May 2020

I don't know anyone who doesn't appreciate a bee. Yes, some folks are terrified of being stung by them, but they really do contribute alot to our world and I feel they can make a feminine or masculine card. To challenge myself with the "Honey Bee" stamp set, which retires at the end of the month, I decided to make my cousins birthday card with it. 

Note that the bee was die cut using...

While crafting with my mom this week, I spent one afternoon focusing on a beautiful retiring DSP "Perennial Essence". This card uses two sheets with the same design, one small and the other large. I used the small floral pattern for the background, dry embossing it with the subtle embossing folder. Then I cut a focal image of a large flower and dry embossed it with the Country Floral 3D...

Today's retiring project is so pretty! I chose the prettiest Perennial Essence DSP sheet and cut it into a couple of focals. Then with some fun trimming and a frame die cut and voila! One beautiful card. The unique sentiment has an inside message that reads,"Birthday cheers all around" in the same font. This stamp set is also retiring. To accomodate the long sentiment, I had to make a custom...