2025 - January - February

Happy New Year!  I made this card for my Stampin Up Demonstrator, Dawn Griffith of Dawn's Stamping Thoughts.  I bought the card kit from her in 2023 and was wondering what lady I would make it for, perfect.  It uses Legendary Ride dies and I stamped a sentiment inside from Hero Art.  I love her classes and kits. 

I've made this card for another great-great nephew but not for a '6' year old like this one.  The cut file is from Dreaming Tree (love all their projects).  I put my own touches to it as always.  They are lot of work but I so love creating their cards especially.

I created this card with Happy Birthday To You stamp set and dies from Stampin Up.  My intended person I made it for I decided it didn't fit so I'll put it in my stash.

For my great great niece who is world traveler and photographer I created this card that I got inspiration from a card on Splitcoast Stamper from Tina's Crafty  Inkspot.  I created part of it Design Space and the rest with various stamps.

I created this card with inspiration from Sue Stampfield's Floating Vertical Bandstand Pop Up Card tutorial. I was so fun to make.  Stamps and dies are all Hearts of Elegance from Stampin Up.

I made this box card for my grandson who loves playing video games.  The file is from Lori Whitlock and I created a print then cut panel for the back in Design Space.

I had fun creating these two Valentines cards for my grandkids using an old Close To My Heart - Artfully Sent Bundle that also includes Cricut cut files.  

I made these Valentine's boxes with a SVG cut file from Jennifer Maker for my grandkids and filled with Hershey Kisses.

A co-work who I consider a dear friend is battling cancer.  She just completed her nineth surgery so I created this card for her. I found the fairy that I uploaded into Cricut Design Space doing a print then cut.  Added the words using the pen feature.  The reason for the fairy is my friend has now lost all her teeth during the cancer and she made a joke about the tooth fair owing her.

2024 - November - December

 This card is very similar to one I made last month.  I rotated it to be landscape and made into a 5" x 7" so I could add the die cut Adirondack chairs.  I cut three of each chair and layered them for dimension.  Most of the card is print then cut created in Design Space, 

This card is for a great niece who like country music concerts and I noted her boots she wears to inspire this card.  Several Stampin Up stamp sets and dies were used (Barn Door, Bike Ride and Avant Garden).

I struggle with male cards but like how this came out.  I created this card with Stampin Up Designer Paper, Campology Stamp set and Hero Art stamps. 

I created this card for a great-great niece with Stamin Up Awesome Otters stamp set.  I stamped all otters on card stock, scanned in and loaded into Design Space so I could have my Cricut cut them out rather than fussy cutting.  I then colored them with alcohol markers.  The sentiments are from the same stamp set plus a Penny Lane one.

I designed this card for our granddaughter, she loves cats.  I uploaded image I found to cut out on Cricut and did a print then cut for inside.  I embossed the background piece with an embossing folder.  The Happy Birthday is a Stamping Up stamp that I heat embossed in white.

I made these Merci Chocolate treat boxes with the one holding a gift card with inspiration from Deseree Krumm.  I also used stamps and dies from My Creative Time With Emma and a couple unbranded stamps.

I created this gift box for our Postal Carrier to hold Rorrero Rochers with inspiration from 

Fiona Bradley a Stampin Up Demonstrator from Australia.

Great Niece Birthday card inspired by Karen Titus's Fun Back Fold Card. I used Stampin Up Share a Milk Shake bundle.  I clear embossed the glass and added Pearlized Enamel Effects. Unfortunately I smeared the dots and they have the handmade look. 

For many of my great nieces and nephews this year I made these M&M match book treat holders and put money folder behind the M&Ms.  I created the match book template in Cricut Design Space so I could do five at a time.

For many of the other friends, family members, nieces, nephews and greats, I made floating ornaments.  I struggle with photographing these so excuse the light spots.  I upload photos into Cricut Design Space and design then print then cut on transparences that I roll up to place in clear disk ornaments.  I redesigned the boxes as the original box was for a smaller disk. 

This year I'm send out a few store bought Christmas cards but did get around to creating a few hand made ones using Stampin Up designer paper on some and many stamp sets from them and others.

My dear Stampin Up Demonstrator's Father In Law passed away here in late December.  I created this card with SU Quiet Reflection stamp set.