Archive for the Cards Category

Lawn Fawn!

I’m so excited to finally get to share this — ’cause keeping a secret for more than a week is painful. I’m a part of the Lawn Fawn stamps design team! This is my first design team gig ever, and I’m over the moon to be able to work with my darling friend Kelly. Not to mention all the superstar designers on the team. Hooray!!

I seriously can’t wait to share Lawn Fawn’s super cute designs with you, and I thought I’d start with a quick, belated valentine using Hello Friend. Okay, technically, I started with my Delish layout from a few weeks ago, which featured Lunar Lights. I was just so thrilled, I had to make something right away. (I know. Nerd!)

If Friends Were Flowers card recipe: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper: Fancy Pants Designs; Sticker: Crate Paper; Stamp: Lawn Fawn; Ink: Stampin' Up!; Lace: Webster's Pages.

A Very Merry Christmas

From our house to yours, have a joyful holiday season.

December 25 card recipe: Cardstock, ink, and stamp: Stampin' Up!; Patterned paper: October Afternoon and Pink Paislee; Flashcard: Elle's Studio; Brad: Crate Paper; Baker's twine: Whisker Graphics; Lace: Girls' Paperie; Punches: Fiskars Americas and We R Memory Keepers.

World Cardmaking Day 2011

Happy World Card Making Day everyone! Here are three cards and one bitty notecard set that I created using bits from my scrap stash. Yeah, I’m making cards Susan Style! Okay, not entirely; I have a hard time duplicating a design on multiple cards. Gotta change it up, you know. I also reached into my stash and pulled out stamps from Lawn Fawn, Papertrey Ink, and Paper Smooches for these happy projects.

You are the Best Card

You Are the Best Card recipe: Cardstock: American Crafts; Patterned paper: Lily Bee Design, My Mind's Eye, and Sassafras; Stamps: Paper Smooches and Papertrey Ink; Ink: Stampin' Up!; Paint: Clearsnap; Brads: Crate Paper; Sticker: Studio Calico; Punch: EK Success; Other: Patterned paper.

Look to Budget-Friendly Scrapbooking from Creating Keepsakes, for scrapbooking ideas for using the border punch I used on these cards. You’ll love the scrapbook pages Kelly Purkey and Shelley Aldrich created!

Hello Typewriter Card


Hello Typewriter Card recipe: Cardstock: American Crafts; Patterned paper: American Crafts and Sassafras; Stamps: Lawn Fawn; Clip and ink: Stampin' Up!; Punches: EK Success and Stampin' Up!; Other: Patterned paper.

Butterfly Card


Butterfly Card recipe: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper; Patterned paper: BasicGrey and My Mind's Eye; Baker's twine: My Mind's Eye; Punches: EK Success and Martha Stewart Crafts.

The base for this card is left over from a card of mine that’s featured in Paper Crafts’ Holiday Cards & More Vol. 6 special issue! I’m proud to be sharing page 47 with the uber-talented Maile Belles!

Veggie Notes


Veggie Notes recipe: Cardstock: American Crafts; Patterned paper: Crate Paper, Sassafras, and Studio Calico; Stamps: Paper Smooches; Ink, pins, and punch: Stampin' Up!

I hope you’re having lots of fun making cards today!

Jen’s Baby Shower

My older sister, Jen, is due to have a baby boy in June. The second boy in our family after my cousin Mimi’s little boy–but he lives in Texas, so we never get to see him. We’re beyond excited that we’re finally going to have a little boy in the mix on a regular basis. We held a family-only baby shower for Jen last weekend to get her set up with “boy things”. Thanks to Chris, I took a photo of the card before I packed it up with the present.

Congrats Card recipe: Cardstock and stickers: American Crafts; Patterned paper and brads: Crate Paper; Coffee filter: Fancy Pants Designs; Punch: Marvy Uchida.

After-Christmas Cards

Color Coach Color Combinations (1) and some post-holiday rambling.

Tea for Two

Tea for Two, Me and You

Sea Critters and Autumn Leaves

Cute critters for a rainy day.

The Sky’s the Limit

The sky’s the limit with a four-day weekend!

Independence Day Projects

Celebrating my independence with some crafty time.

Cause Kelly Asked for It

Kelly said she needed more jacksoki in her Google Reader. Okay!