“From our home to yours” is a sentiment that is often seen during the winter holidays. House cards are one of my favorite types of cards to make. The cards shown in today’s blog were made using new Creative Expressions Craft Dies by Sue Wilson. To die cut a large solid die like the house […]
Warm and cozy is this small brick house with its white ornate Victorian trim as light streams through its windows. This is the third house luminaria in my blog posts using a battery powered candle. Made with Impression Obsession’s house die set, this 3-inch tall by 2 3/4 inch square has slight modifications made to […]
Colorful holiday lights fill up the long winter nights. This little holiday house luminaria would be perfect as a holiday table decoration or a child’s nightlight. (Note: Use battery powered candles only.) Made with Karen Burniston’s recent release of her holiday house die set, this 3-inch tall by 2 ½ inch cube has slight modifications […]
Building off of the red four-square house, this four-panel card becomes a wrap-around screen for a battery powered candle. This is the seventh house card in my series of “A Week of Christmas Houses” using Poppy Stamps 2020 Winter House Pop-Up Easel die set.
It’s a cold and blustery day where snow is covering everything. You’ve walked to your neighbor’s house down the lane to drop off a bit of Christmas cheer and now you’re walking back to your home all aglow in the afternoon sun. How lovely and welcoming it looks with its bright paint underneath all the snow.
This is the feeling I hope the recipient of this card will have when they open and display the card.
This project uses the new 2020 Winter House Pop-Up Easel die set by Poppy Stamps.
Making cards for loved ones requires a good idea and secrecy to make the card. For a dad who shares his love of golf with his children, is known to wear blue plaid shirts and loves green, this card’s concept came easily. For the card base I cut two panels (6 1/4 inches x 3 […]
Karen Burniston’s website Blog Title KB Dies set Numbers 12 Days of Christmas Trees – Bonus Day 1039 12 Days of Christmas Trees – Day 1 1020 12 Days of Christmas Trees – Day 10 1020 12 Days of Christmas Trees – Day 11 1020 12 Days of Christmas Trees – Day 12 1020 12 […]
Olga Direktorenko is the creative designer behind the Paper Discovery brand sold by Craftstash out of the UK and carried by Paper Wishes in the USA. I love her dimensional dies sets that often feel like creating a doll’s house or miniature scenes. On Craftworld, she talks of her garden with vegetables and Ukrainian sunflowers […]
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Hoppy Day the dancing bunny of spring. Interactive cards are fun and creating one with layers adds to the excitement. Hints of Easter baskets filled with eggs flank a blue door that when opened, reveals a cute white bunny that will dance when the pull tab is moved back and forth. […]
Barns * Stable Happy Mail * Welcome to the Horse Farm * Good Morning Farmstyle * Nativity Card with a Surprise * Nativity Snow Globe Castles * A Fairy Tale Story Doors & Windows * Bounty of the Season * An Old-Time Christmas * Scent of Lavender * Cat in the Window * Waiting on You Know Who! Fences/Gates/Gardens * Garden Gate and A […]