Kristie marcotte cards

Hello friends! It's time for a new card challenge. I hope everyone had a change to participate or catch up now that I've extended the challenges to every 2 weeks. I love seeing all the wonderful entries shared on my Instagram or Facebook pages.The new challenge is Mojo Monday sketch 539. Make a card using the provided sketch. You

Hello friends! It was time for me to turn another 6x6 paper pad into a set of cards. I used the beautiful Potted collection by Catherine Pooler. I love the plant themed paper pad! Even with the little bit of pink, I think it works well for masculine or feminine cards. Since I will be

Hello friends! Yay for autumn card making season! It's my favorite time of year. As soon as I saw Simple Stories Cozy Days collection, I knew I HAD to have it. I don't think the designs are all fall looking, so it could be used all year round. I did purchase both ephemera packs, but

Hello friends! Can you believe Christmas is less than a month away? Yikes! I'm not even close to being ready. But I do have my tree up and a ton of Christmas cards finished.I try to have at least 300 Christmas cards every year. I will donate about half of the cards. The rest will

Hello friends! I'm sharing cards I made using one of Love From Lizi's paper packs. Along with the monthly kits, there are a variety of other paper collections available. This is the So Woodland paper pack and it includes 16 sheets of 8x8 pattern paper. Some are specialty papers with gold foil, spot gloss, fabric texture and pearlescent.

Hello friends! It was time to tackle a new 6x6 paper pad. This time I used Echo Park's Plant Lady. I will admit I'm not much of a plant person, but I just love the colors and designs in this paper collection so I had to buy it. There are quite a few fun sentiment

Hello friends! I finished off another 6x6 paper pad. This time I used Summer Daisies from Scrapping for Less. I really like the floral designs and soft colors. This collection would be perfect for a variety of card themes including sympathy or birthday. I decided to stick with mostly general and thank you sentiments though

Hello, friends! Queen & Company has another fun Sentiment Stacker set called Support. The kit includes 2 full 6x6 paper pads. One is all pattern papers and the other is solid colors that coordinate with the pattern papers. There are also 3 word dies, 3 outline word dies and a 2"x 3" stamp set. Watch the

Hello friends! Happy Spring to you! I hope the weather is being kind to you. It's been all over the place where I live, but overall feeling more like spring.My only card goals this year is to stay ahead on my cards going to the retirement home residents. I'm finished with Easter and Mother's Day

I was recently asked by Wendy Carmichael from Queen & Co. to use my 6x6 Paper Pad Tutorial with one of their specialty card kits. I was really excited and very honored to be asked. They make some super fun kits. Each kit is full of just about everything needed to make quite a few

Hello friends! I can't believe it's almost Easter and I'm just now finishing my cards! I bought Simple Stories Hip Hop Hooray collection when it was first released. It is a 6"x8" paper pad, and I thought it would be perfect for making lots of Easter cards. I also purchased 2 of the same ephemera

Welcome to the ninth post in my 6x6 Series. I'm using one 6x6 paper pad to make cards and won't stop until it's all gone. If you're new to my 6x6 Paper Pad Tutorial, check it out HERE. I'm using another sketch from Reverse Confetti. I love layers on a card and Reverse Confetti sketches

Over the past 6 months, I have been sending out Kindness cards. Mostly to random people and many times anonymously. There are so many different stamp companies that have awesome Kindness stamp sets available now. I've purchased quite a few fun sets and thought it would be fun to use my 6x6 Paper Pad Tutorial

Hello friends. I figured it was time to disappear another 6x6 paper pad. I used Echo Park's I am Mom collection. It's a beautiful paper pad with soft pastels and navy blue. I love the assortment of pattern papers. Florals, graphic designs, aprons, and cars. And my favorite is the camera paper since I'm such

As much as I love using Doodlebug Design's bright and cheerful 6x6 paper pads, once in awhile I like to change it up a bit. I like to make cards that offer encouragement or brighten someone's day. Showing kindness to others is so important. That's why I personally mail out quite a few handmade cards

Hello friends! At the beginning of 2021, I decided to try something different. Whenever I finish off a 6x6 paper pad, I usually have a few leftover paper scraps. I collected all of the scraps throughout the year and challenged myself to make a few more cards. This sounded like a fun idea until I

There's a new sketch over on the OWH Stars & Stamps blog. It was fun using all the different flower die cuts to add for embellishment. sketch - OWH #251 paper - Carta Bella - Traditions stamps - My Favorite Things frame die cuts - My Favorite Things flower die cuts - The Stamps of