When I first paged through the 2019 Occasions catalog there was a bundle I knew I just had to have, the Happy Tails Bundle which includes the Happy Tails Photopolymer Stamp set and matching Dog Builder Punch. Since we have been married we have had six pf the best dogs, our current dogs are Nitro & Diesel, both… Read More: Happy Tails! »
Today I’m sharing a card I’ve made for a friend of mine, Cindy who is a big Disney fan. We both share the same birthday, which just happens to be today. Cindy is one of the sweetest people to loves to do for others and is always taking pictures. Here is a picture from our trip to Nashville,… Read More: Happy Birthday to my birthday buddy! »
Happy Saturday. Here just north of Pittsburgh we are expecting a snow storm today into tonight and tomorrow with an estimate of anywhere from 8″ – 16″ of snow. My Sunday Stampers were to meet this weekend, but I postponed until next weekend for everyone’s safety. Today’s post is a card for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge PCC322,… Read More: PCC322 Color Challenge »
I needed to put together some birthday cards for a friend and wanted to make a few that were not to complicated and here is the result. Using the new Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper, I just love the bright cheerful colors and the Picture Perfect Birthday Photopolymer Stamp set it was easy to create a few cards.… Read More: DSP & stamp set = Mash Up! »
Hope you are having a good week so far. Today’s card is for the FabFri154 challenge – this challenge features 5 colors, see the banner below for the list of colors. I thought about it for awhile and when the new Well Written Framelits, part of the Well Said Bundle I knew exactly what I wanted to do… Read More: No stamping for FabFri154 »
Today, January 14th is one month until Valentines Day and the perfect day to share a simple card to make for someone special. The card starts with 5 strips of designer paper using the new All My Love 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper, which pairs nicely with Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake, Flirty Flamingo, Lovely Lipstick, Soft Sea… Read More: One month to Valentine’s Day »
Sit back, relax and enjoy some Stampin’ Video’s highlighting some of the new 2019 Occasions & Sale-A-Bration products. First is a video highlighting the foil paper featured in yesterday’s post: This video highlights the Lovely Lattice stamp set featured in this post: All My Love Suite of products, I’ve used these in this post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTOVUoYmkIA If you love… Read More: Sit back, relax and watch a few video’s »
Happy Saturday, hope you had a good week and that your weekend is off to a good start! I’m prepping for my Sunday Stampers next weekend and planning to watch some football and hockey. We are finally having some winter weather so a pot of homemade vegetable soup is in order. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft… Read More: PCC320 with no ink – just paper ! »
Today I am featuring products from the All My Love Suite from the 2019 Occasions Catalog. This suite includes: Forever Lovely Bundle Forever Lovely Photopolymer stamp set – 14 pieces Lovely Flowers Edgelits Dies – 14 pieces All My Love 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper All My Love Ribbon Combo Pack (Flirty Flamingo & Lovely Lipstick) Heart… Read More: Love You! »
Today I am featuring the Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set – So Hoppy Together – #149725. This is a nine piece Cling Mount Stamp set and is yours free with a $50 USD purchase (before tax/shipping). The stamp set was quite the hit at Onstage back in November 2018 due to the placement of two of the stamped frogs –… Read More: Hoppy for you ! »
Today I’m featuring the Lasting Lily Distinktive Photopolymer Stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure. This stamp set has 16 different stamps and is free with a $100 USD purchase (before tax/shipping). This product is one of two in the brochure that requires a $100 minimum purchase. The detail of the images is striking and I find less is… Read More: SAB – Lasting Lily »
Happy Sunday, hope you are having a good weekend so far. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew PCC320 Sketch Challenge. The banner sketch is below and you can check out their blog by clicking here, or clicking on the banner. I thought with Valentine’s Day a little over a month away this was the perfect time… Read More: Valentine for PCC320 »
Well now, we are three days into the new 2019 Occasions catalog, how long is your wish list, mine is rather long. Today I thought I would share with you the new Incredible Like You Photopolymer Stamp set. It’s a lovely 15 piece set that even has a project kit that can be paired with it. For my… Read More: Incredible Like You! »
Yeah! today is the big day, the new 2019 Occasions catalog goes live and Sale-A-Bration starts. For those of you new to Stampin’ Up!, Each January a new Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration Promotion starts. Download a copy of the new Occasions catalog 20190103_OCC19_en-US. Sale-A-Bration is a special promotion from January 3, 2019 – March 31, 2019 and the more… Read More: 2019 Occasions Catalog & SAB start today ! »
Happy New Year! Did you do anything special last night? We spent a nice quiet evening at home enjoying a nice dinner of lobster tails, cauliflower and baked potatoes. Today we will have a “New Years” Pretzel for breakfast and traditional dinner of pork, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, baked beans and dinner rolls – something we always have on… Read More: Happy New Year! »
Happy New Years Eve! – any special plans for tonight? We are having a nice quiet dinner at home (lobster tails, green bean casserole and chocolate cake). It’s hard to believe this is the last post for 2018, where did the year go? It’s amazing how time just flies. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch… Read More: Bits & Pieces for PCC319 »
Normally at Stampin’ Up! events we do “Make & Takes”, were us demonstrators get to try new products to make and take home. This year as part of the OnStage 2018 in Orlando, while we did some Make & Takes we received a “Take & Make” using the new Amazing Life Stamp Photopolymer stamp set along with a… Read More: Take & Make, not a Make & Take »
Happy Friday. Yesterday I went to have my new driver license photo taken. I was number 196 and they were on 182, it actually went faster than I thought since numbers 190-194 magically disappeared, now I’m good for another few years! Todays card is for FabFri153, a sketch challenge. Banner for the sketch is below and you can… Read More: FabFri153 Sketch Challenge »
Hope everyone had a nice holiday and where able to spend time with friends and family. On Christmas we Skyped with my brother and his family in New Jersey while opening gifts which is always fun and went to my cousins for a big family dinner with lots of great food that included: ham, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes,… Read More: Who doesn’t need some simple & easy cards sometime? »
It’s hard to believe Christmas is just 3 days from now, if you are looking for a cute packaging idea this self closing box may be just for you. This version of the box is large enough for a gift card, small gift, quite a bit of small candy pieces or even some cash! All you need is… Read More: Last Minute Gift Packaging – Self Closing Box »
Pretty soon Christmas will be here, if you are in need of a quick small packaging option, I have one for you. While looking through Pinterest and blogs that I follow this past weekend I came across this Gift Box with cover on Dawn Griffith’s blog. She received a gift from Vicki Spicer and liked the packaging so… Read More: Gift Box with cover – 2 ways – Great packaging… »
December 18th – one week to Christmas! Today I thought I would share a quick and easy cards and can be made with products you most likely already have – Punches! To get started all you need is a piece of card stock 4″ x 5 1/4″, designer series paper and a punch – for my samples I… Read More: Punch = Quick Card Background »
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! »
Happy Friday! Today’s card is for the Fab Friday 152 color challenge, you can check out their blog here. When I first saw the colors that make up this challenge, I thought of the Buffalo Check background stamp and a Christmas image. To get started I used Shaded Spruce ink to stamp the Buffalo Check stamp on Very… Read More: Color Challenge for FabFri152 »
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 »
Happy Saturday, any special plans today? I’ve already done my food shopping and need to run a few errands before going to a holiday party this evening. Everyone is to dress as their favorite holiday character, I have my costume ready, I’ll post a photo next week, need to keep it a surprise for now, but here is… Read More: First Frost meets Dandelion Wishes for PCC317 »
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 . . . »
Need a cute birthday card, hop along below to check out how I made one. Do you have some Toil & Trouble Designer Series Paper left over from Halloween and aren’t sure what to do with it? Below is a cute birthday card made with the frog side of one of the papers. The designer paper teams up… Read More: Need a cute birthday card? »
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 »