Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Patriotic Pocket

   I'm up on the Stamp Simply blog today with this patriotic pocket. I created the pocket by cutting a piece of kraft card stock to measure 4. 75" x 8.5" I scored it at the 3" mark and folded the flap up to form the pocket. All the images were stamped on mixed media paper and colored with Arteza Real Brush Pens

Inside the pocket is an oversized tag featuring the Patriotic Background and a Betsy Ross flag with a sentiment from the Liberty Bell stamp set. 


There's a second pocket on the reverse side featuring the large text stamp from The Red, White, & Blue set. I distressed the edges and inked them with brown ink. 


  The tags in the second pocket have faux stitching around them.


 The Patriotic Background is one of their featured products this week and is currently 20% off! You can find their entire line of patriotic stamps and dies here. Any order that includes patriotic items will receive The Pledge of Allegiance stamp set absolutely FREE this week.  


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Thursday, May 14, 2026

Envelope Folio

 Today I have another folio to share with you. This one is made from gluing two envelopes together (as pictured below). To see this folio in action visit my Youtube page. 


 I used lots of  stamps and dies from Creative Worship Stamps and printable papers from Pink Monarch Prints.

After printing a double-sided piece of card stock and folding it in half, I hand sewed it into the center of my envelopes to create extra pages. 

Each layout features pockets and tuck-ins with encouraging sentiments. 


This particular folio has a sympathy theme as was created with someone in mind who recently lost her husband.  


I folded a pretty piece of printed paper in half and tucked it into one of hte pockets so as to have a space to write a personal note. 

I added pretty silver thread behind several elements to make them stand out a bit more. 


The Vintage Postcards set is one of my favorites - I find myself using it over and over again.


I added bits of crocheted lace throughout, to give the album a Shabby-Chic feel. 


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Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Patriotic Belly Band Card

  I'm up on the Stamp Simply blog today with this double flap fun fold card featuring several of their patriotic stamp sets. To see this card in action visit my Youtube channel. 

 The American Eagle set is one of their featured products this week and is currently 20% off! You can find their entire line of patriotic stamps and dies here. Any order that includes patriotic items will receive The Pledge of Allegiance stamp set absolutely FREE this week.  

 I started with a kraft A2 card base measuring 4.25" x 5.5" and I cut two kraft card stock strips to measure 2.25" x 5.5" and 1.75" x 5.5" Score the wider one at 1.75" and the narrower one at 1.25"


 Cut 1/8 of an inch off the front of your card so that when you attach the flaps it will lay flat. Glue the widest flap to the front of the card and the narrowest to the inside of the card. 

 Decorate all the card front, inside, and all the flaps with designer paper. I used a plainer piece on the inside right and created a little pocket on the left.

Create some fun tags for your pocket and stamp sentiments. 


All my images were stamped on mixed media paper and colored with Arteza Real Brush Pens. 


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Thursday, May 7, 2026

Sweet to the Soul


 Creative Worship Stamps has a BRAND NEW Sweet to the Soul printable and coordinating digital paper pack releasing today. 

I created this fun little folio using almost all the images in the printable and several of the new papers. See a little flip through on my Youtube. 

 First layout - I added crochet lace along the pockets on every page. 

Inserts from first layout - I resized a few of the images to fit my little folio better. 

To resize images, I opened the PDF and then used the screenshot function to select the item I wanted and saved it. After cleaning it up (erasing anything I didn't want around the image), I inserted it into my word program, sized it, and printed.  

 Second layout - I added stamped elements and CWS die-cuts throughout the folio.


 Second layout inserts - the button die from the Sew Happy stamp set fits those Typewriter Keys Alpha stamps perfectly!

 Back of folio -- last insert below

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