Hello, as a surprise for my sister-in-law Diane, I brought her a handmade box filled with four cards, with stamped envelopes, featuring products from the Magnolia Lane Suite. Here is a close up of the front of the box with a Magnolia die cut colored with Stampin’ Blends. The first card uses a piece of designer series paper… Read More: Magnolia Lane Cards and Box for Diane »

Happy Saturday, as you read this I will be in Wildwood NJ so this is the perfect card for me to share. It’s a “Tag Card” made with products from the Come Sail Away Suite from the annual catalog. Below is a picture of the front of card featuring some of the Smooth Sailing Dies, along with various… Read More: Sailing Away Tag Card »

Yesterday I shared with you the cards my Sunday Stampers made and today I thought I would share with you the card with a boo-boo that I fixed. If my stampers can’t make the monthly meeting and place an order, I’m happy to make a set of cards for them. While working the card and stamping all the… Read More: Fixing a boo boo »

When my Sunday Stampers meet this month one of the bundles we will be using is the new Friend Like You. The Friend Like You Bundle includes the Friend Like You Photopolymer stamp set and the Friendly Silhouettes Dies. The 14 piece stamp set includes palm trees, dragonflies and reeds – you can create tranquil lakeside scenes. The… Read More: Friend Like You Watercolor Version »

Hello there, hope you all had a nice weekend.  It was a rather weekend here in Western PA,  we did have some times of sunshine, but when it rained it rained. Below is the creek behind our house, normally you can’t see the water from the pool deck, but late Saturday after a storm the water was extremely… Read More: Bright & Cheerful »

Happy Saturday, hopefully you where lucky and able to take Friday as a vacation day after July 4th so your in the middle of a 4 day vacation, unfortunately for us in the accounting field with our day jobs it’s month-end/quarter-end close and I worked yesterday.  I did however enjoy down time on July 4th, including pool time… Read More: One design Two ways! »

#sttcchallenge = Stampinthroughthecatalog, page by page sharing samples made with new stamp sets. Today, Thursday July 4th the stamp set is “Daisy Lane”, which can be found on page 23 of the annual catalog.  This is a wonderful stamp set that coordinates with the Daisy Punch and comes in a bundle featuring the new Medium Daisy Punch. My… Read More: #sttcchallenge – Daisy Lane Stamp Set »

Happy Sunday!  Hard to believe it’s the last day of June, here has the first of the year gone! Hopefully I’ll be able to get some pool time into, Saturday we had thunder storms all afternoon – not the best for pool time. Today I thought I would share a simple elegant card featuring Magnolia Lane Designer Series… Read More: Simple Elegant Birthday Card »

Happy Birthday to my sister-in-law Diane, hope you have a great day! Today I’m sharing with you the card I’ve sent Diane for her birthday, it’s a gate fold card featuring Good Morning Magnolia Bundle (cling mount stamp set & matching dies) as well as the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper. While not part of this suite of… Read More: Happy Birthday Diane! »

Looking for some fun crafting each month? Then Paper Pumpkin may just be for you. With a Paper Pumpkin subscription you receive an “Orange Pumpkin” box each month with a fun new craft. Some months are cards, other are projects like goodie bags, treat holders, always something fun. Each month your kit includes a stamp set and all the… Read More: July 2019 Paper Pumpkin »

Hello there – it’s Sunday Stamper day! Today I am sharing with you the cards we will be making when we get together. I’ll be featuring three of the new stamp sets from the Annual Catalog, two that are part of a bundle. Remember with bundles you save 10% off the price of the stamp set & punch… Read More: June 2019 – Sunday Stamper Cards »

The cards for today are similar yet different – I’m featuring Rococo Rose & Seaside Spray (both new 2019-2021 In-Colors) with the same layout and Magnolia flowers.  One card has gold heat embossing and the other water coloring. The bundle being used is Good Morning Magnolia – cling mount stamp set with matching Magnolia dies. First is the… Read More: Magnolia’s two ways »

Today I am featuring two cards made with the Floral Essence Photopolymer Stamp set, part of the Floral Essence Bundle – which comes with the Perennial Flower Punch that matches one of the flowers in the set. I’m not using the punch, just the stamp set. Each card is the same design, one is monochromatic the other uses… Read More: Same layout two ways ! »

On Sunday I used the Daisy Lane Bundle for my card for the Paper Craft Crew weekly challenge, today I thought I would show you how you can use the stamp set using the same design for both a masculine and feminine card. The funny thing about these cards is that I woke up one morning around 3am… Read More: Daisy Lane part 2 »

So which type of crafter are you? Beginner – just starting out Casual – craft every now and then Avid  – owns a lot of supplies and crafts alot For my set of three cards showing each crafter type I’ve used the Beautiful Friendship Photopolymer stamp set, which has 13 stamps including images and greetings. I’m starting with… Read More: Which type of crafter are you? »