Happy Saturday, hope you’ve had a good week. For me it’s been a long week, between working 10-12 hours each day for the day job and having a bad week with my sinuses, seems like all I did was work or sleep, and I hate being a mouth breather! Last night was the first since Sunday when I… Read More: Celebrate with PCC279 »
Sometime one of the hardest choices during Sale-a-Bration is deciding on which items to pick. Crafters sometime overlook card base & envelope sets, I’m here to tell you don’t – they help make quick and easy cards, add a simple greeting with some designer series paper and your done. The post today is featuring the Sale-a-Bration item “Tutti… Read More: SAB Tutti Fruitti Cards & Envelopes »
Happy Saturday, any special plan? I’ll be resting and playing with my Stampin’ Up! order that arrived yesterday. I’m looking forward to trying the new Brusho Crystal Colours and Barn Door Bundle, look for some projects this month. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew weekly blog challenge, this weeks is a card sketch, you can see… Read More: PCC278 Card Sketch »
Yesterday I posted the birthday card I made for my brother featuring some of the paper from the Picture Perfect Party Designer Series Paper. Today I thought I would share a few other quick and easy birthday cards using that same paper and the matching Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set. Card 1: Can’t you almost taste the cookies… Read More: Quick & Easy Birthday cards »
Happy Birthday to my baby brother Michael! I sure do love calling him that, even though we are both in our 50’s. Today I thought I would share his card with you, hopefully it’s arrived in New Jersey and this is not the first time he is seeing it! His card is a Z fold card – 4.25″… Read More: Happy Birthday Baby Brother! »
How was your weekend? Saturday was a rainy day but a manicure and pedicure made for a fun afternoon, always nice to have some “me” time. Today was spent enjoying the sunny day, relaxing on the sun porch, reading and watching the planes in the sky go by, wondering just were the people are going – Vegas, Chicago,… Read More: Sunday Stampers Redo »
Happy Friday! Don’t know about you but I am looking forward to the weekend. Unfortunately the sun we have today will not last the weekend so they say. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch PCC277, thought I would use a Valentine theme since the banner below used hearts for the die cut/punched out images.… Read More: Party Pandas for PCC277 »
Today I thought I would share with you some additional items made with the Sure Do Love You Bundle. Sure Do Love You Stamp Set (wood or clear mount) – you can never have enough hearts! Lots to Love Box Framelits Dies – use this to create small boxes, perfect for treats, gift cards or the new Narrow… Read More: Sure Do Love You Bundle Projects »
Hope you are all having a great weekend. Today my Sunday Stampers group will be getting together to make these 3 projects to kick off the 2018 Occasions Catalog and Sale-a-bration brochure. Thought I would share them with you. The first card features the Petal Palette Bundle – Petal Palette Stamp set & Petals and More Thinlits, Petal… Read More: January 2018 Sunday Stampers Projects »
Happy Saturday to you! Any special plans? I will be preparing for my Sunday Stampers gathering tomorrow and enjoying dinner out with my husband this evening. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Color Challenge, the banner is below. For my card I decided on this colors: Cherry Cobbler Powder Pink Silver Foil My card starts with… Read More: PCC276 Color Challenge »
Happy Wednesday, half way through the week. I’ve been rather busy since my last post, but now I’m back on track. This past weekend by brother and his family were in town and staying with me. We had a ice/snow storm (luckily they arrive just before the ice started), shopped and eat a lot of good food –… Read More: New “Distinktive” design stamp set »
Happy Thursday, hope you are having a good week so far. I’m rather excited, tomorrow my brother and his family are coming to visit for the weekend from New Jersey. The last time they saw our dog Nitro he was 10 weeks old, now he is 2, as for Diesel – my nephew Jake saw him at 8… Read More: PCC275 Big Sentiment Challenge »
Happy Monday, hope you had a good weekend, other than the extreme cold mine was enjoyable. While I did a little work for my daytime job (accounting manager and it’s year end) I was able to get a little crafting time in and prepare for a visit from my brother and his family next weekend! Today I’m sharing… Read More: Petal Passion Suite featuring Memories & More »
Today I thought I would share with you some of the Stampin’ Up! video’s introducing new products from the 2018 Occasions catalog. Grab a cup of coffee or tea, sitting back and enjoy! 2018 Occasions Catalog Designer Series Paper Fruit Basket Bundle Brusho Color Crystals Barn Door Bundle Lots of Happy Card Kit Perennial Birthday Project Kit Sunshine… Read More: For your viewing pleasure . . . »
Happy Saturday, baby it’s cold outside! This morning I woke up to -2° F with a real feel of -11°F – that’s a little too cold for me, luckily we don’t have much snow, I still plan on venturing out later today to run a few errands after being cooped up in the house all week. Have you… Read More: New Product smash up for PCC274 Sketch Challenge »
Welcome to the first day of the new 2018 Occasions Catalog and Sale-a-bration. There are so many new beautiful products for all your paper crafting needs! Today’s card features the stamp set I won as part of Prize Patrol at Onstage 2017 in Salt Lake City in November. When I saw the stamp set being demonstrated I commented… Read More: Magical Day ! »
Happy New Year, Welcome to 2018 ! ! ! Did you spend the night partying or a nice quiet evening at home? We opted for a quiet night at home after a hosting a Christmas celebration with my husbands family and some friends Saturday night. Looking forward to our New Years day meal of pork, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes… Read More: Welcome to 2018 ! »
It’s almost time! Stampin’ Up!’s 2018 Occasion Catalog goes live on January 3rd – along with the kickoff of Sale-a-Bration, Stampin’ Up!’s annual sales event during which customers can earn free products for every $50 they spend and during which they can earn additional Stampin’ Rewards on orders greater than $250. My project today features a couple products… Read More: Coming Jan. 3rd – Picture Perfect Birthday ! »
Just a few more days to enjoy Year-Ended Discount and Retiring products, before Sale-A-Bration 2018 starts January 3rd! Below are some cards I’ve made with some of the discounted/retiring products. Carols of Christmas Bundle: Beachy Little Christmas: Hearts Come Home Bundle: Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try stamping.… Read More: Year-End Discount and Retiring Product Reminder »
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 »
Hello there, hope you had a great weekend and are looking forward to a wonderful holiday season. I’ve just gotten back from a four day Girls trip “Christmas in Nashville”. Had a great time and will share a few pictures in a future post. Today’s post is for the challenge over at the Paper Craft Crew blog. First… Read More: PCC272 with Ribbon of Courage »
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 »
Happy Monday, how was your weekend? These are always busy times in December and for me it’s only two sleeps until my girls trip to Nashville for Christmas – that should be a lot of fun! Remember today, Monday December 11th – Free shipping until 11:59 PM MT. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch… Read More: Eastern Beauty for PCC271 »
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 »
May 2012 I became a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator when our stamping group was looking for a new demonstrator to attend a monthly stamping class with. With a full-time job I knew this would be a challenge, but my love of paper crafting and the idea of making some extra money to help pay for my supplies made me… Read More: Remember Onstage Nov 2017 & 2018 Occasions sneak peek »
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 »
Well it’s back to work for me today, after seven days off, oh that alarm clock – I surely did not miss it! Do you like the Year of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper in the holiday catalog? This paper is not just for holidays, it perfect for any occasion. I’ve made two clean and simple cards with… Read More: Year of Cheer DSP – not just for the holidays… »