Howl-O-Ween Surprise Box Card

My Demo Team created this unique make & take at our last meeting, courtesy of Michelle Hoover.  It looks like a typical gate-folded card, until you slip off the Basic Gray Striped Satin Ribbon… As you pull the gates apart, it becomes a 3-D box!   Pretty cool, huh?!!!   Although the box opens to …

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Peekaboo Frames Die Ideas

Have you seen the Peekaboo Frames Die in the Holiday Mini Catalog?  It is so very versatile!  Not only do you get cutely shaped die-cuts, but each one has a pre-cut and pre-scored door that opens up to reveal something underneath!  Too Cool!  Can you imagine all the possibilities?! The Holiday Mini features the Peekaboo …

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Party This Way Pennants Pop-Up Card

Today, my dear ole Dad, Tom Putman, turns 75 years old!  Happy birthday, Dad! Wow!  Three quarters of a century!  That's one hell of a milestone!  It's especially sweet this year because, after three years of unrelenting health issues, and hospital stay after hospital stay, he is FINALLY feeling really, really good!  I'm so grateful …

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Carmen’s Butterfly Spinner Easel Card

   Carmen DeBruce recently created this totally awesome spinner easel card and I had to share it!  She CASEd a project that is shown at Sharon's Scrappy Space: check out the Butterfly Spinning Easel Card – Part 1  and Part 2 videos for details on how to make your own! The butterflies are made of …

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Sweet Treat Cups With Game Spinner Hands

I've been focusing on fun card ideas using Game Spinner Hands over the past few days, and I've saved the best for last!  At Leadership, Amy Storrie showed us how to combine the Game Spinner Hands with Sweet Treat Cups—Too Cool!    Aren't they Too Cute?!!  She created a card stock divider inside the Treat …

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Poofy Fabric Ornament Card

Those who know me well aren't going to believe it…I actually used my new Deck The Halls Fabric on a card!  Finally, right?!  When it comes to decorative papers, certain embellishments, and now the new Stampin' Up! fabric, I tend to like to admire the patterns and pretties, without actually using them.  I wonder why …

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