IPS Tip: Make Announcements in Style with Gatefold Card

Gatefold cards:  an elegant way to present an announcement.

Many occasions–a birth, a wedding, graduation, moving, retirement and more–present the opportunity to make an announcement.  What type of card lends elegance and excitement to the news you have to share?  For a touch of flair, I like to make a gatefold gard. Remember my eight-layer Chinese-style gatefold card for David and Meijie?  (It was first presented on the Stampin’. . .[Read More]

My Digital Studio/Design Tool Saves Time, Brushed Gold

Eight-layer gate fold card:  Rooster 'Neath the Plum Blossoms

Welcome to InkPaperStamps and the Stampin’ Addicts My Digital Studio Blog Carnival.  MDS is a great digital paper crafting tool, helping you create digital and hybrid cards, scrapbook pages, calendars and more.  My favorite use for MDS, though, is as a design tool for traditional (stamps-ink-paper) cards.  This week, I needed a card for the wedding. . .[Read More]