Stampin' Chez Moi

Hello Friends and welcome here ~ Today I'm joining three great challenges for my card.  I did need a birthday card for my Brother In Law, so this was perfect!!! Seize The Birthday  and the Toppings that is being asked for one or more of your initials ~ mine are DAMW ~ so I'm choosing a Dark colored card as well as Masculine, which I always seem to run out of! the other challenge is from the Inspired By DT and I didn't want my card smothered in hearts... so .....   I was inspired by the stripes in the background of the image!!! Now this card is also following this great sketch by the DT of Hand Stamped Challenges  ~ which really had me stumped until I found the Design Paper that I wanted to use ~ so off to work I went.    I think I completed my card in less than 30 minutes!!!! As you can see, the Design Paper has done ALL the work for me! I adhered my Fussy Cut elements onto the card front using Dimensionals  Come and join me in my studio and watch me create this super simp

Hello friends, welcome here ~ today I want to show you a little something (well, okay, a BIG something), that I LOVE to create.  I love creating my own Albums from scratch.  The entire album is created with ChipBoard, covered in Black Stampin' Up CardStock and the DSP.  So this mess ....  Slowly becomes ... ...and then the Design Paper Happens!!! MAGIC !!! Each album is a individual as you would want that to be according to the Design Paper that you want to choose.  Baby, Wedding, Grad, School...you get the idea ~ thanks so much for have a peek.  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! Here's a quick little Video that shows this AMAZING Album!!!  I love creating these, and teaching these.  I am currently working on a PDF Tutorial and Set By Step Video, that I will have on my 'Sale' page once it's completed!!   Blog Hop Index thank you SO much for popping by ~ I hope you enjoyed your time here!!!   So with all this, I bid you adieu ~ Have a

Hello friends, thank you SO much for popping by today ~ I hope you leave inspired to create some sweet cards.  this sketch is amazing and using ANY of Stampin' Up's beautiful DSP with enable you to create a beautiful card. I like to say, 'trust the paper' ... it's true!!!  Let the Design Paper do all the work and Voilà Oh I LOVE this sketch from the challenge at TSOT#593 ~ and will use this one again and again!!! This Design Paper did all the heavy lifting for this card....  I will be so sad when this DSP is on the 'see you later' list ((insert tears here)) This card Doubles up with the wonderful Double Trouble #131 and pairs with the TSOT!!  Thank you for the heads up on this Suzanne!  Now, if you don't have the Basic Borders Dies and the Stylish Shapes Dies...well, what are you waiting for!!! This is SO necessary in your tool kit ~ I love mine and use them often. Notice the stitching on the bottom of the flag?   Come and join me in my studio and see ho

Hello friends ~ welcome here to the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop and this months Technique is Masking ~ I haven't masked in quite some time ... so I can't wait to get going on this one! And here is the sketch that I'm following is from TSOT#592 AND  Optional Theme: Ink Blending ~ yay!!! Let's see how this all comes together!! I found this new Blog Challenge that I have never joined, so I decided to jump in on this one as well ~ This challenge is from The Male Room and features Nature ~ wow!!! how perfect is that!!! So I needed a Birthday card TODAY...not sure if you wait until the last minute and look through your stash cards and realize you don't have ONE masculine card !!!  Well, that would be me, so into my studio to create a card for our friend ~ we love to camp with them, so I thought this would be a great starting point!. I masked the moon as well as my trees, out with my Blending Brushes and this is what I came up with.  I sure hope he likes it ~ I love using