Beautiful Embossed card swaps with foil accents

November 19, 2025

Our Team swap theme was to use foil or heat embossing on our cards. This was a fun theme that is especially easy around the holidays.

Today I’m sharing Jonna’s stunning card in Black, Silver & White:

It’s a ‘Wow’ card for sure! She textured the Basic Gray card layer with the Sunflower 3D embossing folder seen here first and then rubbed it with Versamark ink. Then she heat embossed it with Silver embossing powder. Just gorgeous!

Her measurements are as follows:
– Embossed layer 3 1/2″ square
– Black layer 3 3/4″ square, Black greeting layer 3 3/4″ X 1 1/4″
– White is 4″ X 5 1/4″, White greeting layer is 3 1/2″ X 1″

The greeting is from the Branching Out stamp set.

It’s a beautiful card Jonna!

~~~

The kits below will ship out this week so you have plenty of time to finish them by December. And they’re quick & easy too!

The Christmas Tags & More cards are easy because there isn’t any stamping. The greetings are from the gold foil ephemera pack included in the kit.

This kit to go includes a share of the festive designer paper, the ribbon, the peppermint gems, the ephemera greetings, the PDF tutorial and video too. Plus the pre-cut 10 cards that are all fun folds. All for $30 plus shipping. It’s a fabulous deal!

Don’t wait long; I have just a few left. Go here to get yours. *You will need to cut your new designer paper for the cards but my directions make that simple.

~~~

The other kit I created this month is also easy but does require stamped greetings. But there is very little prep & just a little trimming of the card bases to create these beautiful wintery cards:

These cards could be winter or holiday; it’s your choice when you stamp the greetings.

This kit originated from a former Paper Pumpkin kit but I jazzed up the cards and added more to create 12 gorgeous cards. This kit includes 12 envelopes and a share of Peppermint gems plus the PDF tutorial.
I have a few left so grab yours soon. This kit is $29 and you can see it here.

**Remember to check out all of my kits to go and tutorials here at my shop; choosing more than one will save on shipping.

~~~

~~~

November Specials

New Online products are available on November 4th.
See them here.

Get the Peaceful Garden suite tutorial FREE with any online order in November!

All Posts

Adorable Card swaps featuring the Otterly Amazing suite

December 19, 2024

Today I'm sharing swaps that feature the adorable Otterly Amazing suite from our recent release of Online Exclusives.

First is a card made by Kelly Acheson.

Save

The placement of her DSP is unique and leaves room for the cute swimming fish at the bottom. She used the coordinating stamp & dies for her otter, coloring it with Blends markers. Her colors include Crumb Cake and Early Espresso.

Next is a fun fold card by Tracy Jacobs.

Save

She made a cut on her card base and adhered the right side down which allowed the left side to open. Her colors include Gray Granite with White.

Measurements – card base 4 1/4" X 11" score at 5 1/2". At the bottom right cut to the score line at the 1" mark. the DSP and inside White layer are 3" X 5 1/4". The punch is the Modern Oval punch from the Annual Catalog.

Save

Lastly we have a sweet card made by Julie Davison.

Save

Her colors include Old Olive, Early Espresso, Balmy Blue & Calypso Coral. She cut the otter from the Otterly Amazing DSP seen here. Her circle punches and angled DSP add a bit of playfulness that matches up with the jumping otter.

See this suite here online.

~~~

December Specials:

*current host code link:

P243X6VH

Save

3 new designer papers!

~~~

Save

Available December 3rd; while supplies last!

~~~

Save

~~~

Save

Leave a Reply Cancel reply
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
Comment *
Name *

Email *

Website

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Cute swaps with the Perfect Pairs

December 18, 2024

Today I'm sharing a few card swaps made by gals in a long distance swap.

First is a card made by Selene Kempton. She is someone I've recently become friends with and I cannot say enough about her huge heart and fun personality.

Save

I love her color choices of Petal Pink with Crumb Cake, White & Early Espresso. Cute layout too! Her cards are often among my favorites. The textured background is made with the Dashing Designs embossing folder seen here.

~~~

This next cute card was made by Kay Cogbill.

Save

She used the Marbled Elegance specialty DSP for the background and as a layer under her main image.

You can find this adorable Perfect Pairs stamp set here. It's in our online exclusives but that just means it's not seen in any printed catalog. Anyone can order these items!

Save

Here's another sample seen online in the SU store. Did you know that when you're looking at our product you can find multiple ideas from their samples?

Save

I'll share more card swaps tomorrow.

~~~

December Specials:

*current host code link:

FFMDFU3J

Save

3 new designer papers!

~~~

Save

Available December 3rd; while supplies last!

~~~

Save

~~~

Save

Leave a Reply Cancel reply
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
Comment *
Name *

Email *

Website

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Stunning Marbled Elegance swap cards

December 17, 2024

Today I'm sharing some card swaps I received from a mail out swap I participated in. These cards all feature the Marbled Elegance suite seen online here.

First up is a pretty card made by my friend Kelly Acheson:

Save

She added a bunch of gold elements plus a fussy cut 'xoxo' greeting. She heat embossed the greeting, used Gold Foil for her die-cut heart and DSP layer plus the new Twisted Gold thread and Gold Adhesive-backed Hearts. Whew!

~~~

This next card was created by another sweet friend from Minnesota, Kay Kalthoff.

Save

She used the Classic Wedding bundle seen here. So cute! Love the car with the 'just married' banner added to the back.

~~~

Next is a beautiful card made by another Minnesota friend; Sandy Carlson.

Save

Her colors are Melon Mambo with Gold & white. She used two of the heart dies in the bundle plus textured the White square die-cut with the So Swirly embossing folder. I love banners and adding that 2" banner on the left adds a good amount of this Marbled Elegance DSP without overpowering the card.

~~~

Lastly we have a gorgeous card made by my friend Ruth Bingle from Arkansas. We love to hang out together on our SU trips. She's a doll!

Save

Her card has a center flap opening. I didn't get a photo of the inside though. She used the Metal plate folder for her embossed strips on the side. Isn't that gold textured heart die-cut gorgeous!?

I'll share more card swaps tomorrow.

~~~

December Specials:

*current host code link:

FFMDFU3J

Save

3 new designer papers!

~~~

Save

Available December 3rd; while supplies last!

~~~

Save

~~~

Save

Leave a Reply Cancel reply
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
Comment *
Name *

Email *

Website

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.