use!  It has so many great images of a little splash, a splatter, a spill, railroad tracks and skid marks that it is perfect for a distressed or vintage look.The base is Very Vanilla,...

This is such a simple and pretty card, suitable for all occasions.The Six-Sided Sampler stamp set in Stampin' Up's Annual Catalog has 8 six-sided images and the coordinate with the Hexagon Punch, which makes life ever so much more fun!The base on this card is Very...

This is an unusual card in that the base doesn't open, but is a 5-1/2 x 4-1/4" panel. The part that opens is the top card.Venetian Romance Designer Paper panel pulls together all the colors in this card, with a strip of Pistachio Pudding Ruffled Stretch...