All Kinds of Crafty

Good morning! I hope you have been enjoying these beautiful fall days, well at least they are beautiful in NJ. I hope you are having nice weather where you are! Today, I am sharing a card that I started making a while ago. I thought I was going to use…

Happy Thursday and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Krew Thursday Blog Hop! This week, we have a sketch challenge. I just finished putting together the October Paper Pumpkin, Noel Greetings and decided to use the stamps from the kit along with Neutral Noel Specialty DSP that coordinates with the set…

Today’s card is a modified CASE of a card that Mary Deatherage made for us as a shoebox swap for the retreat that Amy’s Inkin’ Krew went on in September. Mary’s card was a Christmas card. My card can be used for any occasion. I am sending this card to…

Happy Thursday and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Krew Thursday Blog Hop! Today, the challenge is a color challenge. I just got the Product of the Month for October, the Shining Stars Dies, so I knew I had to create something with them. I started by punching out a whole…

Welcome to Amy’s Inkin’ Krew Team Blog Hop for the month of October. The theme for this month’s blog hop is Giving Thanks. The card I am sharing features the Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder and Copper Stampin’ Hot Foil. I have been wanting to try a technique that combines an…

Happy Thursday and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Krew Thursday Blog Hop! As I look outside, I see leaves falling and feel a cool breeze coming through my open windows, so I chose to use the Simply Leaves bundle and a combination of fall colors for a thank you card…

I recently went on a retreat with several Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. Everyone made a card for us to recreate. They also gave us many goodies! This is the card that I made to send as a thank you. It features the Notes of Collage bundle and Painted Collage DSP that…

The Stampin’ Up! Pretty Party Kit is an awesome kit that makes nine beautiful cards for birthdays and celebrations. However, I wanted to add a little extra color to my cards so I added Flirty Flamingo and Fresh Freesia cardstock to the kit. It allowed me to make five more…

Happy Thursday and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Krew Thursday Blog Hop! Today, a theme challenge and the theme is Christmas! My card for today features the Stampin’ Hot Foil System. I can’t believe it is already October! If you haven’t already started making Christmas cards, now is the time!…

Today, I have a simple card using the Inked Floret stamp from the July Online Exclusives. This image is very versatile and can be used for so many types of cards! I chose to use Petal Pink for the main color of this card. I started by stamping the Inked…

As promised, I am announcing the winner of my giveaway for Stampin’ Up! Adhesive-Backed Bats Ghosts and Dots. Yesterday, I added all of the names for people who commented on my Frightfully Fun Trick or Treat Fun Fold Halloween card and Patti Brees won! Patti, I will be emailing you…

Happy Thursday and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Krew Thursday Blog Hop! Today, the challenge is a sketch challenge. I used the Framed Violets bundle because the dies were perfect for this sketch. I started with a piece of Secret Sea cardstock and added Basic White and Violet Dreams DSP…

Happy Thursday and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Krew Thursday Blog Hop! Today, the challenge is a color challenge. We were given six colors and had to use at least three of the colors. For my card, I chose to use Cajun Craze, Golden Glow and Secret Sea. If you…

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Today, I am sharing a gatefold card that features Poetic Petals dies and Classic Greetings Hot Foil dies. Today, I am sharing another card using the Poetic Petals Bundle and the Classic Greetings Hot Foil dies. I created a gate fold card and used a belly band to keep it…

Happy Thursday and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Krew Thursday Blog Hop! Today, the challenge is a sketch challenge today. I am featuring a new bundle, Poetic Petals, for my card. It is a September online exclusive. As soon as I saw this sketch, I thought of the Poetic Petals…

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Welcome to the latest Amy’s Inkin’ Krew Team Blog Hop. Our theme this month is Halloween fun, so I decided to mix things up with an interactive fun fold design. I had a blast creating this using the Stampin’ Up! Oh My Freight Bundle and the coordinating…

Happy Thursday and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Krew Thursday Blog Hop! Today, is a Fall / Autumn theme challenge. I chose to use sunflowers for my card because they are at their peak right at the beginning of fall, and I really wanted to use products from the new…

Yay! It is finally September and the new catalog and online exclusives are now available to everyone!! This card features the new bundle, Radiant Sunflowers from the new Sunflower Fields Suite. I started by stamping a cluster of flowers on Basic White cardstock. I used the stamp that has several…

Happy Thursday and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Krew Thursday Blog Hop! Today, the challenge is a sketch challenge. Sketch challenges really help with designing cards. Every time I use a sketch, my card seems to come together much quicker than when I am trying to create a card from…

Today’s card features the new Copper Stampin’ Hot Foil Rolls and the new Stampin’ Up! Reverse Hot Foil Die that will be available on September 1st. I also used a coffee technique with a paper towel. Read on for more details! You might not notice it at first, but the…

Happy Thursday and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Krew Thursday Blog Hop! Today, the challenge is a color challenge. The colors are black, white and a color of our choice. I was very excited for this challenge because I love black and white cards. And since I wanted to use…

Starting today until Friday, August 21, you can earn double rewards when you place an order that is at least $20. Visit my store to make a purchase. This offer applies to ALL products except for existing Paper Pumpkin subscriptions. To participate, you must have a Stampin’ Up! account and…

Today’s card features the August Product of the Month, Glow of Harvest Specialty DSP. I also used the upcoming Tile Garden Dies that will be available in the September catalog. I used a gate fold design for this card so I could feature three different sheets of this beautiful paper.…

Yesterday, I posted a card using Lovely Blossoms DSP. It comes with two sheets that have pretty images that can be used for card fronts. I used one of them on my card yesterday and it made me think that there are many things you can do with the images.…

Happy Thursday everyone! Today is my first day participating in The Happy Inkin’ Krew Thursday Blog Hop. I am so happy to join the amazing crafters that are part of this Hop! This week’s challenge was a sketch challenge. Sketches make it so easy to start a project. This one,…

Welcome to Amy’s Inkin’ Krew Team Blog Hop for the month of August. The theme for this month’s hop is Fall Frenzy which was the perfect excuse to use the Fun for Fall bundle which screams Fall! If you are joining me from Mary’s blog, thanks for stopping by! I…

I finally had the time to sit down and play around with the new Stampin’ Up! Hot Foil System. Wow, it is pretty impressive! I made this card in no time. I love the look of an embossed card but sometimes I don’t feel like getting out all of the…

Good morning and Happy Thursday to everyone! I don’t know how the weather has been where you live but in New Jersey, we are finally getting a break from the real hot and humid weather. Yesterday I actually ate lunch and dinner outside which was so nice. Today, I am…