Happy Sunday, how’s your weekend going? I’ve been using this weekend as holiday prep, making sure I have all the ingredients for our annual Christmas morning monkey bread and Broccoli & Rice casserole I make for Christmas dinner, getting the gifts together for the Christmas Eve grab bag and most important – my Christmas manicure & pedicure –… Read More: PCC318 Inspirational Challenge – Holidays! »
Today I have a Fun Fold card for you featuring both a Christmas and Birthday version. With this layout there are so many possible versions you can make, all you need is designer series paper and some card stock. Here are the layers for the card: Card base – 4¼” x 5½”, quarter of 8½” x 11″ card… Read More: Fun Fold 2 Ways »
It’s December 11th – 2 weeks before Christmas, are you ready? Today I’m featuring a card with tone on tone stamping, the image from the Half Full Stamp Set is stamped in Merry Merlot Ink on Merry Merlot card stock. When I stamp like this I stamp on the card stock before scoring to avoid any image mess… Read More: Tone on Tone for Christmas »
Today I thought I would share a really cute card using the So Santa Stamp set from the 2018 Holiday Catalog – this was a stamp set I just had to have – I love the images and used the Santa with the surf board on my Onstage swap card, you can check that card out here. The… Read More: Scooting on by . . . »
Today I thought I would share a couple more cards made with the Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper, there is flocking you can feel on the some of the images, and the Signs of Santa Photopolymer Bundle. These cards are based on cards in the holiday catalog and easy to put together. It’s possible the framelits may… Read More: Catalog Case Santa’s Workshop »
Hi there, hope you are having a good weekend. Yesterday I went for a pedicure and almost fell asleep in the massage chair it was so relaxing, wrote out some holiday cards and purchased a few gifts. The gift for my nephew came and I can’t wait to see his face when he opens it – we video… Read More: Resting Santa for FabFri151 »
Just think in one month it will be Christmas, where does the time go? Seems like we were just opening the swimming pool for the summer and now it’s almost the end of the year. Today I’m sharing my last batch of projects as part of my “Months of Christmas” series. There is a simple circle ornament, two… Read More: Christmas in November »
Today my Sunday Stampers will be gathering to make a couple cards and some gift tags using some of my favorite products from the holiday catalog. Now that we are getting close to the end a catalog, there is always a risk that some products will sell out without enough time to reorder and restock before the sale… Read More: Sunday Stampers November 2018 »
It’s hard to believe in two short months rom today, October 25th, it will be Christmas, how about some ideas for holiday projects? This month I’m sharing three card designs, including the two below – a Puzzle card which includes a puzzle for the recipient to put together and one that uses some of the scraps you know… Read More: Wow, 2 Months until Christmas ! »
Good morning, today I’m sharing with you the projects my Sunday Stampers will be making this morning. First up are two cards, the one on the left features products from the Country Lane Suite, including the Country Lane Designer Series Paper, Country Home Photopolymer Stamp Set and Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The card on the… Read More: October 2018 Sunday Stamper Cards »
Merry Christmas in September! I’ve decorated a candle and used some of my favorite new bundles from the 2018 Holiday Catalog to make this months projects. Bundles include: Merry Christmas to All Making Christmas Bright Takeout Treats Signs of Santa All members of my mailing list will be receiving the supply list and measurements to make all of… Read More: Christmas in September »
Today my Sunday Stampers are meeting and we will be making our first projects using new holiday products. The projects we are making today feature two of my must haves from the catalog: Takeout Treat Bundle – great for a variety of holiday! Santa’s Workshop Suite – the cutest figures ever and the framelits match both the stamp… Read More: Sept18 Sunday Stamper Projects »
Today I thought I would share a few Clean and Simple Holiday cards made with the Merry Christmas to All Bundle from the 2018 Holiday Catalog. Here is what the bundle looks like. Merry Christmas to All Photopolymer Stamp set – Say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Christmas, and much more to your loved ones. With this set,… Read More: Clean & Simple using new Merry Christmas to All Bundle »
With the introduction of the 2018 Holiday Catalog, I thought you might enjoy viewing the Stampin’ Up! video’s out to showcase some of the new products. Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and give them a watch: Tags & Tidings Bundle: Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder: Beautiful Blizzard Bundle: Winter Woods Bundle: Sincerely Santa Project… Read More: Grab a beverage and enjoy! »
Today’s the day the 2018 Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog goes live! When I first looked through the new 2018 Holiday Catalog, I fell in love with the Santa’s Workshop Suite. There are quite a few products in this suite and today I’m featuring the Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper and a greeting from the Signs of Santa stamp… Read More: Welcome to the Holiday Catalog and Signs of Santa ! »
Happy August 25th – 4 months to Christmas! Today I am featuring all holiday projects – a home décor item, cards and a paper purse for packaging your gift of handmade cards. This month features the Under the Mistletoe Designer Paper from the Annual Catalog (any paper will work, there are some great looking ones in the new… Read More: Christmas in August ! »
Color Your Season limited time offer – August 1 – 31, 2018 Get in the mood to create something full of colors and seasons! Introducing the all-new, limited-time Color Your Season products: Blended Seasons Stamp Set, an exclusive 10-piece wood- or clear-mount stamp set with images for every season ! Stitched Season Framelits Dies, a coordinating stitched die… Read More: Color Your Season Limited Time Offer & Coupon Special »
Happy July 25th and 5 months to Christmas! This year I’m doing something new, starting this month and each of the next four months on the 25th I will be posting holiday projects – a home décor piece, a packaging option and some cards. This month I’m featuring the “Under the Mistletoe” Designer Series Paper, Cookie Cutter Christmas… Read More: Christmas in July – let’s have some fun »
Happy Friday and the beginning of Hallmark Gold Crown Christmas Week! I’m a big fan of Christmas and all the movies on the Hallmark Channel. Today starts Christmas in July movies – guess what I will be doing this weekend, in between pool time of course! Hopefully watching the movies should provide inspiration for some additional Christmas ideas.… Read More: Pre Christmas in July with Pop of Petals »
Wishing you a holiday season that is Merry & Bright, remember Believe! Hope you are enjoying the day with family and friends. Thank you for stopping by today, have a great Christmas!
Happy Saturday, are you ready for the big day or still planning on running errands today and Christmas Eve? I’m hoping that I’m done as a do a final check on everything today. I’m the Broccoli Rice Casserole maker for Christmas and we always have Monkey Bread Christmas morning, better to know now if I’m missing an ingredient,… Read More: PCC273 Inspirational Challenge – Holidays »
Today I thought I would share with you the “Pillow Pizza Box” gifts I made for my travel buddies. When you travel for a Stampin’ Up! event us demonstrators like to make what we call “pillow gifts” for those we are traveling with – something to surprise them with on their pillow at night. For this trip, while… Read More: Pizza Box Gifts for my travel buddies! »
Today I thought I would share a fun card with you using a non-traditional color for a Christmas card – Berry Burst. When I looked at this piece of paper from the Merry Little Christmas Designer Series paper I thought of the tree in the Santa’s Sleigh Thinlits and how cute that would looked layer on it. I… Read More: Non Traditional Christmas Colors »
Welcome to the 12th Sunday of Christmas. It’s never to late to make a holiday card, just look through your stamp sets and I’m sure you will see possibilities. Today I thought I would feature stamp sets you may have and how they can be used for holiday cards. The two cards below uses the Medallions from the… Read More: 12th Sunday of Christmas »
Happy Monday, hard to believe three weeks from today is Christmas, how close are you to being ready? I still have ways to go! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge. The banner below is the design for the card. While the image has flowers, my first thought was snowflakes, then decided to use… Read More: PCC270 Beachy Christmas »
Welcome to the 11th Sunday of Christmas, hard to believe we are just a few weeks away from the big day! This week I’m featuring the iconic stamp set Lovely as a Tree. These timeless tree images will fill any landscape and keep you in tune with nature. They’re great for water coloring, embossing and stamping in any color!… Read More: 11th Sunday of Christmas – Lovely as a Tree »
Welcome to the 10th Sunday of Christmas, hard to believe this is the last Sunday in November and Christmas is less than one month away. Today I’m featuring the Carols of Christmas Bundle – the Carols of Christmas Stamp Set and Card Front Builder Thinlits Dies – when you purchase the bundle you save 10%. Deck the halls… Read More: 10th Sunday of Christmas – Carols of Christmas Bundle »
Welcome to the 9th Sunday of Christmas 2017. This week I’m featuring Gift Packaging. Stampin’ Up! carries a nice variety of products perfect for your gift packaging needs. First are the Mini Pizza boxes, just the right size for holding a cookie or 3″ x 3″ (7.6 x 7.6 cm) note cards. Boxes come in packages of 8,… Read More: 9th Sunday of Christmas – Gift Packaging »
Welcome to the 8th Sunday of Christmas 2017 featuring the Hearts Come Home Bundle, which comes in either wood or clear mount stamps. Features the Hearts Come Home stamp set and Hometown Greeting Edgelits. Let Santa’s sleigh fly over beautiful houses and landscapes! Create a festive village in record time with Edgelits dies and the Big Shot. Combine… Read More: 8th Sunday of Christmas featuring Hearts Come Home »
Welcome to the 7th Sunday of Christmas 2017 featuring Craft Projects. For all my projects I’ve used Holiday paper, but these items are good anytime of the year. First are note pads with pens – the one on the left has a pen you can open and add designer series paper, other uses your basic pen. All you… Read More: 7th Sunday of Christmas – Craft Gifts »