Author: Lisa Stenz

  • Birdhouse Card

    Boy, has it really been 3 days since I posted last. Sorry. I’m not sure where the time goes… Anyway, here’s a card I made today using a birdhouse template I found here. It was inspired by an adorable card that Niki made here. I loved her little shingles and thought they’d be perfect on…

  • Men’s Shirt Card

    I am in the process of making some card samples for a class next month. Fellow consultant, Lisa Aquino, created some really fun folded cards that I thought would be great for a class. Here is the first of the cards that I am hoping to make next month. It was inspired by one that…

  • Christmas Card

    I’ve had a few people ask to see the Christmas card that I made last year that inspired my birthday swap card. Well…here ya go. I used the same stamp set which is called So Sweet Seasons for the presents and the sentiment and used Cranberry and Sweet Leaf cardstock and markers. I love this…

  • Bunch a Bunch Card

    This card uses a variety of things including my fun Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. I got the idea to emboss it on the top and bottom from Beate’s blog. She gives great instructions here. I used two new stamp sets. The flowers and scalloped oval images come from My Favorite Things Bunch a Bunch set…

  • My Swap Card

    Here is my card for the CTMH swap that I am hosting. I created a Christmas card like this last year and thought it would be fun to use the same stamp but different colors to make a birthday card. I got the idea and directions here (scroll down and look for the post titled…

  • Thinking of You Card

    This card was inspired by Lauren Meader. She is amazing and I get so much inspiration from her blog! Her card here, is actually MUCH better, but I didn’t have the same stamp set so I used what I had. I used my new Inkadinkadoo set by Brenda Walton. I tried to look for a…

  • Papertrey meets CTMH

    I love the new Berry Sorbet color from Papertrey. Actually I love anything pink! I used Papertery’s new Berry Sorbet Pink Patterned Paper, and Stitched ribbon along with CTMH’s May Stamp of the month for this 5-1/4″ x 5-1/4″ card. The card design was inspired by Nichole’s card here. I think her card may be…

  • Card Swap anyone?

    If you received my last CTMH newsletter you’ll see that I am hosting a Close to my Heart card swap this month. I still have some spots open if you want to play too. Here’s what I said about it in my newsletter… Do you love handmade cards as much as I do? How would…