• Jean’s Junk Drawer #4 Snow Globe Cards

    With winter approaching, it’s the perfect time to make snow globes for the front of holiday/ winter cards. Materials NeededOrnament StampBlack InkBlue and white cardstockSnowflake Patterned PaperLarge Glitter Snow FlakesA Snap-together name badge type button. (One part is the plastic dome. The other is the plastic pin back piece. Places like Hobby Lobby and Oriental…

  • Working in Layers

    How Jennifer made the Buck/Deer look 3-DJennifer has had a lot of requests to show how she did the buck on this Birthday card, and had been gracious enough to share with us how she made this stunning card. Here are the directions in her words.Supplies:Paper Solid: Cream- Archivers, Blue-Stampin’ upPaper Patterned: Making Memories “Just…

  • Jean’s Junk Drawer #3 Metal ATC’s

    A long time ago I read about making ATC’s cut out of metal. Being adventurous, I rushed right out to our local hardware store and bought a roll of metal sheeting. It is very inexpensive and there is enough to share with every stamper in your neighborhood. I figured there would be a day where…

  • Fun in the Craft Room

    This weekend I decided it was time to be a little creative, and with the holidays coming up and fall in the air, (yes – even for Phoenix) it was time to do a little seasonal stamping.First is a card I made using the Cardinals in Birch Trees. I stamped the image onto white card…

  • Sketch Challenge Winner!

    Is Krisha,From Shafter CA. Krisha, email us at nmk28@yahoo.com and give us you full address so we can send you you grab bag of stamps! Thanks for playing. http://krishaskeepsakes.blogspot.com/Nicole

  • Jean’s Junk Drawer #2 Background Stamps

    Because of my Cuttlebug and all the embossed background folders I own, I forget about my background stamps. With Nicole’s background stamp requests from our Design Team, I figured it was time to dig out my old stamps to try a new technique. I found it in my Technique Junkies Newsletter. It’s called “Burnished Backgrounds”.…

  • Black Cats on the prowl – a sketch challenge card by Jenny Gropp

    Here is another beautiful card for you all to see by Jenny Gropp for this weeks sketch challenge. Lovely take Jenny!

  • Hi All,We are soooooooo excited to be offering our first EVER sketch challenge. Our design team has agreed to play along. You can view their cards and the sketch in this posting. We WANT YOU to play along! We are attaching a Mr. Linkey box at the top of this post. We are running a…

  • Grim Reaper – 1 Stamp -02 Ways!

    We have another treat for everyone to enjoy. This little grim reaper – well he’ s creepy, and oh so cool. Terra and Jennifer did a bang up job with this little guy. We hope you will be inspired as much as we were! First a really cool key chain from Terra. In here words:This…

  • 2 Stamp – 2 Cards

    As I was illustrating the latest round of Halloween and Fall images available now though www.prickleypear.com – I came upon a haunted house and thought, “Oooh, we need a haunted house with a graveyard and crickety walk way!”, so I went to work. Sometimes, an image alludes me as to how to stamp with what…