The calendar says October, but the temperature day is to be in the 80’s and humid, surely not a fall day temperature wise in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card weekly challenge, banner below for this weeks. Check out their blog by clicking here. The card I’ve created features paper from the All… Read More: Christmas Blessing for PCC309 »
Happy Friday. I’ve had a busy week and not sure about you , but I am looking forward to the weekend and a little extra sleep! Today’s card is for the FabFri147 challenge, you can check out their blog here. My cards started with a base of Blackberry Bliss card stock, a former color that’s back as part… Read More: Sponged leaves for FabFri147 »
Come celebrate World Card Making Day with a 10% sale on select products from Stampin’ Up! Brochure of products downloadable at the end of the post. All cards below are made with Note Cards and Matching Envelopes, Around the Corner & Calligraphy Essentials Stamp sets along with Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green and Gorgeous Grape ink pads. Very Vanilla… Read More: World Card Making Day and Sale – save 10% on… »
Today was a sad day, if you follow me regularly you know over the summer I really enjoy my pool time on the weekends and this afternoon we closed the pool. The cover is on and it’s taking its nap until May 2019! The positive thing about a closed pool is that hopefully I should have more time… Read More: Garden Impressions for PCC308 »
When you die cut letters for a project do you think of using both the positive & negative space to create cards? Today I’m showing how using the same design along with positive & negative die cuts to create my cards. I’m featuring: Toil & Trouble Designer Series Paper Large Letter Framelits Glitter Enamel Dots Colors: Gorgeous Grape… Read More: Using postive & negative die cuts »
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 »
The September Paper Pumpkin Box has been extremely popular and extra boxes/supplies will go on sale, September 24th, while supplies last. I normally do not have many Halloween stamps, so I thought I would make a card featuring stamps from the kit and holiday catalog. Here’s a close up of the Halloween card featuring stamps from the September… Read More: Spooky . . . Boo . . . eeeek! »
Hope you are having a good weekend, the first weekend of fall here in Southwestern Pennsylvania is definitely fall like. Friday was in the mid 80’s, sunny and I was in the pool, now it’s 70 during the day and close to 50 at night, the weatherman/woman could not have planned it any better. Just don’t as me… Read More: PCC307 Inspiration Challenge »
Happy Saturday, Today I thought I would share with you a card that is simple to make and only takes a few products: Happy Birthday Thinlit Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Tufted Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Card stock (I used Very Vanilla and Coastal Cabana) The mat of the card is double embossed, first with the… Read More: Simple on Saturday »
Happy 16th Birthday to our favorite niece Maya, hope you have a great birthday today! Here is a picture from 2014 of Maya and I during one of her visits. The t-shirts are ones that the 24/7 Stampers wore at the Stampin’ Up! Convention that year and knowing Maya’s love of crafting I had one made for her!… Read More: Happy 16th Birthday Maya! »
Today I thought I would share a card I recently made using the Jar of Love stamp set. I’ve bee making quite a few holiday and fall card and needed a break. This card features a card base and mat of Pear Pizzazz card stock. The mat was run through the Big Shot using the Hexagon Dynamic Textured… Read More: Wreath from Jar of Love »
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 »
One of my favorite bundles in the Stampin ‘ Up! 2018-2019 Annual Catalog is Animal Outings, today I thought I would share two cards I’ve made using this bundle. First is a card with a Whisper White base that I attached a piece of the Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper to the front of. Next is a piece… Read More: Wild About You ! »
Rain, rain, go away and come back another day . . . While unfortunately area’s of the country are doing without rain, it started here early Saturday morning and as of Sunday night it’s still raining, without a break – even the dogs don’t want to go out other than to do what’s needed, let’s just hope the… Read More: In-Colors for PCC306 »
Today I’m featuring another card using products from the Country Home Suite. This card is using the Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder along with the Galvanized Metallic Paper for a tin ceiling look. Here is how I made the Harvest Blessing card: Very Vanilla Card base – 5 ½” x 8 ½”, scored at 4 ¼”… Read More: Harvest Blessing with Tin Tile »
Happy Saturday, we are preparing here for a few days of rain, they say we could receive about 5″ when the rain finally stops. It’s also a big football weekend on television, perfect for some crafting time. Today’s card features products from the Country Home Suite of products. Here is how I made the card: Cajun Craze… Read More: Thankful for Cajun Craze »
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 ! »
Earlier in the year when I was picked to be a display demonstrator for the April Onstage event in Atlanta one of the products I was sent was the Spot of Tea Framelits, without the stamp set I decided to use the layering circles to create the background for the greetings. Today’s card features those layering circles. The… Read More: Sweet Simple 4″x4″ Card »
Happy Saturday, welcome to the weekend, any special plans for the last “official” weekend of the summer. We are definitely having summer weather here with temperatures in the upper 80’s/low 90’s and humid (not to good for my hair, if you know what I mean). I’ll be making a red-white-blue cake today for a party on Sunday along… Read More: Sponged background for Dandelion Wishes »
This month I’ve been sharing a lot of cards made with items from the Color Your Season Promotion, we are close to the end of the month when this bundle is gone. The first card has the image embossed with Copper Embossing powder and water0colored with an Aqua Painter using Garden Green, Real Red and Pineapple Punch. The… Read More: Last of my Blended Seasons Christmas cards . . . »
Happy Thursday, it’s hard to believe August & summer is almost over. I’m on vacation for a few days from my day job with lots of things to do like dinner with friends at a winery, day trip with my husband and some parties over the weekend, not to mention pool time. Here is a cute picture of… Read More: Stitched Circle Anchoring Sea of Textures for PCC305 »
To end the month of August, I decided to do a mash up of two cards I saw one with a unique technique using window sheets, StazOn ink and silver glimmer paper and the other using holiday designer paper on a non-holiday card. To create the butterfly & flower from the Beautiful Day stamp set I first stamped… Read More: Glitter cards »
Part of the August Color Your Season Special Offer is a set of new Watercolor Pencils. I’ve used some of those pencils to color the images below. You ask, how did she do that, the image is on Basic Black card stock – – – well let me tell you. Once the image was embossed with white powder… Read More: Watercolor Pencils Assortment #2 »
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 ! »
When you order designer paper is it because of the images on both sides or just one? I fell in love with the realistic flower images of the Petal Promenade paper never looking at the other side of the papers until the other day when I realized how beautiful the marble looking images where and how good they… Read More: Do you forget about the other side of the DSP? »
Happy Thursday, one day closer to the weekend! Any special plans? We’ll be watching the Steeler game Saturday night with friends and hopefully the weather will warm up for some pool time. When I saw that the Paper Craft Crew challenge this week was a fun fold I decided on a Z-Fold card, that has panels added so… Read More: How about a zoo in a card . . . »
Who doesn’t like a shaker card? Know anyone with a fall birthday? Then I have the perfect card for you today. I’ve been die-cutting a lot of the largest layering Stitched Season Framelit to use on projects, but what to do with the negative piece – well, why not turn it into a shaker card, so that’s what… Read More: Fall Shaker Birthday Card »
Good morning. Today my Sunday Stampers will be coming over for some stamping, I always look forward to this Sunday each month. It’s nice to see everyone while we stamp and have a little snack. Here are the projects we will be making using Dandelion Wishes (Wood or Clear Mount Stamps), Blended Seasons Bundle (Wood or Clear Mount… Read More: August Sunday Stamper Cards »
Dropping by today to share a quick and easy note card I created while cleaning up my desk. I have a tendency to hold on to my scraps and while cleaning found I had six pieces of Garden Impressions Designer Series Paper all the same size. Looking at these scraps I thought if I adhered them all together,… Read More: Scraps + Notecard = Quick Note Card »