Using the bee punch to make a pumpkin

Using the bee punch to make a pumpkin Hello everyone – in a recent Facebook Live I showed Using the bee punch to make a pumpkin. I am always looking for ways to use my punches in unusual ways. I recently saw someone use the bee punch to make a pumpkin and couldn’t wait to share the idea in a Live. It is easy to do by punching 3 of the bodies, cutting the tip…

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Frozen Edges fancy fold idea

Frozen Edges fancy fold idea Hello everyone – wait until you see today’ Frozen Edges fancy fold idea! Vicky and I are playing with our last fancy fold this month. Next month we will be doing something different. You can find Vicky’s fancy fold here. I had this crazy idea to play with the Frozen Edges dies and make a variation on a z-fold card. This was a challenge as I discovered the snowflake die…

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Anything Goes Saturday – Merry & Joy

Anything Goes Saturday – Merry & Joy Hello everyone – I just had to use that paper I talked about last week in my video to make today’s Anything Goes Saturday – Merry & Joy creation. I have to admit when I got this paper I was not too thrilled. I was afraid the busy patterns and soft colors were going to challenge me. But the more I work with it the more I like…

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Cracked Glass embossing idea

Cracked Glass embossing idea Happy Friday stampers – my last heat embossing idea is the Cracked Glass embossing idea which is an old one from way back. I went searching when I began this series for ideas for heat embossing and ran across this one that is one of the ones I have done many years ago. It is a fun idea and gives you a great look. Basically you stamp your image onto your…

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Inspirations in Ink September sketch

Inspirations in Ink September sketch Hello everyone – we are sharing our Inspirations in Ink September sketch ideas with you today. Welcome to the monthly Inspirations in Ink Blog Hop. We have a new sketch to play with and I am sure you will find some great cards. Thanks for joining us. I hope you enjoy my project. I use sketches a lot as they are a great way to craft when you are limited…

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Jess’ birthday card

Jess’ birthday card Hello everyone – last week my other daughter had her birthday so here is Jess’ birthday card. I had to make another birthday card for my other daughter. Her favorite color is yellow so I paired it with gray as I know she likes that color combo. I thought the Spotlight on Nature image would be perfect for a simple idea. I stamped the image with Basic Gray and since I had…

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