If retro is your style, this stamping technique with Yippee-Skippee is for you! like…….awesome, you know? I created this unusual card from remembering a card on this order swapped at convention years ago. I don’t have any idea who made it, but when I saw this “awesome thanks” in the Yippee-Skippee stamp set, this card […]
Tuesdays with Tim: Up North
My favorite event of the summer is the State Fair. (stay with me here…) Two years ago, I spend 35 hours there in 4 trips. Last year ….only half of the time and half the trips. Even sadder, this year may be down to 10 hours and 1 trip. Thats too little time doing what […]
Undefined! Create Your Own Rubber Stamps!
What would you make a rubber stamp of? Here is my first attempt! Since my blog name is “Stamping on the Back Porch”, you know I like to sit outside and make cards while hearing the birds sing and watching the world go by. It seemed fitting to create a stamp for that! Here it […]
My Paper Pumpkin, My Way!
Get Creative with My Paper Pumpkin! This is the card that is the pictured idea for this month’s My Paper Pumpkin but watch what I did with the other three cards that came with it. …and, by the way, I love this bicycle stamp! Its a real bike, not cutesy or vintage. Wouldn’t any kid […]
Too Kind is made for the Stamp-a-ma-jig!
How to line up those stamps perfectly! Too Kind is just the kind of stamp set that you might want to use the Stamp-a-ma-jig with…….even if you aren’t one of those perfectionists! Usually, I tell people its my job to cure people of perfectionism. (If you need perfect, go to a card store. We are […]
Gifts of Kindness Framed in Ruffles!
Ruffled Ribbon & Oval Framelits for an elegant frame! Who do you know who would love this for a birthday card or thinking of you card? This easy to make frame would also be perfect with a child’s picture in it – or a vintage picture! Turn it into a wall hanging. I had fun […]
Five-Way Flower Done Your Way!
Did you know….there are 4 Scallop Circle Punches that fit the Five-Way Flower? Look at the variety of way you can use them with on this card just by changing the papers. This card uses the Season of Style Designer Series Paper on a Crumb Cake card base, and Cherry Cobbler ink. […]
and the Winning Cards are…
Enjoy these four winning cards from our Fine Line Swap last night. First Place by Julie Link Julie used the En Francais stamp and the Oval Collections Framelits to make the background of this card. She first made a mask out of the framelits and then stamped through that. She used Field Flowers to complete […]