For when a frilly pink Valentine simply will not do, we have the delicious Modern Medley Designer Series Paper.  This entire pack of paper is just Basic Black and Very Vanilla and the patterns are wonderful!  Here are three of those patterns, on a base of...

I LOVE the new Label and Circle Card Thinlets!  This is the Label Card Thinlet, using a base of Very Vanilla (color is bad, I know) with retired Tea for Two Designer Paper and retired Pretty in Pink. Generally, I do not use the Thinlet as created.  Instead,...

This is the great new Language of Love set from the Occasions Catalog that begins January 3.The farthest left banner flag (also in the Language of Love set) is perfectly paired with the Pennant Punch in the Big Catalog.  The tiny banner next to it is punched...

Here's a super easy Christmas card!Emboss a piece of Very Vanilla or Whisper White with any somewhat "busy" all-over pattern. I believe this is Lacy Brocade (retired).Cut  strips of any red and/or green Designer Series Paper (DSP) in the following...

Here is another craft that is positively gorgeous, but  it is one I personally don't enjoy doing as much as stamping, embossing, die-cutting and the many wonderful techniques we can employ using our products.This is a 2-1/2" circle punch in the middle of a piece...

What gorgeous snowflakes we have to play with this year!!!Festive Flurry has a coordinating set of framelit dies that help making beautiful things easy. There are 4 sizes of snowflakes, but only three of them are sized appropriately for a card. The fourth one is...

I thought last year's set of stamped ornaments were lovely, but this set, called Christmas Collectibles, is bundled with a coordinating punch, making these cards so easy.Here is one sample. Base is Smoky Slate Card Stock. Then a mat of DSP from Winter Frost DSP Paper...

This is a sweet old-fashioned Santa who has written his list and is checking it twice!  Santa's List is in the 2013 Holiday Catalog.The background is Certainly Celery (retired), embossed with the Pretty Print Embossing Folder.Then a "frame" was made from Riding...

This is the lovely Poinsettia from the Joyful Christmas set. It is so detailed, you can see the veins in the petals. This first sample uses Whisper White Card Stock base and another layer of White that has been embossed with the Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder....

I am among the truly grateful fans of this set, called Truly Grateful. The wheat stalks are so realistic and detailed that it helps capture the spirit of Thanksgiving. The stalk image was stamped using Staz-On Timber Brown on Very Vanilla Card Stock. Using a...