Who says funny handmade cards for friends can’t also be gorgeous? Check out this sassy yet sophisticated card design idea! We’ve got lots of sentiments that can help you make funny handmade cards for friends and today Allie is sharing how she combined one of those with some truly beautiful flowers and a snazzy dimensional background for the perfect combination of sweet and sassy. Let’s check out how she did it. First, Allie stenciled shades of fresh green from Color […]
Continue ReadingHow to Use Busy Paper On Handmade Cards
Today we have a gorgeous design that helps you figure out how to use busy paper on handmade cards – check it out! Sometimes coming up with a design for how to use busy paper on handmade cards can be tricky. The paper and the pattern is gorgeous but you don’t want it to overtake the whole card. But you just can’t pass it up. Sound familiar? Today Carol is sharing her steps to use a more colorful, detailed pattern […]
Continue ReadingCute Card Ideas For Friends – Sweet Spring Version
You will want to save this in your card ideas for friends file FOR SURE! We are getting such a kick out of this precious card – it combines our theme of Spring with a design for cute card ideas for friends that can be adapted for any time of year. Jamie chose some sweet, soft colors for this version and we can see it in tropical colors for summer, those beautiful burnished shades for the fall and even this […]
Continue ReadingHandmade Cards To Support a Friend In a Slump
Sending handmade cards to support a friend? Check out this sweet design! There are lots of reasons to make and send handmade cards to support a friend going through something hard or unpleasant and this design idea from Jamie is a total go-to. It’s perfect for any gender, any age and for any reason because the sweet imagery is universally recognized and the colors are not too bright, not too dark……this is like the perfect “Goldilocks” card! Let’s take a […]
Continue ReadingA Great Idea for Handmade Encouragement Cards!
There are plenty of reasons to send handmade encouragement cards and this design is excellent for any one of those reasons! Sending handmade encouragement cards to people who are going through a challenge or could use a little boost is such a lovely way to let them know you are supporting them. This idea is so sweet and still packs a punch with its command to “Be Brave!” Let’s make one along with Melinda! First, stamp our Brushed Flower […]
Continue ReadingA Card For A Special Friend!
Make a card for a special friend – like this sweet project! We are always looking for an idea for a card for a special friend and today Renee has created one for use that is just so sweet and so perfect! Let’s see how to make one along with her, shall we? First, stamp your little foxy friend and her little pet mouse, color them in with your favorite coloring medium and cut them out with the coordinating dies. […]
Continue ReadingBee Cards From Kittie – Quick and Easy and Cute!
Kittie shared one of her truly adorable bee cards with us and we just had to share it with YOU. Kittie used our Honeycomb Die, Bee With Hive, Grass #2 and Kittie Says Friends with a white on white color scheme using bright pops of yellow and black. Kittie shares all her details over on her blog on the post you can see here and we thought we’d share a couple of highlights. Kittie cut the honeycomb from a white […]
Continue ReadingSeptember Release 2020 Unboxing Video!
We LOVE new product release days and today we have a whole bunch of fabulous new things to show you from our September Release 2020! Scroll down to see the pics of all the new goodies and scroll ALL the way down for a September Release 2020 unboxing video from Preeti to see these up close and personal. WOOT! First, we have a collection of the most RIDICULOUSLY adorable woodland creatures and some props from nature for you to create […]
Continue ReadingFriends Deserve Roses!
Hi my crafty friends! Rubbernecker Stamps has some new beautiful stencils that make for a quick, easy, dimensional card. To make my card I ran the Bold Rose Stencil through my Crossover II Die Cutting Machine. You’ll need a rubber mat, that’ll push them paper through the stencil to give it dimension. If you don’t have a rubber mat, this card can still be made without dimension. While the stencil is still on the paper and the rubber mat, […]
Continue ReadingFun Times With Bunches Of Bears
Hello everyone! It is Fun Friday with these cute little bears. They are the best Bunch of Bears (1045) you will find. Rae Ann did a magnificent job coloring them in all different colors with all kinds of colorful clothes. The sentiment she used actually came from another stamp set the Freehand Border Phrase set (900). It is amazing how she just uses parts of things to make her card look fabulous. Rae Ann cut the Bunch Of Bears out […]
Continue ReadingSweet Teddy Bear
Hello everyone! Happy Wednesday! We have a little something sweet for you today. Our designer used cute little Teddy Bear (895-05) stamp today. She paired Teddy Bear up with the My Own Past (822-04) sentiment making it a beautiful friendship card. To give the card some layers and texture she used several of our die cuts. Instead of using the matching Teddy Bear die cut (895-05D), she decided to use the Nested Circle w/Small Stitch die cuts(5012D). She also put […]
Continue ReadingFun Fox Friendship Card!
Our designer got very creative with using die cuts for her project this week. We didn’t have a window shaped the way that she wanted it to, so she made her own for this last cute autumn card of the year. She said first she used the Nested Rectangle w/ Pierce Die (5023D) to cut out her white card stock. After that she used the Small Frame Dies Die Set (950D) to cut out the little windows in the cardstock […]
Continue ReadingCoffee Blanket with Rae Ann
What a wonderful way to end the week… Rae Ann has us all snuggled up with the Coffee Blanket (3108) set. Her coloring is out of this world! She always does a fantastic job at getting all her colors to match her patterned paper perfectly! She is just amazing. To make it easy for her she used the Coffee Blanket dies (3108D) to cut out the lovely girl stamp in the set. We love her little hand cut coffee cup that […]
Continue ReadingDaisies with Jamie
Shaker cards are very fun. But, they are even more fun when Jamie puts them together using the Daisies (727-05) stamp and matching Daisies Die Cut (727-05d). She made this card look completely adorable for any friend. Jamie also used the perfect sentiment out of the Best Friends Etc. (3032) stamp set. Using the Nested Rectangle Stitched Die Cuts (5007d) even put a little texture on her card for her as well, making even more “Wow”. We hope you enjoy her […]
Continue ReadingAltogether Wonderful with Rae Ann
Rae Ann and her amazing talent are Altogether Wonderful (1050-03) just as her card says. Rae Ann says this is her last minute card, but we think it is lovely! It highlights the sentiment, and makes the die cuts that she used look beautiful without taking away from the rest of the card. The die cuts she used are Nested Oval Scallop Dies (5030df and the Nested Oval X Stitch Dies (5244-02). They look magnificent with the flower and ribbon embellishments that she has […]
Continue ReadingPreston and His Morning Coffee!
Preston (1118-05) is one of our newest, fun loving owls. We gave him a wood tree background and cut a hole using the Nested Circle Die Cuts (5002d) for a peek showing his love for coffee in his little tree house. And we didn’t leave him hanging by putting the leaves from the Leaf Group Die Cut (5118d) under his foot, as he tries to balance his coffee cup in the other foot. We also used the Coffee Blanket (3108) […]
Continue ReadingTree With Tire Swing with Jamie
Jamie always makes us the sweetest cards! This week she is showing her creativity with the new stamp Tree With Tire Swing (1106-02). She combined the Tree With Tire Swing with the You’re The Best (1135-03) sentiment making it a very sweet card for anyone. In the background she used the Tree Panel #1 Die (5126d), along with Small Leaf Group Die (5110d) to bring it all together to show the beauty of the card. Jamie also used the Nested Circle Stitch Die Set (5006d) […]
Continue ReadingRegan is Thinking of You!
Marilyn has made a very sweet “Thinking of you” card using one of our new little girls Regan (1117-14). She is a very cute little girl stamp, that is fun to put on any kind of card. For the “Thinking Of You” sentiment Marilyn used Best Wishes Etc. (3029). Marilyn also made Regan stand out a little more than the rest of the card by putting her on a circle she cut from the Nested Circle Die Cut Set (5002d). […]
Continue ReadingCoffee Blanket with Cristena Bagne
Coffee blanket stamp set (3108) is a very fun stamp set that you can do a lot of things with. Cristena used just the coffee, or tea in some cases, cups to make a very fun card. Cristena decided to use the matching Coffee Blanket Die Cut set (3108D) as well instead of cutting them out by hand. She also used Splatter Stains (3006) stamp set for her background paper. The sentiment however, didn’t come from the Coffee Blanket set, […]
Continue ReadingKylah with Rae Ann
Rae Ann made a very simple and sweet card today using Kylah (1117-15). Her coloring job as always looks fantastic. She really made the curly hair on her stand out. Rae Ann did something really fun, her sentiment is actually from the Coffee Set (3107) and the Best Friends Etc (3032). “A hug” comes from the Coffee Set and “For you” comes from Best Friends Etc. Rae Ann also used the new Nested Rounded Corner Rectangles w/Pierce (5019D), that gives the piece that […]
Continue ReadingSunset Poppies with Lisbeth Bengtsson
Lisbeth has amazing coloring skills, we all know that. However, when we saw her project for today we were all in awe. Her project using Sunset Poppies (1003), with the Butterflies Are Free (3020) stamp set looks beautiful with her coloring. She did all of her coloring with the Ken Oliver Color Bursts, Brights Assortment (cbset-1), Rich Moroccan Shades (cbset-4), Fresh Florals (cbset-5), and Caribbean Brights (cbset-3). She also used the Rubbernecker Watercolor paper (wcp) to stamp everything on and make it look wonderful. The way […]
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