AuthorJamie Martin

Turn your Holiday Card into a Gift Card Holder

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Personalize those handmade cards with a sweet little pocket to stash gift cards and cash! Check out this simple card tutorial for a festive Christmas project that will bring the recipient joy AND a gift! Todays clean and simple Christmas card project comes from our designer, Jamie, who is giving us a quick festive design that adds a little extra somethin-somethin with a basic fold. This card is something simple and easy that will be a quick go-to for your […]

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A Quick and Easy Fun Fold Thanks Card

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Come see a gorgeous quick and easy fun fold thanks card that you can make in just minutes! Sometimes we need a reminder that simple can be breathtaking. Today’s quick and easy fun fold thanks card is just so pretty, is so incredibly versatile, fast enough to be an ideal batch making card yet can be made so quickly and economically. We just love this design from Jamie and are bookmarking this for when we need something that has that […]

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A Pretty Fall Card Made From Die Cuts

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Check out all the parts and pieces of this fall card made from die cuts and apply it to the elements you are loving this season! It’s so fun when our designers mix and match different elements from our store and create designs that are so unique but can also be so easily adapted. This is the case with today’s fall card made from die cuts from Jamie. She’s used a bunch of different things together and shows just how […]

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A Fun Inset Die Cutting Trick!

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Use this fun trick for inset die cutting to make cards that are real treats! Today Jamie is sharing her fun method for using inset die cutting to add pops of color to her background and it could not be any easier! And the best thing is that you can cut a bunch of the pieces and then just mix and match to your heart’s content giving you lots of options and plenty of extra backgrounds for more cards. Let’s […]

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A Five Minute Fall Card!

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Less is SO much more with this fetching five minute fall card! Not only is this five minute fall card so pretty, it also uses a minimum of supplies and can help you use up some printer paper scraps. And with a simple sentiment swap, it could stand in for any occasion at all. We love cards that are adaptable and when they come together in practically no time that’s a huge bonus. We highly recommend you bookmark this idea […]

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A Sweet and Simple Die Cut Leaf Card

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This simple die cut leaf card is so charming and so easy to make – get all the sweet details! It’s starting to feel a little fall-ish some nights and it won’t be long before the leaves are sharing their glorious shades in the golden light of Autumn. This simple die cut leaf card brings all of that into play and gives us a little tingle of excitement for the coming season. Jamie created this for us and she’s going […]

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Quick and Easy Fun Fold Christmas Card

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This quick and easy fun fold Christmas card could just be your ideal holiday card this year for lots of reasons – check them out! We love seeing projects that use the designs from our Paper Pads in flexible ways and this quick and easy fun fold Christmas card is perfect! You can use any of the patterns from any of our holiday or winter themed Paper Pads with this card design and that simple fun fold adds just enough […]

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Poinsettia Cards for Batch Making

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Today’s design for poinsettia cards for batch making is genius! We’ve been talking a lot lately about batch making holiday cards. It’s such a good feeling when mailing time rolls around and your cards are all ready to go! Today’s poinsettia cards for batch making are both absolutely gorgeous AND make very clever use of die cut and patterned paper panels which make putting these together super fast and easy. Let’s learn from Jamie, today’s card creator, how she put […]

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Cute Gnome Christmas Cards to Make!

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Looking for gnome Christmas cards to make this year – look no further! If you’ve been searching for ideas for gnome Christmas cards to make for your friends and family, this card is practically perfect! It is ideal for batch making, uses just a handful of supplies and if you want to streamline it even further, there a couple of steps you can skip and no one will be the wiser. Jamie made this for us today and she, as […]

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Cute Handmade Slimline Holiday Cards Idea!

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Grab this idea for super cute handmade slimline holiday cards that you can adapt to your favorite theme. There are lots of people looking for ideas for cute handmade slimline holiday cards this year. There’s something about all that extra space to write (or fold that family update into) AND when you send a slimline card, you know yours will stand out on the mantle! Now you would think that we are selling only one stamp set this year – […]

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Quick and Easy Handmade Friend Cards

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See how you can make two quick and easy handmade friend cards at once – SO gorgeous and perfect for batch making! People are absolutely LOVING our Delightful Dahlia 6 X 6 Paper Pad and the coordinating die. We have received so much feedback about how you love the colors, the designs and how fast you can make cards with them. Today, Jamie she showing off her beautiful idea for quick and easy handmade friend cards using these two items […]

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Quick and Easy Bright Stenciled Cards

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Use this fun idea for bright stenciled cards on handmade cards for just about any occasion! Today we are sharing this easy idea for cheery and bright stenciled cards that can be done in so many different color combinations and for so many different card sending reasons. Our Spinaround Flower Stencils are so easy to use that even if you feel like your stenciling game isn’t where you want it to be, the designs will still look fabulous! Let’s get […]

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Another Idea for Handmade Cards for Campers!

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Today’s idea for handmade cards for campers is fun and easy and will have them ready to roll! With summer coming, everyone is thinking about and planning what fun activities they want to do in the beautiful weather. Being able to send handmade cards for campers to people who love this way to be out in nature is such a fun way to personalize any greeting for them. We’ve got lots of camping themed stamps and dies to give you […]

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Cards to Make for Summer Occasions All Month!

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All May we will be sharing cards to make for summer occasions – today kicks us off perfectly! We like to give you a little head’s up on ideas and designs for what’s coming and this month we are sharing cards to make for summer occasions. From backyard barbecues to pool parties to road trips to soaking up the sun, we have cards to celebrate everything from the exciting to the everyday. Today, Jamie is serving up that idea with […]

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Simple Layered Stamping For BIG Impact!

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See how simple layered stamping can create gorgeous images! Today Jamie is showing off a perfect example of how simple layered stamping with different shades of our Color Fuse ink can create absolutely glorious images so beautiful they can stand on their own. You can swap out the sentiment and use this card for so many other occasions and even change up the Color Fuse color set for endless variations. Don’t you just love a card that lets you change […]

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A Die Cut Card For Dad

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You can make this die cut card for Dad in mere moments! As this month’s theme is all about cards to celebrate other special people, today Jamie is sharing this quick and easy idea for a sweet die cut card for Dad. Jamie used a combination of decorative paper and glitter paper layered together with different edges for lots of texture. Jamie started by die cutting her decorative paper using one of the dies from our Nested Rectangle Stitch die […]

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A Quick and Easy Card Idea – SO Sweet!

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Today’s quick and easy card idea is endlessly versatile! We love a good quick and easy card idea, especially one that is super versatile and can be used for any occasion. Jamie is sharing one today that we can see being the perfect jumping off point for any motif and any sentiment and we are loving her little touches. Let’s get into the making! Jamie started by using our Quilted Stitch Pierced Cover die to cut a piece of white […]

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A Funny Handmade Birthday Card Idea!

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See how a sassy greeting adds the giggles to this funny handmade birthday card idea. We are just cracking up at how Jamie took her very pretty design for a project adorned with layered die cut flowers and instantly turning it into a super funny handmade birthday card idea by using a chuckle worthy sentiment! When you see a card like this, you really start to appreciate some of the “less traditional” sentiments we have and see how they can […]

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Try This Easy Paper Pieced Card Background

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Today’s easy paper pieced card background can be an awesome go-to design element for any project! Today we have this oh-so-pretty birthday card that uses such a clever and easy paper pieced card background that we have been asking ourselves where has this been all our lives? Jamie used two coordinating papers from our Modern Floral 6 X 6 Paper Pad and they look gorgeous together! We can also see this easy and fast technique being used with boldly contrasting […]

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Make This Cute Cupcake Birthday Slimline Card!

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Today’s adorable cupcake birthday slimline card has tons of extra space for all your happy wishes! Today we get to “feast” our eyes on this adorable – and quick and easy! – cupcake birthday slimline card, loaded with cute details all thanks to the detailed stamps and a pretty patterned paper frame. Let’s look at the steps and see how we can reproduce this sweet treat at home. Jamie started by cutting her festive decorative paper and a piece of […]

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Handmade Pink And Gray Thank You Cards – SO Pretty!

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Grab this idea of beautiful handmade pink and gray thank you cards – fast, easy and totally versatile! Shades of pink and gray in combination is an enduring trend and today we have this idea for handmade pink and gray thank you cards from Jamie. This design takes full advantage of a soft shade against an equally soft neutral for a card that is elegant and understated but sends a true heartfelt message. Jamie says she wanted the pretty pattern […]

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