Tape Paper Scissors

Happy Winter! My grandson is turning 12 this year.  Boys' cards are difficult for me and since he's older, I didn't think a cutesy card would do. I did a pinterest search for "teen boy handmade card" and was reminded of the SU! stamp set I used here. Perfect! My step-daughter recently bought the interactive Lawn Fawn Magic Color Slider dies for my birthday so I thought this would be the perfect time to try using them. I watched a Lawn Fawn YouTube video on how to create the interactive element and then I was off to creating. Their videos are so detailed and well made. I love them! Since the images need to be stamped twice in the same orientation, I put the two stamps, headphones and sneakers, in my MISTI on opposite sides. I cut a piece of acetate and a piece of white cardstock to the same size and stamped the earphone image on both pieces. I masked the earphones, flipped the MISTI and stamped the sneakers on both pieces. I then masked the sneakers on the white pi...

Welcome back.   With Christmas approaching, I looked at my previously made Christmas cards and found there weren't many cards left. I used to go to various card-making classes and had accumulated lots of cards, Christmas and otherwise, but since I've moved, I haven't been to any classes. Then, I noticed all the unmade SU! Paper Pumpkin kits I have and decided to make all the Christmas kits.  Some were kits for treat bags and had to be adapted. It's interesting how adapting kits takes so very much longer. I follow one of the Paper Pumpkin alternatives facebook groups and marvel at the creativity, but that's usually not what I like to do. I buy the kits for the days I want to be crafty but not think too much. 😁 So here is what I've made ... October 2023 Home For The Holidays  -  These are adorable "as-is" so I didn't do any modifications. November 2023 Warm Wishes - These are treat boxes. I cut the boxes into two houses, giving me twice as many card...