Happy 17th Birthday to my favorite niece Maya! It’s hard to believe she is this old and starting her senior year at high school. This summer when I visited, we took a trip to Wildwood and spent a few evenings on the boardwalk – Maya was the big game winner, even winning one of those squirting water games!… Read More: Happy Birthday Maya! »
One of the nice features of the Designer Series Paper in the 2019 Holiday catalog is the “B” side of the paper. Today I’m featuring two cards made with the Night Before Christmas 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. When I first looked through this paper while Christmas cards ran through my head as I looked at the… Read More: Guess what DSP I used? »
Bet the title of this post grab your attention! As you are reading this I am either on the plane, on the way to the ship or sailing on my way to the Western Caribbean on my first cruise! I’m cruising with five other ladies, all new old friends from high school. Todays card using the new Pigment… Read More: Girls Gone Cruising! »
Happy Saturday, one more sleep until I leave for my first cruise! Tomorrow, Sunday, September 15th I leave for a 7 day cruise with a group of girl friends, we sail the Western Caribbean. Recently I participated with other members of the 24/7 Stampers, a group of demonstrators I belong to for a card swap using products from… Read More: Swap Card with my 24/7 Stampers »
Over the last few months three of the houses close to us where sold and new neighbors moved in, I thought why not make a “Welcome” to the Neighborhood card to welcome them and include a set of handmade cards as well. While all three couples are younger than me, they each appreciated the gesture and already have… Read More: Welcome to the neighboorhood! »
Today I thought I would feature a card made using the Monster Bash Suite, perfect for all the Halloween lovers out there! This suite has a nice variety of products including really cute coffin treat boxes, which are food safe and look great embossed. Here is how I put the card together: Terracotta Tile card base that is… Read More: Open if you dare . . . »
Happy Sunday, one week from now I will be on my way to the Port of Miami to go on my very first cruise! I’m sailing with a group of “new old friends” from high school for an all girls trip! The trip caused us to move our Sunday Stamping to an earlier week and here are todays… Read More: September Sunday Stamper Cards »
Happy Friday, the weekend is almost here, for some reason this four day week, seems like forty. Today’s card is for the FabFri171 Challenge Blog, banner below. I’d like to thank the team over at FabFri for picking my card from FabFri170 as a Fab Five. You can see that card here if you missed it. My card… Read More: Wishing you Well for FabFri171 »
Happy Birthday to my godson Jason! He lives in Florida, so I thought a card featuring the Sailing Home Bundle & Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper. This was a fun card to put together and includes one of the frames from the Ornate Frames Dies, part of the new Monster Bash Suite in the new 2019 Holiday… Read More: Jason’s Birthday! »
Save on Selected Designer Series Paper – Sept. 4-30, 2019 We all love gorgeous Designer Series Paper. By popular demand, Stampin’ Up! is bringing back the Fabulous Designer Series Paper Sale! From September 4–30, you can buy three packages of select Designer Series Paper, and get one FREE! Take advantage of this excellent opportunity to purchase pretty papers… Read More: Save on Selected Designer Series Paper – 2nd post today! »
Happy Wednesday! It’s a big day here at Stampin’ Up! – the 2019 Holiday Catalog goes live today! This is an awesome new catalog packed with a lot of great products, including 8 Products Suites and 25 Bundles. Below I’ve listed the suites and the catalog image showing projects made with products in the suites. What’s really nice… Read More: 2019 Annual Catalog goes live today! »
Happy Sunday, it’s so hard to believe it’s September already – where did the summer go? Not exactly pool weather here this weekend, but I just might try, never know when I will get the chance to get in again this year. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Inspiration Challenge Butterflies & Blooms PCC349. I would… Read More: PCC349 Butterflies & Blooms »
Need a “HAND” with Halloween crafting, then the September Paper Pumpkin is just for you! Halloween is two months away, which means that Paper Pumpkin Team has been busy, busy, busy with their frightful festivities, they designed September’s kit, Bone Appétit, with you in mind. This kit includes 20 food-safe treat boxes, a unique and exclusive Halloween… Read More: Need a “hand” with Halloween crafting? »
When thinking of a card to make for today I decided to look through my stamp sets for one I have not used in a while and came across the Abstract Impressions stamp set. I knew I wanted to make a bright and cheerful card featuring the 2018-2020 In-Colors since I used the new 2019-2021 In-Colors on Tuesday… Read More: Cheerful colors with Abstract Impressions »
Today I’m featuring two cards made with the Dandelion Wishes Stamp Set in Rococo Rose & Pretty Peacock, two of the 2019-2021 In-Colors. The first card is simply a mat & stamped unit die cut from the Stitched Rectangle Dies. The card base is Rococo Rose card stock, with coordinating mat and stamped image. The designer paper is… Read More: In-Color Dandelion Wishes »
Merry Christmas in August to all! This month I went through my current stamp sets and picked out a handful to use and pull together some quick and easy holiday cards. The first two cards this month feature the Rooted In Nature Stamp set and coordinating Nature’s Root Dies. For the card on the left I used the… Read More: Merry Christmas in August! »
Happy Saturday, welcome to the weekend! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch PCC348, banner below, check out their blog and play along. As I looked at the sketch I knew I wanted to use the Medium Daisy from the Daisy Lane Bundle and since I had come scraps from the Magnolia Lane Designer Series… Read More: Daisy Lane meets Magnolia Lane for PCC348 »
Happy Friday! Any special plans for the weekend? I’m starting my weekend a day early as I’m on vacation today, hopefully getting some crafting in, then Dan & I are meeting up with folks I went to high school with and going to the Pittsburgh Pirate Baseball game. Each month, the last Wednesday of the month, there is… Read More: FabFri170 Color Challenge »
The other day I showed you a card I made for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge using the August Paper Pumpkin & Add-On Kit, check that out here. Today I’m sharing with you the actual kit projects. At the very end of the post is the monthly video posted by the Paper Pumpkin Team to show… Read More: August Paper Pumpkin »
Hi there, how is everything going with you? We had a nice weekend here, spent some time both Saturday and Sunday in the pool and my Sunday Stampers met and we made the projects you saw yesterday featuring the Magnolia Lane Suite. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge, PCC347, check out the banner… Read More: Paper Pumpkin for PCC347 »
Happy Sunday, today my Sunday Stampers will be meeting and I thought I would share with you the projects they will be making. Each person will be making a card box and three cards, all featuring the Magnolia Lane Product Suite. The question is – which of the cards below will they be making? Everyone in attendance will… Read More: Aug19 Sunday Stamper Projects »
Happy Friday and welcome to weekend eve! Any special plans this weekend, I’ll be cleaning in preparation for my Sunday Stampers who will be meeting at my house this month – and don’t worry – I’ll get some pool time in with temperature close to 90! Today’s card is using some scraps of the Garden Lane Designer Series… Read More: Garden Lane DSP & Sneak Peek »
Todays’ card takes me back to my vacation at the end of July when I went to visit my brother and his family in New Jersey. For part of my awesome trip the five of us took at trip to Wildwood – a place were my family went for summer vacations for as long as I can remember.… Read More: Remember my July vacation & the beach »
So how was your weekend, we sure had a busy one. Friday night plans changed slightly when my husband took a tumble, thankfully the only thing injured was his pride, Saturday I spent the day prepping for my Sunday Stampers this coming weekend and finally on Sunday was able to enjoy some pool time and we went to… Read More: Garden Lane Designer Paper »
5 weeks from today I’ll be on my way to my first cruise which provided the theme behind today’s card! When I saw the colors for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge PCC346 Color Challenge, my first thought was a bright & cheerful beach scene. Beach scene makes me think of my upcoming cruise and my recent trip to… Read More: Thinking of my cruise for the PCC346 Color Challenge »
Happy Friday! Today’s card is for the FabFri169 sketch challenge. Before we move on to the card, I need to tell you a quick story. Last weekend while floating in the pool I came up with a card idea using a circle and the chair from the Seasonal Layers Dies – when I came in the house I… Read More: Relaxing beach for FabFri169 »
In looking for another idea for a “purple” card – I decided to go through my stamp sets and picked an oldie but goody – Beautiful You. It’s been around for a few years and I thought it was perfect for purple birthday week. As I mentioned the other day my sister-in-law Debbie’s favorite color is purple and… Read More: Highland Heather #2 »
I’m sure you have been seeing lots of cards made using the Good Morning Magnolia Bundle (Good Morning Magnolia Cling Mount Stamp set & Magnolia Memory Dies) and they have been with white flowers – well I’m switching it up this week. My sister-in-law Debbie’s favorite color is purple and I thought in honor of her and it… Read More: Magnolia’s don’t need to be white! »
Yesterday’s blog post included a card box and three cards made from products from the Come Sail Away Product Suites. today I’m sharing with you how each card was made. The first is Monochromatic – tone on tone – in Balmy Blue. The card base is 4.25″ x 11″, scored at 5.5″. Very Vanilla card stock was used… Read More: Sailing Home Card Box and matching cards – Part 2 »
Happy Saturday, hard to believe a week ago at this time I was in Wildwood NJ riding a bike on the boardwalk with my brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephew. It was the first time I’ve rode a bike in quite a few years, while I did not last the entire 90 minutes, I enjoyed my time on the… Read More: Sailing Home Card Box and Matching cards – part 1 »