Rose of Sharon Stamps

Valentine's Day Card Happy Valentine's Day! This card is made with new and retired products. The background is made with the Hearts of Love 3D Embossing Folder . In the pink card, the Flirty Flamingo ink was spread on the raised side of the embossing folder, then the white paper was added and run through the embossing machine. With the purple card, shown below, the white paper was embossed and then the Petunia Pop ink was brushed directly on the paper with a Blending Brush. The die cut heart of leaves is from the Heart-Shaped die set from 2025 Sale-A-Bration. The flowers and leaves on the top of the heart were die cut from the Extraordinary Flora washi tape that had been adhered to white card stock. The words are from the Hearts of Elegance stamp set.

Joyful Days 4"x6" Christmas Cards Every year I have a special Christmas card class based on a paper pack. This year my class in based on the Joyful Days Memories and More Card Pack . The card pack has cards in 3" x 4" and 4" x 6" with lovely images printed on both sides. A few of the sides have lines for journaling. You can use these cards to make greeting cards or scrapbook pages.  For the cards that I designed, some of them have 4" x 6" card bases (picture above) and some have 5. 1/2" x 4 1/4" card bases (picture below). The card base colors are Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow. Some of the tags and die cut images use Crumb Cake card stock. The pine needles that you can see in the background on two of the cards are die cut from Crumb Cake and then watercolored with Mossy Meadow and Pecan Pie ink. The pine cones can be die cut from Pecan Pie card stock or from Crumb Cake card stock and then watercolored with Pecan Pie ink. I used the Br...

Cherry Blossom Treat Boxes These cute treat boxes are available as a Kit Collection online. It includes supplies to make 20 treat boxes with tags. It also includes a small stamp set, clear block and Early Espresso ink spot. I think it would make great gifts for Valentine's Day or as a party favor for a birthday party, bridal shower or wedding reception. This kit has been so popular that it is Currently Unavailable to order. More kits should arrive soon, so check back to see when it arrives. Or send me an email requesting to know when it is available again and I'll let you know.

Spring Hues of Happiness Sorry it's been a while since I posted a card idea. This spring has just been crazy busy. I had this card made 2 months ago but am just now writing about it. Unfortunately the designer paper is now retired, but maybe you already have some or can use something similar. This is a really easy card to make. The card base is Daffodil Delight card stock (5 1/2" x 8 1/2" then folded in half). On the left side is a strip of Hues of Happiness DSP (2 3/8" x 4 3/4"). The Basic White card stock (2 3/8" x 3 3/4") was embossed with the Meadow Moments embossing folder , but any embossing folder can be used. The big flowers and extra leaves were cut from a different sheet in the Hues of Happiness DSP. The top flower was glued straight to the embossed white paper and the bottom two flowers were adhered with Dimensionals . The words were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a small strip of Daffodil Delight card stock . A smaller banner w...

With the ice, sleet and freezing rain covering most of Texas this week, I thought I would post one of my wintery cards. I like snow and cold weather, but am glad it doesn't last very long in Texas. The temps are supposed to be back to the 60s by this weekend, so we don't have to wait very long for nice weather again.  Snowflake Snowman Card Unfortunately most of the unique products used on this card are now discontinued, but maybe you already have these products or something similar that you can use. The card base is Balmy Blue card stock and the next layer is Night of Navy card stock . The layer right behind the snowflake paper is Basic White card stock with Balmy Blue ink lightly brushed over it using a Blending Brush .  The snowflake layer was die cut from Storybook Gnomes DSP with Snowman dies . The snowflake paper was cut the desired size, then the Snowman dies cut out the center part leaving snowflakes on the sides. Peace on Earth is from the Hope & Peace cling s...

Ever wonder what to do with your "scraps" of designer series paper? Turn it into something beautiful like this poinsettia card. It's a little time-consuming to make because of all the fussy cutting, but I love this card! Floating Poinsettias One of the poinsettia papers in the Boughs of Holly DSP has a bunch of partial poinsettias along all the edges. I fussy cut all of them and then arranged them along the edges of the white paper.  I recommend stamping the words first. For this card I used the Real Red ink pad to stamp the words and used Real Red card stock as the base. After stamping the words, lay your cut pieces along the edges of the Basic White card stock piece (5 1/4" x 4). For some of them you might need to trim them further, or for others you might need to add a little something from another flower or leaves to fill in some of the white space. If you want your poinsettias to "float", put Dimensionals on the back of the flowers and leaves to g...

One of my favorite Paper Pumpkin kits ever was last month. The kit is called Sweet Sunflowers. I love all the cards inside and the stamp set that was included. Here's a revision of one of the extra card ideas from Stampin' Up! Sunflower Thank You Paper Pumpkin (PP) kits generally include enough supplies to make 9 cards. If you get creative with the supplies included in the kit, along with some of your own supplies, you can usually get at least double the amount of cards, especially if you use the designer envelopes to make cards. For this card, I took the card base of one of the PP cards and cut it in half (5 1/2" x 4 1/4"). I glued the PP card front to an Old Olive card stock base (8 1/2" x 5 1/2", then folded in half).  I wanted to save the die-cut sunflowers from the PP kit for the original cards, so I made my own sunflowers and leaves with the stamp set included in the kit. For the sunflowers, lightly color So Saffron ink on watercolor paper with a Wa...

I love flowers and I love pink, so I really like how this card turned out. This card is mostly made with Stampin' Up!'s Awash in Beauty designer series paper. If you don't mind fussy cutting, you'll love this card too. Be sure to look at the end of this post to see more variations. Awash in Beauty DSP: Awash in Beauty Stamps: Quiet Meadow (speckles), Blessings of Home (words) The base card is Basic White Thick card stock. (5 1/2" x 8 1/2", then folded in half). The pink and white flower paper is from the Awash in Beauty Designer Series Paper (5 1/4" x 4"). The next layer is Shimmery White card stock (4 1/8" x 3 7/8") stamped with speckles in Balmy Blue ink . For this card, the speckles are a stamp from Quiet Meadow (but you could use any speckles you have). I wanted them to be lightly colored, so I stamped on scratch paper before stamping them on the Shimmery White card stock. The floral bouquet was fussy cut from the Awash in Beauty D...

  The cute trailer in the Tree Lot dies reminds me of my family's first trailer when I was growing up. We went camping in the Sierras every summer. My parents slept in the trailer and us kids slept in a tent. Sometimes  we would see deer during the camping trip.   Once or twice in the week of camping, we drove to Hume Lake to play in the water. And nearby, we could drive through the magnificent mountains of Kings Canyon.  These memories inspired this card. Camping Trailer Stamp Set: Snow Front (retired) Dies: Tree Lot (Sale-A-Bration) Measurements: Old Olive CS  5 1/2" x 4 1/4" (fold in half to make card base), Mossy Meadow CS 5 1/8" x 3 7/8", Basic White CS 5 x 3 3/4" Trailer -- Die cut the trailer several times. For my trailer I used Basic Black CS (the base with the tires & trailer hitch), Blackberry Bliss CS  (middle section), Rich Razzleberry CS (top, bottom, curtains) and Smoky Slate CS (windows). Assemble and adhere all the pieces on top of ...

I made this card thinking of my dad. Both my brothers would probably love this card too. Do you have a man in your life who would enjoy a card like this? If so, you're going to like the He's the Man Specialty Designer Series Paper pack and the coordinating stamp set which offers lots of options for making manly cards. Classic Car Card Bundle: He's All That stamps and All That dies DSP: He's the Man 12x12 Specialty Designer Series Paper Use Crumb Cake card stock (8 1/2" x 5 1/2", then folded in half) to make the base card. The car paper is from He's the Man DSP (3 1/2" x 5 1/2"). Glue the DSP to the card base. Stamp the Happy Birthday car image with Early Espresso ink on Crumb Cake card stock . Make sure your ink pad is really inky to get a solid ink image on the car, or use the Stamparatus so you can restamp it if necessary. Die cut the stamped image and a piece of Early Espresso card stock with the same All That die. Glue the two pieces toget...

Happy (belated) 4th of July! I celebrated the day by making some 4th of July cards with fireworks. Since I was so late making them, I didn't have time to mail them to anyone, but I did text a picture of the card to some of my family and friends.  Fireworks - Regular Size I could not find any current stamp sets that had fireworks, so I went through my old stamp sets to find something appropriate for the 4th of July. I found two stamp sets to use: Happy Fourth (SU set from 1999; used the words) and I Love Canada (SU from 2002; used the fireworks). Canada Day (July 1) is close to our Independence Day (July 4), so a lot of the stamps in each set can be used to make celebratory cards for each holiday. Even though I used old stamp sets, I used current paper, ink and embossing powder to make the card. Start with Shimmer White Card Stock . (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"). Use VersaMark ink to stamp the fireworks images. If you work quickly, you can stamp all of the images before adding Clear...

I decided I should make a few more versions of my last card to make the flowers look like Rose of Sharon flowers. So here are two more samples with the same design. White Rose of Sharon Flowers Stamp Sets: Uniquely Artistic, Happiness Abounds Die Set: Harvest I did everything the same as the last card except for the flowers and the words. For these mostly white flowers, I stamped the flowers with Rich Razzleberry ink. To get the lighter color of ink, I stamped the flower image twice on scratch paper before stamping on the Basic White card stock . I colored the ring around the center of the flower with Stampin' Blends ( Light Fresh Freesia and  Light Rich Razzleberry ). You can't really see it in the picture, but I also added some Wink of Stella to the flower centers to add a bit of shine/glitter. Be careful to just dab the Wink of Stella since it is water-based and so is the Rich Razzleberry ink, so the ink will run if you brush it. The "happy birthday" stamp is fr...

I love flowers, so I figured my first blog should be a card with flowers. These flowers remind me of the hibiscus flowers I grow in a big pot by the pool. I can see them from my kitchen window. And if you search for "Rose of Sharon flowers", you will find flowers that look very much like the flowers on this card (just in different colors). Uniquely Artistic Flowers Stamp Sets: Uniquely Artistic & Nature's Harvest Start with  Basic White card stock  (5 1/4" x 4"). Use  Memento Black Ink  to stamp the leaves in the four corners with the stem in the center of the paper. Mask the center with a Post-it® Note or Stampin' Up!'s  Masking Paper . Stamp two more leaf branches on the top and bottom and one on the right and left sides. Use  Stampin' Blends  to color the leaves ( Parakeet Party ) and the background ( Tranquil Tide ). Stamp the flowers in Memento Black Ink on Basic White card stock. Color the flowers with  Stampin' Blends  ( Sweet Sorb...