Happy Friday. Any special fun plans for the weekend? I’m hoping for a nice relaxing one, next weekend we have graduation parties and my Sunday Stampers meet. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge, PCC295, check it out! Today’s card started with me deciding to use the High Tide Photopolymer Stamp set to create a… Read More: PCC295 – High Tide »
Happy Thursday, hope your week is going well. Today I have a card for you featuring the Rooted in Nature Bundle. Over the weekend when I was looking through the Wood Textures 6”x6” Designer Series Paper for another project, I came around the piece I’m featuring today and thought it would go nice with this bundle. The card… Read More: Wood Textures with Rooted in Nature »
Today’s post is one of the cards I made recently using the Garden Impressions 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper and the Tailored Tag Punch. I’ve seen cards like this on Pinterest and thought it would be a good design to showcase some of the awesome papers in this collection. The card is simple to make, cut a… Read More: Featuring Garden Impressions DSP »
Happy Sunday, hope your weekend is going well. Yesterday I went through all of my handmade cards on hand from January 1 – May 31 and pulled out some for gifts and fifty to use for two gift baskets for my high school reunion picnic in July. Last year my gift baskets were popular raffles and this year… Read More: Card from my dreams with vellum and dots »
Today’s post is perfect to go with a cup of coffee, tea or your favorite beverage, as you sit back, relax and watch a few of the Stampin’ Up! video’s around their new products in the 2018-2019 Catalog. Rooted in Nature Bundle: Layering Alphabet Edgelits: Sitting Pretty Bundle: Abstract Impressions Bundle: Calligraphy Essentials: Hope you enjoyed these video’s,… Read More: Check out some of the new Stampin’ Up! product video’s! »
The Stamparatus helps you perfectly align stamp images, stamp multiples of the same project quickly and precisely, and get complee ink coverage. A must-have tool for all stampers, the Stamparatus helps you perfectly align stamp images, stamp multiples of the same project quickly and precisely, and get complete ink coverage. It was created by stampers for stampers, so… Read More: Stampin’ Up! new precision stamping tool = Stamparatus »
Hope everyone had a nice weekend checking out the Stampin’ Up website looking at all the fun new products that are part of the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog release. Here is sounded like it would be a cool rainy weekend, glad they were wrong and I managed to get a couple pool hours in both days thanks to the… Read More: Sitting Pretty for PCC294 »
Today I thought I would share with you one of my favorite new bundles from the 2018-2019 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog – Lilypad Lake. The Lilypad Lake Bundle includes the Lilypad Lake Stamp set which has serene sentiments for sending out calm vibes to your loved ones and includes 10 rubber stamps. Lakeside Framelits Dies, create beautiful die-cut… Read More: Lilypad Lake Bundle reminds me of summer »
Happy Friday, what better way to kick off the weekend with the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog which is available now for shopping. Hope you are as excited about this as I am! One of my favorite new items that as a demonstrator I was able to preorder was the Nature’s Poem Suite which includes the Rooted in… Read More: 2018-2019 Annual Catalog available today! »
Today, May 31st is the last day for the 2017-2018 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. All products are now while supplies last. Here are a few cards made with retiring bundle/stamp set. Make sure to pickup your items today. All orders placed today will be received a package of embellishments (from the new June 1st catalog) as a thank… Read More: *** Last day 2017-2018 Catalog *** »
In viewing Pinterest over the weekend I came across some cards where scalloped circles and stamp sets were used to make a card image that looks like a dress, here is my version using the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set and Layering Circles Framelits. To get started I cut a Whisper White piece of card stock to 4″ x… Read More: Beautiful Bouquet + Scalloped Circle = Dress »
Memorial Day is a holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country’s armed forces. The holiday, which is currently observed every year on the last Monday of May, marks the unofficial start of the summer vacation season. Here is a card I made using the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits with Red,… Read More: Happy Memorial Day »
Happy Sunday, hope you are enjoying your weekend. I’ve spent 2-3 hours each day since Thursday in the pool, I plan to continue this until I go back to work on Tuesday. We’ve also been grilling a lot, first steaks and ribs, today it’s hamburgers with homemade macaroni salad and baked beans. My card for today is for… Read More: Sneak Peek of products for PCC 293 »
Thursday I started my Memorial Day weekend with two vacation days before the long weekend. The weather here is to be in the mid to upper 80’s until Tuesday with possible pop up showers due to the heat and humidity, perfect pool weather. Last weekend we opened our pool and I’m hoping to spend a few hours each… Read More: Long weekend for me . . . »
Happy Birthday to my favorite nephew Jake! Thought I would share with you the card I sent him for his birthday. The card features the new Lined Alphabet Photopolymer Bundle, which features the Lined Alphabet Stamp Set and matching Layering Alphabet Edgelits Dies. While this bundle will be available June 1st to customers, as a demonstrator I was… Read More: Happy Birthday Jake »
Happy Monday, hope you had a nice weekend. Had fun yesterday with my Sunday Stampers, when making the card using the Gotta Have it All Bundle, of the six people there no one made the same card, each person put their own twist on the card. Check out that post here. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft… Read More: Square card for PCC292 »
Hi there, hope you are having a good weekend. Today my Sunday Stampers will be coming to my house for our monthly stamping. Once all the stamping is done, cards made and orders submitted, I’ll be passing out the new 2018-2019 Annual Catalog and a little gift. I’ve made each person a color coach – tag of each… Read More: May 2018 Sunday Stamper Cards »
Today I thought I would share with you a few of the cards I’ve made using the Flower Shop Stamp Set, I’m sad to see it go. Create your own garden with a bunch of beautiful flowers. Six classic designs ranging from graphic to natural gives you many different options. Just stamp and bloom! Below is one of… Read More: Flower Shop Stamp Set, one of my first swap cards »
Today I thought I would share a project that combines one of the retiring stamp sets – Happy Celebrations, a photopolymer stamp set with the New In-Color Collection 2018-2020 which is available to purchase this month. The stamp set can be used to celebrate life’s happy events with handmade cards for a personal touch. Baby to birthday to… Read More: Retiring Stamp Set meets new In-Colors »
Happy Mother’s Day to all! Today is a day to recognize all the amazing, strong and compassionate women we know. To all you women out there, hope your day is special. ♥ My card for today is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch PCC291 Challenge. Click on the image to check out their blog and play along… Read More: Petal Palette for PCC291 »
Today my brother and his wife celebrate their 28th Wedding Anniversary ♥ For their card I used some retiring and carry over products including the Painted with Love Specialty Designer Series Paper and Sweet & Sassy Framelits (no longer available) to create stacks of hearts. The background was made with Embossing Paste colored with Berry Burst re-inker and the… Read More: Happy Anniversary Mike & Diane ! »
Today I thought I would feature the stamp set “Birthday Wit”, one of my favorites from the 2018 Occasions catalog. Sometime you want a cute, fun card and this stamp set delivers that. This stamp set comes in clear red rubber or wood mount. Here are the sentiments included in the stamp set, aren’t they fun! Say Happy… Read More: How about some fun birthday card? Take a look .… »
Hi there, hope your week is going well. Today I’m featuring one of my favorite retiring stamp sets, do you have this set? If not, it’s available until May 25th or while supply lasts. It’s called Butterfly Basics and I have the photopolymer version, but it also comes in clear red rubber and wood mount. What can yo… Read More: One of my favorite retiring stamp sets . . . »
Ok – – – I know you have some designer series paper just laying around wanting to be shown some love – well today I have for you three simple designs to help use some of that paper up to make room for the new designer paper your going to want from the Stampin’ Up! 2018 – 2019… Read More: Let’s use some of our retiring DSP ! »
Hi there, hope your weekend is off to a good start. We had a nice breakfast, I did some food shopping, had my hair cut and made today’s card. Hopefully the Penguins will win the hockey game tonight and all will be good today. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch PCC290, it’s a pretty… Read More: Share What You Love Suite for PCC290 »
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Happy Sunday, hope your having a good weekend. Weather here is rather on the chilly side and not a lot of sun, makes me just want to curl up on the couch and watch television. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge 289 – April Showers bring May flowers. For my card I decided on… Read More: Baby Bear for PCC289 »
Today I’m featuring a retiring stamp set that is one of my favorites – Birthday Blooms. Send your best ” bloomin’ ” wishes for birthdays or any day. This set comes with a birthday sentiment, but you will use it all year long. Stamp the large flower in Memento or Archival ink and color with your favorite tools… Read More: Melon Mambo Birthday Blooms »
Today I thought I would feature the April 2018 Paper Pumpkin Kit, Stampin’ Up!’s all-inclusive papercrafting subscription program. This service was designed for those who are new to paper-crafting, giving you no-fuss creativity in a box—delivered straight to your door. And now Paper Pumpkin is making it even easier to start getting creative by removing some of the… Read More: April 2018 Paper Pumpkin and Special Offer »
Variety is the spice of life and that’s especially true in the world of color. Stampin’ Up! (SU) makes a point to keep an eye on color trends across different markets and industries. When they see changes happening, the color spectrum is reviewed to ensure consistently on top of the trends. This brings us to the 2018 Color… Read More: 2018 Color Revamp »