When I saw this design on Susan Campfield’s website, I was in love! I have played around with this Flying Seagull design – at first because of the name and my love for all things beachy. But then because of the way this beautiful design swoops into the recipient’s hands with a fabulous presence! I READ MORE
Category: Paper Engineering
A Triangle Corner Card for Your Favorite Sailor
I am frequently looking for cards for men – and there are not as many as I would like. But many of the coastal and sailboat images work for a lot of men – even if they are not particularly keen on boating or fishing. I mean, who does not love the coast line and READ MORE
Say Happy New Year with a Twist and Pop!
I have always loved these fancy fold cards and recipients really seem to get a kick out of them too! My family and I spent the Christmas holiday in Las Vegas enjoying all the shows and the beautiful resorts – and celebrated my son’s 30th birthday! I made one of these cards for his birthday READ MORE
A blast from the past…along with an update with Nature’s Prints
The most fun part about cardmaking is our ability to reinvent a design any time we sit down to create the next card. Long ago (2018, I believe), I made this “Impossible Card” using Stampin’ Up!’s Love What You Do stamp set and the designer series paper from that bundle, Share What You Love. What READ MORE
A Beautiful Diamond Z-fold Card for a very special occasion
I have been looking for an opportunity to make a new “paper engineering” project. With the excitement of the new catalog and the exquisite products in it, I wanted to try this with one of the new ones: Stampin’ Up! Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper (DSP). The beautiful Stampin’ Up! products take away so READ MORE
Like the Fun Folds that you’ll find – in the windmills of your mind…
I am so sorry – that was a cheap play on poor Thomas Crown and his affairs…but I really do think of that song whenever I see a windmill. Here is another fun Paper Engineering project! It is the cutting that is the most complicated part of this Tri Shuttle Fold card! This design seems READ MORE
Nothing’s Better Than a Triple Easel Card
This is such a cute card that works for all options in the Stampin’ Up! Nothing’s Better Than Bundle! In fact, I was able to create multiple cards from this single set. And I am thrilled to report that the “Day without Chocolate” card is featured as my Guest Designer card on the Anything Goes READ MORE
A Winged Pop-Up card with those Island Vibes
I’ve been sharing a few quick and easy cards in my recent posts. So, it struck me that I really needed the challenge of a little bit of “paper engineering” – and I ran across this design of Sam Calcott’s Mixed Up Crafts on YouTube. I love her designs and her videos and directions are READ MORE
Nothing says “love” (or “intense like”)like a candy bar…
Valentine’s Day is coming soon – and I always tried to be sure to bring in a little treat for everyone in my division as well as sending treats into school with my kids. (As the allergies and other complexities of kids’ nutritional profiles emerged, I started to limit those candy bars to teachers, aides, READ MORE
A card for the guys – and an amazing new use for Stampin’ Up! Fine-Tip Glue Pen!
Cards for men seem to be fairly sparse in the design spaces. I try to note various patterns of Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Papers (DSP) that will be useful for cards for men for my own reference. I even mark their storage folder with a blue dot to remind me. (I use the same dot READ MORE