Sympathy Card

For one of our previous Card Swaps, the goal was to create a Sympathy Card.

I used designer series paper I bought from Joanna's Crafts. The bird punch is from Stampin Up. The so very sorry stamp is also from the Stampin Up stamp set "Three Little Words."

Elegant Christmas Cards

I decided to go with formal Christmas Cards this year.

I love how embossing makes everything look pristine. I love the new ribbon SU came up with, it also makes everything look so vintage against the Cranberry Red and Wild Wasabi. I was a little hesitant mixing the 2 colors, but they complimented each other well. I also used SU designer series paper: Woodland Walk.

The following year I made gift card holders for Christmas...

CD Case Picture Frame

If you're like me, who likes a lot of music and has a ton of CD cases from years worth of buying CDs, well you're in luck...I found an idea on what to do with them instead of trashing the plastic cases.

I figured the plastic cover comes in handy when keeping keep sakes, like pictures.

I, then, used the same idea as the CD Album...I designed a CD with paper, cut a hole in the middle, and placed it back inside the CD Case. It could be used to hold a gift card or another picture.

I used the retired paper series from Stampin Up, Razzleberry Lemonade.

Ribbon-Fun Card

I wanted to try something new with Ribbon. I made several hole punches around the layers of paper and looped my ribbon in and out along the rim.

The designed paper is Pink Flamingo, a retired paper series from Stampin Up (SU).

CD Album

A few of my friends taught me this idea with CD's at one of our monthly stamp camps. I recreated the idea and decided to make one for my friend Joanna. Hence, why her name is on the front cover.

Just friendly information to add: This project takes a LOT of adhesive!

Envelope Card

I saw this idea for the Envelope card in a "Close to My Heart" catalog.

Desk Pencil Holder

I like to surf the web for new ideas. I landed up finding this idea on a website for paper crafts, so I decided to make it for a friend, a teacher.

I used SU supplies and punches. I used a few brads and buttons I collected spontaneously from everywhere. The tin container can be a peanut jar with the plastic lid, which I landed up placing on the bottom rim of the tin container.

Senior Cards

As any Crafter, Card Maker, or Scrapbooker will know, our techniques and skills get better over time... These are the recent graduation cards I made for class of 2013. I completely used Stampin Up products. The stamp sets used are "Blue Ribbon" & "Word Play."

I knew of people graduating the year of 2010 and thought of making a bunch of senior cards. I was just getting started with card making. Wow, how time and accomplishments fly by. :)

The products I used were a few "Stampin Up" (SU) supplies and other supplies I collected through the years. The congratulations comes from the SU stamp set: "Well scripted." The grad hat I believe I bought it from Joanna's Crafts.


Another batch of senior cards I did for class of 2011.  The products were SU's retired designer series paper.  The numbers are embossed with silver.